英文电影批判论文
A. 英语毕业论文--写一篇有关电影评论的文章
The Analysis of the Professional Leon(此文是这个杀手不太冷的影评) The Meaning of Life—Hope The Professional Leon which is directed by Luc Besson is an attractive and affecting movie. It is a story about a professional killer and a 14-year-old girl. In my opinion, this film reflects the influence of hope in people’s lives. Life is a magic thing. It is like a thick forest and when we walk through it, we need hope to lead us. Hope can change one’s mind. Hope can change one’s life.The first reason is the change between the settings from the beginning to the end. The film began with the oppressive cityscapes: roads, streets, alleys and then the screen turned dark. They are the characteristics of Film Noir. Besides, the protagonist Leon appeared from a black shot which is a special close-up. In addition, the following shot are fighting in some rooms. The whole beginning leads to a mood of cold and oppression. However, at the end of the film is a scene of orphanage. The sunshine illuminated the trees and the grass. The scene is bright and warm. Then the shot got far and far. This showed that life was going on and the sunshine brought us hope to live. The world turned peace again, and the mood turned soft and cozy. Therefore, the change of the beginning and the end showed the dark had gone and everyone got their hope. In this film, there is a symbol of hope-Leon’s evergreen. It ran through the whole film. The protagonist Leon, at fist, was a typical killer who was skillful and cold. The evergreen for him is the hope of life. It meant Leon’s valuable memory-the girl he loved. Everyday he cleaned the leaves of the evergreen carefully. He thought the evergreen was quiet and happy, so he took care of it as his most valuable thing. Actually, he lived in his memory and what he must protect is the hope-evergreen. For Leon, there was no meaning of the reality until he met the girl –Mathilda. When the girl implored Leon to open the door, he hesitated. Yes, of course. It was because everything would change since he opened the door. Actually, Leon was a simple, kind and attentive man who was not good at express himself. We can know that from watching old movie and ironing clothes. After accepting the girl, Leon chose the responsibility in his heart. His life changed because his hope changed. His living purpose was to protect the girl and revenge on Stan. Furthermore, his good-side was stimulated by the girl’s love. They were interdependent as a special relationship. I fact, Leon was not a killer any more since he met Mathilda. He was a real man. Another hope is reflected by Mathilda’s attitude of life. Mathilda’s family was inharmonious. She couldn’t feel love in this family, so she became unyielding and mature at an early age. She hated her relatives except her little brother. If she didn’t met Leon, her life would be out of imagination. When Leon opened the door, a light shone on Mathilda. This light of life is a symbol of change. Since she lived with Leon, she felt care from Leon, and she fell in love with him. She wanted to be with him forever. The hope of her life is Leon. She took care of their“home”and took care of him. When Leon ordered her go, she was in agony. She knew that she wouldn’t see him again. She was afraid that the hope of life would disappear. At last, she planted the evergreen near the orphanage, and the evergreen became her hope. She got a new view of this world, and she would cherish the memory of Leon who saved her life and soul. This story is a fairy tale of killer. The killer managed to protect his hope as the expanse of his life, whereas he died in comfort. Maybe, there is another dark world concealed near us. However, it is because the shine of hope has not illuminated it. And the meaning of life is the process of seeking hope.
B. 一篇关于英语原版电影的论文
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好了,就让我们在英国,看电影,学英语,找乐趣。
在语言环境中耳濡目染,才能真正“活学”,掌握语音、词汇、句型、思维和文化;在语言环境中入乡随俗,也才能真正“活用”,达到理解和表达、交流和沟通。但是中国人在跟电影学英语时,多数人走入只看不听,或只听不看;只泛不精,或只精不泛的误区,以致看了一些英文电影,但是听和说却没有本质的提高。
但是学好英语,又必须从听说入手。因为学习英语听说可以使英语不再是望而生畏、死气沉沉的学问,而成为妙趣横生、鲜活灵动的实践。但是学习听说不等于“习得听说”,美籍华人的英语好是因为具备了“习得听说”的必要条件:英语环境。但是我们没有条件,可以创造条件,比如看美国电影和情景喜剧,有意识地给自己营造出一种国外的英语环境强迫自己用耳朵接受英语,同时开口说英文,就能在轻松、愉快的氛围中“习得听说”。
英语听说包括语音、语调节奏、用词、句式、思维和文化六部分。首先,对于任何一门语言,语音是基础,它不仅包括单词的发音,还包括真实交际中词汇、习语的连读、失爆、弱化、浊化、重音、缩读等许多音变形式。至于语调节奏,则是地道流利表达英语的润滑剂,没有接触过地道的老外,没有和他们有过面对面的交谈,是很难感受到语调节奏在表达思想中的巨大作用和强大震撼力的。语言是文化的载体,用词和句式的正确与否直接体现了对异国文化了解的程度。可以说,达到前三者就达到了与美国人的形似,若是又学会了美国人的思维和文化,能够用美国文化思维则可达到神似的效果。这就是立体英语教育模式,电影则是最好的媒介。
做到语言、文化双丰收。1、融入原则:不要把自己看成旁观者,而要是当成局内人看待,要与角色同呼吸、共命运,产生场景感觉。2、突破原则:关键在于模仿,模仿不能离开背诵,熟练直到能脱口而出。3、扩展原则:首先要在词汇和句式层面上扩展;其次是在此基础上,“泛看”电影,电影题材可以不受很大限制,但每部影片都至少要看三遍以上。4、挖掘原则:此时不能仅限于看懂表面意思,而是要透过现象看本质,去挖掘语言背后深刻的文化内涵,变被动为主动,以此达到听说的最高境界。周宁人暑期看电影学地道英语身临其境的快感英语听说六要素影视学习四原则影视选材原则1、生活类影片:这是最好的语言素材,向大家推荐的书目有:初级???《情归巴黎》、中级???《阿甘正传》、《西雅图不眠夜》、《漂亮女人》、高级???《旅行冒险记》2、美国情景喜剧:代表作是七、八年前在电视上播出的那部《成长的烦恼》,当代最流行的有《森弗一家》、《朋友》等,更多内容可参看:《美国“情景喜剧”俚语百分百》。
C. 评析英文电影这个杀手不太冷 论文900字
自己写吧,自己体会这部电影写出100个字也比别人的1000字收益多得多,真的,别为了应付考试
D. “看电影”英语议论文 要列出好处坏处 初三水平 高手赐教 谢谢谢谢🙏ԅ
好处:Watching movie is a activity that make us relax.Like comedy movie ,it can make us happy.Like science movie,we can learn more knowledge that cant learn from books.
坏处:If we keep watching movie all the time,it's not good for our eye and forget the reality in your life.
我是初二生但在澳门就读 所以希望可以帮到你😊
E. 关于当代美国电影~论文。。。。。。急!!!!!
美国电影中华人形象的演变
从现存的默片《娇花溅血》(Broken Blossoms)(格里菲斯 [D. W. Griffith]执导,1919)算起,美国电影塑造华人形象已有八十五年的历史。本文选择六部不同时期的美国电影,历史地分析、解读华人形象如何成为美国大众文化中种族、性别与政治冲突的体现。在二十世纪初,华人曾一度被塑造为热爱和平、与人为善的形象,如《娇花溅血》,但由于美国十九世纪末驱赶华人劳工后,“黄祸”意识的延续,好莱坞更热衷于将华人想象为对白人构成威胁的“野蛮的”他者,如《阎将军的苦茶》(The Bitter Tea of General Yen)(卡普拉 [Frank R. Capra]执导,1933)。到了中国抗战及欧美二战时期,美国宗教救世话语影响下的好莱坞及时推出了《大地》(The Good Earth)(富兰克林[Sidney Franklin]执导,1937)之类的影片,赞扬中国妇女的勤劳勇敢及对土地的“原始情感”。而冷战时期持续不衰的东方主义想象又投射出一批如《苏丝黄的世界》(The World of Suzie Wong)(奎因[Richard Quine]执导,1960)宣扬西方“白马王子”超俗爱情、东方女子感恩献身的神话故事。美国国内60年代起日益剧烈的种族冲突也使华人一时凸显成“模范少数族群”,“自愿”同化于美国主流白人文化,在银幕上演出了歌舞升平的轻喜剧,如《花鼓歌舞》(Flower Drum Song)(罗杰斯[Richard Rodgers]执导,1961)。作为难得一见反思西方中心的神话影片,《蝴蝶君》(M. Butterfly)(克罗嫩贝格[David Cronenberg]执导,1993)布下性别迷阵,揭露了西方男人的情感和身份危机,精彩地颠覆了西方冷战话语及东方主义的叙事模式。
美国电影中的华人形象可以作种种解读。按学者马凯蒂(Gina Marchetti)所论1:
好莱坞利用亚洲人、美籍华人及南太平洋人作为种族的他者,其目的是避免黑人和白人之间更直接的种族冲突,或逃避白人对美国本土印第安人和西班牙裔人所持悔罪及仇恨交加的复杂心情。
马凯蒂认为好莱坞电影的叙事运作方式是神话般的,利用多种故事模式迷惑观众,如:强奸模式、俘虏模式、诱惑模式、救世模式、牺牲模式、悲剧爱情模式、超俗浪漫模式及同化模式等。本文所分析的影片,都在不同程度上印证了这些好莱坞电影模式经久不衰的影响力。正因为如此,揭示了这些模式的意识形态内涵及其话语运作方式,对我们更深刻地理解好莱坞有着不可忽略的现实意义。
一 《娇花溅血》:种族危机与性别体现
《娇花溅血》讲述一位简称“黄人”(亦称“程环”)的中国人离乡背井到伦敦谋生,暗恋一位屡遭父亲蹂躏的英国少女的悲剧爱情故事。影片开头即明确表现东西方的文化差异。黄人到中国佛寺进香,祈求远赴他乡后的平安,但他一出寺庙,就遇上西洋水兵聚众闹事街头。东方的和平和西方的暴力一方面揭示了两种文化的差异,另一方面又体现了种族的性别定型。踏上异域后,黄人的行为与价值取向一直呈女性化,从而与爱尔兰拳击手巴罗所体现的西方男性化形成二元对立:前者为文弱、温雅的店铺伙记,后者为粗暴、强壮的酗酒工人;前者为浪漫的梦想家,沉溺鸦片,醉心审美,后者为施虐的父亲,折磨女儿露西而得快感。露西为黄人店中的东方精美物品而陶醉,黄人热心献出丝绸衣料,让露西得到前所未有的“家”的温暖。这一跨种族的恋情,威胁了西方父权中心的秩序,巴罗一怒之下鞭打露西致死。赶来营救的黄人与巴罗对峙,一枪击毙巴罗,将露西的遗体抱回店中,放于牀上,烧香超度,然后用匕首刺心自杀而亡。
马凯蒂指出《娇花溅血》标题本身透露了影片中“幻想”的施虐及拜物的本质:吉什(Lillian Gish)扮演的露西像一朵娇花,生长于贫乏之地,虽如期开放,但不可避免地被蹂躏而雕谢夭折2。在影片中,导演格里菲斯为强调东方(女性式的)的温文细腻和西方(男性式的)的蛮横粗暴,将黄人的牀铺同时塑造成一个战场和祭坛。黄人先是在牀边细心照料露西饱受创伤的心灵,然后在牀前尽力保卫露西不被巴罗带回家,最终又在牀边殉情自杀,完成了现世中不被认同的一段跨种族、跨文化情缘。由于格里菲斯在影片结尾时刻意营造香火萦绕的诗意氛围和黄人凝视露西遗体和匕首时的跪拜姿态,马凯蒂等西方学者认为黄人的自杀场景潜意识地表现了一种“恋尸情节”及视觉上的“性快感”,因此更为影片增添欲望和幻想的空间3。影片对这种欲望和幻想的定位也体现在露西身上:作为一个未成年的少女,她代表了一种超越性行为的,因此成为可望而不可及的纯洁女性。
正因为露西的纯洁,施虐的父亲成为《娇花溅血》被抨击的西方男性文化的掠夺形象。格里菲斯在影片中设置了两个象征性的“强奸”场面。第一,巴罗手持象征“阳具”的鞭子,鞭尾从他的腰间向前垂下,正面威胁着摔倒在地、面色惊慌的露西。第二,露西为躲避父亲,藏身在窄小的储藏间门后,而巴罗怒持利器,砸开门洞,破门而入,将露西揪出殴打。两个象征的“强奸”场景都表明了传统女性在西方专横的父权制度下的悲惨境况,也体现了影片的自虐—施虐的情节结构。
从性别的角度看,黄人所代表的是另一种当时可能令西方女性所倾心的男性美德,但却无疑是一种在西方被视为“女性化”的男性形象。勒萨热(Julia Lesage)称黄人为“浪漫的英雄”,一个倾向自审、谦卑、文弱、被动而终究无能的善良人。格里菲斯正是利用这个美学化的形象来表达一种道德观:“亚洲的文明及其利他的精神与欧美的非道德和粗糙相比而光彩耀眼。”4为了提高《娇花溅血》的美学地位,格里菲斯的影片在纽约市首映时,设计了一出由芭蕾舞演出的序幕,因此将影片定位于贵族及中产阶级才能欣赏的高级艺术品,而非当年移民众多的纽约人花五分钱便可观看的一般默片5。
不可否认,格里菲斯美化种族间的谦让和互容,在某种程度上是为了缓减他早年影片《国家的诞生》(The Birth of A Nation)(1915)中对黑人歧视的描写所造成的不良效果。这里,《娇花溅血》对东方文明的赞美本来为的是缓解西方社会的种族冲突,希望电影观众提高修养,认同高雅文化。但从电影史的角度看,格里菲斯在有意无意之间为好莱坞确定了男性华人在银幕上的一种典型的女性化形象,从此产生深远的影响。
二 《阎将军的苦茶》: 性威胁与俘虏情节
当然,另一类众所周知的好莱坞男性华人形象与黄人的成另一极端——杀人不眨眼的军阀或土匪。在《阎将军的苦茶》里,专横跋扈的阎将军在中国目视无人,根本不把西方女传教士玫根的善意劝导放在眼里,当着玫根的面展示他下令集体枪杀战俘而毫不眨眼的绝对权威。不过,《阎将军的苦茶》转而刻意营造阎将军和玫根之间暧昧的情感游戏,因此有别于早一年发行的《上海快车》(Shanghai Express)(斯滕伯格[Josef von Sternberg]执导,1932)。
在《上海快车》中,同样杀人不眨眼的革命党首领是一位混血华人,在骑劫京沪快车后,对乘客中红极一时的西方妓女“上海百合”(迪特里希[Marlene Dietrich]扮演)垂涎三尺。为胁迫“上海百合”就范,他一方面威胁要用火钳弄瞎英国医生(“上海百合”以前的情人),另一方面强迫“上海百合”同车厢的中国妓女慧菲与他过夜。《上海快车》因此融合了好莱坞的强奸模式和俘虏模式,强调了华人对西方人的性威胁。按弗洛伊德的理论,瞎眼是男性去势的象征,而革命党首领用火钳烫伤一个德国鸦片商则意味着象征性的强暴占有之举。
《上海快车》的转折点是慧菲意外地复仇杀死了强奸她的革命党首领,从而解救了京沪快车上的“俘虏”,也完成了影片结尾处“上海百合”与英国医生的爱情梦。在复仇一场戏里,导演斯滕伯格以其特有的神秘场面营造,将华裔影星黄柳霜(Anna May Wong)扮演的慧菲的巨大身影投射到墙壁上,通过扑朔迷离的光影交错,重现了黄柳霜自《巴格达盗贼》(The Thief of Baghdad)(沃尔什[Raoul Walsh]执导,1924)之后所体现的阴险毒辣、深奥莫测的东方“龙女”或“蜘蛛女”的形象。但是,华人的性威胁一旦解除,《上海快车》即以好莱坞固有的白人之间的男女爱情大团圆结局。
回到《阎将军的苦茶》,中国军阀与白人女传教士之间的爱情则难以在常规的好莱坞模式中发展。影片开头,玫根初抵中国与她的白人未婚夫相见,不期在兵荒马乱中落入阎将军的行宫。与《上海快车》中的革命党首领相反,阎将军虽倾心玫根却不强加己意。相反,他让玫根尽其福音传教的义务,自由活动于行宫中,在情感游戏之间证明了最终是谁感化了谁。由于玫根轻信阎将军之妾,使阎将军军事机密外露,军火列车被打劫一空,从此阎将军丧尽权势,众叛亲离。
有趣的是,随着阎将军权势的削弱,他在玫根眼里的“文明”程度则不断增加,从一个野蛮的刽子手渐渐变成风度翩翩的绅士。阎将军的变化在玫根的一场白日梦中充分体现出来。玫根先是梦见阎将军以毫无浪漫色彩的游侠形象出现,这游侠酷似当时在好莱坞盛行(1926-52年间共出品四十六部)的侦探片系列《陈查理探长》(Charlie Chan)中女性化的陈查理探长,随后阎将军又以一副狰狞的、色情的傅满洲的形象出现,追逐玫根不放,使她从梦中惊醒。阎将军在玫根的梦中扮演了好莱坞假设的华人男性的两个极端:其一,善良但女性化或无性威胁的男子,如陈查理或早期的黄人;其二,阴险野蛮的恶魔,如傅满洲或1936-40年间影片《飞侠哥顿》(Flash Gordon)系列中要征服世界的华人奸臣“无情的明”(Ming the Merciless)。
玫根的梦既表达了好莱坞对华人男子形象二元对立的思维,也揭示了这种对立实际上来源于西方人内心的矛盾,一方面向往异国的奇情,另一方面又恐惧他者的威胁。与自己普通乏味的未婚夫相比,在玫根眼中的阎将军既是性威胁又是性诱惑,等到片尾阎将军人去财空时,玫根宁愿留下来服侍阎将军。她穿上阎将军赠送的丝绸中装,跪在阎将军跟前,但一切都已太晚了,因为阎将军此时已服毒自杀,面带性征服异族女性胜利后的欣慰而逝,留下玫根一人在遗弃的行宫里哀叹人世苍凉,命运叵测。
《阎将军的苦茶》在一些细节上回应了《娇花溅血》,玫根身着丝绸中装与露西相仿,而阎将军的自杀更与黄人相似。从象征意义来看,这两部影片——加上《上海快车》中革命党首领的遇刺——都证实了好莱坞叙事模式对华人男子至少是要象征性“去势”的欲望,即从银幕上根本除去华人对西方女子的性威胁。不难想象,好莱坞从此很少再编织华人男性与西方女性的爱情故事,取而代之的是西方白马王子征服东方美女的演绎不尽的缠绵情爱(如本文第四节将述)。
三 《大地》:农妇土地与原始情感
马凯蒂推测《阎将军的苦茶》将中国描述成“一个任何事情都可能发生的奇异、危险、混乱的地方”,为的是转移当年饱受经济萧条之害的美国观众的注意力6。这一推测也许言过其实,但数年后《大地》对中国灾荒和贫穷的渲染,的确可能给美国观众一种高人一等的自豪感:美国社会已经进入了现代化,而中国人却还在水深火热中挣扎。美国观众的自豪感还可以来自他们宗教救世的信仰:中国农民像美国建国初期的拓荒者一样,本着对土地坚定不移的信念,克服天灾人祸,建立属于自己的家园。《大地》改编自在中国生长的美国传教士后裔赛珍珠(Pearl S. Buck)的同名英文畅销小说,其中的基督教关联自然不言而喻。
《大地》中的中国农妇勤劳勇敢的形象,被称为是美国电影史上的突破,一改早先刻板的华人形象(如鸦片病鬼、滑稽厨师、洗衣店员等配角,及前文所提阴险妖女和野蛮军阀等主角)。影片描述一位农妇欧兰历尽千辛万险,生儿育女,勤俭节约,默默地帮丈夫种田持家,在荒年也坚决不肯卖地,而宁愿沿途乞讨到南方,维护了立家的根本,最后又为丈夫纳妾安度晚年。影片结尾,欧兰悄然病死,丈夫望着窗外的桃树,缅怀妻子而感叹:“欧兰,你就是土地。”厄尔林(Richard Oehling)认为影片中中国农民对土地的热爱是西方人无法想象的,只有在“原始的”中国才可以理解。厄尔林进一步指出,“《大地》使中国农民的形象变得真实可爱,成功奠定了后来40年代战争片中中国农民形象的塑造。”7诚然,另一部改编自赛珍珠小说的影片《龙籽》(Dragon Seed)(康韦[Jack Conway]与比凯[Harold S. Bucquet]联合执导,1944)同样渲染中国农民对土地的热爱,为了不让日兵收获粮食,他们自愿放火烧毁田园农庄,进山避难,让儿女加入游击队保卫土地。
《大地》代表的形象突破与时局有着密切的关系。一方面,日本的入侵使中国成为美国的盟友;另一方面,好莱坞接受《上海快车》和《阎将军的苦茶》等片在中国屡遭抗议而禁演的教训,在《大地》拍摄时邀请中国官员预审剧本,到中国购买道具,又在洛杉矶动用众多华人自愿者参与摄制8。虽然中国官方对完成的影片不尽如意,但雷纳(Luise Rainer)扮演欧兰的成功,使她荣获当年奥斯卡的最佳女主角大奖。值得说明的是,时至40年代,好莱坞明文规定男女主角不得由少数族群人扮演,使得白人演员为“扮黄脸”而化妆得奇形怪状,面目全非,丝毫谈不上甚么真实或美感。
四 《苏丝黄的世界》:白马王子与超俗爱情
到了放映《苏丝黄的世界》的60年代,“扮黄脸”现象已经结束,女主角已由华人扮演。这部东方主义色彩浓厚的爱情片描写美国白人画家罗伯特到香港寻求自我,爱上苏丝黄小姐,克服种族、阶级和文化的鸿沟,有情人终成眷属。苏丝第一次在轮渡遇见罗伯特即以不标准的英文宣称自己是“美琳”,一位富家“处女”。罗伯特进入九龙城,街道两侧拥挤的货摊、行人和车辆组成一幅东方主义视野中典型的杂乱无序的第三世界城市景象。这一景象令人回想起《上海快车》片头京沪快车被北京古城的行人和动物阻挡的景象,而时隔近三十年,两个景象都表示西方文明的视野对第三世界落后的无奈。然而无奈并不等同无能,在《苏丝黄的世界》里,罗伯特即肩负起改变东方落后无知的责任。他在所住旅店的酒吧里发现“美琳”原来名叫苏丝,是当地颇负盛名的舞妓。泼辣、迷人的苏丝,在罗伯特面前展示自己性感的身体。为了拯救苏丝“堕落”的灵魂,罗伯特请苏丝作模特儿,挖掘她所体现的东方美,从而逐渐改变了她个人形象的艺术品味。
《苏丝黄的世界》依据东方主义的典型话语模式,让罗伯特代表西方文明的视野重新解读“愚昧的”东方,创造出东方人所“不能理解”的“新”意义。一天,罗伯特惊讶地发现苏丝穿了一套在街上买来的昂贵的欧式服装,责怪她“没有任何美感”,装扮得像“下贱的欧洲街头妓女”,进而将苏丝脱个半裸,在银幕上演了一出脱衣舞。讽刺的是,罗伯特从来不曾为苏丝作香港街头妓女的中国服饰提出异议。更讽刺的是,他让苏丝穿上他为她购买的中国古装行头,将她装扮成西方人想象中的“东方公主”。这里,罗伯特重新“创造”东方,为的是强调自己的主体性:是他让西方的“艺术品味”在不知自身价值的东方女性身上“体现”出来。他将作为古装公主的苏丝绘入画中,从此创造出另一个比现实“更美”的苏丝,而丝毫不顾苏丝本人是否认同这种“美”的体现。
似乎单让罗伯特在艺术上“拯救”苏丝还不够,《苏丝黄的世界》又让罗伯特在影片高潮时演出了英雄救美的惊心动魄场面。苏丝与罗伯特同居后经常不辞而别,消失几天后才重返。心怀疑惑的罗伯特跟踪后发现原来苏丝有个私生子,寄养在山上的贫民窟里。适值香港大雨倾盆,山洪暴发,危及贫民窟。苏丝为救孩子,冲破警察的阻拦,冒雨奔向山腰。罗伯特紧跟其后,在钉蓬被洪水冲垮前救出苏丝,但孩子已不幸身亡。影片结尾时,苏丝在庙宇烧香为孩子的亡灵超度,答应同罗伯特移居美国,因此满足了白马王子的心愿。如果说电影中的孩子一般代表将来,那么苏丝的孩子代表的便是第三世界没有前途的将来。所以,作为第三世界贫困、落后的记忆标志,这位无辜的私生子就在好莱坞的超俗爱情故事里轻而易举地一笔勾销了,因为影片要观众憧憬的是苏丝脱离第三世界后与白马王子在西方世界的幸福前程。
五 《花鼓歌舞》:移民故事与文化异同
如果说西方中心的意识形态在以上分析的电影中都以主流话语的形式出现,《花鼓歌舞》则通过华裔移民主动认同美国文化的同化模式,表现西方中心的无所不在。这部改编自畅销百老汇歌剧的电影全部由华人扮演,通过爱情三角的价值设计和两代移民的观念冲突,既赞美了孝顺、贤惠等传统中国美德,又支持华人接受主流文化、享受现代文明的意愿。香港在影片中是美丽和她父亲非法移民的出发地,他们躲在船舱的木桶堆里漂洋过海来到旧金山。美丽自幼许配给他人,此行正是为践婚约。父女初到旧金山,人生地不熟,幸亏美丽灵机一动,在唐人街唱一曲花鼓歌,让有心人带见夫婿(一位开餐馆的花花公子)。但花花公子倾心舞女琳达,而琳达又爱慕吉姆。花花公子介绍美丽到吉姆的父亲家暂时居住,贤惠的美丽打动了吉姆恪守中国传统的父亲,使他有心为吉姆拉线,从而使吉姆陷入两难的三角恋。一次吉姆与琳达驱车郊游,琳达亲吻吉姆,让他享受“美国式的”爱情表示,但如同《苏丝黄的世界》中的罗伯特,内向的书生吉姆在咄咄逼人的新女性面前颇不自在。
《花鼓歌舞》不仅掩盖了当年美国日益剧烈的种族冲突,抹煞历史,粉饰太平,而且还设计了一个各取所需、皆大欢喜的大团圆结局。倾向中国传统美德的吉姆和美丽与沉溺西方物质生活的花花公子和琳达终成眷属,表示美国这个移民国家可以容纳各种趣味、各种理想。这一“融合”主题在另一首歌曲〈大杂碎〉中得以展示:美国社会就像美国人发明的中国菜“大杂碎”,蔬菜、肉类样样都有,而且味道不错。众人高唱〈大杂碎〉这首歌的场合是吉姆的姑姑宣誓加入美国籍的日子,其用心不言而喻。作为美国“新发现的”模范少数族群,华裔似乎避免冲突而追求融合,因此成为好莱坞同化模式的最佳选择。
不可否认,《花鼓歌舞》中歌舞升平的唐人街只是好莱坞自欺欺人的掩饰。在西方主流文化里,唐人街如同军阀混战时的中国,是暴力和危险的象征。唐人街这种恶劣的形象到了80年代仍未消解。《龙年》(Year of the Dragon)(奇米诺[Michael Cimino]执导,1985)即将纽约的唐人街描述成黑社会垄断、暗杀成风地狱般的社区,唯有一位改姓“怀特”(White意指“白人”)、愿为美国越战战败而“复仇”的白人警探孤军奋斗,对唐人街开战。受西方中心与东方主义话语的双重钳制,怀特先在一次餐馆枪战中“英雄救美”,但不久就强暴了美丽的华裔电视台女记者,进而肆意占用她的公寓进行反黑帮活动。怀特的行为再次证明“占有异国女人即占有异国土地”的殖民心态,只是《龙年》的异国就在纽约,而这“异国论”又进一步揭示,美国主流文化从未将唐人街视为美国本土社会的一部分。应该注意的是,80年代的美国华裔社会已渐渐成熟,华人社团联名向好莱坞抗议影片辱华,逼使《龙年》在公映时不得不在片头加上“纯属虚构”之类欲盖弥彰的遁词。
六 《蝴蝶君》:性别迷阵与身份危机
对西方中心的神话进行最彻底颠覆的影片之一是《蝴蝶君》。影片的故事在两条重迭的线索中发展:一是冷战时期东西方之间错综复杂的间谍战,二是东方主义话语中典型的西方男子征服东方女子的爱情游戏。这里说“游戏”,是因为东西方之间犹疑不定的性别—政治迷阵的最终结局,是东方仍然是谜一样地不可思议,而西方到头来自欺欺人,意欲征服他人却无情解构了自己。
影片开始,法国驻北京使馆外交官加利马尔在一次音乐会上被宋丽玲演唱意大利歌剧《蝴蝶夫人》的美妙歌声感动,爱慕之心油然而生,主动追求宋丽玲。宋丽玲不无嘲讽地提醒加利马尔,歌剧《蝴蝶夫人》之美是西方人幻想出来的美,不一定被东方人所认同。这部歌剧赞颂一位日本女子因美军情人离别后哀诉其思念之情,数年后发现情人已娶白人太太而痛苦不堪,殉情自杀,以完成一种坚贞不移的理想。然而,加利马尔无法从东方主义这种刻板的单向思维中自拔,自认是一位西方男子气十足的白马王子,理所当然地要征服才貌双全的东方美女。加利马尔几经周折后如愿以偿,占有了宋丽玲的身体,在文革中回法国后又惊喜地得知宋丽玲像《蝴蝶夫人》故事所述为他生了个孩子。当他们离别多年在法国重逢后,加利马尔惊讶地发现过去的一切都是骗局,宋丽玲原来是中国间谍,两人因此双双入狱。更惊人的是法庭宣布宋丽玲是位男性,丑闻公开后一时成为头条新闻。
其实,这一耸人听闻的间谍案取材于法国真实的故事,影片改编自黄哲伦的同名畅销舞台剧。彻底颠覆西方中心神话的高潮设在影片结尾,此时宋丽玲被法国驱逐出境,乘机回国,而加利马尔则在监狱里自演一出《蝴蝶夫人》后在极端痛苦中自杀。加利马尔的自杀场景意韵深远。他一边用录音机播放一曲哀怨的《蝴蝶夫人》,一边以蝴蝶夫人的扮相粉墨登场,面对走廊上观看的囚犯宣布:“我,加利马尔,就是蝴蝶夫人。”然后用破碎的化妆镜片自尽,而不知就里的观众还在为他精彩的表演热烈鼓掌。加利马尔自杀表演时的诚恳自白揭示了西方想象中的东方美女最终不过是一个幻想,一个可望而不可及的概念,这个概念促使西方男子追逐幻想中的东方,最后意识到这个终生期待的幻想不在异国,而在自身的表演中!加利马尔最精彩的自身表演也是他自我终结的时刻:他不再幻想占有蝴蝶夫人(他原先占有的蝴蝶夫人宋丽玲早已无情地欺骗了他),因为此时此地他自己已经成为蝴蝶夫人(一个永远不会欺骗他的“她”)。
加利马尔一生所窃取的间谍情报中没有任何一条比他生命终结时所发现的事实更真实:东方主义的完美男人(白种人)和完美女人(东方人)归根结底都不过是西方话语制造出的幻想。周蕾因此指出,加利马尔死心塌地地按这种幻想生活,以致走向极端而自恋自身(即自己的幻想)而死13。好莱坞故事的迷惑模式在影片《蝴蝶君》中绕了一大圈后回头颠覆了自己:西方男性(加利马尔)—东方美女(宋丽玲)—蝴蝶夫人(宋丽玲)—蝴蝶夫人(加利马尔)。换成性别表述,他(西方男性)所幻想的她(蝴蝶夫人)最终不过是幻想本身(他和她的一体性),西方中心内在的身份危机由此揭晓。
显然,影片《蝴蝶君》对西方中心的颠覆是从西方男性身体(自我中心)开始做起。苏内尔(Asuman Suner)认为,现代主义意义上的男性主体性表现在身体对自然的完全控制,一旦经历变化、变异后身体失控,男性就因边界的模糊或瓦解而恐慌,其主体性也濒于崩溃,所以《蝴蝶君》不妨作为后现代的恐怖片来解读14。由此看来,加利马尔—蝴蝶夫人二者的可互换性从根本上瓦解了东西两方和男女性别的界限,颠覆了西方冷战和东方主义的双重话语,对西方观众造成“恐怖”效果。影片《蝴蝶君》精彩地解构了“殖民女性”(既对女性的殖民和被殖民者的女性化)这一西方话语策略,出其不意地来一个男性殖民者(西方)自身的女性化,而且将后者作为西方殖民幻想的本质。颠覆的结果是,西方中心本身是空洞乏味的,西方(男性)的主体性是危机重重的,靠幻想东方离奇、美妙的故事(如《蝴蝶君》及其他本文分析的影片)来充实自己向往扩张的殖民和占有的欲望。
影片《蝴蝶君》表明,对西方而言,东方终究是不可知的。西方想象出的华人形象宋丽玲主动向西方中心交还了东方主义所要的幻想:完美的女人(东方情人)和蝴蝶夫人(悲剧美),但他(她)同时也让西方看到西方所不愿面对的冷战事实:“背信弃义的”中国间谍和危机重重的西方主体。宋丽玲因此同时体现了西方视野中东方的迷人(爱情)和危险(死亡),二者合力摧毁了加利马尔(自大、自负而自欺的西方代表)。不可否认,华人形象的这种双重性正是长期以来驱使好莱坞叙事欲望的一个动力:幻想他者,编造爱情,满足观众,扩张自我。在好莱坞的想象中,华人就像隐藏在奇观的面具背后谜一般的东方女人(华人男性因此必须女性化,从黄人到宋丽玲皆如此设计),既诱人销魂落魄又危及生命安全。但这奇观的面具本身也是好莱坞的虚构之一。面具背后并没有甚么隐藏的真实,因为这面具本身就是好莱坞的真实,或真实的好莱坞:一个奇观的造梦机器,不停地在种族、性别与政治的交错层面间虚构自己的故事。
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F. 跪求英文论文 评价好莱坞电影 要求从好莱坞电影的发展史入手
Article: History of hollywood film instry
The first movie studio in the Hollywood area, Nestor Studios, was founded in 1911 by Al Christie for David Horsley in an old building on the northwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street. In the same year, another fifteen Independents settled in Hollywood. Hollywood came to be so strongly associated with the film instry that the word "Hollywood" came to be used colloquially to refer to the entire instry.
In 1913, Cecil B. DeMille, in association with Jesse Lasky, leased a barn with studio facilities on the southeast corner of Selma and Vine Streets from the Burns and Revier Studio and Laboratory, which had been established there. DeMille then began proction of The Squaw Man (1914). It became known as the Lasky-DeMille Barn and is currently the location of the Hollywood Heritage Museum.
The Charlie Chaplin Studios, on the northeast corner of La Brea and De Longpre Avenues just south of Sunset Boulevard, was built in 1917. It has had many owners after 1953, including Kling Studios, who proced the Superman TV series with George Reeves; Red Skelton, who used the sound stages for his CBS TV variety show; and CBS, who filmed the TV series Perry Mason with Raymond Burr there. It has also been owned by Herb Alpert's A&M Records and Tijuana Brass Enterprises. It is currently The Jim Henson Company, home of the Muppets. In 1969, The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Board named the studio a historical cultural monument.
The famous Hollywood sign originally read "Hollywoodland." It was erected in 1923 to advertise a new housing development in the hills above Hollywood. For several years the sign was left to deteriorate. In 1949, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce stepped in and offered to remove the last four letters and repair the rest.
The sign, located at the top of Mount Lee, is now a registered trademark and cannot be used without the permission of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which also manages the venerable Walk of Fame.
The Hollywood Sign as it appears today.The first Academy Awards presentation ceremony took place on May 16, 1929 ring a banquet held in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard. Tickets were USD $10.00 and there were 250 people in attendance.
From about 1930, five major Hollywood movie studios from all over the Los Angeles area, Paramount, RKO, 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Bros., owned large, grand theaters throughout the country for the exhibition of their movies. The period between the years 1927 (the effective end of the silent era) to 1948 is considered the age of the "Hollywood studio system", or, in a more common term, the Golden Age of Hollywood. In a landmark 1948 court decision, the Supreme Court ruled that movie studios could not own theaters and play only the movies of their studio and movie stars, thus an era of Hollywood history had unofficially ended. By the mid-1950s, when television proved a profitable enterprise that was here to stay, movie studios started also being used for the proction of programming in that medium, which is still the norm today.
G. 高分急求关于外国电影的英语论文
找一个获奥斯卡奖的电影,找简介,然后找英文读后感
H. 求英语电影论文
《Alexander》about it. ——《亚历山大大帝》观后感~
I am a student, study more onerous task to all immersed in a pile, thick book of other aspects of knowledge about nature also less. In order to broaden their horizons, when choosing courses, I usually choose some human science classes. Remember when a friend gave high school had a Greek mythology to me, that is, from the book, I see a god of the mind and I've also is the traditional Chinese religion in the image of god is completely different. Greek mythology of the gods of the people who have thoughts, feelings, and the joy of the people, sadness, jealous, have fear. But god is the Oriental religions in, or even omnipotent, is ordinary mortals cannot be achieved. But because those books and the names of the gods and long, sometimes make me confused, I eventually failed to read the book. Myth, of course, is part of the culture of the classical Greek, in order to understand with many Greek mythology, when he saw the ancient Greek culture, when elective without hesitation, I chose. Fortunately, I choose. Through a study of the semester, although no Greek culture and in-depth understanding of ancient Greece, but the experienced periods have probably know for certain period of development, the typical of the political system, cultural phenomenon also have certain knowledge, I think is good harvest. Of course, the teacher said to the final paper to write, I still feel a bit silly, I don't know what good, because although much knowledge of ancient Greece, but to really understand some of the problems one write an essay, I think my knowledge is not enough. Just recently saw "Alexander of Alexander's life", interest, but to know before Alexander, so you have to find some information, and some of the facts is mentioned below from these materials, not do annotation.
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Alexander the great was about the history of the world's first emperor Alexander conquered Eurasian of life. Alexander BC, in Macedonian king is 3.56 Philip ii, once studied Aristotle, 19 years old father was assassinated succession to the throne. He first, then pacify defeated the Persian empire, began 22,000 miles of conquest. 25 years old, Alexander had established including the Nile valley, dry peninsula and the Ins civilization across Europe in Asia, but the Alexander under age 33 because inexplicable disease die suddenly.
In this film, Alexander the great friend (Anthony Hopkins ptolemaic general) through memory, the emperor's will as life. Forty years ago, Hollywood has taken Alexander, but only about his hero. The new version, full of adventure and dream from the childhood, thrust his parents fight, then the sad for him by Aristotle and mapping lesson, graally to his invicible paving the way to conquer. This is the life of the vivid characterization.
The director of Alexander oliver stone said: "this is probably the biggest challenges in my life, hope can make it much objective." In order to do this, stone is hard. Rafer specially invited professor of the university of Oxford robin Ryan fox as the historical consultant. The fox is research of Alexander the great expert, once wrote biographies of Alexander, sales of more than 100 million copies. He accepted the invitation gladly, but a condition, is to them in the emperor's elite cavalry, and must stand in the front of the team, he "fight" for Alexander dream.
Stone has invited the ancient linguists, tries to make some of the lines to real effect. Language Fox watched the movie said after school and historical scholars should get there watching for discussion.
However, if the movie history book, it obviously lost as the value of the movie. "Alexander" in the context of history, the plot details on again. Films, Alexander's father told him: a woman more dangerous than men, as the king had hurt his lover, Mother kept his place before him, said his father. Without these details on the history, but the parents struggle was mentioned. Alexander, such as wedding night, the bride almost killed him, although not in the historical lee, but the bride was defeated by Alexander, daughter of darius, the plot and have confidence. Therefore, the writer's creation that is reasonable, no violation of history.In addition, the recent history of the new viewpoint about Alexander historiography, more and more absorbed some characters, appear very full.
A pursuit of dreams
Above has been mentioned in the film, and the understanding of Alexander before, so he is the first impression from the movie, here is to put the matter what facts. Admittedly, the film Alexander some arbitrary, even some cold, but sometimes think conversely, if no such a domineering, pride and resolute, he can become a history of Chinese strategists hoyywood hills? However, I want to discuss and not his military command art, but his pursuit of dreams and in the process which reflects personality, it is exciting and amazing. If someone was born, this man is the conqueror Alexander. As a great soldier son, Alexander had been instilled many heroism and high adventure stories. He can reel off in the early lead, read Homer in the shelter of personality and lyrics. Whether in the house or in the battlefield, he had a pillow YiLiYaTe "with him to sleep. He led his Greek soldiers and defeated the Persian empire, strong and continue to crusade. Along the way, he and his army met with human body is similar, but what we know, hair, it is a monkey. They rode on large and those of the east, the elephant who had never seen defeated the monster. Of course, though, Alexander the great personality charm, many of his soldiers to fight for Alexander has faith, but for a long time, the journey of hard driving, the warriors who still alive and tired, they obviously very to return to his country and so on the roster appeared, the army also appeared a mutiny. One section, I is very impressive, when he determined to continue to advance in India, unwilling to part soldiers, one of the important general said a touching, they finally wish is only in them to the soldiers who died superempirical essence and meet them before the meeting, the wife and children. Alexander said: "yes, you're right, I, Ross, negligence. Should I send you back as soon as possible, all pensions from me to send, respected and wealthy, love, in the rest of you will be his wife and son of a hero, finally died peacefully. But your dreams, Ross, you, the simple, early in your child's life with Persia, with gold and silver in your pockets stuffed with you when you love, because it can destroy everything in the life of a man!" , kelat rose that touching words some long, here I will not lead to, but when I'm hearing his words, I was really touched by it and feel a mortal ordinary and true feelings, in my opinion, that he was not too. Then, Alexander the retort that enthusiasm, yes, Alexander and their pursuit of something different, he pursues the sun rays, the pursuit of great, so the life of ease, money and enjoy attractive for him, he defeated the Persian empire, Babylon the great wealth, costly court life and can't baffel him to continue the expedition.
Just after the movie's feelings, then some literatures on Alexander's expedition, some of the objective a detailed analysis. According to the data, Alexander expedition, he himself has said the Persian, and had ravaged sanctuary in Greece was assassinated Philip ii, the purpose is the expedition, revenge against the Persian stronger. But the specific analysis, find the reason for the expedition is just an excuse. Firstly, the assassination of the killer waves Philip ii, paulson and no relationship with the Persian empire. O Nebuchadnezzar, paulson wave is a young aristocrat, he and Philip ii, the generals have personal in Dallas. Whatever wave, is of Nebuchadnezzar's, but he SiYuan what action, really have no direct connection with the Persian empire. Alexander said he was assassinated in Persia, Philip ii, historical records on no. Secondly, from the assassination of Nebuchadnezzar, wave, paulson to Philip ii, so the action in advance of horses prepared assassination scene, it shows that he really otherwise conspiracy. Third, revenge is only according to Greek long-standing extremely extensive mental state, as to stimulate the greeks into the slogan of the Persian.
Anyway, I think it is worth affirmation, Alexander the great dream, in order to realize its can not wealth, enjoy thier rance and courage to explore the unknown.
2 Tim HeFei and about Alexander, RON
Alexander the great films, especially sexual orientation private life a lot dispute. In fact, he HeFei and ask the relationship, and I was at the movies process has been very puzzled, why history so great a character is gay? Believe that many people have the same doubts.However, when I accidentally see teacher site of excellent assignments exploring ancient Greek young titled "love", I feel like a life. For the love of the young this phenomenon from different aspects. First is the ancient greeks aesthetic idea. Ancient Greece is extremely attractive appearance and the worship of strong and handsome figure, in this respect, they don't care, as long as the male sex "golden hair, jiongjiongweishen eyes, ruddy complexion, strong muscle, broad shoulders." He must be able to attract others' eyes and love. Beautiful young completely meet greeks aesthetic standards and, in some cases, the young beauty of man can be less attractive girl. Secondly, the ancient Greek culture condition is the root of young love. The ancient culture and modern culture and the fundamental difference between the ancients to men, women, children in the man's eyes is only the mother and the family business managers. The ancient greeks regarded the spirit of man is the center of activities, they think that the girl was not what ecation, this kind of situation is caused by a woman because ecation condition, the cultural resources, and the spirit world of ancient Greek men spirit grades. This kind of social status can appear a situation: men and women together only flirting with youth, and can be found in the heart. They are likely to rationally between the dialogue lies not only in the young, beautiful, because they have more abundant knowledge and talent. Therefore, in ancient Greece appeared a modern difficult to understand customs: every man have attracted a boy or a young man, and in close daily life as his tutor, guardian and friends, also encouraged him to study all noble character. If any man have deceived than his little boy, will be considered not perform ties of a man, No one can get to a young man of friendship is a shame for. This kind of social and cultural customs in promoting cultural and ideological progress in a little deeper, to help build social moral standards have contribution. We can not surprised to find that most firmly hold the view that homosexuality is the most important and the most influential cultural elite of ancient Greece. At this point, even the spirit of love, Socrates also no exception.
In addition, a professor of the university of Oxford robin Ryan fox in the privacy of Alexander is explained. He said, Alexander has three wives, and his mistress, four grow up together, carry the HeFei partners have homosexual relations, and the one who Persian royal eunuch very close. The fox said, many of these ancient historians recorded the plot, compared with these records could be understatement. While these sparked controversy, because of different age has different view. Ancient Greece, polygamy and homosexuality is normal, Christian Europe, strict monogamy was established, homosexuality was considered evil, so, if we use today's morality to request more than 2,000 years ago, the ancients are serious distortion.
Want to use words to summarize the feeling after see: "bravely to pursue their dreams!"