2023 film by Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne果真拍过？
Playboy does to softcore sex films what HBO's Tales from the Crypt did for horror. Contains the stories: "Dogs Playing Poker"; "The Branding"; "The Portal"; "The Perfect Woman"; "Within Ten Minutes"; "Tango"; "The Houseguest"; "Cafe L'Amour"; and "The Wet Dream".

本套短篇故事剧集由“花花公子”投资拍摄，这些软性情色系列短剧每个故事都只有10来分钟，共计40个小故事。或情趣或悬疑，均色而不淫，还带有斯皮尔伯格参与制作的电影“迷离境界”般奇趣怪异的发展和结局。参与拍摄的人员也非泛泛之辈。包括有亚历山大·佩恩(《杯酒人生》)，安东尼·福奎(《训练日》《太阳泪》)，山姆·雷米(《蜘蛛侠》)等这些现今如日中天的当红导演的情色旧作。
"In these erotic tales of the unexpected, prepare to be aroused, entertained, seduced, thrown upside down and turned completely Inside Out! This provocative four-disc set features 35 sensual stories with surprising plot twist filled with fantasy, humor and intrigue. Journey with a female space pioneer as she programs a computer into the ultimate love machine; watch a beautiful earth woman break through cultural sexual barriers with an alien; a group of senior citizens discover the fountain of youth; a lonely couch potato wishes his favorite TV sex goddess to life; and much more!"

在加油站工作的乔伊（Joe Marinelli 乔•马林莱利 饰）是个脑袋有些秀豆的家伙，因此经常受到同事泰瑞（Steve Freedman 饰）的欺负和戏弄。
某晚，老板有事外出，留下乔伊独自看店。性感妖艳的美女卡门（Khorshield MacHalle 豪舍尔•马海尔 饰）驾车前来，买完东西后，她并没有付钱的意思，而是对乔伊进行赤裸裸的勾引。只要乔伊提供汽油、巧克力饼干和炸玉米酱的话，卡门就答应做他的女友。
从此，乔伊和贪婪的卡门陷入热恋，但他颓废堕落的幸福并未持续太久，他的爱情轰然破裂……

本条目为短片合集条目。具体作品请参考相应短片页面：
01 The Lunch Date - Adam Davidson

02 Five Feet High And Rising - Peter Sollett

03 Freiheit - George Lucas

04 Daybreaker Express - D.A Pennebaker

05 Vincent - Tim Burton

06 Terminal Bar - Stefan Nadelman

07 Terry Tate: Office Linebacker - Rawson Marshall Thurber

08 Necrology - Standish Lawder

09 The Discipline of D.E - Gus Van Sant

10 The Wraith of Cobble Hill - Adam Parrish King

11 George Lucas in Love - Joe Nussbaum

12 Meshes of the Afternoon - Maya Deren

13 Carmen - Alexander Payne

14 Feelings - Todd Solondz

15 Paperboys - Mike Mills

16 Screen Test: Helmut - Andy Warhol

多年以前，当Ray Drecker（Thomas Jane扮演）读高中的时候，曾是个前途无限、惹人喜爱的运动健将。如今，他人到中年却依然一事无成。他在一家学校里担任高中教师和篮球教练，报酬微薄，地位低微，还没有保险。最让他寒心的是，在一起生活了20年的妻子（Anne Heche扮演）竟然舍他而去，跟她那位有洁癖的皮肤科医生结婚了。

屋漏偏逢连夜雨，Ray从父母那里继承来的房子因为年久失修，毁于一场大火，一直和他住在一起的一对双胞胎孩子不得不搬到母亲家里去住。孤独无依、一无所有、运气坏到了极点的Ray陷入情绪低潮，唯有参加当地一家「自救班」来解闷。这个班级的目的是找出每个人身上的潜能和能够使其在事业上获得成功的「优势」。在那里，Ray偶遇Tanya（Jane Adams扮演）－－一个本该成为诗人，却因为命运的捉弄而与成功失之交臂的平凡女人。Ray恍然间有了一种「人生何求」的感觉。

在Tanya的帮助下，Ray决心要善加利用自己身上的优点，凭自己的双手彻底改变人生。

"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.

幸好，参加“特长班”的培训，Ray找到了自己的“特长”。和Tanya经营的“牛郎生意”说不上顺风顺水，但也慢慢走上轨道，虽然出手阔绰的妇人并不多，Tanya的"Happy Consultant"宣传手段也不尽如人意，可毕竟，生活出现了转机。
在此期间，Ray还友情“慰劳”了下邻居太太，完全是出于对其丈夫无休止的控诉展开的报复。 不仅如此，Ray还陷入了一场恋爱中，可惜，事不遂人愿，郎有情，妾无意，最后以Ray伤心的撕碎告白信结束。
2个孩子也不给Ray省心，儿子玩哥特，又疑似有GAY倾向，女儿痴迷于一无脑男，在学校的表现差强人意。而2人同母亲的关系又极度白热化，非常迫切地想要搬回老爸的住处。
最后Ray在生意惨淡，又面临下岗，加上对孩子的责任等一系列的压力下，接受了Lenore的介绍，瞒着Tanya开始接手出手阔绰的富太太们。而第一个客户正是自己的前妻Jessica。

A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.

HBO新剧《Hung》，中文译名《大器晚成》，这个译名很有神韵，关键在那个器字。Hung的意思是指男性雄壮伟大的器官，所以各位看官应该能心领神会吧？这个剧的看点在于：中年大叔、篮球教练、离婚、拖儿带女、穷困潦倒、无处藏身、胯下巨物，然后理所当然的……大叔卖身做兼职舞男了！
不过千万不要以为这是个H剧，实际上它探讨的话题还挺严肃的。特别是在目前全球经济一片不景气的大环境下，这个“性感大叔面临中年危机终于小宇宙爆发，发狠拼命”的剧情，还是很有现实意义的。而且它还是一部黑色幽默剧，再加上男主角是很有爱的Thomas Jane大叔，不辞辛劳的宽衣解带演出多场激情裸戏，简直是大叔控的福音啊。

With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.

An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.

2017 film directed by Alexander Payne

2006 anthology film on the arrondissements of Paris

Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year’s high school student election. But Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks football player Paul Metzler to run for president as well.

2004 film directed by Alexander Payne