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荣耀六十年
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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
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拒绝再战
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备受期待的伊战影片《止损》由三位人气男星莱恩·菲利普、查宁·塔图姆、约瑟夫·高登·莱维特主演。 片名“stop-loss”（止损）原本是金融外汇领域常见的词语，大致指投资失误时设法把损失限定在较小范围内的一种行为。越战之后这个词被美国政府加以利用，“stop-loss procedure”（止损程序）是指军方在其认定的紧急情况下，强迫已经履行完毕服役期间的任务或者有条件退休的士兵延长服役时间的一种行为。根据一项估计，这一备受争议的政策使得大概有7000名原定可以回国的美军士兵被迫滞留在伊拉克。 片中由莱恩·菲利普饰演的布兰登·金中士带着荣誉回到了家乡小城并打算重建自己的生活，但是军方在止损程序下强行要求他立即回到伊拉克继续服役，不得已之下布兰登开始了亡命天涯的旅程，逃避一个他原本不惜生命去保护的国家的所谓“正义”。
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诅咒之城：玛雅
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野心十足的考古学家雇用了一组菁英探险队，企图找出马雅文化灭绝的真相。在探勘途中，他们意外找到了一座隐藏在海底深处的水中监狱，并意外解放了囚禁其中的骇人异种。他们必须想办法阻止这群噬血异种浮出水面，否则马雅人预言的世界末日将一语成谶！