“Spring (2014 film)”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Evan, a young American man, loses his mother to cancer. The next day, following his mother's funeral, he gets into a physical altercation with another man while drinking at the restaurant he works at, resulting in the loss of his job. His friend advises him to travel to get his mind clear. Evan travels to Italy. He meets a flirtatious girl named Louise, whom he is initially suspicious of, but becomes more interested in. To pursue his relationship with Louise he takes a job at a local farm and starts living in a small town in southern Italy.

Louise, who initially rejected Evan, finally has sex with him without using a condom. The next morning she wakes up before he does and leaves. When Evan is wandering the town later, he catches sight of Louise and talks to her again. They later explore the town together. After a few dates, Louise asks Evan about his family story. Although he is reluctant to reveal details, he relents and then asks Louise to tell him something about her. Louise takes out the contact lens from her right eye to show Evan that she has heterochromia, and that her eyes have different colors. Evan sees the same condition reflected in the women on many of the paintings in the museum and also on the cover of a book. One night, Louise is having dinner with Evan when her skin condition starts getting worse. She runs off the street and is followed by a tourist who mistakes her for a prostitute. Louise unwillingly kills him after she mutates into a reptilian creature.

Evan, who has been working illegally on the farm, has to leave when immigration police make a visit there. As he has nowhere to go, he goes to Louise's house. The door is chain-locked, through which he sees blood on the floor and hears a strange voice. He breaks the chain to open the door and finds an octopus-like creature on the floor wearing Louise's dress, trying to reach a syringe. He quickly picks the syringe up and injects it into the creature's neck.

Louise reveals to Evan that she's a 2,000-year-old mutant. All the pictures of women with dual eye color, including the one on the cover of the book, are of her. Every 20 years in spring she gets herself pregnant, and then her body uses cells in the embryo she carries to recreate her while she changes into different creatures during the process. Evan is shocked and leaves. Louise follows him and keeps telling him more about the condition. She reveals that she did not use a condom during intercourse with Evan in order to purposely get pregnant. She also reveals that if she falls in love with someone, her body will produce oxytocin, a hormone which will keep embryo cells from consumption, resulting in the loss of her immortality. Evan asks if she is in love with him, to which she replies she is not and also that she would not give up her immortality for anyone.

Evan then asks her to spend her last 24 hours with him before she re-evolves. They spend all night talking to each other. In the early morning Louise takes Evan to the ruins of Pompeii, where she was born, and tells him her family history. The time comes and Evan makes one last attempt begging her not to change, to which Louise replies that she does not control it, her body does, and it has started to change, meaning she may attack Evan. Louise lies down with her head on Evan's lap as he refuses to go and tells her about the experience of being mortal and all the positive aspects to it while she changes. The sun rises before a calm and resigned Evan looks down at Louise when a grotesque sound is heard. However, he finds Louise still in her current human form, indicating she fell in love with Evan and became mortal.

Cast

Release

Critical reception

The film received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports a rating of 88% based on 49 reviews, with a weighted average score of 7.4/10; the site's consensus states: "Rich in atmosphere and intelligence, Spring is a singular horror film with a sneaky, lingering impact."^[7] On Metacritic, the film has a normalized score of 70% from 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[8]

Jon Dickinson of SCREAM: The Horror Magazine gave Spring a 5 star rating, stating that it "transcends all genres to deliver a story that feels entirely unique…a monster you won’t want to miss."^[9]

Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has highly praised the film, stating that "[Spring] is one of the best horror films of this decade." He added that it is one of the only Lovecraftian films "that has blown me away."^[10]^[11]

Accolades

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was composed by Jimmy Lavalle.^[14] The soundtrack was released on March 25, 2015 by Lavalle's own label, Eastern Glow Recordings.^[15]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/spring-film|title=Spring (15)|work=British Board of Film Classification|date=April 21, 2015|accessdate=April 21, 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spring2015.htm|title=Spring (2015)|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=April 21, 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3337240/spring-clip-sacrifices-life-exclusive/|title='Spring' Clip Sacrifices for Life (Exclusive)|first=Brad|last=Miska|date=March 23, 2015|work=Bloody Disgusting}}
4. ^TIFF.net | Spring {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214051844/http://www.tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/programmes/vanguard/spring-1 |date=February 14, 2015 }}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/89789/spring-trailer-grows/|title=Spring Trailer Grows Up||first=Steve|last=Barton|date=February 13, 2015|work=Dread Central}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3332482/horror-will-spring-life-lovecraftian-horror-trailer/|title=Horror Will ‘Spring’ to Life In this Lovecraftian Love Story|first=Brad|last=Miska|date=February 13, 2015|work=Bloody Disgusting}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spring_2015/|title=Spring|work=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango Media|accessdate=June 14, 2016}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/spring|title=Spring Reviews|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=June 14, 2016}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.screamhorrormag.com/spring-film-review/|title=SPRING: Film Review||first=Jon|last=Dickinson|date=March 22, 2015|work=Scream: The Horror Magazine|accessdate=April 29, 2015}}
10. ^{{cite tweet|author=Guillermo del Toro|user=RealGDT|number=752217217929019393|date=July 10, 2016||accessdate=July 14, 2016|title=Just in case I wasn't clear: Spring is one of the best horror films of this decade. And the only Lovecraftian film that has blown me away.}}
11. ^{{cite tweet|author=Guillermo del Toro|user=RealGDT|number=752218509392904192|date=July 10, 2016|accessdate=July 14, 2016|title=@RealGDT Other than "Alien" and "Possession" of course.}}
12. ^The 2014 Fantastic Fest Awards Recipients | Fantastic Fest
13. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924082849/http://www.psfilmfest.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=25383&fid=73 Spring - 2015 Palm Springs International Film Festival]
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3337010/director-justin-benson-talks-the-music-of-spring-interview/|title=Directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead Talk The Music Of ‘Spring’ (Interview)|first=Jonathan|last=Barkan|date=March 20, 2015|work=Bloody Disgusting}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3336700/spring-ost-available-early-next-week-tracks-included-in-bittorrent-bundle/|title=‘Spring’ OST Available Early Next Week: Tracks Included In BitTorrent Bundle|first=Jonathan|last=Barkan|date=March 19, 2015|work=Bloody Disgusting}}