新概念英語之文化大爆炸11

新概念英語之經(jīng)典戰(zhàn)爭電影

還記得新概念第三冊(cè)Lesson 36里那個(gè)德國出租車司機(jī)找回戰(zhàn)爭中死去的兄弟的人生巧合嗎?戰(zhàn)爭造成的生離死別、骨肉分離不計(jì)其數(shù)，不僅給世界帶來毀滅性的破壞，也對(duì)人造成永久性的摧殘。然而，戰(zhàn)爭也給人帶來了對(duì)歷史、哲學(xué)和人性的思考，讓人類更珍惜和平年代的安寧。本期新概念文化大爆炸向大家推薦五部經(jīng)典的戰(zhàn)爭電影。Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film set during the Vietnam War, directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, and Martin Sheen. The film follows the central character, U.S. Army special operations officer Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Sheen), of MACV-SOG, on a mission to kill the renegade and presumed insane Special Forces Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Brando). The film was honored with the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama.

《現(xiàn)代啟示錄》是1979年的以越南戰(zhàn)爭為背景的美國史詩戰(zhàn)爭片，由弗朗西斯·福特·科波拉執(zhí)導(dǎo)，馬龍·白蘭度、羅伯特·杜瓦爾、馬丁·辛導(dǎo)演和制作。電影講述的是中心人物——美國陸軍特種作戰(zhàn)軍官上尉本杰明·威拉德(辛飾)執(zhí)行任務(wù)，去殺死叛徒——被認(rèn)定瘋了的特種部隊(duì)上校沃爾特·庫爾茨(白蘭度飾)的故事。該片榮獲戛納電影節(jié)金棕櫚獎(jiǎng)，并被提名為奧斯卡最佳影片獎(jiǎng)和金球獎(jiǎng)最佳電影-戲劇。

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film set during and following the invasion of Normandy in World War II. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Noted for its graphic and realistic portrayal of war, the film is especially notable for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which depicts the Omaha Beach assault of June 6, 1944.

《拯救大兵瑞恩》是1998年的美國史詩戰(zhàn)爭片，以第二次世界大戰(zhàn)的諾曼底登陸期間和之后為背景，由史蒂芬·斯皮爾伯格導(dǎo)演，羅伯特·羅達(dá)特編劇。 這部電影以對(duì)戰(zhàn)爭畫面的真實(shí)寫照而著稱，特別值得注意的是最開始的27分鐘，它描繪了1944年6月6日的奧馬哈海灘攻擊的場面。

Patton is a 1970 American biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North, who based their screenplay on the biography Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago and Omar Bradley's memoir A Soldier's Story. Patton won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

《巴頓將軍》是1970年的關(guān)于二戰(zhàn)期間美國將軍喬治·巴頓的美國傳記戰(zhàn)爭片。它由富蘭克林·沙夫納根據(jù)弗朗西斯·福特·科波拉和埃德蒙·H·諾斯的劇本導(dǎo)演，根據(jù)迪斯拉斯·法拉戈所著的《巴頓：磨難與勝利》和奧馬爾·N·布萊德雷所著的《一個(gè)士兵的故事》兩書內(nèi)容所創(chuàng)作。該片榮獲過八次奧斯卡獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)，包括最佳影片獎(jiǎng)。

Black Hawk Down is a 2001 American drama war film depicting the Battle of Mogadishu, a raid integral to the United States' effort to capture Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The film is based on the book of the same name by Mark Bowden, which chronicles the events of the battle. It was co-produced and directed by Ridley Scott, the director of Gladiator.

《黑鷹墜落》是2001年的美國戰(zhàn)爭片，它講述了美國為捕捉索馬里軍閥穆罕默德·法拉·艾迪德而進(jìn)行的突襲中的重要一戰(zhàn)——摩加迪沙之戰(zhàn)。這部影片根據(jù)馬克·鮑登所著的同名書籍改編，記述了戰(zhàn)役中的事件。它是由《角斗士》的導(dǎo)演雷德利·斯科特聯(lián)合制作和導(dǎo)演的。