甲壳虫乐队
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:Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far.The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939).The title music sets the tone: a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff.The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man.Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'.Roger Philip Mellor
雅立
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:赫拉的女祭司阿尔克墨涅惹恼了天神宙斯,宙斯化身为她的丈夫安菲特律翁,使她怀有了身孕。先知预言阿尔克墨涅将生下双胞胎儿子,其中一个是宙斯的儿子,那正是赫拉克勒斯。赫拉克勒斯长大成人后,并未显现出过人之处,常常受到王子们的嘲笑。在马人喀戎的教导和潜心苦炼后,终于显出天生神力和勇猛的一面,杀死了双头蛇许德拉后,他成为了底比斯人景仰的英雄,然而潜藏在他身边的危机却步步紧逼,让他无路可退。赫拉克勒斯中了墨伽拉和阿尔克墨涅的计,失手杀死了自己的三个儿子。为了寻找救赎,他听从德尔菲神谕的指引,为欧律斯透斯和墨伽拉完成六件差事。凭借过人的勇气和力量,历尽艰险与困境,赫拉克勒斯一次又一次完成了任务,赢得了民心,成了百姓心中的大英雄。