以後的日子

　　Nostalgic for his glory days, a frustrated stay-at-home dad invites all of his high school Facebook friends to an 80s-themed surprise party for his exhausted corporate wife.

　　Based on an unknown Schönberg opera from 1929, From Today Until Tomorrow explores one night in a not-quite loveless marriage. A husband and wife return from a party where she has flirted with another man, while he has cast an appraising eye toward an attractive, fashionably dressed acquaintance of his wife’s. Though each dreams, briefly, of leaving the marriage for the excitement and mystery of a new lover, in the end they decide stability and comfort are more important than the fleeting thrill of new romance. Directors Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, who previously collaborated on two other films about music (The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, 1968, and Moses and Aaron, 1975), rely on long fixed shots in austere black-and-white so that the focus remains on the musical brilliance of Schönberg’s atonal score, performed here by 70 musicians. That Schönberg would choose such a relatively lighthearted message for his newly discovered musical language remains a mystery, especially since the conclusion reached by the husband and wife—to stick with the tried and true—seems directly at odds with Schönberg’s own philosophy of composing. It is just this juxtaposition, however, coupled with Straub and Huillet’s faithful presentation, that makes the opera a compelling addition to the Schönberg canon—and the film such a challenging and intriguing experience.

　　A wild, party-night out leads three twenty-something women to stumble on a suitcase with 3 million dollars in cash

該劇通過講述一個平凡的退休女工——馬大姐（蔡明 飾）的日常所見所聞，反映出一系列既引人發笑、又令人深思的社會現象和問題。馬大姐是從來就是一個熱心腸的人，雖然現今退休了，可是她也沒有閒著，到處喜歡管別人的“閒事”：為鄰居介紹對象、牽線搭橋、排解糾紛等等。但是馬大姐也有她不那麼光榮的一面，她也像其他老太太一樣，愛貪小便宜。雖然女兒多次叫她不要為省那幾塊錢而貪小便宜，但她就是不聽。於是，我們的馬大姐也經常會上那些“便宜的”洗髮水之類的當。通過馬大姐令人捧腹的故事，生動的描述瞭如今光怪陸離的社會。