David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon. The two young men are fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be successful. During a hunting expedition, Adonijah challenges his younger brother Solomon to a chariot race. While Solomon, though brave, still retains a modicum of caution, the daredevil Adonijah is eager to win at all costs -- and loses control of his chariot. Solomon takes the seriously injured Adonijah back to Jerusalem. On the way there they meet the attractive Abishag, who despite her youth is versed in the use of healing herbs. She actually succeeds in helping the prince. Adonijah falls in love with Abishag -- but Bathsheba arranges things so that she works for David, hoping that her youth, her beauty and her healing powers will soothe the old king's suffering. Several members of the influential priesthood and also the respected army general Joab, who served David loyally for many years, support Adonijah's claim to the throne-- even though David has still not made any decision with regard to a potential successor. The battle-experienced Joab regards Solomon as an indecisive weakling, under whose leadership the kingdom would soon fall apart. When the prophet Nathan finds out about Adonijah's conspiracy he informs Bathsheba and Solomon, who urge David to take immediate action. And so it comes to pass that preparations to anoint the future king of Israel are made both at the Spring of Enrogel, where Adonijah and his men are encamped, as well as in Jerusalem. The festive procession for Adonijah has already been assembled and the people enticed with delicious delicacies to cheer him on, when the news of Solomon's coronation reaches Enrogel. The people promptly acknowledge the will of King David and stream off to Jerusalem in their hordes to greet Solomon, their future ruler. Adonijah remains behind with a handful of loyal followers. He realizes that he has lost -- for the time being. Humbly he places his life in his brother's hands. Adonijah is forgiven on one condition: that he always remains loyal to his brother Solomon. The great King David is dead, and his son Solomon has succeeded him as the rightful ruler of Israel. Adonijah now has a request to make of Bathsheba: he wants to marry Abishag. Solomon hears about this seemingly innocent wish, and recognizes it as a renewed ploy on behalf of his brother to reclaim the throne -- Adonijah's marriage to the last woman to share King David's bed would strengthen his political position considerably. Solomon knows that he has to act quickly and decisively if he is to secure his own power. He has his brother Adonijah and the latter's closest associate Joab executed. After this radical decision, Solomon withdraws to present sacrifices. In a dream the Lord appears to him and grants him the fulfillment of a wish, whatever it may be. Solomon merely asks for wisdom -- in order to become a good ruler and judge. War with Egypt is looming. To arm his kingdom against the territorial ambitions of its powerful neighbors, Solomon not only introduces several reforms but also decides to marry the daughter of the pharaoh. The Egyptian princess does not remain Solomon's only wife, however: as time goes by the king marries numerous noble women from many different countries for political and economic reasons. In this way he preserves peace for his people, and creates great prosperity. By allowing the women to continue practicing their domestic customs and religious rituals in Jerusalem as well, he comes into regular conflict with the priesthood, who see the foreign religions as endangering Israel's sole covenant with the Lord. The wisdom granted to Solomon by God becomes fully evident when the king sits in judgment. One day two harlots each claim to be mother of the same baby. Solomon's decision seems utterly cruel: he says that the child should be cut in two so that each woman receives half. Solomon can now determine who the real mother is from her reaction: she will not allow her child to be harmed. Solomon hands the child back to its true mother amid cheers of approval. One of the most important tasks handed down to Solomon by his father David is building the great Temple to house the Ark of the Covenant. It has to be larger and more magnificent than all other temples in the world, and Solomon now sets about fulfilling his father's wish. He places Jeroboam in charge of the Israelite workers as chief overseer. Seven years later, the work is completed. The expensive construction materials have been brought from far-off lands, and the people of Israel have paid exceedingly high taxes without complaint in order to finance the construction work. The Ark of the Covenant can now finally be taken to the Temple in a triumphant procession. After so many years of wandering, the Israelites' most sacred possession now has a fixed home of its own. People stream to Jerusalem from across the entire country to celebrate the great day. Abishag, now married, comes too and brings her family. Solomon has decided to mingle among the people in disguise, and he and Abishag are overjoyed when they accidentally meet again after so many years. The Temple makes Jerusalem and its king famous throughout the world. Even the dark-skinned Queen of Sheba sets off with a large retinue to visit the wise and cultivated Solomon and admire his magnificent city. The admiration turns out to be mutual: Solomon, captivated by her beauty, falls deeply in love with her. The two of them have a child, Menelik, but one day the Queen of Sheba decides to leave. She does not want Menelik to be deprived of the regal dignity awaiting him in his home country. Solomon stays behind, with a heavy heart. The king has now achieved everything he set his heart on, but with the passing of the years the wise Solomon gradually becomes a melancholy, skeptical old man who regularly questions his very existence. Material things seem to represent the only reality for him. He also refuses to adopt any kind of steady policy, especially in religious matters. With his foreign wives, Solomon sacrifices to foreign gods, and this incurs the wrath of the priesthood. The loyal Jeroboam appeals to his king's conscience, but to no avail. During one of Solomon's sorties in disguise among his people, a simple farmer reminds him of the first of the Ten Commandments revealed by the Lord to Moses: "You shall have no other gods before me." At another decisive moment, God Himself speaks to Solomon and announces the punishment for his sinfulness: the kingdom will collapse after Solomon's death. The king has grown old and weary. He has lost touch with the people of Israel, who are suffering from heavy taxation and forced labor. Solomon has treated his long-standing companion Jeroboam, to whom he entrusted the administration of the northern tribes, with murderous anger ever since a prophet predicted the division of the kingdom to him. The king no longer has the strength to change things -- he just leaves them as they are. The consequences of this become clear shortly after his death. Solomon's son and successor Rehoboam treats the country's leaders with arrogance, and provokes the division of the kingdom into two parts: the only tribe still loyal to him is that of Judah, while all the others unite under Jeroboam. The prophecy has been fulfilled. The kingdom that Solomon received from his father David, and invested with such might and magnificence, is now divided.
@ Luther Hall 10, Cambridge, UK
三个都是被经验悬置的、被时间折叠的有关相遇的故事，扶手电梯、录音和电子邮件所激活的不只是对过去记忆的复写与想象，而是在召唤新的情感凝聚。当年《利兹与青鸟》看得太入戏，所以在这个片子结尾希美的名字一起来的时候就哭坏了。3>2>1，没有说1不好的意思，1的这个剧本上半年真实发生在了我的生活里，也许下半年还要继续。
尤其第三段，想象太暖心了！久久回味ing
滨口好喜欢又一个窗口的封闭的空间啊，车厢、电车厢、办公室、 带窗子的客厅、带窗子的咖啡厅，像是一个盒子，戏码在这里面上演，最喜欢第二个故事，不是特别喜欢第三个故事，假定性叠加假定性，已经超过偶然太多了。
11/4/2021 @ 文化中心[hkiff]。故事上最喜歡第三個。濱口龍介果然還是拍indie好！這次把當年夜以繼日的失望完全一掃而空！！(QA聽到下一部是商業作而且改編村上春樹又開始擔心起來....)
细腻自然，有股洪尚秀的味道。片中日式穿搭简单而高级，跟这个电影的调性一样
「夜以继日」里还有那一点的刻意感不见了，三个短篇故事轻盈灵动，耐人寻味的结尾和反转都处理的很利落，像不那么冗长啰嗦的洪常秀！三则故事也正好落在女性人生的三个阶段：无法坦率表达内心感受的20岁；迷迷糊糊不知道自己究竟要什么的30岁；以为无法再对任何事情报以热情，却惊喜的发现还能记起初恋名字的40岁。不就是你和我的样子吗？
城市的感官刻算在迟来的白天与早逝的黑夜以外，因它是记忆的傀儡、诱惑的戏剧、欲望的假面舞、火的灰烬。但还不曾是向语言、或作为情色之具的语言献上投身之跃的问题，而是我们这般的漫游者只剩下语言（当然，此时它接近布勒东）去演练危险的命运的界限。
《再一次》＞《魔法》＝《门常开》
第一个故事说的是错位的爱，第二个故事最性感结局最意外，第三个说的是遗憾的青春。
4.5 洪尚秀看了大呼内行，里维特看了留下欣慰的泪水。一部在不经意间创造微小的奇迹，在“对话戏”的框架下探索语言的魔法的电影。
哈哈哈哈片子里的那个非常“生猛”的推镜头，还以为我在看洪尚秀的电影🌝人物之间的对话，巧妙的关系设置还是很让人回味的，很多想象的空间
喜欢尤其最后一个故事打动，重逢与爱情的时间魔法。
第一段提供“偶然”，第二段负责“想象”，第三段“扮演”集大成。偶然提供情节，想象提供空间，借由扮演呈现，偶然、想象、扮演，三位一体，是为“电影”——从“假”中体验到“真”，在虚构中抒发潜藏深处的情感。怎么会如此轻巧而又精准而又妙趣横生引人入胜？！4.5
充满了偶然、惊喜和感动，所有的巧合放在电影的语境下又drama但是又安排的恰到好处，让剧情百转千回，所有的角色在巧合的催化下都把内心说不出来的话说了出来，真的是一场很奇妙的体验。这种挖掘角色内心深处的情感的方法真的是需要很扎实的剧本来支撑，而剧本真的是很不错。PS，片子里的男性角色都很好看诶。
当看到滨口对于三个推镜头的处理的时候，我和恩仔脑海里共同浮现了一个名字，____（某青年导演）。于是你只能深深地感叹，天赋/直觉对于技艺的赋能是如此之巨大，它可以通过后天操练来补足，但是灵光一瞬的魔法在普普众生里，显得那么傲然又应当如是。简单平实的调度承载了得以让观者戚戚然的深邃文本，所以只要一个更为简单的变奏（急推），就让整个磁场骤然倒转。从《魔法》到《洞开》再到《复见》，三个推镜头被赋予不同的变奏意义，又共同服务于同一个大的主题；三个片段之间不必把它们用硬性的、必然的逻辑串连，因为“偶然”与“想象”谓之曰“轻巧”，它的起点是极轻的，但是人性、情感与其后产生的涟漪，又是一颗不安的石子。日后你看不见波纹，但它已在湖底，与鱼虾水草共生。
在北影节行将结束之际终于得见这部「偶然与想象」。幸甚至哉，短评以咏志。我的多兰已江郎才尽、如昨日黄花，而今终于找到新的挚爱，不负我三刷「夜以继日」的真心。侯麦、洪尚秀、黑泽清们的影子又如何。对日常施以电影的魔法，在偶然与巧合中触碰彼此最真实的情感与欲望，把一段难以付诸言行的想象当作对旧爱的告白和告别；未曾跨越的伦理界线是彼此心照不宣的软肋、永远留在那封打错了一个假名的邮件里；歪打正着的“再会”和相识却圆满了陌生女孩怀抱二十年的缺憾……一切尽在片名，滨口导演用「偶然与想象」的三段奇遇向我们展示了现代电影的语法。看似不动声色、漫不经心，实则充满了精心编排与巧思，影像与表演又极致清新自然，如行云流水、水到渠成。另外，古川琴音颇有二阶堂的风骨，森郁月和中岛步都好色气。
“偶然与想象”感觉和“梦想总是要有的，万一实现了呢”
看得下去，都是内心极其平静之人。除了第二个故事。
三个小故事，都还挺喜欢的，最贴合片名的应该是第三个吧。生活中总是有一些细节，只要加入一点点想象，它就可以高于生活一点点，不需要高出很多，就足够浪漫，让人觉得人间纵使再苦，还是很值得活的。
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
