Made for only $350,000 in 1985 when no one wanted to fund or star in a movie about lesbians, Desert Hearts is widely considered the first full-length lesbian love story, and its success paved the way for the proliferation of lesbian films we enjoy today.
Directed by Donna Deitch and set in 1950's Reno, Nevada, Desert Hearts tells the story of a 35-year-old uptight female professor Vivian (Helen Shaver) who comes to town to file for divorce and ends up falling in love with a free-spirited 25-year-old casino worker Cay (Patricia Charbonneau).
Although Vivian left her husband because she had "drowned in still waters," she is not quite prepared for the tidal wave-effect Cay has on her life. As Vivian herself admits, her life is all about "order," and her image of herself as a scholar and a professional, upstanding woman does not include a relationship with a woman. Cay, meanwhile, is living at home with her stepmother, Frances (Audra Lindley) while she waits to meet someone who "counts"--and she almost immediately recognizes that Vivian is that someone.
Both women struggle with conflicting desires and a sense of obligation to others, and are ultimately drawn together not just because of their attraction to each other, but because each woman offers the other something she has been unable to find on her own.。2015年是哈勃望远镜发射25周年,这件事推动我们进入了天文学黄金时代,并使我们比以往任何时候都更接近于回答最令人困惑的问题。比如:宇宙的起源是什么?还有其他像我们一样有着丰富生活的世界吗?哈勃望远镜带着新的高科技走向更广阔的宇宙,科学家用返回的数据去解释星系的形状,解释星辰的变迁,和宇宙是如何诞生生命的。这部纪录片的视觉盛宴是通过超级计算机模拟宇宙事件,并且以最具艺术的动画片形式将现代天文学最前沿的的发现带到了生活中。令人惊讶于3.5亿光年的超大黑洞。令人赞叹于猎户星云的美丽。。