巅峰拍档第十八季
Series Eighteen starts airing on 29 January 2012 with seven episodes (not including the India Special),[1] following on from the 2011 Christmas special which aired on 28 December 2011.[2] In the special they take a route across India, the first of the many countries Top Gear plans to visit over the course of the new series, according to Jeremy Clarkson. Shooting in India began on 2 October, with the first leg of the shooting beginning in suburbs of Mumbai.[3][4] The show was also seen in Lecce, Italy with a Noble M600, McLaren MP4-12C and a Lamborghini Aventador.[5] Hammond announced during the Top Gear Live shows in Birmingham, that additional recordings for the new series had been done in the USA.  The January 2012 edition of Top Gear Magazine featured a preview of what to expect in series 18.[6] It included a piece where Richard Hammond drives a NASCAR safety car for a real race, later going on to drive an actual NASCAR race car. The magazine also featured a part of some of the power tests to expect, including Jeremy Clarkson driving a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Edition, a Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster and a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale. Hammond meanwhile will drive a 2012 BMW M5 F10, and May will have a Vauxhall Corsa Nürburgring Edition. Another feature is going to China to test drive Chinese cars, Italy in 3 super-cars, Lamborghini Aventador, Noble M600 and a McLaren MP4-12C. Also James May is taking a trip to USA to test sports hybrid supercar Fisker Karma, meet ACDC frontman Brian Johnson and drive his 1928 Bentley Vanden Plas LeMans Tourer. According to Top Gear Executive Producer Andy Wilman, Clarkson, Hammond and May are going to northern Sweden as well, where they will race the new Ferrari FF across a Silverstone Circuit-shaped ice track. Also Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond will attempt to film a car chase sequence for The Sweeney.
丽芙与英格玛
2012年芝加哥國際影展「金雨果獎」最佳紀錄片提名。迪拉吉阿柯卡爾導演,紀錄影響無數電影工作者的影壇宗師-英格瑪柏格曼(Ingmar Bergman),幕前幕後的創作歷程。全片柏格曼透過寫給心中「繆思女神」麗芙烏曼(Liv Ullmann)的情書,並穿插柏格曼多部影壇重要作品及幕後經典畫面,引領觀眾揭開傳奇電影羅曼史。  與英格瑪柏格曼(Ingmar Bergman)擁有超過長達42年情誼的傳奇女星-麗芙烏曼(Liv Ullmann),透過柏格曼寫給她的情書,望現這段影壇浪漫半生緣。柏格曼在寫給麗芙烏曼的情書中,形容這段愛戀是「愛與痛的牽連」……  1965年,柏格曼拍攝電影界公認他最神秘的電影《假面》時,在片場邂逅羞澀的麗芙烏曼,當時他們擁有各自的婚姻,但兩人的愛火一發不可收拾,不僅同住5年並且育有1女,更共同攜手孕育了12部電影作品。麗芙烏曼亦在片中引用她的自傳【變】(Changing)的篇章,為這部紀錄片增添更私密的觸動。多位與柏格曼攜手創造影史經典的合作對象,包括當年也先後與柏格曼相戀的比比安德森(Bibi Anderson)、坎城影展影后英格麗圖林(Ingrid Thulin)等人,皆見證了兩人持續近半世紀,最具傳奇魅力的影壇愛戀之旅……  《柏格曼的缪思情缘》(Liv and Ingmar, Dheeraj Akolkar, 2012)  由印度新锐导演Akolkar编导的纪录片《柏格曼的缪思情缘》,集结一群跨国团队,以传奇女星丽芙乌曼的自传《改变》(Changing)为底,透过阅读书中摘录、柏格曼致丽芙的情书和穿插访问丽芙的镜头,将丽芙与已故大师柏格曼(录音或影像)阴阳两隔的对话,精准地搭上柏格曼经典电影中相应的片段,可谓巧思独具。全片主要于柏格曼在瑞典Faros岛的居所采访拍摄,风光如画,哀婉动人。  透过丽芙乌曼澄澈纯净的蓝眼、沉缓而深情的倾诉,我们随之望穿围绕她与伯格曼的碧海蓝天、狂风骤雨、无尽孤寂,以及伤痛逝去后迎来一个又一个春夏秋冬。大师已经远去,丽芙迈入暮年,曾经共同孕育一个新生命(他们有一个女儿)与十二部电影,延续近半世纪情谊的传奇,则由丽芙诗意而悲悯的回溯,巧妙的经典镜头剪辑,影中影外的人生起伏转折,于变幻无常之中留下几许永恒的印记。
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