19世纪末的巴黎蒙马特区是艺术家的天堂。这里有各种各样的酒吧、别具风格的餐馆以及数不清的夜总会。更重要的是,这是红磨坊的所在地。美若天仙的歌舞演员、多才多艺的艺术家以及腰缠万贯的达官贵人都能在这里得偿所愿、好梦成真。克里斯第安正是众多来巴黎寻梦的作家中的一员。他信奉真、美和自由。更重要的是,他相信爱情。在灯红酒绿、纸醉金迷的花都巴黎,他真能实现自己的梦想吗?
花都巴黎自由浪漫的文化氛围一直吸引着艺术家们,屠格涅夫、肖邦、毕加索、海明威等大师都曾到此寻找创作灵感。澳洲籍导演巴兹-勒曼(Baz Luhrmann)选择巴黎为这部茶花女式的歌舞片的背景可谓聪明之举。加上号召力极强的基德曼与麦格雷戈的精湛演技以及古典与现代歌舞的结合,使该片大获成功,赢得了第74届奥斯卡奖多项提名(包括最佳影片及最佳女主角提名)。
歌舞片是好莱坞较早诞生的片种之一,早期往往是将音乐舞台剧移植改编而成,以艳丽多彩的服装、宏大气派的场面以及音乐与舞蹈的结合为特点。好莱坞历史上曾产生了“绿野仙踪”(The Wizard of Oz, 1939)、“西区故事”(West Side Story, 1961)和“音乐之声”(The Sound of Music, 1965)等经典之作。60年代以后,歌舞片因情节简单与手法单一而日渐式微。但70年代好莱坞将现代摇滚的因素引入后,歌舞片虽已不再是主流片种,每隔几年仍有较好的影片问世。“贝隆夫人”(Evita, 1996)与本文介绍的“红磨坊”(又译“梦断花都”)都是其中的佳作。
Satine Argues with Christian about Money and Love
Christian: (Climbing up Satine's dressing room) Sorry! (Satine gasps) I didn't mean to...I saw your light on, and...I climbed up the...
Satine: What!
Christian: I couldn't sleep, and I wanted to thank you for helping me get the job.
Satine: Oh. Of course. Yes, Toulouse... Toulouse was right. You're...You're very talented.
Christian: Oh.
Satine: It's going to be a wonderful show. Anyway, I... I'd better go because we, uh...we both have a big tomorrow.
Christian: Wait. No, please, wait. Before, when we were...when we were...when you thought I was the Duke, you said that you loved me, a- and I wondered if...
Satine: If it was just an act(注1)?
Christian: Yes.
Satine: Of course.
Christian: Oh. It just felt real.
Satine: Christian,I'm a courtesan. I'm paid to make men believe what they want to believe.
Christian: Yes. Silly of me, to think y-you could fall in love with someone like me.
Satine: I can't fall in love with anyone.
Christian: Can't fall in love? But a life without love, that's terrible.
Satine: No, being on the street, that's terrible.
Christian: No, love is like oxygen.
Satine: What?
Christian: Love is a many-splendid thing. Love lifts us upswhereswe belong. All you need is love.
Satine: Please, don't start that again.
Christian: (begins to sing) All you need is love.
Satine: A girl has got to eat.
Christian: All you need is love.
Satine: She'll end up on the street.
Christian: All you need is love.
Satine: Love is just a game.
Christian: I was made for loving you, baby. You were made for loving me.
Satine: The only way of loving me, baby, is to pay a lovely fee.
Christian: Just one night. Give me just one night.
Satine: There's no way'cause you can't pay.
Christian: In the name of love. One night in the name of love.
Satine: You crazy fool. I won't give in to you.
Christian: Don't...leave me this way. I can't survive without your sweet love. Oh, baby. Don't leave me this way.
Satine: You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs.
Christian: I look around me and I see that it isn't so. Oh, no.
Satine: Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs.
Christian: Well, what's wrong with that? I'd like to know.'Cause here I go again. (jumps onto the roof)
Satine: Oh, no!
Christian: Love lifts us upswhereswe belong.
Satine: Get down! Get down!
Christian:swhereseagles fly on a mountain high.
Satine: Love makes us act like we are fools. Throw our lives away for one happy day.
Christian: We could be heroes just for one day.
Satine: You... you will be mean(注2).
Christian: No, I won't.
Satine: And I...I'll drink all the time.
Christian: We should be lovers.
Satine: We can't do that.
Christian: We should be lovers. And that's a fact.
Satine: Though nothing will keep us together.
Christian & Satine:
We could steal time just for one day. We could be heroes forever and ever. We could be heroes forever and ever. We can be heroes just because I will always love you. I can't help loving you. How wonderful life is now you're in the world.Satine: You're gonna be bad for business. I can tell. (Kiss each other)
1. act:演戏,表演。
2. mean:麻烦的,讨厌的。
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