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没有最压抑，只有更压抑。你有足够粗大的神经在一周内看完这 14 部电影吗？
1 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 1.《梦之安魂曲》（又名《梦的挽歌》、《迷上瘾》）(2000) The Movie: Adaptation of the novel by Hubert Selby Jr, directed by Darren Aronosfky. 影片：改编自胡伯特·塞尔白 (Hubert Selby Jr) 的小说，由达伦·阿罗诺夫斯基 (Darren Aronofsky) 执导。 Four characters each battle their addictions, escaping into their own delusional internal worlds. 四个主人公各自与其瘾症作抗争，最终逃入自己幻想的内心世界。 The Misery: Practically every frame of Aronofky’s flick oozes misery. If it’s not Sara’s EST, it’s Marion Silver prostituting herself. 悲剧：阿罗诺夫斯基电影中的每个镜头几乎都充满了悲剧；要么就是萨拉 (Sara) 接受电休克疗法，要么就是玛丽安·西尔弗 (Marion Silver) 出卖肉体。 Seriously, don’t watch this if you’re having a bad day. 心情不好的时候最好别看这部电影，真的。 Tissues Out: Hooked on amphetamines, Sara is committed to a mental institution. 泪点：萨拉由于安非他命上瘾而被送进精神病院。 2 Changeling (2008) 2.《换子疑云》（又名《调包婴儿》）(2008) The Movie: Not the ‘80s horror, though that’s pretty miserable as well. Here, Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie tell the true life story of Christine Collins, whose son goes missing. 影片：80 年代的恐怖片其惨状可谓无以复加，但这部影片并不属于此范畴。影片中，克林特·伊斯特伍德 (Clint Eastwood) 和安吉丽娜·茱莉 (Angelina Jolie) 讲述了一个发生在克莉斯汀·科林斯 (Christine Collins) 身上的真实故事：她的儿子失踪了。 When the police inform her that he has been found, they bring her a complete stranger. 当她从警方得知儿子已经找到时，警察却给她带来了一个全然陌生的儿子。 The Misery: The film’s main point seems to be: how many different ways can a woman say “that’s not my son!” before somebody starts believing her? It’s a depressing reminder of the patriarchal ‘20s. 悲剧：影片似乎是想告诉我们，一个女人要用多少种不同的方式来证明“这不是我的儿子！”才能让别人相信她。这部压抑的影片不由使人想起 20 年代的族长制社会。 Tissues Out: David Clay is found alive and tells his story, in which Collins learns the fate of her son. 泪点：戴维·克雷 (David Clay) 得以生还并讲出实情，科林斯这才获悉儿子的命运。 3 Angela's Ashes (1999) 3.《天使的孩子》（又名《天使的灰烬》、《安吉拉一家》、《安吉拉的灰烬》）(1999) The Movie: Alan Parker directs Emma Watson and Robert Carlyle in this Oscar nommed adap of Frank McCourt’s memoirs. 影片：改编自弗兰克·麦考特 (Frank McCourt) 的回忆录；曾获奥斯卡提名；艾伦·帕克 (Alan Parker) 执导；艾玛·沃森 (Emma Watson) 和罗伯特·卡莱尔 (Robert Carlyle) 主演。 During the ‘30s, young Frank and his family are forced to return to Ireland thanks to their lack of means. 20 世纪 30 年代，年轻的弗兰克 (Frank) 一家由于生计无着而被迫回到爱尔兰。 The Misery: Living in a poverty stricken pre-war Limerick, Frank’s father searches for work in the Republic but is unable to find any. When he does manage to scrape together the pennies, he drinks it all away... 悲剧：生活在战前一贫如洗的利默里克，弗兰克的父亲在爱尔兰共和国四处奔波寻找工作，但却一无所获。在想尽办法挣到两三个子儿之后，他却全用来灌了黄汤… Tissues Out: It starts as it means to go on; with the tragic death of Angela's baby girl. 泪点：从头到尾整个一个悲惨世界；最甚者莫过于安吉拉 (Angela) 的幼女之死。 4 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 4.《黄金时代》（又名《最好的时光》）(1946) The Movie: Three servicemen return home after fighting in the Second World War. 影片：三名二战军人在经历了硝烟和炮火之后回归故乡。 But as they try to pick up the lives that they left behind, they discover it’s not going to be as easy as all that. 然而，当他们试着过回原来的生活时，他们却发现并没那么容易。 The Misery: Arguably one of mainstream Hollywood’s first and finest attempts to tackle how men are affected by war. Homer lost his hands, Al turns to drink and Fred suffers terrible night terrors. 悲剧：这可以说是好莱坞主流探索战争对人的影响的首次尝试之作，也是此类影片中的佼佼者之一。霍默 (Homer) 失去了双臂，艾尔 (Al) 染上了酗酒的恶习，而弗雷德 (Fred) 却时常遭受梦魇的折磨。 Tissues Out: Homer pushes his fiancée away because he doesn’t want to be a burden... Godammit, don’t be such a hero! 泪点：由于不愿连累他人，霍默离开了他的未婚妻… 天杀的，别这么逞英雄！ 5 Precious (2010) 5.《珍爱》（又名《珍爱人生》、《天生不是宝贝》）(2010) The Movie: Harrowing ‘80s-set drama adapted from the book ‘Push’ by Sapphire, the fictional story of abused teenager Claireece Precious Jones. It’s based on real life. 影片：这部 80 年代式的虐心剧改编自萨菲尔 (Sapphire) 的《推》一书，此书根据真人真事讲述了一个关于受虐少女克拉丽丝·珍爱·琼斯 (Claireece Precious Jones) 的故事。 The Misery: If ever you’re feeling a little down about your life, spare a moment for Precious. 悲剧：如果你觉得自己正处在人生的低谷，那就抽时间看看《珍爱》吧。 She’s victim to horrific domestic abuse, is chucked out of school, and has a child by her own father. Oh, and she’s pregnant with a second. 她是骇人听闻的家庭暴力的受害者，她被学校勒令退学，她和自己的父亲生下一个孩子。天哪，她现在又怀上了第二个孩子。 Tissues Out: Precious’s mother makes a surprise trip to see Ms Weiss, and the revelations come tumbling out. 泪点：珍爱的妈妈出其不意地踏上了造访魏斯 (Weiss) 女士的旅程，突如其来的真相汹涌而至。 6 Doctor Zhivago (1965) 6.《日瓦戈医生》(1965) The Movie: Five-time Oscar winner directed by David Lean. Originally lasting a staggering 220 minutes, it’s the story of married doctor and poet Zhivago, who falls in love with Lara, the wife of a political campaigner. 影片：大卫·里恩 (David Lean) 执导；五次获得奥斯卡奖项。这部最初时长达 220 分钟之久的影片讲述了日瓦戈 (Zhivago) 爱上娜拉 (Lara) 的故事。他是个已婚的医生兼诗人；而她则是一位政治活动家的妻子。 The Misery: As the First World War draws to a close, Zhivago finds himself faced with the Bolshevik Revolution. His former life of freedom and happiness is all but buried as the new social order makes its demands on him. 悲剧：随着第一次世界大战接近尾声，日瓦戈发现迎接他的是布尔什维克革命。他此前快乐自由的生活悉数湮灭，而新的社会秩序也向他提出了新的要求。 Tissues Out: When Zhivago is on the tram in Moscow, he sees Lara in the street. Running toward her, he has a heart attack and dies without her even noticing. 泪点：在莫斯科的电车上，日瓦戈看到了大街上的娜拉。就在向她飞奔而去的途中，他突发心脏病，并就这样结束了生命。而她，一无所知。 7 Brokeback Mountain (2005) 7.《断背山》(2005) The Movie: Ang Lee adapts Annie Proulx’s moving short story, which tells of the doomed romance between two cowboys who meet in 1963. 影片：这部影片由李安改编自安妮·普露 (Annie Proulx) 的一篇感人至深的短篇小说。故事讲述了邂逅于 1963 年的两个牛仔之间的禁忌之恋。 Struggling with their own issues of masculinity and duty, the pair see each other over the years, but can never be together. 这对恋人各自苦苦挣扎于他们的男性身份和责任，他们数十年如一日地互相探望对方，但却永远不能在一起。 The Misery: They tagged it a ‘gay romance’. 悲剧：人们给它贴上了“同性恋”的标签。 Really it’s just a heartbreaking, deeply affecting love story, burning with unrequited desire. 实际上，这只是一个令人心碎、感人至深的爱情故事，其中充溢着无法得到回报的爱欲。 Tissues Out: All we’re gonna say is: shirt sniffing. 泪点：我们要说的是，恩尼斯 (Ennis) 嗅衬衫的那一刻。 8 Old Yeller (1957) 8.《老黄狗》（又名《父亲离家时》）(1957) The Movie: Living in post-Civil War Texas, the Coates family are beyond poor. 影片：内战过后的德克萨斯，考特茨 (Coates) 一家生活在赤贫之中。 The eldest son, Travis, strikes up a friendship with a dog, Yeller, when it appears on the family’s lot. A bond quickly forms between the two. 一天，老狗 Yeller 跑进了院子，长子特拉维斯 (Travis) 和它交上了朋友。一人一狗之间迅速建立起了不一般的关系。 The Misery: Gosh, hasn’t Disney changed since the ‘50s? Poverty, death, disease, pig attacks... It all comes to a head with a climax that has us screaming “then end! the end!” just like Phoebe in Friends. 悲剧：天哪！迪斯尼从 50 年代起就再也没变过吗？贫穷、死亡、疾病、野猪袭击…清一色全都是这样的高潮剧情，非得让我们像《老友记》中菲比 (Phoebe) 那样尖叫“够了，够了！”不可。 Tissues Out: Travis takes out his gun and becomes a man... 泪点：特拉维斯掏出枪来，成长为一个男子汉… 9 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 9.《百万宝贝》（又名《百万美元宝贝》、《登峰造极》、《击情》）(2004) The Movie: Aspiring boxer Maggie convinces an old trainer, Frankie Dunn, to take her on and train her up. 影片：渴望成功的拳击手麦琪 (Maggie) 说服老教练法兰基·邓恩 (Frankie Dunn) 收她为徒并对她进行训练。 The Misery: Maggie’s life ain’t no bed of roses. 悲剧：麦琪的生活并不顺心。 Her family are ungrateful and spiteful. When Maggie buys them a house, her mother flies off the handle, worried that her welfare scam will be ruined. 她有一个忘恩负义、怀恨于心的家庭。麦琪给家里买了一套房子，但她妈妈却因为担心自己诈骗救济的行径败露而大发雷霆。 Tissues Out: Just this one shot will break your hearts – the overhead of Maggie lying in bed, a broken figure. Even Clint cries. 泪点：麦琪躺在床上不成人形——只凭这个俯瞰镜头就足以让人心碎。连克林特 (Clint) 也不禁泪下。 10 The Green Mile (1999) 10.《绿里奇迹》（又名《绿色奇迹》、《绿地》）(1999) The Movie: Frank Darabont tackles another one of Stephen King’s works, adapting the 1930s tale of John Coffey, a man convicted of murder and put on death row. 影片：弗兰克·达拉邦特 (Frank Darabont) 搞定了斯蒂芬·金 (Stephen King) 的又一部作品。影片改编自 20 世纪 30 年代约翰·考非 (John Coffey) 因谋杀而获罪并被判处死刑的故事。 Corrections officer Paul forms a bond with the man, who turns out to be a total softie. 狱警保罗 (Paul) 与这个死刑犯打起了交道，最后发现他是个老好人。 The Misery: “Do you leave a light on after bedtime? Because I get a little scared in the dark sometimes. If it's a strange place,” says John, breaking a million hearts in one fell swoop. This man shouldn’t be on death row! 悲剧：“你会在熄灯后留一盏灯亮着吗？因为我有时候会怕黑，如果是在一个陌生的地方，”约翰说。他一下子让无数的观众为之心碎。这个人不该是死刑犯！ Tissues Out: The gut-wrenching climax. You know what we’re talking about. 泪点：揪心的高潮。我们说的这些你懂的。 11 Cabaret (1972) 11.《歌厅》（又名《酒店》）(1972) The Movie: Liza Minnelli cemented her status as an icon with this, the 1972 film loosely based on the stage show. Set in Berlin in 1931, stage performer Sally gains a roommate in Brian, who may or may not be gay. 影片：丽萨·明妮莉 (Liza Minnelli) 凭借这部影片巩固了她的偶像地位。这部 1972 年的影片大体上是根据舞台剧改编而来的。1931 年的柏林，歌舞女郎莎莉 (Sally) 有了一位同租室友布莱恩 (Brian)，而他可能是个同性恋。 The Misery: It’s all about the gradual Nazi occupation of Germany, so misery is pretty rife here, undulating through most of the film. The most miserable moment is the film’s end, in which a young boy sings ‘Tomorrow Belongs To Me’. 悲剧：所有的一切全都与纳粹逐步占领德国有关，因此悲剧无处不在，影片中比比皆是。最悲惨的一幕在于影片结尾：一个少年吟唱着“明天属于我”。 Tissues Out: Brian and Sally go their separate ways after she has an abortion. 泪点：胎儿流产之后，布莱恩和莎莉劳燕分飞。 12 Kes (1969) 12.《小孩与鹰》（又名《凯斯》）(1969) The Movie: The BFI have Kes in their list of top ten British films. Proof that the British hate themselves? 影片：英国电影学会将《小孩与鹰》列为英国电影前十甲。这说明英国人痛恨他们自己？ Dunno, but Ken Loach’s tale of Billy Casper, a boy bullied at school who finds an unlikely companion in a wild kestrel, is pretty bloomin’ bleak. 不清楚，但肯·洛奇 (Ken Loach) 这个故事极其阴郁。小男孩比利·卡士柏 (Billy Casper) 在学校受尽欺侮，只能在一只野鹰身上寄托一种不太现实的慰藉。 The Misery: Just look at Billy’s life. His half-brother hates him, people at school bully him, and he has a pretty grim dead cert future down the mines. 悲剧：想想比利的生活吧。他同母异父的哥哥讨厌他，学校的人都欺负他，而他毫无悬念的惨淡前景就是下煤矿。 Tissues Out: The famous ending, in which Billy’s half-brother kills his only friend, will have even the hardiest blubbing. 泪点：比利的同母异父哥哥杀死了他唯一的朋友，这个尽人皆知的结局应该会赚足观众的眼泪吧。 13 To Joy (Till gl?dje) (1950) 13.《喜悦》（又名《欢乐》）(1950) The Movie: “Even I think my films are depressing,” Ingmar Bergman once admitted. We couldn’t agree more. 影片：“连我自己都觉得我的电影很压抑，”英格玛·伯格曼 (Ingmar Bergman) 曾承认。我们举双手赞成。 The granddaddy of Swedish filmmaking made this tragedy in 1950, in which soloist Stig joins an orchestra and ends up marrying fellow musician Martha. 瑞典电影鼻祖于 1950 年拍摄了这部悲剧，片中的独奏演员斯迪格 (Stig) 加入了一个乐队，最终与同行的音乐家玛莎 (Martha) 结为伉俪。 The Misery: They’re not even married yet when Stig and Martha hit their first hiccup: she’s pregnant, he thinks a child would ruin their life. They quarrel constantly, he has an affair. 悲剧：斯迪格和玛莎还没结婚就碰到了第一桩麻烦事：她怀孕了，而他认为孩子会毁掉他们的生活。他们不断地争吵，他有了外遇。 Tissues Out: When the paraffin oven in the kitchen explodes, Stig loses his wife and his daughter. His young son sees the whole thing... 泪点：厨房里的石蜡烤箱发生了爆炸，斯迪格失去了妻子和女儿。他的小儿子亲眼目睹了这一切… 14 Sophie’s Choice (1982) 14.《苏菲的抉择》（又名《苏菲的选择》）(1982) The Movie: Polish immigrant Sophie and her lover Nathan arrive in Brooklyn and move in with Stingo. But Nathan is insanely jealous and is convinced that Sophie has cheated on him. 影片：波兰移民苏菲 (Sophie) 和爱人纳森 (Nathan) 来到布鲁克林与斯廷哥 (Stingo) 住到了一起。但纳森病态的嫉妒心理让他确信苏菲对他不忠。 The Misery: Yep, it’s those Nazis again. 悲剧：没错，又是纳粹。 As Nathan is revealed to be dangerously unhinged, Sophie reveals to Stingo that she was imprisoned in Auschwitz, where she lost her daughter. 随着人们发现纳森精神错乱且极其危险，苏菲向斯廷哥透露，她曾被监禁在奥斯维辛集中营，并在那里失去了她的女儿。 Tissues Out: Obviously, the eponymous ‘choice’, which results in the death of Sophie’s daughter at Auschwitz. 泪点：显然就是同名的“抉择”。而这个选择使得苏菲的女儿命丧奥斯维辛。 译后记：一千个读者眼中就有一千个哈姆莱特。作者认为压抑的影片可能你觉得也不过稀松平常。但这里提及的 14 部影片，不管是否配得上“最”这个字眼，至少都称得上“压抑”吧。根据原文后面的评论可以看出，大洋彼岸的读者们普遍认为下面这几部影片也很压抑：《萤火虫之墓》（又名《再见萤火虫》）、《尘雾家园》（又名《怒火家园》）、《黑暗中的舞者》（又名《天黑黑》）。有兴趣的读者不妨一试。 |
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