史蒂夫(比利·克鲁德普 Billy Crudup 饰)在跑步方面有着过人的天赋,许多教练想要将他收入麾下但却纷纷遭到了拒绝,因为,在心高气傲的史蒂夫心中,只有传奇田径教练比尔(唐纳德·萨瑟兰 Donald Sutherland 饰)有资格成为他的“师傅”,经历了一番波折之后,史蒂夫最终成为了比尔手下的得力战将。 经历了比尔别具一格的严格训练,史蒂夫获得了长足的进步。之后,他在校园里结识了名叫马瑞(莫妮卡·波特 Monica Potter 饰)的美丽女孩,两人双双坠入了爱河。一场竞争激烈的比赛中,初出茅庐的史蒂夫获得了第四名的好成绩,就在比尔和马瑞都在为他感到高兴的时候,史蒂夫却宣布要结束自己的职业生涯,因为他脆弱的自尊无法承受没能得到第一名的打击。
Bipedalism, or 'two-footed walking', is the story of a painter who grew up in an orphanage and only years later learns the circumstances of his father's disappearance and death. Childhood memories bring the main character back to the past he buys a house in the suburbs that used to belong to his family. In the basement, he finds his father's archives and scientific research documents on the hybridization of human race with related biological species. Studying the archive material, he unexpectedly finds evidence of efforts to renew the experiments on the remaining hybrid population. The painter then becomes a researcher, and consequently a victim. The basic idea of his father's research was to change, control and influence the process of human evolution - initially connected with eugenics theories of the period before World War II, and now being placed in a context of modern 'biotechnological' expectations by his former colleagues. The main character tries to recreate and realize his father's heritage, who was forced to cooperate with state terror organizations, using the results of his secret research. In a tragic manner, this information turns into the main character's reality, at first forcing him to reappraise his father's values and later driving him to madness.
Gwyneth Hayden has it all. A top-notch career, killer wardrobe, dream apartment, and great friends - she thinks the only thing missing is a man. In a moment of inspired desperation, she fills out a profile on the dating website ChristianMingle.com hoping to find Mr. Right. However, Gwyneth's Christianity is a little rusty and her attempts at impressing her dream guy end in disaster when he calls her out on her faux faith. In an honest realization, she sees her superficial life for what it really is, and is driven to create a personal relationship with God.
《真实电影》取材于1973年播出的纪录片剧集《一个美国家庭》(An American Family),这部剧集讲述了圣芭芭拉的一个普通家庭——劳德一家的故事。正在闹离婚的帕特-劳德与比尔-劳德夫妇是一对典型的美国中产阶级代表,他们共同抚养了四个孩子,其中大儿子兰斯公开宣布自己是同性恋。该片不仅着力反映整个社会对家庭内部矛盾的影响,在当时也鲜有电视作品表现同性恋话题。而《真实电影》则走进了这部剧集的幕后,讲述了电影人克雷格-吉尔伯特如何打造出这部意义深刻的电视纪录片作品。