《Crazy Heart》　疯狂的心　生活不是游戏

No.080　《Crazy Heart》　疯狂的心　生活不是游戏

英文导读

Crazy Heart is a 2009 American drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper and based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb. Jeff Bridges plays a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young journalist portrayed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Other supporting roles are played by Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, and child actor Jack Nation. Bridges, Farrell, and Duvall also sing in the film.

The film's main character, Bad Blake played by Jeff Bridges, is based on a combination of Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard. The writer-director Cooper initially wanted to do a biopic on Haggard but found the rights to his life story were too difficult to obtain. The novel on which the film was based, was actually inspired by country singer Hank Thompson. Bridges earned the 2009 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film.

Filming took place during 2008 in New Mexico (Albuquerque, Española, Galisteo, Santa Fe), in Houston, Texas, and in Los Angeles, California. Original music for the film was composed by T-Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton, Ryan Bingham and others.

The film was produced for $7 million by Country Music Television, and was originally acquired by Paramount Vantage for a direct-to-video release, but was later purchased for theatrical distribution by Fox Searchlight Pictures. It opened in limited release in the U.S. on December 16, 2009.

Jeff Bridges' performance earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor, as well as Best Actor prizes from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Broadcast Film Critics Association, Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild and the Independent Spirit Awards. Bridges also received nominations from the Chicago Film Critics Association, London Critics Circle, Online Film Critics Society and the Satellite Awards. Gyllenhaal was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. The song "The Weary Kind" earned Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett the 2009 Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Golden Globe.

获奖情况

2010年第82届奥斯卡：最佳男主角、最佳原创歌曲奖，并荣获最佳女配角提名。

影片信息

导演：斯科特·库珀

编剧：斯科特·库珀、托马斯·科布

主演：杰夫·布里吉斯、玛吉·吉伦哈尔、柯林·法瑞尔、罗伯特·杜瓦尔

类型：剧情、爱情、音乐

制片国家（地区）：美国

上映日期：2009-12-6（美国）

片长：112分钟

又名：《声声相识》《我心狂野》《狂野之心》《狂野的心》

剧情简介

拜德·布雷克（杰夫·布里吉斯饰）曾是一位叱咤风云的乡村音乐歌手，然而他却在事业的巅峰时期肆意消耗着自己的人生，结婚、外遇、离婚、酗酒、打人……多年过去了，布雷克成为了一名酗酒成性的落魄蓝调乡村歌手。

《圣菲报》的记者简（玛吉·吉伦哈尔　饰）觉得，布雷克其实只是在逃避自己，她坚持要帮助布雷克摆脱酒精的荼毒，让他重新在舞台上焕发光彩。布雷克在简的鼓励下，也开始逐渐振作起来，重新拿起了吉他。不过毕竟多年过去，今非昔比，眼下的时代已经截然不同，布雷克如何跟上时代是一个严峻的问题。过去布雷克的弟子，如今的摇滚巨星汤米·斯威特（柯林·法瑞尔　饰）开始扶持自己敬佩的师父重新走上音乐之路。

一切似乎都在向着好的方向进行。但在简携4岁的儿子来休斯敦探访布雷克的过程中，一个意外却让布雷克真正地意识到自己的人生路在何方……

制作花絮

《疯狂的心》改编自托马斯·科布的同名小说。

《疯狂的心》的投资仅为700万美元。

扮演布雷克的影星杰夫·布里吉斯本身就是一位流行音乐爱好者，他至今已经创作了200多首歌曲，出版了数张音乐大碟。

重点学习

Jeff Bridges plays a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter

文中的down-and-out是一个形容词，如果你描述某人是down-and-out, you mean that they have no job and nowhere to live, and they have no real hope of improving their situation. 也就是“穷困潦倒的；被击垮的”的意思，比如：I try to help those down-andout in our neighborhood.（我试着帮助那些社区中生活窘迫的人们。）

Found the rights to his life story were too difficult to obtain

Too…to是英语中常用的一种常见句型，基本形式为“too+形容词或副词+to+动词原形”，在大多数情况下表示否定意义，是“太……而不能……；太……无法……”的意思。比如：It's too cheap to be good. （这东西太便宜，好不了。）有时不定式前可以带有一个由介词for引出的逻辑主语，比如：It' s too expensive for her to buy. （它太贵了，她买不起。）另外还需注意不定式后跟宾语的情况：一般情况下，too…to…结构中的不定式可根据其是否及物来确定它是否带宾语；但是，若句子主语与其后不定式有动宾关系，那么，其后的及物动词不定式不能带宾语。比如：The nice dress is too expensive for her to buy. （这件漂亮的连衣裙太贵了，她买不起。）此外，若句子主语与其后不定式有动宾关系，且其中的动词为不及物动词，此时应注意在其后加适当的介词，比如：The room is too dirty to live in. （这房间太脏，不能住。）

单词时间

journalist[ˈdʒə:nəlist] n. 新闻工作者；报人；记日志者

portray[pɔ:ˈtrei] vt. 描绘；扮演

combination[ˌkɔmbiˈneiʃən] n. 结合；组合；联合；化合

biopic[ˈbaiəupik] n. 传记电影，传记片

inspire[inˈspaiə] vt. 激发；鼓舞；启示；产生；使生灵感

performance[pəˈfɔ:məns] n. 性能；绩效；表演；执行

originally[əˈridʒənəli] adv. 最初，起初；本来

distribution[ˌdistriˈbju:ʃən] n. 分布；分配

association[əˌsəusiˈeiʃən] n. 协会，联盟，社团；联合；联想