《Crash》　撞车　不是天使的天使与魔鬼相撞

No.019　《Crash》　撞车　不是天使的天使与魔鬼相撞

英文导读

Crash is a 2004 American drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California. A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in 1991. It won three Oscars: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing in 2005 at the 78th Academy Awards.

Several characters' stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles; a black LAPD detective estranged from his mother, his criminal younger brother and gang associate, the white District Attorney and his irritated and pampered wife, a racist white police officer who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner, an African American Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with the officer, a Persian-immigrant father who is wary of others, and a Hispanic locksmith and his young daughter.

Roger Ebert gave the film 4/4 stars and described it as "a movie of intense fascination," listing it as the best film of 2005. The film also ranks at number 460 in Empire magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time.

Some critics assert that Asians are portrayed in an overwhelmingly negative light with few, if any, redeeming qualities. The film has been criticized for reinforcing Asian stereotypes and lacking any manner of significant development of its Asian characters. From an alternative perspective, the film has been critiqued for"laying bare the racialized fantasy of the American dream and Hollywood narrative aesthetics" and for depicting the Persian shopkeeper as a "deranged, paranoid individual who is only redeemed by what he believes is a mystical act of God." The film has also been criticised for using multicultural and sentimental imagery to cover over material and "historically sedimented inequalities" that continue to affect different racial groups in Los Angeles.

获奖情况

2006年第78届奥斯卡：最佳影片、最佳剪辑、最佳原创剧本奖。

影片信息

导演：保罗·哈吉斯

编剧：保罗·哈吉斯、罗伯特·莫里

主演：桑德拉·布洛克、唐·钱德尔、马特·狄龙、布兰登·费舍尔

类型：犯罪、剧情

制片国家（地区）：美国、德国

上映日期：2005-05-06（美国）

片长：112分钟、115分钟（导演剪辑版）

又名：《冲击效应》《冲撞》

剧情简介

一个黑人电视导演和他的妻子，莫名其妙地因为莫须有的违章驾驶受到了白人警察的侮辱；看似该受到谴责的警察，却在最危急关头挽救了那名曾遭他羞辱的黑人妇女；老实巴交的波斯商店店主，却差点谋杀了有着刺青的墨西哥修锁匠（迈克尔·佩纳饰）；地区检察官（布兰登·费舍尔　饰）和他的妻子（桑德拉·布洛克　饰）被抢吉普车后，只能把怨气发泄到无辜的修锁匠身上；黑人警察（唐·钱德尔饰）正承受着上司的威胁，并且焦急地寻找着自己的弟弟。

这一切看似无关的琐事，却在36小时内以一种出人意料的方式绞缠在一起，在这个以暴力、性、金钱闻名的多民族、多文化汇集的大城市的街头一幕幕上演……

制作花絮

在瑞恩·菲利普签约出演影片中汉森这一角色之前，希斯·莱杰也曾就这一角色与制片方进行过会谈。

影片创作灵感之一是导演保罗·哈吉斯就曾经撞过车。

为了能够参与这部影片的演出，桑德拉·布洛克甚至自掏腰包买机票前往影片拍摄现场。

就影片中的电视导演这一角色，最初的人选是福里斯特·惠特克，但是他为了完成《第一女儿》这部影片而放弃了这一角色。

影片中卡伯特家的房子其实就是本片导演保罗·哈吉斯自己的。

重点学习

His wife who must deal with the officer

在英语中，deal with是一个固定搭配，它词义丰富，在文中是“对待（人）；对付，应付，与…打交道”的意思，比如：I'll deal with the children later.（孩子们的事由我以后去处理。）另外，该搭配其他较常见的意思还有“关于，和…有关联；论述；涉及；处理，安排；经营；与…做生意（或买卖）与…交易”等，比如：I'm used to dealing with matters of this sort.（我惯于处理此类问题。）

Who is wary of others

文中，be wary of是英语中的一个固定搭配，它是“提防；当心”的意思，比如：We must teach children to be wary of strangers.（我们必须教导孩子警惕陌生人。）

单词时间

inspire[inˈspaiə] v. 激发；鼓舞；启示；产生；使生灵感

incident[ˈinsidənt] n. 事件，事变；插曲

carjacking[ˈkɑ:ˌdʒækiŋ] n. 武力劫夺汽车；抢劫司机财物

interweave[ˌintəˈwi:v] v. （使）交织；织进；（使）混杂

estrange[iˈstreindʒ] v. 使疏远；离间

associate[əˈsəuʃieit] n. 同事，伙伴；关联的事物

District Attorney 美国地方检察官（略作D.A.）

disgust[disˈɡʌst] n. 厌恶，嫌恶

idealistic[aiˌdiəˈlistik] adj. 理想主义的；唯心论的；唯心主义者的；空想家的

locksmith[ˈlɔksmiθ] n. 钳工；修锁工；锁匠

fascination[fæsiˈneiʃən] n. 魅力；魔力；入迷

sediment[ˈsedimənt] n. 沉积；沉淀物