今日导读
你见过最厉害的杀手是谁?哪个反派能在电影中一路杀到最后?电影中的线性叙事又是什么?怎样从拍摄角度来评价一部奥斯卡获奖电影?今天雪梨老师从《华盛顿邮报》电影榜单上精选了 2 部高分影片的影评,为你解答以上问题。我们一起来看看吧!
带着问题听讲解
Q1: 作者认为《老无所依》这部电影在哪些方面堪称完美?
Q2: “breakout indie hit” 说明了什么?
Q3: 为什么说《敦刻尔克》有一种“purity” ?
新闻正文
The best films of the 2000s
21 世纪最佳影片
"No Country for Old Men" (2007)
《老无所依》 (2007)
With this adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel, Joel and Ethan Coen created a technically perfect movie, a one-film master class in every element of cinematic style, from writing and acting to cinematography, editing and sound design.
凭借科马克·麦卡锡的同名小说改编剧本,乔尔·科恩和伊森·科恩兄弟俩创造了一部在技术上堪称完美的电影,这部电影在电影风格的每个元素上,都如一堂单片电影大师课:从剧本写作和表演呈现到电影摄制、剪辑和声音设计。
Viewers can be skeptical of the film's moral universe—conditioned by McCarthy's weary pessimism and overworked moral rhetoric—and still appreciate the Coens' impeccable control of the material.
观众可能会对这部影片的道德宇宙持怀疑态度——小说作者麦卡锡令人心累的悲观主义和过多的道德论调深刻影响了该片的道德宇宙——尽管如此,观众仍能领会科恩兄弟对素材的完美把控。
A scene when Josh Brolin's protagonist listens to an approaching foe in a hotel hallway is a tutorial in the use of sound to tell a story with excruciating tension and suspense.
在电影的一幕中,乔什·布洛林扮演的主角在酒店门厅听到仇敌靠近,这个场景堪称运用声音来诠释伴有折磨人的紧张和悬念的故事的教科书式典范。
"Dunkirk" (2017)
《敦刻尔克》 (2017)
Since his breakout indie hit "Memento," Christopher Nolan has played with notions of time, scrambling his movies' chronology and creating densely layered narratives that barely skirt utter incomprehensibility.
自从小众作品《记忆碎片》一炮走红之后,克里斯托弗·诺兰一直巧妙玩转时间概念,打乱电影的时间线,展开繁复层叠的叙述,他的叙事观众简直勉强才能看懂。
With this interpretive history of the World War II evacuation of Allied forces, Nolan deconstructs the time frame, doing away with linear narrative in favor of a sensory experience that is immersive and empathic.
在这段演绎二战联军撤退的历史故事里,诺兰解构了时间框架,放弃了线性叙事,转而为观众提供一种既让人身临其境又催生同理心的感官体验。
As an exercise in sound and image, "Dunkirk" achieved a purity rarely seen in contemporary commercial cinema, simultaneously returning movies to their roots and pushing them forward.
作为一项影和音的实践,《敦刻尔克》取得了当代商业电影难得一见的纯粹性,将电影返璞归真的同时推动其向前发展。
————— 文章来源 / 华盛顿邮报
重点词汇
cinematography /ˌsɪnəməˈtɑːɡrəfi/
n. 电影摄制艺术;电影制作方法
e.g.
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
condition/kənˈdɪʃn/
v. 对…具有重要影响;影响(某事发生的方式)
e.g.
Gender roles are often conditioned by cultural factors.
rhetoric/ˈretərɪk/
n. 修辞;花言巧语
impeccable/ɪmˈpekəbl/
adj. 无瑕疵的;完美的
e.g.
Her English is impeccable.
protagonist/prəˈtæɡənɪst/
n. (电影的)主要人物,主人公,主角
excruciating/ɪkˈskruːʃieɪtɪŋ/
adj. 折磨人的;难以忍受的
breakout/ˈbreɪkaʊt/
adj. 大受欢迎的
e.g.
a breakout album
indie/ˈɪndi/
adj. (影片)独立制作的
memento/məˈmentoʊ/
n. 纪念品;《记忆碎片》
scramble/ˈskræmbl/
v. 打乱
e.g.
scramble an egg
chronology/krəˈnɑːlədʒi/
n. 年代顺序;时序
skirt/skɜːrt/
v. 避开,回避
e.g.
skirt the hard issue
do away with
废除;取消;结束
e.g.
Computerization has enabled us to do away with a lot of paperwork.
immersive/ɪˈmɜːrsɪv/
adj. 沉浸的;身临其境的
empathic/em'pæθɪk/
adj. 移情的
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