论文部分内容阅读
《卡萨布兰卡》，又译作“北非谍影”，是一部1942年的美国黑白电影。
电影背景设置在二战中受维希法国（维希法国是第二次世界大战期间，大德意志帝国占领下的法国傀儡政府，它还被称为维希政权，维希政府，或简单的“维希”。1940年6月德国侵占巴黎后，以贝当为首的法国政府向德国投降，1940年7月政府所在地迁至法国中部的维希，故名。正式国号为法兰西国）控制的摩洛哥城市卡萨布兰卡（现名“达尔贝达”）。影片由Michael Curtiz导演，剧本是基于Murray Burnett和Joan Alison的还没有完成的舞台剧《大家都来“锐克”酒吧》 (Everybody Comes to Rick’s) 改编的。该片被认为不只是一部令人心碎的爱情电影，实际上更是一部宣扬民族主义和爱国主义的电影。
影片荣获1944年奥斯卡的最佳影片、最佳导演，和最佳改编剧本奖。2007年美国编剧协会公布影史“最伟大的101部电影剧本”名单，由“卡萨布兰卡”夺冠。
故事开始时已是二战期间，玩世不恭的美国人锐克·布莱恩 (Rick Blaine) 在卡萨布兰卡开了一家名为“锐克美式咖啡”的酒吧。此时，一个意外的机会，锐克得到了两张可令持有人在纳粹占领区畅通无阻的通行证。“锐克美式咖啡”非常热闹，顾客包括了当地各色人物，其中不仅有纳粹党徒与维琪法国官员，酒吧更是欧洲难民常去寻找逃到自由世界之路的场所。纳粹少校史特劳塞 (Strasser) 追踪捷克地下阵线领导人维克多·拉塞罗 (Victor Laszlo) 来到卡萨布兰卡；当地亲纳粹的警察局长路易·雷诺 (Captain Louis Renault) 竭力取悦纳粹少校。锐克意外地发现维克多的妻子伊丽莎 (Ilsa) 竟是自己昔日挚爱：他们在巴黎时坠入情网，并因德军逼近巴黎而决定一起逃难。两人本来约好在火车站会合，但上火车前锐克竟收到伊丽莎告知不能同行的纸条。
伊丽莎知道，只有锐克手里的通行证能帮助自己和丈夫离开卡萨布兰卡，于是请求锐克帮助拉塞罗离境。但锐克仍记恨前嫌不愿合作。不得已，伊丽莎告诉锐克多年前违约缘由：当时她已和捷克反纳粹地下组织领导人拉塞罗结婚，却误以为丈夫早已死在集中营；仅在临去火车站前得知拉塞罗仍在人世但身染重疾；两难之中，伊丽莎选择了放弃与锐克的爱情去照顾病危的丈夫。得知此事后锐克原谅了伊丽莎，并且从拉塞罗那儿得知，拉塞罗其实早知道锐克和伊丽莎的恋情。拉塞罗表示他愿意留下并协助锐克和伊丽莎逃出去。此时锐克决意救助拉塞罗夫妇。当雷诺在机场企图逮捕拉塞罗夫妇时，锐克拔枪指向雷诺，并当着雷诺开枪击毙了独身追踪而来的德国纳粹少校，使拉塞罗夫妇成功登上飞往里斯本的飞机。锐克忍着内心的痛楚，目送情人随他人而去。当大队德国纳粹兵追到现场，锐克面临被捕的时候，身为警察所长的雷诺却下令包围机场追缉逃犯，然后私下建议锐克一同去参加自由法兰西抵抗运动。最后，一对反纳粹新战友一同消失在雾气蒙蒙的黑夜中。故事曲折出奇的结局使这部影片成为描写爱情，人性和关于为正义献身的经典之作。（剧情介绍来自维基百科）
Casablanca (1942) has been regarded as a classic film not only for its romantic tale, but also for its intricate① humanizing portrayal② of the protagonist③ Rick Blaine. Rick seems like a tough guy by his look and behavior, but the audience can still perceive④ the flows of emotion underneath his hard shell. And just this exquisite⑤ amount of softness exposed in his cold and cynical⑥ appearance touches generations of audiences.
At the first meeting between Rick and Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), we see a close up shot of Rick’s fixed face for about five seconds. His looks astonished, stiff, yet painful. His mouth trembles, but he does not say anything to restrict his inner emotion, but makes it more real and perceivable. As the group sits down and chats, Rick’s looking at Ilsa shows his year long suffering and inquiry. He speaks to Ilsa with formal politeness, trying to hide his mixed emotions, but the words like “I remember every detail, the Germans wore gray, you wore blue” are so beautiful and gentle that they make Rick’s love for Ilsa palpable①. Throughout the film one finds out that Rick talks very fast in a calm tone, with no emotionality in his voice. It is a cool way of speaking matched with Rick’s appearance and behavior. But as he speaks to Ilsa, we see the intricate contrast that makes Rick’s emotion more genuine and touchy. This character is, therefore, more charming when he is not entirely cool as he seems. Rick used to be an Antifascist freedom fighter, but turns to say “I stick out my neck for nobody” after being hurt by Ilsa. However, at the end of the film, Rick escorts Ilsa and her husband, a Czech underground leader, to go on the plane to freedom even though she intends to stay. He has been discouraged by love and then goes back to who he used to be because of love. Some people say this film depicts how Rick choses between love and virtue, and he makes the decision for greater good. But Rick sends is love away does not simply means give up. His love turns to be protective and drives him to do something maybe more appropriate at the moment. As he says, “…But it doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. ” Rick is no superman, but his way of yielding to reality makes him more respectable.
Rick’s last word to Ilsa is “ You better hurry. You’ll miss that plane. ” Until the last moment he plays cool to lsa leave resolutely, then he stares at her back when she walks away for a long time. Again a close up shot at his face reveals everything rolling inside him. One immediately understands him looking at the mixture of pain, compromise and relief in his eyes. If Casablanca is called a tragic love story, the way Rick watching Ilsa leaves hit the audience most profoundly with sorrow.
Rick Blaine is the key character that makes Casablanca more moving. He is a complex figure who hides his emotionality deep inside his shell, but the right amount of exposure just makes this character a real, touchable existence. 70 years after the film was made, at the other side of the world, there are still people weeping at Rick’s stiff face with gentleness in his eyes. Rick becomes a timeless character in the eyes of audience because he is not only himself, but also everyone who bears love in heart. ?
① intricate：You use intricate to describe something that has many small parts or details.
② portrayal：An actor’s portrayal of a character in a play or film is the way that he or she plays the character.
③ protagonist：A protagonist in a play, novel, or real event is one of the main people in it. (FORMAL)
④ perceive：If you perceive something, you see, notice, or realize it, especially when it is not obvious.
⑤ exquisite：Something that is exquisite is extremely beautiful or pleasant, especially in a delicate way.
⑥ cynical：If you describe someone as cynical, you mean they believe that people always act selfishly.
电影背景设置在二战中受维希法国（维希法国是第二次世界大战期间，大德意志帝国占领下的法国傀儡政府，它还被称为维希政权，维希政府，或简单的“维希”。1940年6月德国侵占巴黎后，以贝当为首的法国政府向德国投降，1940年7月政府所在地迁至法国中部的维希，故名。正式国号为法兰西国）控制的摩洛哥城市卡萨布兰卡（现名“达尔贝达”）。影片由Michael Curtiz导演，剧本是基于Murray Burnett和Joan Alison的还没有完成的舞台剧《大家都来“锐克”酒吧》 (Everybody Comes to Rick’s) 改编的。该片被认为不只是一部令人心碎的爱情电影，实际上更是一部宣扬民族主义和爱国主义的电影。
影片荣获1944年奥斯卡的最佳影片、最佳导演，和最佳改编剧本奖。2007年美国编剧协会公布影史“最伟大的101部电影剧本”名单，由“卡萨布兰卡”夺冠。
故事开始时已是二战期间，玩世不恭的美国人锐克·布莱恩 (Rick Blaine) 在卡萨布兰卡开了一家名为“锐克美式咖啡”的酒吧。此时，一个意外的机会，锐克得到了两张可令持有人在纳粹占领区畅通无阻的通行证。“锐克美式咖啡”非常热闹，顾客包括了当地各色人物，其中不仅有纳粹党徒与维琪法国官员，酒吧更是欧洲难民常去寻找逃到自由世界之路的场所。纳粹少校史特劳塞 (Strasser) 追踪捷克地下阵线领导人维克多·拉塞罗 (Victor Laszlo) 来到卡萨布兰卡；当地亲纳粹的警察局长路易·雷诺 (Captain Louis Renault) 竭力取悦纳粹少校。锐克意外地发现维克多的妻子伊丽莎 (Ilsa) 竟是自己昔日挚爱：他们在巴黎时坠入情网，并因德军逼近巴黎而决定一起逃难。两人本来约好在火车站会合，但上火车前锐克竟收到伊丽莎告知不能同行的纸条。
伊丽莎知道，只有锐克手里的通行证能帮助自己和丈夫离开卡萨布兰卡，于是请求锐克帮助拉塞罗离境。但锐克仍记恨前嫌不愿合作。不得已，伊丽莎告诉锐克多年前违约缘由：当时她已和捷克反纳粹地下组织领导人拉塞罗结婚，却误以为丈夫早已死在集中营；仅在临去火车站前得知拉塞罗仍在人世但身染重疾；两难之中，伊丽莎选择了放弃与锐克的爱情去照顾病危的丈夫。得知此事后锐克原谅了伊丽莎，并且从拉塞罗那儿得知，拉塞罗其实早知道锐克和伊丽莎的恋情。拉塞罗表示他愿意留下并协助锐克和伊丽莎逃出去。此时锐克决意救助拉塞罗夫妇。当雷诺在机场企图逮捕拉塞罗夫妇时，锐克拔枪指向雷诺，并当着雷诺开枪击毙了独身追踪而来的德国纳粹少校，使拉塞罗夫妇成功登上飞往里斯本的飞机。锐克忍着内心的痛楚，目送情人随他人而去。当大队德国纳粹兵追到现场，锐克面临被捕的时候，身为警察所长的雷诺却下令包围机场追缉逃犯，然后私下建议锐克一同去参加自由法兰西抵抗运动。最后，一对反纳粹新战友一同消失在雾气蒙蒙的黑夜中。故事曲折出奇的结局使这部影片成为描写爱情，人性和关于为正义献身的经典之作。（剧情介绍来自维基百科）
Casablanca (1942) has been regarded as a classic film not only for its romantic tale, but also for its intricate① humanizing portrayal② of the protagonist③ Rick Blaine. Rick seems like a tough guy by his look and behavior, but the audience can still perceive④ the flows of emotion underneath his hard shell. And just this exquisite⑤ amount of softness exposed in his cold and cynical⑥ appearance touches generations of audiences.
At the first meeting between Rick and Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), we see a close up shot of Rick’s fixed face for about five seconds. His looks astonished, stiff, yet painful. His mouth trembles, but he does not say anything to restrict his inner emotion, but makes it more real and perceivable. As the group sits down and chats, Rick’s looking at Ilsa shows his year long suffering and inquiry. He speaks to Ilsa with formal politeness, trying to hide his mixed emotions, but the words like “I remember every detail, the Germans wore gray, you wore blue” are so beautiful and gentle that they make Rick’s love for Ilsa palpable①. Throughout the film one finds out that Rick talks very fast in a calm tone, with no emotionality in his voice. It is a cool way of speaking matched with Rick’s appearance and behavior. But as he speaks to Ilsa, we see the intricate contrast that makes Rick’s emotion more genuine and touchy. This character is, therefore, more charming when he is not entirely cool as he seems. Rick used to be an Antifascist freedom fighter, but turns to say “I stick out my neck for nobody” after being hurt by Ilsa. However, at the end of the film, Rick escorts Ilsa and her husband, a Czech underground leader, to go on the plane to freedom even though she intends to stay. He has been discouraged by love and then goes back to who he used to be because of love. Some people say this film depicts how Rick choses between love and virtue, and he makes the decision for greater good. But Rick sends is love away does not simply means give up. His love turns to be protective and drives him to do something maybe more appropriate at the moment. As he says, “…But it doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. ” Rick is no superman, but his way of yielding to reality makes him more respectable.
Rick’s last word to Ilsa is “ You better hurry. You’ll miss that plane. ” Until the last moment he plays cool to lsa leave resolutely, then he stares at her back when she walks away for a long time. Again a close up shot at his face reveals everything rolling inside him. One immediately understands him looking at the mixture of pain, compromise and relief in his eyes. If Casablanca is called a tragic love story, the way Rick watching Ilsa leaves hit the audience most profoundly with sorrow.
Rick Blaine is the key character that makes Casablanca more moving. He is a complex figure who hides his emotionality deep inside his shell, but the right amount of exposure just makes this character a real, touchable existence. 70 years after the film was made, at the other side of the world, there are still people weeping at Rick’s stiff face with gentleness in his eyes. Rick becomes a timeless character in the eyes of audience because he is not only himself, but also everyone who bears love in heart. ?
① intricate：You use intricate to describe something that has many small parts or details.
② portrayal：An actor’s portrayal of a character in a play or film is the way that he or she plays the character.
③ protagonist：A protagonist in a play, novel, or real event is one of the main people in it. (FORMAL)
④ perceive：If you perceive something, you see, notice, or realize it, especially when it is not obvious.
⑤ exquisite：Something that is exquisite is extremely beautiful or pleasant, especially in a delicate way.
⑥ cynical：If you describe someone as cynical, you mean they believe that people always act selfishly.