无良杂军:另一种二战片
本文作者: 21ST
看电影,是心灵的旅行;读影评,则是对沿途风景的细细回味。本栏目精选国外媒体的英文影评,点评近期优秀影片,让您在感受语言魅力的同时,重拾起观影途中叩击心灵的瞬间。
Inglourious Basterds
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Christoph Waltz, Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brhl, Mlanie Laurent, Eli Roth, B.J. Novak
Genre: Drama | War
Country: US | Germany
Plot
During World War II a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout Germany by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman, Shosanna, who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
Review
Tarantino wouldn’t be Tarantino if the events didn’t unfold in elaborate set pieces that go on and on before exploding into vicious bursts of exquisitely-edited violence. Extended scenes in farm houses, cafes, and beer cellars luxuriate in peculiar detail, finely choreographed camera movements, and Quentin’s patented hard-boiled dialogue.
Jürgen Fauth, About.com
Brad Pitt has a terrific opening scene in which he plays, deliciously, with the rhythm of the language Tarantino has given him. He informs his men that he wants “100 Nazi scalps!” After a pause, he adds, “And I want my scalps!” After one last beat comes the capper: “Or you will die tryin’!” Tarantino writes wonderful dialogue, but he also gets lost in his own forest of language: he creates elongated scenes filled with words to build an aura of menace. That’s a lot of building, and the movie groans with the effort of sustaining all that tension.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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