1、回荡着笑声的大厅。.txt 世上最珍贵的不是永远得不到或已经得到的，而是你已经得到并且随时都有可能失去的东西！爱情是灯，友情是影子。灯灭时，你会发现周围都是影子。朋友，是在最后可以给你力量的人。Bio Pic The Last King of Scotland Tells Story of Notorious Ugandan Leader Idi Amin(MOVIE SNIPPET)When Army general Idi Amin became president of Uganda in a 1971 coup, he won widespread support with promi
2、ses of reform and economic independence from former colonial ties.(MOVIE SNIPPET)But Amins rule was marked by fear and sectarian violence. By the time he was forced from power in 1979, Amnesty International estimates as many as 500,000 Ugandans had been killed. Among the titles Amin gave himself wer
3、e “President for Life,“ “Lord of All The Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea“ and “The Last King of Scotland,“ which became the title for an award-winning novel on which the film is based. In this mix of fact and fiction, history turns on a chance encounter between the Ugandan leader and a vol
4、unteer doctor from Scotland.(MOVIE SNIPPET)Garrigan becomes the Presidents personal physician and close confidante; but with this front-row seat, the young doctor watches in horror as the promises of change give way to atrocities.Much of the film was shot on location in Uganda and Forest Whitaker sa
5、ys working with people who experienced the Amin years there helped him grasp the duality of the character he was playing.Whitaker: When you talk to the people of Uganda, they have a dual opinion of him. There are people who hate him and there are people who really admire him like a hero. Theres a la
6、rge group that say they know all these murders and atrocities occurred, but he did all these great things. He did things that clearly were wrong to do, but I think his intention in the beginning was to try to change the country.(MOVIE SNIPPET)Whitaker vividly captures the seductive charm and explosi
7、ve rage of Amin.Whitaker: I was pretty much consumed by this character. Working on the character, even when I was off I was continually searching to find something else new about the character. The actor admits that he became so involved with the Amin portrayal that he had to make an extra effort to
8、 leave it behind after the filming was done.Whitaker: In the very last day, I remember I was really trying to get the character out of me as much as I could. Literally, you take a bath and try to wash him off of you.(MOVIE SNIPPET)Rising young Scottish actor James McAvoy co-stars as Garrigan, a fict
9、ional character but based on several real Europeans who were advisors to Amin.James McAvoy: The film is really about relationships. As much as it is a political bio-pic biographical picture, it is about a relationship, ultimately . a personal one between two men, but actually I think its a replica o
10、f the relationship that Amin had with the British government. I think that my character, as much as hes representing a naive young backpacker who is very selfish, I think that quite accurately describes our experience in Uganda and Africa.But Director Kevin MacDonald, an world-winning documentary fi
11、lmmaker, believes the events of 35 years ago as portrayed in the film do resonate with todays headlines.Kevin MacDonald: I think there are all sorts of ways you can see this as having a contemporary aspect to it. To start with, its a story about how power corrupts somebody. It corrupts Amin, but als
12、o the young doctor, Garrigan . and how he is seduced by power. Thats something that goes on around us all the time, not just in politics, but it goes on corporate life and personal life. People are seduced by powerful men and women and they do things to get ahead .and before they know it, theyve sol
13、d their souls. In a way this is a modern re-telling of the Faust myth. Thats how I looked at it.(MOVIE SNIPPET)“The Last King of Scotland“ also features Gillian Anderson as Dr. Garrigans colleague at a rural medical clinic; and Kerry Washington plays a wife of the Ugandan leader who suffers a terrib
14、le fate for her infidelity. Alan Silverman for the Voice of America in Hollywood.(MUSIC)单词注释：sectarian ? n. 宗派主义者estimate ? v. 估计，估价，评估beast ? n. 兽，畜牲，人面兽心的人confidante ? n. 知己duality ? n. 二元性capture ? vt. 俘获，捕获，夺取seductive ? adj. 诱人的rage ? n. 愤怒，情绪激动，狂暴consume ? vt. 吸引portrayal ? n. 描画，描写co-star n.
15、联合主演，联合主演的明星documentary ? n. 记录片resonate ? v. （使）共鸣， （使）共振corrupt ? vt. 使腐烂，腐蚀，使恶化seduce ? v. 诱使infidelity ? n. 失真语言点分析：resonate with sth resonate with sth 有两种意思，包括“充满（某种含义或感觉） ”， “回响着” 。 resonate with sth 在文中的意思是由“回响着”这个意思引申而来是“与某种东西产生共鸣”的意思。例句：A hall resonating with laughter.回荡着笑声的大厅。最后的苏格兰王-臭名昭著的
16、乌干达领导者伊迪?阿敏传记（电影片段）伊迪?阿敏将军在 1971 的政变中成为了乌干达的总统，当时他承诺进行改革，并使经济独立于之前的殖民束缚，因此他赢得了普遍的支持。（电影片段）但阿敏的统治以充满恐怖和宗派主义暴力著称。直到 1979 年他被逼退位，国际反酷刑组织估计有多达 500000 的乌干达人被杀害。 “一生的总统” ， “天地万物的统治者” ，和“最后的苏格兰王” ，在阿敏给自己的这些头衔中“最后的苏格兰王”成为一部获奖小说的名称。这部电影就改编自这部小说。电影虚实结合，把历史以这位乌干达领导者和一位来自苏格兰的志愿医生的一次偶然遭遇的形式呈现出来。（电影片段）加里干成为了这位总统的
17、私人医生和亲密知己，但是正是借着这种亲密的关系，当阿敏的残暴凌驾于他承诺的改变之上，这位年轻医生在恐惧中看到了这一切。电影大部分场景设置在乌干达。福里斯特?惠特克说在这儿与阿敏统治时代的人们一起工作有助于他把握他正塑超的角色的二重性。惠特克：“当你与乌干达人们谈及阿敏，他们对他持有双重意见。有人恨他也有人像崇拜一个英雄一样崇拜他。很大一群人说他们清楚当年发生的那些谋杀和暴行，但他也做了一些伟大的事情。他做了很明显是错误的事，但我认为他的初衷是想改变这个国家。 ”（电影片段）惠特克生动地抓住了阿敏诱人的魅力和他爆发性的狂怒。惠特克：“我简直被这个角色吸引了。塑造这个角色，即使我休息时我也不断地探
18、索想发掘一些关于这个角色的新东西。 ”这位男主角承认说他变得如此投入阿敏这个角色的刻画以至于在电影结束以后他不得不额外努力地从角色中抽出身来。惠特克：“在最后一天，我记得我真是尽我最大的努力试图从这个角色中抽出身来。字面上说，洗个澡试图把他从身上洗掉。 ”（电影片段）年轻的苏格兰演员詹姆士?麦艾加联合主演的是加里干，一个虚构的角色但是基于曾经是阿敏的顾问的几个真实的欧洲人。詹姆士?麦艾加：“这部电影真正是关于关系的，尽管它是一步政治传记电影，但是它关于关系，基本上是两个男人之间的私人关系，但实际上我认为它是阿敏与英国政府关系的复制品。我认为我这个角色，更多的是表现了一个幼稚年轻并且自私的挑剔者
19、，我认为那相当精确地刻画出了我们在乌干达和非洲的经历。 ”但是导演奇云?麦克唐纳，一个享誉世界的纪录片电影人相信电影里刻画的三十五年前的事情的确能够与当今的热点产生共鸣。奇云?麦克唐纳：“作为一部当代电影，我认为可以从各个角度去看它。一开始，这是关于权力怎样吞噬一个人。它吞噬了阿敏，也吞噬了年轻的医生加里干，也讲了他是怎样被权力诱惑。这是每时每刻都发生在我们周围的事情，并不仅仅是政治，而是既在大家共同的生活中又在每一个独立的生命中。人们被有权有势的男人、女人们诱导，于是努力迎头赶上，但他们还没明白过来，他们其实已经出卖了自己的灵魂。某种程度上说，这是现代版浮士德，这就是我对它的看法。 ”（电影片段）“最后的苏格兰王”中还有姬莉安?安德逊饰演加里干博士的同事，在一家乡间诊所工作，姬莉?华盛顿饰演乌干达领导人的一任妻子，因为失贞而备受命运的折磨。艾伦?希弗曼，美国之音，好莱坞。（音乐）
