為奴十二年》緣何笑傲奧斯卡？

導讀：在剛剛落幕的奧斯卡頒獎禮上，《為奴十二年》成為眾望所歸的大贏家。這部講述美國一段黑暗歷史的電影到底有何魅力，可以橫掃各大頒獎禮?且聽分解。

After sweeping the award season for Best Picture titles, 12 Years a Slave’s win at the 86th Academy Awards on March 2 was certainly one of the most unsurprising moments of the night.

在橫掃各大電影頒獎禮、拿下多項最佳影片封號之后，影片《為奴十二年》毫無懸念成為3月2日晚第86屆奧斯卡金像獎上的大贏家。

But there must have been enough reasons why the film captivated the Oscar judges and millions of viewers around the world.

而從許多方面來說，該片都足以令奧斯卡評委和全球觀眾心悅誠服。

Based on the 1853 memoir of Solomon Northup, an educated (black) freeman from New York who endured a nightmare of involuntary servitude after being kidnapped, 12 Years a Slave is a beautiful film about one of the ugliest and most shameful chapters of American history.

該片根據(jù)所羅門•諾瑟普1853年創(chuàng)作的自傳體小說改編而成，故事中一位來自紐約、受過教育的自由黑人在被誘拐綁架之后，開始了噩夢般的奴隸生涯。這部制作精良的影片揭示出美國最黑暗、最可恥的一段歷史。

Different from movies such as Lincoln (2012), the biopic about the man who changed the face of slavery, and Django Unchained (2012), a revenge fantasy in which the oppressed slave prevails over his oppressors, 12 Years a Slave tells a story of suffering and survival, in an honest and believable manner and with cold, dark details we rarely see on screen.

與講述林肯改變奴隸命運的傳記片《林肯》(2012年)，以及講述黑人奴隸戰(zhàn)勝壓迫者的復仇傳奇《被解救的姜戈》不同，《為奴十二年》用一種誠懇可信的態(tài)度以及銀幕上少見的陰暗冰冷的情節(jié)，講述了一個受難與生存的故事。

The closest comparison may be Schindler’s List (1993), with its complete immersion into a historical tragedy, bringing the unspeakable into discussion.

與該片最為相似的當屬1993年上映的《辛德勒的名單》，該片完全沉浸在歷史悲劇之中，探討了那種無法言表的苦痛。

Director Steve McQueen’s images have a magic power that doesn’t allow audiences to feel comfortable for even a second. The actors, including Chiwetel Ejiofor as Northup, Lupita Nyong’o as Patsey, and Michael Fassbender as slave owner Edwin Epps, help construct the film’s emotional ladders.

導演史蒂夫•麥奎因的鏡頭仿佛有種魔力，使觀眾無時無刻不感到壓抑。包括切瓦特•埃加福特(飾演諾瑟普)、露皮塔•尼永奧(飾演佩茜)和邁克爾•法斯賓德(飾演奴隸主埃德溫•耶普斯)在內(nèi)的演員憑借高超演技將劇情一步步推向一個又一個情感高潮。

At its most profound, 12 Years a Slave is a captivating study of physical isolation and humanity at its most vulnerable and implacable, as Ejiofor masterfully portrays Northup’s fight to retain his dignity and identity.

從最深層次來看，《為奴十二年》的魅力在于它探討了種族隔離與人性是如何不堪一擊、不可調(diào)和。埃加福特精彩地演繹了為維護身份與尊嚴而奮起反抗的諾瑟普一角。

By the time you get to the last scene of the film, when a stunned Northup comes home to his wife and now grown-up children after a dozen years of hard labor and captivity, he seems to have forgotten what freedom feels like. It’s probably the unhappiest happy ending I’ve ever seen, because for a moment you weep not just for this one man’s destiny but also for all those men and women who never knew freedom in the first place.

影片最后一幕中，諾瑟普在經(jīng)歷了12年的奴役生活之后，最終與妻子和已成年的孩子們團圓，不知所措的他似乎已經(jīng)忘了自由的感覺。這可能是我看過的最悲情的大團圓結局，因為這一刻你不僅為這個男人的命運而落淚，也為那些從不知道自由為何物的人們而悲戚。

What happened to Northup in slavery is the story of millions. Because of this historical and humanist standpoint, McQueen’s film surpassed its fellow nominees in the Best Picture category.

諾瑟普的故事只是萬千人遭遇的一個縮影。由于以歷史和人道主義為著眼點，這部由史蒂夫•麥奎因執(zhí)導的影片最終打敗其它提名影片，斬獲最佳影片大獎。