樱井敦司
发表于9分钟前
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:玛丽昂(朱莉·德尔佩 Julie Delpy 饰)是一位职业摄影师,目前,她与做电台主持人的男友明格斯(克里斯·洛克 Chris Rock 饰)过着同居的生活,同时,与他们住在一起的还有两个孩子和一只猫,那两个孩子分别来自于玛丽昂和明格斯的上一段感情。虽然是这样特殊的四 口之家,但这对情侣的生活过的平静又充实,玛丽昂甚至开始策划起属于自己的摄影展来,没想到,正是这展览打破了她原有的宁静生活。听说女儿要在异国举办个展,玛丽昂的父亲带着她的妹妹以及妹妹的男友立刻踏上了通往纽约的旅程,他们丝毫没有想过,这突如其来而又莽撞的行为会给玛丽昂添多大的麻烦。果不其然,自从三人来到纽约并闹出各种笑话后,玛丽昂和明格斯之间的关系开始急转直下,在顾及亲人感受的同时,玛丽昂能否挽回这段珍贵的感情呢?
尤雅
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:Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far.The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939).The title music sets the tone: a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff.The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man.Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'.Roger Philip Mellor