杀手情人1998

　　事业有成的律师马特（乔治·克鲁尼 George Clooney饰）的妻子因为一次意外变成了植物人。最近医生告诉他，妻子大限将至，令他倍受打击。同时，他作为夏威夷某岛的继承人还在与信托基金谈开发事宜。忙乱之中，两个女儿也不让马特省心：小女孩斯科蒂（阿玛拉·米勒 Amara Mil ler 饰）经常对同学爆粗口，马特只得带她亲自登门道歉；大女儿亚利桑德拉（谢琳·伍德蕾 Shailene Woodley 饰）住寄宿学校终日酗酒，母亲病重，马特希望亚利桑德拉摒弃对母亲的敌意，然而女儿却道出了母女决裂的原因——她发现了母亲出轨的事实。这彻底颠覆了妻子在马特心目中的印象。他跑去找妻子的闺蜜求证，答案竟然如出一辙。一直被蒙在鼓里的马特既失望又愤怒，开始带着女儿顺藤摸瓜，寻找第三者……　　本片获第84届奥斯卡最佳改编剧本奖。

　　故事发生在苏格兰一个名叫英维思的偏远宁静小镇。夜幕愈加浓重，年轻女警官瑞秋（Pollyanna McIntosh 饰）被闹钟唤醒，她有条不紊穿戴整齐，随后出门行走在空无一人的街道中央。在某个路口，瑞秋目击不远处站着一位老人，但随后老人被一辆飞驰而来的汽车撞到。瑞秋冲上前去，然而并未看到被撞之人，她只得将肇事者凯撒（布莱恩·沃纳 Brian Vernel 饰）扭送回警局，与麦克·瑞德警长（道格拉斯·罗素 Douglas Russell 饰）一同审问。稍后凯撒被关入牢房，而警局的同事也找到了那名神秘且一言不发的受伤老人。　　令人难以置信的是，老人似乎拥有直抵他人内心的能力，同时也让对方暴走疯狂，这注定是一个不平凡的夜晚……

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

　　故事发生在一间阴暗人稀的剧院之中，编剧托马斯（马修·阿马立克 Mathieu Amalric 饰）正在为他所改编的剧本《穿裘皮的维纳斯》寻找合适的女主角。接连面试的几位演员都令托马斯感到失望，她们和他脑海里完美的女神形象简直千差万别。面试以一无所获的结局结束了，正当托马斯准备离开之时，一位被淋成了落汤鸡的落魄女郎闯入了剧院。　　女郎名叫旺达（艾玛纽尔·塞尼耶 Emmanuelle Seigner 饰），巧合的是，她与托马斯剧本中的女主角同名，可是，旺达粗鲁的举止和浅薄的学识让托马斯在内心里暗暗的否定了她。令托马斯感到惊讶的是，旺达不仅拥有全部的剧本，还自备了戏服，在旺达的一再坚持下，托马斯同意了她想要试演的请求，并且亲自与她对戏。就这样，在瓢泼大雨之中，一场关于男人与女人、命令与服从的好戏拉开了帷幕。