犹太天才数学家马克西·米利安·科恩(希恩·格莱特 Sean Gullette饰)痴迷沉醉于数字的世界,他认为一切自然界的事物都可以用数字解释。他潜心研究,试图透过数字推演出种种生命迹象背后的奥秘和规律。可越是逼近答案,他越是无法忍受致命的头痛。他发现了过去十年来股票市场的混乱波动,其实是由背后的一套数学模式在操纵。与此同时,他的研究引来了华尔街股票市场的炒家们和犹太神秘教派的注意。在介乎真实与虚拟的世界中,马克西正在走向疯狂。 1996年2月,阿伦诺夫斯基开始筹备这部成本只有六万美元的长片处女作。两年后,《死亡密码》以其新颖的创意和崭新的拍摄手法,一鸣惊人。先是斩获圣丹斯电影节的导演奖,翌年又摘得独立精神奖的最佳编剧处女作奖。2000年,他再次自编自导了《梦之安魂曲》,也赢得了不错的反响。2005年,他还入围“最需要关注的好莱坞100人”。
In the futuristic city of Vanille, with properly tuned ImmerSyst Eyes
Ears the world can look and sound like a paradise. But the life of a father and his young son threatens to disintegrate when the father's device begins to fail. Desperate to avoid facing his own traumatic reality, the man must venture outside to find a replacement, into a city where violence and danger lurk beneath a skim of beautiful illusion.
本片以分段式描述三个令人毛骨悚然的恐怖故事。 故事一:Old Chief Wood'nhead 一个印第安人还魂后为被谋杀的小士多店主复仇; 故事二:The Raft 池塘的食肉浮渣袭击小艇上的四个年轻人; 故事三:Dawn Of The Dead 富婆在和男妓风流后的返家途中意外撞死一名搭便车的男子……
After seventeen years in prison, the former respected Parisian banker Paul Lavond flees with his friend, the lunatic scientist Marcel that is researching with his wife Malita the miniaturization of animals and human beings to improve the resources of mankind. Paul Lavond was framed for robbery by his scoundrel associates Emil Coulvet, Charles Matin and Victor Radin that had stolen his business while his family was doomed to shame, poverty and tragedy. When Marcel reduces the retarded servant Lachna, he learns that the woman is motionless and only responds to the control of his brain and has a heart attack. After the death of Marcel, Paul Lavond sees the chance to use the miniaturization process as instrument of vengeance and he travels to Paris with the insane Malita disguised of Madame Mandilip, a nice old lady and owner of a dolls store. Paul Lavond, using the identity of Madame Mandilip, befriends his resented and estranged daughter Lorraine Lavond and plots a scheme to revenge and vindicate his family name.