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包揽5项奥斯卡,为什么这部影片是经典中的经典?
2018-08-09 11:05
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《美国丽人》是一部老电影,以一个典型的美国中产阶级家庭为例,讲述了美国家庭伦理和生活的诸多矛盾。
男主角莱斯特•伯哈姆的家住在平静的市郊,他有一个美丽的妻子卡罗琳和一个未成年的女儿珍妮。但是,他的家庭并不像外人看到的那么幸福:事业一无所成,和妻子感情疏离……却在女儿的同学安吉拉身上找到心动的感觉。
I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the secondbefore you die. First of all, that one second isn't a second at all. It stretches on forever, like an ocean of time.
听说人在死前的一秒钟,他的一生会闪过眼前。首先,其实不是一秒钟,而是延伸成无止境的时间,就像时间的海洋。
For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout Camp, watching falling stars. And yellow leaves from the maple trees that lined our street. Or my grandmother's hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper. And the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand-new Firebird. And Janie, and Janie. And Carolyn.
对我来说,我的一生是躺在草地上看着流星雨,还有街道上枯黄的枫叶,或是奶奶手上纸一样的皮肤,还有我第一次看到托尼表哥那辆全新的火鸟跑车,还有珍妮,还有卡洛琳。
I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me, but it's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain, and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life.
我猜我死了应该生气才对,但世界这么美,不该一直生气。有时候一直看完会无法承受,我的心像涨满的气球随时会爆,后来我记得要放轻松,别一直想要紧抓着不放,所有的美就像雨水一样洗涤着我,让我对我这卑微愚蠢的生命,在每一刻都充满感激。
You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry. You will someday.
你一定不知道我在说什么,别担心,总有一天你会明白。
这段话源于影片末尾,是男主角莱斯特•伯哈姆被一枪打死后,脑海中浮现的画面与内心的独白。
他曾对生活失去希望,也曾经迷失在昏昏沉沉的日子里;但在生命结束之时,他却想起了一生内心深藏着的妻子、女儿等以及一切曾经无比美好的事物。
整部影片的基调晦涩又病态,呈现出一段夹杂着性欲、金钱、压力、冷漠、麻木和虚荣的生活。
但就在这所有的沉重结束后,故事里的人还能带着希望和欣赏去看待曾有过的日子,这是他给自己的救赎,也是给观众的救赎。
我们或许被束缚,或许没有自由自在,但世界这么美,不该一直生气。