镀金般的时代 | 《芳华》
冯小刚新作《芳华》于12月15日全国上映。电影讲述了在充满理想和激情的军队文工团，一群正值芳华的青春少年，经历着成长中的爱情萌发与充斥变数的人生命运。许多观众被影片中绝美的青春、感人的爱情所打动，影片更吸引许多年长“银发族”组团观影，并飙泪感叹“《芳华》就是我们的青春”。
《芳华》的英译名是《Youth》,我不禁想到了戳爷的那首《Youth》,让我们一起在戳爷的歌声中走进青春芳华~
时报影评：爱情与战争绽放的《芳华》
Review: In 'Youth,' the People's Dance Troupe, in Love and War
The Chinese director Feng Xiaogang is not quite the Asian Steven Spielberg, but like the American director, he's achieved blockbuster successes in a variety of genres. His 2006 film, "Legend of the Black Scorpion," was a sumptuous[1], "Hamlet"-derived, martial arts period piece."If You Are the One" from 2008 was a romantic comedy set against the backdrop of entrepreneurial wealth. And last year's "I Am Not Madame Bovary" was a not-quite-successful formal experiment in adapting a best-selling novel.
中国导演冯小刚并不能算是亚洲的史蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格(Steven Spielberg)，然而同这位美国导演一样，他涉猎的多种类型片都成了流行大片。2006年的《夜宴》是一部源自哈姆雷特的华丽武侠古装片。2008年的《非诚勿扰》是一个以企业家财富为背景的浪漫喜剧。而去年的《我不是潘金莲》则是一次改编畅销小说的正式试验，但不太成功。
[1]sumptuous: Something that is sumptuous is grand and obviously very expensive. 奢华的
...a sumptuous feast.
…一场奢华的盛会。
《芳华》可以说又是冯小刚的一部著作。截止到12月21日，据淘票票数据显示，《芳华》6天累计票房高达5.12亿，连续六日蝉联单日票房、上座率、场均人次多项第一，连续几天凭借优秀口碑突出重围，票房逆跌掀起全民观影热潮。
因而妥妥地登上了微博电影热议榜第一的宝座。
在豆瓣和IMDb上的评分分别为7.9和7.3，而且表现出了上升的势头。
His new film, "Youth," based on a Yan Geling novel, is about a People's Liberation Army dance troupe in the early 1970s. Western viewers will detect resonances[2] of "Stage Door" and "The Way We Were" in the story, which largely focuses on the disdainful treatment received by the newcomer He Xiaoping (Miao Miao), a girl from a poor background who's been recruited by the heroic, idealistic Liu Feng (Huang Xuan). During the Sino-Vietnamese war, the entertainers are forced to become warriors and medics.
他的新片《芳华》根据严歌苓的小说改编，讲述1970年代初一个部队文工团的故事。西方观众会在故事情节中发现与《摘星梦难圆》(Stage Door)和《往日情怀》(The Way We Were)的相似之处，舞团新人何小萍（苗苗饰）出身贫苦，被充满英雄气概与理想主义的刘峰（黄轩饰）选入舞团，影片很大程度上集中在她所遭受的歧视和排斥上。在中越战争期间，这些文工团成员又被迫成为了战士和医务人员。
[2]resonance: the special meaning or importance that something has for you because it relates to your own experiences〔因与亲身经历有关而产生的〕共鸣
a tradition that has little resonance in the 21st century
在21世纪难以引起共鸣的传统
His words will have resonance for many musicians.
他的话将在很多音乐家心里产生共鸣。
还没有观看这部电影的朋友，如果又恰好感兴趣的话，不妨先看看豆瓣上的剧情简介：根据严歌苓同名小说改编，讲述了上世纪七十到八十年代充满理想和激情的军队文工团，一群正值芳华的青春少年，经历着成长中的爱情萌发与充斥变数的人生命运。乐于助人、质朴善良的刘峰（黄轩 饰），和从农村来，屡遭文工团女兵歧视与排斥的何小萍（苗苗 饰），“意外”离开了浪漫安逸的文工团，卷入了残酷的战争，在战场上继续绽放着血染的芳华。他们感受着集体生活的痛与暖、故人的分别与重逢，还有时代变革之下，每个人的渺小脆弱和无力招架。而昔日的文工团战友萧穗子（钟楚曦 饰）、林丁丁（杨采钰 饰）、郝淑雯（李晓峰 饰）、陈灿（王天辰 饰）等人，在大时代的背景之下，每个人的命运大相径庭，拥有着出人意料的人生归宿……从来不需要想起，永远也不会忘记。
如果觉得还不过瘾，LR为你奉上了预告片，请君享用。
有些朋友可能发现了，预告片中的字幕其实来源于一片著名的短文，就是下面这首。
The movie's depiction of cultural change is tidy to the point of being facile, which isn't to say it's ineffective. (It seems to have ruffled some feathers[3] in its native country, where its release, intended for September, was held up until recently.)
影片对文化变迁的描绘非常简洁，到了轻率的程度，然而并非没有效果。（该片似乎在自己的祖国惹恼了一些人，它原本计划九月上映，结果直到近期才推出。）
[3]ruffle (one's) feathers: To ruffle someone's feathers means to cause them to become very angry, nervous, or upset. 使某人愤怒; 紧张; 沮丧
His direct, often abrasive approach will doubtless ruffle a few feathers.
他那直截了当、常常很粗鲁的方式无疑会激怒一些人。
As a straight, sentimental melodrama, "Youth" works well. While there are a lot of conventional tropes, the cast enacts[4] them with such fresh, tenderhearted sincerity that they regain some power.
作为一部直率感伤的情节剧，《芳华》还不错。虽然有很多老套的比喻手法，演员们却以清新温柔的真诚态度让它们重新焕发出一些力量。
[4]enact: If people enact a story or play, they perform it by acting. 表演.
She often enacted the stories told to her by her father.
她经常把父亲讲给她的故事表演出来。
最后，附上影片中被删减的片段，需要的朋友可以自行观看
来源：纽约时报/中国日报