一(😨)个年轻人听(tīng )到一(🤑)个(gè )电话，告诉他一场核(hé )战争已经开始，导弹(📢)(dàn )将在70分钟内击中(🎀)(zhōng )他的(🚂)(de )城市(shì )。
艾麗(🧖)森被(bè(🔩)i )朋友(yǒu )说服(🎼)(fú )在第(🙇)一学期一同(🥞)(tóng )选修(🐴)(xiū )达(🐥)克教授(❣)的“恐(kǒ(📫)ng )懼心(📱)理学 课(🔝)程。然而(😮)(ér )戴(🔠)力克(kè(🥉) )教授的(❎)授课(🌶)方式并(🏭)不(bú )使(💼)用 、图表或(😂)是其他(tā )惯用(yòng )的(💥)方法，而(ér )采用(yòng )有(🛄)声(shēng )的电影教材(cá(😻)i )、装(zhuāng )填子(zǐ )弹的(✴)枪只、被削(xuē )尖的斧头和令人感到(dào )恐惧的(👥)(de )故事；这些故事内(⬆)容(róng )到(🌩)最后都一件(🈵)件反映(🔛)(yìng )在他门生(🚂)活周遭(🏩)(zāo )......艾麗(lì )森(🍱)将(jiāng )如(🌇)何去(🧗)界定(dì(🏔)ng )真实(shí(📱) )与虚(🥪)(xū )幻的(🧝)世界？(🆖)
拍摄(♈)(shè )外星(🌙)(xīng )人入(🕍)侵题(🔁)材的电(🔰)(diàn )影无(🤰)外乎从两方(🧢)面入(rù )手：要(yào )么(🥥)笔调轻快，要么手(shǒ(🐷)u )法沉重。其中并无捷(😰)(jié )径可(kě )寻，也不可(🏊)(kě )能草(cǎo )草绕(rào )过了事。但(dàn )遗憾(hàn )的是(shì )《外(💏)太空杀人小(xiǎo )丑》仍(🎼)然试图(🎒)寻找一(yī )条(📿)中庸(yō(🕊)ng )之道，于是他(📚)们选中(👫)(zhōng )了“马戏团(💐)”这个中(😍)(zhōng )介。想象一(🐘)下所(suǒ(🥞) )谓的(😓)(de )惊天(tiā(😪)n )大阴谋(🚝)就是(🎫)(shì )一群(🕯)(qún )穿着(📸)(zhe )小丑(🚮)服的外(🍻)星侏(zhū(🔈) )儒在(zài )地球(🔙)上大肆破坏(huài )，用激(🗼)光射线枪把人(rén )类(📎)变成(chéng )喷喷香闪闪(💚)亮的棉花(huā )糖——(🐎)除了让人眼花(huā )缭乱(luàn )一番之外，恐怕(pà )很少(shǎo )有人能真正(zhèng )进(😟)入(rù )情(🛬)节(jiē )并真正(🅾)理解。
叙(🚮)(xù )述了雍正(🌯)年间苏(🚖)州神(shén )医叶(🍤)天(tiān )士(🍸)妙手回春的(💑)喜剧故(🙃)(gù )事(🐎)。
阿敏（(😦)张敏 饰(😉)）与(⬆)小妹（(🥫)侯炳莹(🍗)(yíng ) 饰(📤)）自幼(🍫)(yòu )随继(✔)父（成(chéng )奎(🍴)安(ān ) 饰）一起生活(⚾)，一家(jiā )生活(huó )虽清(🛋)苦，却也其(qí )乐融融(👑)。 成年后的阿(ā )敏在(➗)理(lǐ )发店打工，补贴家用(yòng )，供小妹读书。一日(rì )偶遇(yù )舞女阿红（(👛)钟楚(chǔ )红 饰(shì )）与(👭)几个生(🈯)(shēng )意合(hé )伙(🕹)人(rén )冲(❔)突。阿敏不畏(🚱)(wèi )威胁(🧦)，挺身助阿红(🤠)，二人遂(📘)(suí )结(🏿)下友情(🚽)。 风云不(👕)测(cè(🙎) )，继父 遭(🎯)人陷害(🎖)入狱(🤤)(yù )，母亲(⛹)一病不(✅)起(qǐ(😧) )。阿(ā )敏(👔)要(yào )在短时间内(nè(💂)i )筹钱(qián )，只(zhī )有下海(💒)作舞女。 在领班Cat妈（(🙋)玛利亚 饰(shì )）的代(💹)领下，阿敏进(jìn )入全港(gǎng )最红的舞厅，并再次(cì )巧遇阿红。 辛酸(suān )的(😻)舞(wǔ )女生(shēng )活，阿敏(🚹)在(zài )阿(🥃)红(hóng )的代(dà(🍚)i )领下慢(📽)慢地成长(zhǎ(👊)ng )起来(lá(📦)i )。二人面临各(🧡)种(zhǒng )艰(🐗)难险(👉)阻，相互(🌑)扶持(chí(🚥) )照顾(✔)，结下生(🌩)死情谊(📚)。 眼看(🕹)(kàn )父亲(😲)即将出(🚥)狱，生(💝)活(huó )渐(💿)渐有了希望，1988年股(gǔ(🔐) )市的(de )崩颓却又如(rú(🏑) )晴天(tiān )霹雳(lì )般摧(⏬)毁了一切。
Kyeong-hwa,suffering from a sleepwalking disorder, revisits the places she used to go with her now deceased first lover. During those times, she fantasizes that she is with him but, in reality, she is picking up strangers. One morning she returns home with a tatoo claiming to have no memory of how she got it and providing a clue to her husand that something strange is going on.
After the Gwangju Uprising and Democratization Movements was subdued with force, Jong-su goes to Dongducheon in search for his childhood friend Tae-ho, in order to escape the investigation of the dictatorial regime. He is a student of Chonnam National University and a teacher at a night school, and he is wanted for participating in the Gwangju Uprising and Democratization Movements. Tae-ho works at a snack bar in a U.S. military base, but his main income is derived from selling American goods to Koreans. Jong-su finds it difficult to live with his friend whose life goal is to earn enough money to immigrate to the U.S., and the rough prostitutes who sell their bodies to American soldiers. He also struggles daily with the painful memories of the Gwangju Uprising. Jong-su remembers Gu-chil, a shoeshine boy he met at night school who contrasted so much with Tae-ho, who is willing to put American military goods on the black market to reach his goal of immigrating to the U.S., and the prostitutes around the military base who thought that if they could marry an American soldier and go to the U.S., it would be the beginning of a whole new life for them. Unlike Tae-ho and the prostitutes who wanted to escape to the U.S., Gu-chil joined the Democratization Movements with Jong-su and fought to the end, hoping for democratization to finally come true. Jong-su’s memories alienate him from reality and his agonies give pain to the people around him. Tae-ho, whose goal is to make money and immigrate to the U.S., is betrayed by Steve, a soldier with whom he was doing business and loses everything he has. Jenny, who cherishes the hope of living with Steve, is also betrayed and kills herself. Despite Tae-ho’s rage and Jong-su’s despair, they are unable to do anything but repress their emotions and return to their everyday lives