郑欣宜
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:曼哈顿西部贫民区里有两帮势不两立的流氓团伙,一个是由白人里弗领导的“火箭”帮,另一个是由波多黎各人贝尔纳尔多带头的“鲨鱼”帮。两帮相互仇视,经常斗殴生事。一次西区举行舞会,两个帮派相互拼舞,里弗的朋友托尼(理查德·贝梅尔 Richard Beymer 饰)与贝尔纳尔多的妹妹玛丽亚(娜塔利·伍德 Natalie Wood 饰)一见钟情。贝尔纳尔多发现两人的爱慕后,强行让手下带走了妹妹。夜里,托尼站在玛丽亚的窗前呼唤她,两人坚定地相爱了。第二天,玛丽亚听说“鲨鱼帮”将和“火箭帮”决斗,便让托尼前去阻止。托尼匆匆赶到现场,试图阻止斗殴的发生,在混乱中好友里弗被杀,他出于自卫失手杀死贝尔纳尔多。这让玛丽亚陷入矛盾和痛苦中,她忍受着家人的责骂与侮辱,但心中无法放下托尼。贝尔纳尔多的好友持枪寻找托尼算帐,得知消息的玛丽亚匆匆赶去报信,然而悲剧赶在她之前发生了……本片夺得1961年奥斯卡最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳男配角、最佳女配角等十项大奖。
夏卡毛乐团
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: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