Based on an unknown Sch?nberg opera from 1929, From Today Until Tomorrow explores one night in a not-quite loveless marriage. A husband and wife return from a party where she has flirted with another man, while he has cast an appraising eye toward an attractive, fashionably dressed acquaintance of his wife’s. Though each dreams, briefly, of leaving the marriage for the excitement and mystery of a new lover, in the end they decide stability and comfort are more important than the fleeting thrill of new romance. Directors Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, who previously collaborated on two other films about music (The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, 1968, and Moses and Aaron, 1975), rely on long fixed shots in austere black-and-white so that the focus remains on the musical brilliance of Sch?nberg’s atonal score, performed here by 70 musicians. That Sch?nberg would choose such a relatively lighthearted message for his newly discovered musical language remains a mystery, especially since the conclusion reached by the husband and wife—to stick with the tried and true—seems directly at odds with Sch?nberg’s own philosophy of composing. It is just this juxtaposition, however, coupled with Straub and Huillet’s faithful presentation, that makes the opera a compelling addition to the Sch?nberg canon—and the film such a challenging and intriguing experience.

本片在澳大利亞80年代初才被允許放映。 　　電影取材自50年代連續(xù)殺人魔Ed Gein的真實事跡。 　　幾個年輕人——Sally (瑪麗蓮·伯恩斯 Marilyn Burns 飾） 、Franklin  (保羅A. 普泰 Paul A. Partain 飾）、Jerry (阿倫·丹齊格 Allen Danziger 飾）、Kirk (威廉·韋爾 William Vail）和Pam (泰瑞·麥克明 Teri McMinn 飾），駕駛房車駛入荒漠中的德州特拉維斯鎮(zhèn)。途中，一個滿身傷痕、喪魂落魄的搭車人（埃德溫·尼爾 Edwin Neal 飾）。勾起了他們的好奇心，他們在他的帶領下進入一幢陰森大屋試圖弄清真相。大屋被一股神秘、恐怖的氛圍所籠罩，仿佛有一雙眼睛始終在窺視著他們的一舉一動。正當這群年輕人驚恐萬分、不知所措時，電鋸聲驟然而起，他們最后的噩夢隨之降臨……

在離開了弗羅里達之后，貝絲（麗貝卡·豪爾 Rebecca Hall 飾）來到了諸多淘金者心目中的圣地拉斯維加斯，在那里，她找到了一份酒吧女招待的工作。雖然生活和設想中的大相徑庭，但貝絲并沒有太多的精力去思考和抱怨，每一天，能夠吃飽，有地方住就已經(jīng)是最大的奢侈了。

1980年代，江南某城市。商學院烹飪系的蔡琳（張曉力 飾）、柳瑤（魯瑛 飾）、和周婷（周金珍 飾）是我國第一屆學烹飪的大學生。在考試中，由于殺雞比賽不過關，蔡琳受到系主任批評。蔡琳決定在實踐中學習烹飪，她借男友羅丹（葉暉 飾）母親（嚴麗秋 飾）生日本想露一手，不料弄巧成拙。羅母勸蔡琳改行，說女孩子干這行沒發(fā)展，倔犟的蔡琳抱定決心干下去，結果與羅家母子不歡而散。柳瑤對學烹飪心猿意馬，今天學唱歌，明天學跳舞，出盡洋相。一日，她們一行在西湖邊發(fā)現(xiàn)羅母正在為羅丹介紹對象，蔡琳故意挽起廚師龐大力（馬天放 飾）的胳膊招搖過市。時光茬苒，當一切誤會消除后......