伍卓贤
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:Middle class student Bob Letellier enters a new world when he meets Alain, a free-thinking rebel who, along with his group of young Parisians, has opted for a life of instant gratification instead of work and commitment. At a party, Bob meets a young woman, Mic, who appears to be just as carefree and cynical as Alain. Mic's only dream is to own a luxury car, and with Bob's help, she manages to find the money to but it. Mic's friend Clo discovers she is pregnant and, not knowing who the father is, she asks Bob to marry her. When they next meet at a party, Bob and Mic deny that they have any feelings for one another - a declaration that soon leads to tragedy...Marcel Carné is widely regarded as one of the standard bearers of French quality cinema of the 1930s and 1940s, responsible for such masterpieces as Quai des brumes (1938) and Les Enfants du Paradis (1945). How ironic then that, in 1958, towards the end of his film-making career, he should make a film which dared to portray the attitudes and behaviour of the 1950s youth, in a way that effectively captures the mood and sentiment of the time.Les Tricheurs was a hugely controversial film, not least because of its blatant depiction of adolescent free-love, and was even banned in some regions of France. It also received some intensely unfavourable reviews, most notably from the young hotheads on the Cahiers du cinéma such as François Truffaut who cited this film as a prime example of the decline of French cinema into mediocrity. In spite of all this negative press, the film proved to be an astonishing commercial success, attracting five million cinema-goers, and was awarded the Grand Prix du Cinéma français in 1958.Whilst Les Tricheurs is not as flawless as Carné's earlier masterpieces, it is nonetheless a significant work, having the power to both shock and move its audience, whilst having great entertainment value. It evokes the mood of its time in a way that few French films of this period did, depicting young people as pleasure-seeking rebels, rejecting the austerity and discipline of the previous generation whilst pursuing a life without cares, responsibilities or love. Similarities with James Dean's films of the 1950s (most notably Rebel without a Cause) are apparent, although Carné's treatment of young people is far more abstract - in his film they merely symbolise a world that has lost its way, more or less victims of post-war prosperity. Although the young people in Les Tricheurs lack the authenticity to be totally credible, the film does make an important, and indeed quite disturbing point, about where the permissive society may be heading.Much of the pleasure of the film is in the performances from its four lead actors, Jacques Charrier, Pascale Petit, Laurent Terzieff and Andréa Parisy, although only Terzieff is really convincing in his role. Marcel Carné originally considered Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo for the parts of Bob and Alain respectively, before opting for Charrier and Terzieff. As a consolation, Carné offered Belmondo a smaller part in the film - alas too small for the actor to be noticed by the public. Belmondo's breakthrough had to wait until the following year when he starred in Jean-Luc Godard's revolutionary A bout de souffle, a film which offers a very different perspective of the youth generation.
河村隆一
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:1922年的春天,作家尼克(托比•马奎尔 Tobey Maguire 饰)满怀希望离开家乡,随淘金热潮来到纽约这个新兴的城市,虽然这里爵士乐流行,股票飞涨,但是贫富两极分化,人们沉沦在纸醉金迷中。尼克为了追寻美国梦,放弃写作而进入证券市场,并搬入纽约附近的海湾居住,成为了神秘富豪盖茨比(莱昂纳多•迪卡普里奥 Leonardo DiCaprio 饰)的邻居。而海湾的对岸住着尼克的表妹黛西(凯瑞•穆里根 Carey Mulligan 饰)和她的贵族丈夫汤姆(乔尔•埃哲顿 Joel Edgerton 饰),尼克不仅被邀请去赴宴,之后汤姆还带着他去找情妇寻欢,尼克渐渐迷失在这个充满魅力,以及富豪编制的假象、爱与谎言的世界中。但是只有盖茨比最特别,他是唯一让尼克感到在这个迷失城市里充满希望的人。尼克被邀请参加了盖茨比豪宅中的盛宴,还发现盖茨比心中的秘密,原来他一直深爱着黛西,即使她没等到他战后归来,转而嫁给富豪汤姆,盖茨比一直深信他们的爱情矢志不渝。尼克作为盖茨比与黛西爱情的见证者,终于在盖茨比被谋杀之后,看清了这个上流社会的虚情寡义,决心远离喧嚣、冷漠、虚假的大都市,黯然回到故乡……