Every year in France, 92,000 people are placed under psychiatric care without their consent. By law, the hospital has 12 days to bring each patient before a judge. Based on medical records and a doctor’s recommendations, a crucial decision has to be made – will the patient stay or leave 12 DAYS after which lives can change forever.
這是Qatsi記錄片三部曲的最后一部。Qatsi是美國印第安土著Hopi語，意思是生活。 本片由于受資金困擾，2002年才得以發行，制作時間長達十年，但卻沒有象前面兩部作品Powaqqatsi (1988)和Koyaanisqatsi (1983) 那樣廣受好評。 音樂仍然由Philip Glass操刀，馬友友則在此片中擔任大提琴獨奏。 著名影評人ROGER EBERT說： “I have problems with Naqoyqatsi as a film, but as a music video it''s rather remarkable. （“Naqoyqatsi作為一部影片有不少問題，作為MTV倒相當出色。） 1983年，受IRS(Institute of Regional Study)委托，導演雷吉奧拍出了一部非敘事性的電視片，在這基礎上，Qatsi系列第一部驚世之作《失衡生活》(Koyaanisqatsi)應運而生。在得到了包括盧卡斯、科波拉等人的大力支持與推廣之后，《失衡生活》在當時形成了轟動性的效果。5年以后，Qatsi系列第二部《變形生活》(Powaqqatsi)誕生，盡管沒有在第一部的基礎上取得大的突破，但也不失為水準之作。 《戰爭生活》的誕生經歷了許多坎坷。盡管《失衡的生活》與《變形的生活》都取得了相當好的評價，但在拍攝期間，導演仍然面臨嚴重的資金問題。在這種情況下，盡管派拉蒙公司已經為前兩部電影發行了DVD，但是雷吉奧仍然堅持收回版權，讓想要購買DVD的影迷單獨與他聯系，單價150美金，作為對第三部影片拍攝費用的支持。最后在米拉邁克斯公司的支持下，由著名導演斯蒂芬·索德伯格（《性、謊言、錄像帶》，《毒品網絡》，《永不妥協》）出任執行制片，歷經10余年，終于完成了這部作品。 電影里充滿著那些似乎無意剪接到一起的鏡頭，一會是沖天的原子彈，一會是變色的散發出奇異目光的多利羊，以及飄忽來去的世界地圖，股票市場，數字，和人的游行……然后接著來了警察，以及揮舞的棍棒，長長的有刀的槍，還有飛過的子彈的呼嘯……鏡頭一轉，我們又看到了拳擊手的攻擊和倒下，本?拉登和胡子，還有變形的電腦，不停的毫無意義的爭吵。接著還有什么？流動著噪音的和沒有聲音的閱兵，徐徐而進的汽車，布什，輪盤賭，云霄飛車，快餐，速度，網絡……最后留下的是死亡，爆炸，而那些優雅環境里的鍵盤和字母在飛舞，汽車來了，光線亮了，車燈射過來，有人在哭泣……
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.
