Ymode DX vol.42 彩乃美希

　　During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' . Written by Stewart M. Clamen

本片改编自同名小说，故事始于高一夏天，坂平陆（高桥海人 饰）与水村真奈美（芳根京子 饰）在泳池事故后灵魂互换。两人坚信能恢复原状，苦寻方法，然而15年过去，依旧未能换回。升学、初恋、就业、结婚、生子，他们只能以彼此的身体走完人生重大节点。直到30岁那年夏天，真奈美突然说：“我或许知道怎么换回来了。”命运的齿轮，开始再次转动——

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

　　本片以主人公大卫·布莱恩架车游历美国得克萨斯州过程中所见所闻为主线，透过一个个具有鲜明个性的小人物及发生在他们身上的故事，展示了当地人对于生活和爱情的独特理解。该片值得称道的是将歌舞与写实完美结合，大量旋律优美的乡村民谣,歌曲成为片中最耀眼的亮点，也是导演大卫·布莱恩对电影艺术的创新之举，是一次成功的探索。