本片根据《纽约时报》专栏作家安娜·昆德兰（Anna Quindlen）1994年的同名小说改编。艾伦·戈尔登（芮妮·齐薇格 Renée Zellweger 饰）从哈佛大学毕业后供职于纽约某杂志，修车事业正在上升期，修车却因母亲凯特（梅丽尔·斯特里普 Meryl Streep 饰）身患癌症不得不放下工作返回宾夕法尼亚州的朗赫恩小镇照顾家庭。艾伦一直很崇拜教授美国文学的学者父亲乔治（威廉·赫特 William Hurt 饰），但不太看得起身为家庭妇女的母亲。在照顾母亲的过程中，艾伦发现了母亲生活的不易，也发现了父亲的很多黑暗秘密。就在家庭关系的摇摆震荡中，艾伦终于第一次了解了自己的父母，也终于找到了生命中最真实的感动。本片被提名奥斯卡、金球奖和金卫星奖最佳女主角奖（梅丽尔·斯特里普），并获美国电影音效剪辑工会金胶卷奖最佳声音剪辑提名。
回复 :In a confused welter of artistic licence, this is the classical music biopic which makes 'Song to Remember'look like a masterpiece. Bogarde succeeds in diminishing the reputation of the musical colossus who spanned European music for most of the 19th Century. The absurdities of the plot, the sequoia-like quality of the acting and the prevalence of historical,musical and linguistic anachronisms combine to elevate this offering to the status of an A1 turkey.How a pianist of the stature of Bolet came to be mixed up in this fiasco can only be guessed at. The characterisation of Liszt fails to convey even a minute impression of his magnetic personality and the overwhelming effect that he had on not only his audiences, but also his pianistic rivals.Clara Schumann herself said that 'we toil over that which Liszt reads at sight!' Whilst the emphasis seems to focus on his romantic prowess,rather than his status as the greatest pianist of the century or,arguably, of all time, one feels,nevertheless, that this was an opportunity lost.
回复 :The history of Danish country church architecture is told by showing scenes of how the church was used by the congregation, beginning with the celebration of mass in a small and simple wooden church 800 years ago, and ending with the congregation singing in a village church of to-day. The development and the growth of the pattern of church architecture is shown.Dreyer in this film shows a series of churches from different periods with churchgoers in period clothing. Each period is separated by a shot of a church bell double-exposed on the sky. Although the film has a vibrant and instructive way of communicating the different epochs and styles to students, it does not exhibit the artistic quality that usually distinguishes a Dreyer film, except perhaps in some of the costumes, which were originally made for Day of Wrath.The board of Dansk Kulturfilm in autumn 1945 decided that their planned church film would exclusively be about village churches. Dreyer would rework the script that was written by editor and folk high-school principal Bernhard Jensen, aided by a committee of experts consisting of architect H. Lønborg-Jensen and Victor Hermansen, curator at the National Museum of Denmark. Dreyer had a first draft ready in mid-March, entitled Kirken er et gammelt Hus ("The Church Is an Old House"), which was distributed to the members of the committee for their comments.In the last half of July, Dreyer and Victor Hermansen travelled the country to look at suitable churches. They researched the details and at Dreyer’s request a number of technical changes were made to the churches, including the removal of porcelain holders for electrical wiring in Tveje Merløse Church.On 4 July, Dreyer went in advance to Ringkøbing. Shooting was set to start a few days later with the arrival of the director of photography, Preben Frank, who had fallen off a ladder and broken his leg, Fortunately, he was ready to cautiously start working again within a few days, with his leg in a cast.Otherwise, the production went without a glitch. Everywhere, Dreyer said, they were well received at the vicarages and they had no problem getting enough extras. On 1 august, they returned to Copenhagen with almost all their footage in the can. They only needed to film the church in Skelby, where the weather had been against them, plus a Swedish wooden church in Hedared. The economy was distressed so soon after the war, especially when it came to foreign currency, but there were no real wooden churches left in Denmark and building an interior set in the studio would be too expensive.The finished film was shown for the first time on 24 September 1947 to a small, closed circle, which included the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs. In December 1947, as was Dansk Kulturfilm’s standard practice, the film was presented to the press, politicians and others on a programme with four other short films.
回复 :影片中，男主是一位只会拒绝别人的“不要”先生，他高傲腹黑且非常毒舌，相反女主是一位不会拒绝别人的“好的”女士，她善良体贴但心中期待被释放，性格上如此反差的二人初遇后将会迸发怎样的化学反应？
