欧美电影简介：《美国丽人》
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：欧美电影简介
《美国丽人》是由山姆·曼德斯执导，凯文·史派西，安妮特·贝宁，索拉·伯奇等主演，梦工厂制作的美国电影。它以一个典型的美国中产阶级家庭为例，展示了隐藏在美国社会肌肤内的种种“癌症”。电影于1999年上映。
American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes. It stars Kevin Spacey as office worker Lester Burnham, who hates his job and boring routine. He has a midlife crisis when he becomes obsessed 1 with his teenage daughter's best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). Annette Bening co-stars as Lester's materialistic 2 wife, Carolyn, and Thora Birch plays their insecure daughter, Jane. The film has been described by academics as a satire 3 of American middle class ideas about beauty and personal satisfaction. Critics have focused on the film's explorations of romantic and paternal 4 love, sexuality, beauty, materialism 5, alienation 6, freedom, and freeing oneself from sin.
American Beauty was positively 7 received by critics and audiences alike. It was the best-reviewed American film of the year and grossed over $350 million worldwide. It won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (for Spacey), Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography. The years since have seen its critical regard wane 8. In 2005, Premiere named American Beauty as one of 20 "most overrated movies of all time". Mendes accepted the criticism, saying: "I thought some of it was entirely 9 justified—it was a little overpraised at the time." The movie review site Rotten Tomatoes says: "American Beauty is a smart, provocative 10 high point of late '90s mainstream 11 Hollywood film."
- He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
- The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。
- She made him both soft and materialistic. 她把他变成女性化而又实际化。
- Materialistic dialectics is an important part of constituting Marxism. 唯物辩证法是马克思主义的重要组成部分。
- The movie is a clever satire on the advertising industry.那部影片是关于广告业的一部巧妙的讽刺作品。
- Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.讽刺往往是一种对不公正的抗议形式。
- I was brought up by my paternal aunt.我是姑姑扶养大的。
- My father wrote me a letter full of his paternal love for me.我父亲给我写了一封充满父爱的信。
- Idealism is opposite to materialism.唯心论和唯物论是对立的。
- Crass materialism causes people to forget spiritual values.极端唯物主义使人忘掉精神价值。
- The new policy resulted in the alienation of many voters.新政策导致许多选民疏远了。
- As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated,the alienation index goes up.随着人与人之间几乎一切能想到的接触方式的自动化，感情疏远指数在不断上升。
- She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
- The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
- The moon is on the wane.月亮渐亏。
- Her enthusiasm for him was beginning to wane.她对他的热情在开始减退。
- The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
- His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
- She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
- His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。
- Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
- Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。