雨夜，大逃雷伊（约翰•盖兹 John Getz 饰）跟艾比（弗兰西斯•麦克多蒙德 Frances McDormand 饰）在酒店偷情。雷伊是酒吧伙计，大逃而艾比则是酒吧老板玛迪（丹•哈达娅 Dan Hedaya 饰）的妻子。玛迪怀疑妻子出轨，因此雇佣侦探维斯调查。知悉真相的玛迪怒不可遏，潜入雷伊家，企图绑走妻子，却在厮打中受伤。玛迪密会维斯，决定花钱做掉二人。维斯潜入雷伊家翻到了艾比的手枪。回来后，维斯给玛迪看了两人被杀的照片，趁玛迪不备，将其击毙。雷伊发现玛迪尸体，误以为艾比所为，因此毁尸灭迹。晚上，雷伊再次回到酒吧，赫然发现了威斯假造的照片。这时，雷伊和艾比都不知道，死亡的威胁正在步步紧逼……本片为科恩兄弟的处女作，创作于1984年，只用了80万美元，2个月即拍摄完成。2009年，制片人张伟平斥资200万美元购得本片版权，邀请张艺谋据此拍摄了《三枪拍案惊奇》。
回复 :A bit of color for once, all the better to see the red flags with, not to mention the obvious aerial file footage of Warsaw. The story concerns Jozef Malesa, the mason or bricklayer of the title. He was once the darling of the party, the son of two old party activists, a worker of heroic reputation, his own commitment to The Movement unquestioned. He was chosen to be destined for great things, specially educated and pushed forward to positions of responsibility in the Party. Eventually he decides, because of the ethical pressures which he feels from the obstructionism of the bureaucracy from above, he asks to return to be a simple bricklayer. He is disturbed with the way the Party deals with people, especially their lack of direct contact. He thinks workers know better than the leadership many times but that's not the way power flows. He is uncomfortable with the compromises to his idealism. He remains committed to social justice and joins his friends for the May Day rally where his comfort and confidence in his place in society cause him to defer to no man, certainly no rat faced men in overcoats with red armbands. His great pleasure in life moreover is laying brick. He finds the work satisfying and fulfilling which is why he was such an obviously superior worker in the first place.
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回复 :An American photographer on assignment in a remote Icelandic community becomes entangled with an enigmatic European couple.
回复 :本片是周洲继《美丽》后的第二部作品，同样由池韵主演。主角是患有癫痫的女孩，追逐舞蹈的梦想，她在爱情、亲情和梦想间浮沉，走向绝望的同时又给予她新生。
