致列
发表于4分钟前回复 :《蓝色情人节》在分级上经历了一波三折,最终被定为R级。Dean(瑞恩·高斯林 Ryan Gosling 饰)和Cindy(米歇尔·威廉姆斯 Michelle Williams 饰)在朝夕相处了六个年头之后,他们的婚姻出现了问题。两人想借情人节之际修补彼此的关系, 特意将女儿留在外公家。他们还特意找了一家情人酒店,想找点新的“兴奋点”来刺激自己的爱情。可两人就对未来的生活态度发生了争执,感情不但没有修复反而愈吵愈烈。Dean安逸于有妻女的平淡生活,但Cindy却希望开创属于自己的事业。随着两人的分歧不断升温,那些以往美好婚姻生活中的幸福的片段如今却变成了令人难堪和苦恼的回忆。是否一段感情必须要经历“七年之痒”的磨练?这两个曾经相爱的彼此,曾经甜蜜的婚姻,否则最终会走向支离破碎?
森山良子
发表于1分钟前回复 :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