爱在慾望蔓延时

　　朱迪（简·方达 Jane Fonda 饰）、瓦莱特（莉莉·汤普琳 Lily Tomlin 饰）和朵拉莉（多莉·帕顿 Dolly Parton 饰）共同在一间法人公司工作，三名女性有着不同的人生轨迹和迥异的个性，却同时因为上司富兰克林（达布尼·柯尔曼 Dabney Coleman 饰）的存在而感到痛苦不堪。　　富兰克林是一个彻彻底底的伪君子，在工作中总是有意无意的排挤和歧视女雇员，与此同时，他还是个乐于听闻阿谀奉承之词的浅薄之徒，在他的管控之下，公司内的氛围十分紧张。一次偶然之中，朱迪、瓦莱特和朵拉莉竟然在误打误撞之中绑架了富兰克林，将他囚禁起来，之后，三人在公司进行了一场大改革。

　　已經隱退江湖的女歌手Angela Arden（Charles Busch飾）擁有一個不正常的家庭，大兒子Lance（Stark Sands飾）是同性戀，常常為自己起伏不定的情緒所困。小女兒Edith（Natasha Lyonne飾）則從心底蔑視母親，只與父親親近。　　Angela如同坐監般的婚姻生活使她鬱鬱寡歡，她想要重新握起麥克風，但她的老公——電影製片人Sol Sussman（Philip Baker Hall飾）想盡辦法阻止她。他憎惡她，在得知她與落魄失意的男演員，「小白臉」Tony Parker（Jason Priestley飾）有染後，切斷她的一切經濟來源，不准她重回歌壇，并拒絕離婚。Sol對待兒子Lance的冰冷強硬態度也讓Angela下定決心毒殺他。　　Edith不相信父親死於心臟病發，她要求Lance和她一起找出母親蓄意謀殺的證據，但Lance深深愛著母親，陷入了兩難。而另一邊，母親的情人Tony Parker刻意接近兄妹倆，迅速俘獲了他們的心，並使兩人爭風吃醋大打出手。Tony的真實身份是什麽呢？　　隨著調查的深入，最後的真相卻出人意料。陰謀的背後竟牽扯出一樁陳年舊案——當年Angela殺死姊姊Barbara并取代她的身份，一雙兒女其實是姊姊的孩子。而已經死去的Sol居然再度露面，企圖殺死Angela......　　由Charles Busch於1999年撰寫并主演的同名舞台劇改編，導演Mark Rucker憑藉「Die, Mommie, Die」獲得了2003年Sundance Film Festival的特別評審獎。

　　当著名作家维克托·阿德尔曼逝世时，一位记者联系上了他的妻子莎拉，希望能抢先报道这位伟大作家的一生。随着记忆的帘幕被缓缓拉开，维克托和莎拉这场近半个世纪的爱恋过程终于呈现在世人眼前。然而在甜蜜生活的背后，这对世人眼中的模范夫妻究竟埋藏着多少不为人知的秘密？丈夫背后的神秘女子又究竟是谁？ 当浪漫的爱情遭遇不忠的背叛，当真爱背后是熊熊燃烧的野心，他们究竟该如何解决婚姻的种种危机？

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.