《Tickets》是Ermanno Olmi、Abbas Kiarostami和Ken Loach三大導以火車票為共同題材的三合一電影。Kiarostami和Loach向是我欣賞的導演（尤以前者為甚），而Olmi則只是久仰大名。電影看後，與Olmi真有相逢恨晚之感。他的一段，如夢似詩，一字記之曰美。
關於這部電影，可參考Sight & Sound的評論。我只談Olmi自編自攝自導那段。
故事很簡單：垂垂老矣的醫藥專家到外地開會。由於航班出現問題，當地公司的女工作人員臨時為他買頭等火車票返家，並在火車站送行。老人在車上本欲以電腦寫一封感謝便條，但當他回想當天與女工作人員的幾度接觸時，竟萌生莫名的愛慕之情，並將之與童年的一段美好而矇矓的回憶交織，如夢如幻。
本段充滿暮年心態，場景以夜晚為主，節奏緩慢，思潮時起時止。Olmi更在片中加入荒謬元素：軍人不知何故如臨大敵在車站和車上巡邏，傲慢的操濃重口音的英語的指揮官更坐在老人對面。
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《紐約時報》最新一期《週日雜誌》有篇Abbas Kiarostami專訪，頗有趣：
Q: As an independent filmmaker living in a repressive Islamic theocracy, are you harassed by the government?
A: They are very civil, but they don’t allow me to screen my movies.
Q: If your films are not shown in theaters in Iran, do Iranians know of them?
A: They can buy the DVDs on the black market.
Q: Seriously, how do artists in Iran deal with the restrictions imposed on them by the government?
A: It makes them more creative, because art is the one positive thing they can get out of their life in Iran.
Q: Was it hard to obtain a visa from the U.S. government for this trip?
A: They were very kind to me; they gave me a visa. But when I arrived here, at J.F.K., I had two and a half hours of Q. and A.
Q: The U.S. government does Q. and A.’s?
A: Not like you do. It’s just to make you aware that they are watching you. They asked me: How old is your mother? How old is your father? Where do you live? I answered all the questions with pleasure.
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