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难征希腊观众心《亚历山大》遭冷遇
http://www.sina.com.cn 2004/12/06 12:40  国际在线

  As an ancient warrior, Alexander the Great conquered most of the known world. As a Hollywood icon, he had trouble winning over a few hundred Athenians.

  Oliver Stone's "Alexander," with Colin Farrell in the title role and Val Kilmer and Angelina Jolie as his parents, opened in cinemas here Friday, but the word "Great" was in short supply among those who attended a special screening Thursday.

  "Farrell fell short. Val Kilmer played his role like a one-eyed cowboy. And Angelina Jolie showed off her beauty but not her talent," critic Dimitris Danikas wrote in Athens' Ta Nea newspaper, one of Greece's largest circulation dailies.

  Greeks had been eagerly anticipating the movie. They were particularly curious to see how Stone would treat the historical debate over whether Alexander was bisexual.

  A group of Greek lawyers who had threatened to sue Warner Bros. if homosexual "innuendoes" were too strong sat in the audience. After the movie, they dismissed the film as unworthy of their efforts.

  "I think that if we attach importance to this innuendo we will give too much importance to a film that doesn't deserve it," said Costas Koutsoulelos, one of the lawyers.

  Some critics even deprived Stone of one of his trademarks — his ability to stir controversy.

  "The film is a bit flat ... It doesn't annoy you, but doesn't inspire you either," said Panayiotis Timoyiannakis, a critic for the Athens daily Eleftheros Typos.

难征希腊观众心《亚历山大》遭冷遇

  曾经征服欧亚大陆的希腊民族英雄亚历山大大帝,如今重归故里却难以征服希腊观众的心。12月2日,当影片《亚历山大》在雅典首映后,各方批评声不绝于耳。

  据美联社12月4日报道,美国导演奥利佛·斯通执导的《亚历山大》从3日开始在希腊各大影院全线上映。这部囊括了柯林·法瑞尔、安吉莉娜·茱莉、安东尼·霍普金斯和瓦尔·基尔墨等当今好莱坞巨星的在内影片,在首映式上却备受观众冷落,多数人表示对影片不甚满意。

  希腊影评家达尼卡斯在著名的《雅典日报》上指出:“法瑞尔(亚历山大大帝的扮演者)表演得太逊色;瓦尔·基尔墨(亚历山大父亲腓力二世的扮演者)演得像一个独眼牛仔;安吉莉娜·茱莉(亚历山大母亲奥林匹亚斯的扮演者)则显得美丽有余、头脑不足。”

  报道说,希腊观众曾对这部被称为别样史诗片的《亚历山大》怀要浓厚的兴趣,他们特别好奇导演斯通怎样把他们的民族英雄塑造成一个富有争议的双性恋者。

  一群希腊律师在影片上映前曾威胁说,如果影片中的同性恋描写引起观众的强烈不满,他们将起诉制片商华纳兄弟娱乐公司。

  更令人意外的是,以拍摄有争议影片而闻名的导演斯通,连这个优点都被希腊人否定了。有希腊影评家表示:“这部片子拍得有点平淡,既没有让人懊恼的东西,也没有吸引人的情节。”(蒋黎黎)


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