《The Artist》　藝術家　詩意而動人的音樂劇

No.001　《The Artist》　藝術家　詩意而動人的音樂劇

英文導讀

The Artist is a 2011 French romantic comedy-drama film in the style of a black-and-white silent film. The film was written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius and stars Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. The story takes place in Hollywood, between 1927 and 1932; George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), it seems the sky's the limit - major movie stardom awaits. "The Artist" focuses on the relationship of an older silent film star and a rising young actress as silent cinema falls out of fashion and is replaced by the "talkies".

The Artist received strongly positive reviews from critics and won many accolades. Dujardin won the Best Actor Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where the film premiered. The film was nominated for six Golden Globes, the most of any 2011 film, and won three: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Original Score, and Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Dujardin. In January 2012, the film was nominated for twelve BAFTAs, also the most of any film from 2011, and won seven, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Hazanavicius, and Best Actor for Dujardin.

It was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won five, including Best Picture, Best Director for Hazanavicius, and Best Actor for Dujardin, who was the first French actor ever to win for Best Actor. It was the first French film to ever win Best Picture, and the first mainly silent film to win since 1927's Wings and Sunrise won best picture awards at the 1st Academy Awards in 1929. It was also the first film presented in the 4:3 aspect ratio to win since 1955's Marty, and the first black-and-white film to win since 1993's Schindler's List.

In France, it was nominated for ten César Awards, winning six, including Best Film, Best Director for Hazanavicius and Best Actress for Bejo. The Artist became the most awarded French film in history.

獲獎情況

2012年第84屆奧斯卡：最佳影片、最佳導演、最佳男主角、最佳服裝設計、最佳原創(chuàng)配樂獎。

影片信息

導演：邁克爾·哈扎納維希烏斯

編?。哼~克爾·哈扎納維希烏斯

主演：讓·杜雅爾丹、貝熱尼絲·貝喬、約翰·古德曼、詹姆斯·克倫威爾

類型：劇情、喜劇、愛情

制片國家（地區(qū)）：法國、比利時

上映日期：2011-10-12（法國）、2012-12-28（中國）

片長：100分鐘

又名：《大藝術家》《星光夢里人》

劇情簡介

1927年，喬治·瓦倫丁（讓·杜雅爾丹　飾）是默片的最佳男主角，才華洋溢，無人不識。每次他在舞臺上，都會逗得觀眾捧腹大笑。一次，面對媒體采訪，他無意中邂逅了一位表現欲超強的女子佩皮·米勒（貝熱尼絲·貝喬　飾），盡管后者搶鏡出風頭，但是他還是儒雅以待。不過，這則頭條新聞卻壓過了他的新戲，老板極為不滿，老婆也醋性大發(fā)。

隨著有聲電影的崛起，逐漸取代了默片。默片逐漸被淘汰、遺忘，喬治縱然堅守信念，仍不敵無情的時代巨輪和喜歡追求新鮮感的觀眾。喬治后來與老板不和，決定自立門戶，自編自導自演。與此同時，佩皮卻借助有聲電影的契機迅速躥紅，成為了首屈一指的明星。后來的經濟大蕭條，使得喬治和佩皮的身份地位大逆轉，名望、金錢、自尊成了他們愛情路上的障礙。飽受挫折的喬治變得一蹶不振，但佩皮依然不離不棄，希望能助他東山再起。最終，他的默片與她的有聲片檔期撞車，一場新與舊、情感與票房的爭奪戰(zhàn)拉開了序幕……

制作花絮

影片中出現了很多經典電影的經典橋段，包括《一個明星的誕生》《雨中曲》等等。

片中喬治聰明伶俐的寵物狗杰克會令人聯想起《丁丁歷險記》中的米盧（白雪），這也是導演在向比利時漫畫家埃爾熱致敬。

重點學習

The Artist is a 2011 French romantic comedy-drama film in the style of a black-and-white silent film

我們都知道，style有“風格；時尚；類型”的意思，文中in the style of常用于口語表達中，是“風格（文體）”的意思，比如：The beauty of Venice consists largely in the style of its ancient buildings.（威尼斯的美很大程度上在于它那古代建筑的風格。）

The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career

文中的death knell主要用于美語中，相當于passing bell，是“喪鐘，事物完結的信號，死亡（或毀滅、終止）的前兆，任何預示將要失敗的事情”的意思，比如：For some, GM's fall is the final death knell for America's labour aristocracy.（對于某些人來說，通用汽車的垮臺為美國勞工貴族敲響了最后的喪鐘。）

單詞時間

superstar[?sju:p?stɑ:] n. 超級明星，巨星；超級星體

talkie[?t?:ki] n. 有聲電影

oblivion[??blivi?n] n. 遺忘；湮沒；赦免

stardom[?stɑ:d?m] n. 演員們；明星界；明星身份

accolade[?æk?uleid] n. 榮譽；榮譽稱號授予儀式；連譜號；稱贊

screenplay[?skri:nplei] n. 編劇，劇本；電影劇本

silent[?sail?nt] adj. 沉默的；寂靜的；無記載的

ratio[?rei?i?u] n. 比率，比例