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回复 :踏入二千年以来,Madonna这位已「女人四十」的流行音乐天后似乎有一种愈战愈勇之势。2005年,Madonna在出版过一张以Future Disco为大前提的Confessions On A Dance Floor专辑(也是其第十张专辑)、重拾她的Dancing Queen / Queen Of Clubland姿态后,再引伸出是两款她的DVD录像出品:先是为其04年Reinvention Tour拍摄的纪录片I’m Going To Tell You A Secret在去年面世,继而是在这个07年初推出的现场演出影片The Confessions Tour。两者同是由合作多时的Jonas Akerlund执导摄製。她的乐迷绝对不愁寂寞吧。在The Confessions Tour内,收录了Madonna在2006年的Confessions Tour世界性巡迴演出在英国伦敦Wembley Arena举行的一站,共三场音乐会,最后一晚(8月16日)演出,正是她的四十八岁生辰,故也别有纪念性意义。早已得悉她的Confessions Tour是何等精采绝伦。而毋庸置疑,这张The Confessions Tour的DVD,亦是那么叫人为之目不遐给。变化多端的舞台(包括令到由Stuart Price担任音乐总监的伴奏乐团可以「神出鬼没」),精湛而慑人的录像投射,加上舞蹈员的配合,达至每首歌曲的表演皆有不同的Setting配套。现在在DVD里,又不时重新将本来的录像投射与舞台的画面加以重迭,效果更嘆为观止。后期製作的出色乃毋庸置疑。开场曲Future Lovers跟重玩Donna Summer的1977年Euro-Disco名曲I Feel Love水乳交融而来,加上身穿骑马服的Madonna与舞蹈员带来充满S&M意味的演出,已够先声夺人。每首歌曲,都附上不同的舞台表演环节,如Like A Virgin里的「骑马舞」,Jump里舞蹈员的体操舞蹈,Confessions的舞蹈员读白,Live To Tell里那备受争议的钉十字架场面(背后的数字是要道出在非洲爱滋病令到一千二百万名儿童成为孤儿并带出连串关注非洲儿童的信息再以马太福音作结——为音乐会最触动心灵、发人深省的一曲),Forbidden Love的两男一女「缠手舞」,Isaac的号角前奏,Sorry把舞台变成街头,Music Inferno的滚轴溜冰,在视觉上已令人留下深刻印象。音乐会里有三首歌曲可看到Madonna弹奏结他。玩出I Love New York这首Disco-Punk曲目的时候,她背著电结他出场带来介乎The Stooges与Post-Punk式之间的结他Riff与製造Feedback,台上投映出纽约市曼哈顿的空中轮廓线,非常之酷;未段Madonna不断敲打结他时,镜头便做出地动山摇的效果,甚为震憾呢。跟著再玩了Ray Of Light。后来她又弹奏木结他与Issac Sinwani合唱Paradise (Not For Me)。来到尾段,便玩尽劲歌热舞的主题。在Erotica时娜姐换上白色紧身舞衣出场,La Isla Bonita在流丽的Flamenco结他下她大喊”It’s time to put on your dancing shoes!”把舞台变成狂热舞会;Lucky Star娜姐在紧身舞衣上披上印有”Dancing Queen”字样斗篷先向Abba致敬,末段已穿插著Abba的79年名曲Gimme!Gimme!Gimme!(A Man After Midnight)的前奏Sample,随即便引伸出结幕曲Hung Up,亦成为整场音乐会的高潮位,全场大合唱:”Time goes by….so slowly”。Stuart Price(aka Jacques Lu Cont)的音乐总监角色固然功不可没,经他重新编曲下,为Madonna的歌曲重新注入舞池动能,甚至像Like A Virgin和Lucky Star等廿三、四年前的曲目,都变身成摩登的Electro-Disco House舞曲。1983、84年,Madonna初露锋芒的年代,小Stuart才得六、七岁咋。专辑曲目:1.Future Lovers2.Get Together3.Like a Virgin4.Jump5.Live to Tell6.Forbidden Love7.Isaac8.Sorry9.Like It Or Not10.Sorry (remix)11.I Love New York12.Let It Will Be13.Ray of Light14.Drowned World/Substitute for Love15.Paradise [Not For Me]16.Music17.La Isla Bonita18.Erotica/You Thrill Me19.Lucky Star20.Hung Up
回复 :CBS的《#犯罪现场调查# CSI: Crime Scene Investigation》事续篇剧现在定名为《犯罪现场调查:维加斯 CSI: Vegas》,并有Paula Newsome﹑Matt Lauria及Mel Rodriguez加盟。过去William Petersen及Jorja Fox已经与剧组在谈判中,报导指会是两位旧人带上新角色(Maxine﹑Josh﹑Allie﹑Chris及Hugo)。消息源指Paula Newsome饰演Maxine,她是鉴证实验室的新主管,亦遗传学领域的领头羊。有一个鸦片类药物成瘾问题的儿子。曾经在母剧演了3集的Matt Lauria会饰演另一角色Josh,是CSI第三级首席调查员,来自一个骗徒家庭﹑Mel Rodriguez饰演首席验尸官,太平间对他来说是快乐泉源。此剧由CBS TV Studios及Jerry Bruckheimer TV制作,Jason Tracey负责执笔此项目。
回复 :学习如何在日益拥挤的星球上生存也许是我们人类的终极挑战,但有一个地方,拥有的世界人口六分之一印度,人们却特别适应生活在这么拥挤的土地上。这个系列高清纪录片将带我们进入印度最密集的地区加尔各答和孟买,了解这里人们的生活现状及生存压力。BBC 2012年播出,用3集记录印度的底层人如何在人多地少的环境中工作。印度现在有人口 12亿,占世界的六分之一,每个家庭都有很多孩子,对于穷人来讲,这可是一个很大的负担,看看印度人是如何在他们的国土上为了生活奋斗的。Learning how to survive on an increasingly crowded planet is probably our ultimate challenge. But there is one place, home to over a sixth of the world's population, which is already making a good shot at adapting: welcome to India. This observational series casts aside the usual preconceptions about the sub-continent, and lets a few of India's 1.2 billion show how their world really works.With astonishing access into the densest districts of Kolkata and Mumbai, it celebrates the impressive resourcefulness, resilience and absolute pragmatism of those living and working there, and reveals the psyche needed to get ahead in the biggest of crowds.Part 1.This episode follows two main characters as they employ all their ingenuity to carve out a home. With more people moving to cities in India than anywhere else on earth, securing that place you can call home is vital for nurturing your family's future.Part 2.Johora started out as a rag-picker, but through building a bottle recycling business on a railway embankment, she has big ambitions for her family of seven kids. And it is not just small waste. Kanye uses a blowtorch to cut up ships discarded by the rest of the world, helping satisfy India's thirst for steel. And Ashik buys up beef fat from the abattoir, and proudly renders it down to make tallow. It looks disgusting, even before he is plagued by a maggot infestation. But this thrifty use of 'waste' may well be destined for your soap or cosmetics.Part 3.With India destined to become the most populous nation on earth by 2026, you have got to be highly tactical in your search for a better life. It is not just about you and your dreams today - it is about the family over generations to come. Prakash and Mangesh are brothers in their early twenties from an illegal settlement surrounded by the buzz of downtown Mumbai. Prakash is deckhand on a yacht while striving to realise his dream and launch a Bollywood career. But his family make it clear his sole purpose is to earn enough to fund in their joint future: his brother Mangesh's course in software engineering. Swapan, a merchant in a hectic fish market, works so hard for his family's future that his wife knows he is ruining his health. And Sujit, who crafts disposable clay tea cups in Kolkata, hardly dares dream of seeing his family hundreds of miles away.