《Moulin Rouge》　红磨坊　只有爱会永远存在

No.048　《Moulin Rouge》　红磨坊　只有爱会永远存在

英文导读

Moulin Rouge is a 2001 romantic Jukebox musical film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann.

The film tells the story of a young, Bohemian poet/ writer, Christian (Ewan McGregor), he lives in 1899 Paris, defies his father by joining the colorfully diverse clique inhabiting the dark, fantastical underworld of Paris' now legendary Moulin Rouge. In this seedy but glamorous haven of sex, drugs and newly-discovered electricity, the poet-innocent finds himself plunged into a passionate but ultimately tragic love affair with Satine (Nicole Kidman), the club's highest paid star and the city's most famous courtesan. Their romance is played out against the infamous club—a meeting place of high and low, where slumming aristocrats and the fashionably rich mingle with workers, artists, bohemians, actresses and courtesans.

When asked about his inspiration for Moulin Rouge, Luhrmann remarked: "Catherine Martin (production designer and Luhrmann's wife) and I went to India to work on Midsummer Night's Dream. We went out one night and there was a big poster up for a Bollywood movie. I said, "Let's go see that." We did - 2,000 audience members, high comedy, high tragedy, brother kills brother, they break out in some musical numbers, all jumbled up together in 4 hours of Hindi. We thought that was amazing. So our question was, 'Could we create a cinematic form like that? Could a musical work?' A musical must be able to work in western culture again, and could it be comic-tragic? So then began this commitment of moving toward 'Moulin Rouge.' I decided I'd do Romeo + Juliet and then a musical film. "

Originally set for release on Christmas 2000 as a high profile Oscar contender, 20th Century Fox eventually moved the release to the following spring so director Baz Luhrmann would have more time during post production. The film premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival on May 9—making it the festival's opening title.

At the 74th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Nicole Kidman, winning two: for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. It was the first musical nominated for Best Picture in 10 years, following Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

获奖情况

2002年第74届奥斯卡：最佳服装设计、最佳艺术指导-布景奖，并荣获最佳影片提名、最佳女主角提名、最佳摄影提名、最佳化妆提名、最佳音响提名。

影片信息

导演：巴兹·鲁赫曼

编剧：巴兹·鲁赫曼、克雷格·皮尔斯

主演：妮可·基德曼、伊万·麦克格雷格、约翰·雷吉扎莫、吉姆·布劳德本特

类型：剧情、爱情、歌舞

制片国家（地区）：澳大利亚、美国

上映日期：2001-05-09（法国戛纳电影节）

片长：127分钟

又名：《梦断花都》《情陷红磨坊》

剧情简介

克里斯蒂安（伊万·麦克格雷格　饰）是个有着极高艺术天分的青年诗人，拥有美妙的歌喉。他不顾父亲的反对，来到了蒙马达小镇这个“追求享乐”的地方。在这里，克里斯蒂安疯狂地爱上了“红磨坊”的明星莎婷（妮可·基德曼　饰）。莎婷虽是红磨坊的舞女，但她却不甘堕落，梦想有一天会离开这里成为演员，于是在红磨坊灯光熄灭时她对月抒怀。同样在克里斯蒂安来之前，爱上莎婷的还有非常有权势的公爵。想要借助公爵的力量，成为一名真正的巨星的莎婷，计划被克里斯蒂安的到来打乱了，他带来了莎婷从未感受过的“爱”。莎婷找到了自己的梦想，渴望同她心爱的男人一同完成。

然而，公爵却告诉莎婷，如果她执迷不悟，他就会杀死克里斯蒂安。这个时候，莎婷因积劳成疾，已经被确诊为肺结核，将不久于人世。莎婷决定用谎言骗克里斯蒂安放弃，但是最终两人解开误会重归于好。气急败坏的伯爵开枪射杀两人，但关键时刻经理人挽救了二人，全场的观众为克里斯蒂安和莎婷喝彩。

可惜，结局往往是出人意料的，帷幕落下，两人真的能得到幸福吗？

制作花絮

本片是2001年戛纳电影节的开幕影片。

1999年11月，影片的拍摄因妮可·基德曼排练舞蹈时肋骨骨折和膝盖受伤而暂停2周，后来她坐着轮椅完成了一些胸部以上的画面。

妮可·基德曼在片中佩戴的项链确实由钻石和白金制成，这条堪称为拍摄电影而制作的最昂贵的项链镶有1308颗钻石，总重达134克拉，价值约为100万美元。

妮可·基德曼在片中始终戴着假发。

重点学习

The poet-innocent finds himself plunged into a passionate but ultimately tragic love affair with Satine

在文中，固定搭配Plunge into是“使陷入；突然进入（某种状态）”的意思，比如：He plunged the room into darkness by switching off the light.（他把灯一关，房间陷入一片黑暗。）Plunge into还能表达“仓促（或突然）做起（某事）来”的意思，比如：She plunged at once into a description of her latest illness.（她马上开始谈起她最近患病的情况。）另外，它还有“跳入；跳进（水、洞等）；冲进，闯进；投入（某行动）”等意思。

A meeting place of high and low

文中的high and low从字面上理解是“高低”的意思，也常被译为“楼上楼下，上上下下，到处”，比如：I searched high and low for that book, but I couldn't find it.（我到处找那本书，可就是找不到。）另外，它还被引申为“各色人等，高低贵贱的人们，社会各阶层”的意思，比如：But my line of sight did not equal the high and low points.（但我的眼里并没有高低贵贱之分。）

单词时间

colorfully[ˈkʌləfulli] adv.多彩地；绚烂地

clique[kli:k] n. 派系；阀；私党；小圈子

fantastical[fænˈtæstikəl] adj. 空想的；捕风捉影的

glamorous[ˈɡlæmərəs] adj. 迷人的，富有魅力的

courtesan[ˌkɔ:tiˈzæn] n. 高等妓女

aristocrat[ˈæristəkræt] n. 贵族

fashionably[ˈfæʃənəbli] adv.赶时髦地；按照流行地

inspiration[ˌinspəˈreiʃən] n. 灵感；鼓舞；吸气；妙计

poster[ˈpəustə] n. 海报，广告；招贴

cinematic[ˌsiniˈmætik] adj. 电影的；影片的

profile[ˈprəufail] n. 侧面；轮廓；外形；剖面

contender[kənˈtendə] n. 竞争者；争夺者