我们最近也是做THE SCARLET LETTER……我差不多写好了，但我们规定不一样啊悲剧，我们是写QUOTES CONNECTIONS等等……
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风中奇缘》—好莱坞包装纸下美化的殖民历史
说实话，最先被吸引的是《风中奇缘》的音乐，有一次，已经记不得是什么场合下听到那首动听的《风之彩》了，只是被那带点空灵，却又浑厚的音乐场景所吸引，可是一直不记得去看这部电影。
刚刚看完后，感触比较多，迪斯尼的制作水准完全体现出来了，从技术的角度上讲，动画人物造型延续了迪斯尼的特色，场景渲染的丰富，色彩逼真。
可能很多人看完这部电影后，和我的感觉一样，音乐太出彩了，无论是影片中采用的合唱旋律，或者片尾主题曲，的确制作精良，演出者全力投入，可以称得上一次音乐盛宴，与其得到众多赞扬和褒奖是名副其实的，梅尔吉布森的配音，凡妮莎威廉姆斯的献唱都为之填色着彩。
但是，回过头来，故事情节，人物刻画却深深让人失望，为什么？我们不是六岁的孩子，我也不相信迪斯尼的观众全都是小孩子；作为稍有常识的成年观众，要认同这样的情节设计是很难的，我估计这也是《风中奇缘》在中国不太能造势的原因之一，情节，还是情节。在这部极力美化或者可以说否认殖民侵略历史的动画片里，首先表现出的是西方文化中强烈的文化中心论，这从梅尔吉布森那句“Savage”（直译可以理解为野人，或者蛮族），整个影片中总督倒是说了句实话，我们是为了金子，但是梅尔吉布森大哥配音的约翰就说的“大言不惭”了：“我们是来帮助你们开化的TO BE Civilized”.
第二、对印第安人的再误解
之所以说再误解，是因为是在找不出合适的词语来形容《风中奇缘》中对于当地人的刻画，刻意的描画，除了影片自始自终表现印第安人对于自然的强烈崇拜，再就是那棵会说话的神树了，印第安人的个性被完全塑造成好莱坞或者迪斯尼家的款式和风格，就连我们美丽的Pocahontas公主也拥有了完美的好莱坞的“尺码”。
第三、爱情发生的时候
无疑的，爱情是影片的核心部分，Pocahontas同约翰史密斯相爱了，这大概是必然，因为，影片中的神树都这么暗示了，那么，我们的公主是不会爱上别人的。问题就在于，公主同殖民者的爱情能化解两个种族，或者说两种不同文化，殖民和反殖民之间的矛盾吗？聪明的编剧当然不会把谎话圆的的完美，于是在流血和牺牲之后，总督被当作矛盾制造的焦点五花大绑的送上遣回之路，而史密斯同志则光荣负伤，于是虽然你们牺牲了一个勇士，我们也损失了一个总督，（在《风中奇缘2》中史密斯同志光荣牺牲了）那就扯平了？相反，也许是编剧实在没有办法为这个历史公案做一个近似童话（那是违背历史的）却又可以接受的结局，于是只有安排史密斯为保护酋长（或者说是部族的头领）而奄奄一息，乘船回国，Pocahontas公主在山顶，用当地手势默默目送心上人缓缓远去，风之彩悠然响起。。。。。。
也许我们不能苛求迪斯尼像日本一样面对真实的历史，但是很遗憾的，《风中奇缘》的故事情节确实在不敢让人恭维，如果我们是天真的儿童，那也许会为这一场刻骨铭心（应该可以算是刻骨铭心吧？两个人冲破种族界限，文化的隔阂以及历史的残酷选择在一起）的爱情落下一个虽然心碎但却难忘的结局，可惜我们不是。
When Pocahontas originally came out, Disney's wave of recent hits came to a crashing halt. The film was labeled as racist or at least insensitive to Native Americans and the goodwill that Disney had established with its audiences quickly evaporated. You could say they have never been the same since.
The "fearsome foursome" that is The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and the Lion King has no equal, except perhaps the last four Pixar movies. Pocahontas is not, unfortunately in that "club" and never will be. Disney spent the next four to five years trying to recreate the "magic" with films like Hunchback, Hercules, Mulan, and Tarzan. Unfortunately, none of those films had the surprise and "good feeling" of the earlier Disney hits, and except for maybe Mulan, none of those films, as films, were as good either. And although Pocahontas is and was the point where the schizm occurred, in retrospect, it's a pretty damned good movie. So what went wrong?
First, it wasn't the Lion King. They could have put out something "safe" after the Lion King, and it still probably would have paled in comparison to what was then a great big giant behemoth of a movie. That movie earned over THREE HUNDRED MILLION in its theatrical run in 1994 - not as common then as it is now - thing was a juggernaut. Pocahontas, following on the heels of this bad boy, was not going to live up to expectations.
People blamed the fact that it was about PEOPLE and not animals, and that it was based on ACTUAL history rather than a fairy tale. THEN they blamed the fact that the history part of it was botched and that the film's portrayal of Native Americans was at best insensitive, racist at worst.
I'll grant you that making Pocahontas' mentor a talking tree and having her learn English "instantaneously" because she listened to her heart is a wee bit ridiculous, but racist? Come on. The message of the film - that love can conquer hate - is anything but racist and if anything, the film shows the "Indians" in a more human light than the English, who are their usual, stereotypical pig-headed selves.
Here's what else is good about the movie: The SONGS. Remember 'Colors of the Wind'? Could there be a better song about reconnecting with nature and valuing the earth more? We NEED this song right now, especially, with the world seemingly sliding ever more into a consumerist "bliss," what better than to see some beautiful chick running through the forest teaching that rugged white man how to value LIFE? And what the hell is wrong with that I ask?
And what about some of the other songs? The one about the RIVER BEND and making choices - good stuff. And the whole montage ending song that repeats SAVAGES SAVAGES BARELY EVEN HUMAN from both sides - showing that BOTH SIDES misunderstand each other. It gives me chills when Pocahontas is running and you see the war superimposed behind her and she sings "HOW LOUD BEAT THE DRUMS OF WAR!" - makes me want to cry! Don't we need this now I ask you?
But, by far the best thing about this movie is - the animation. It is absolutely GORGEOUS. The design for this film is sumptuous, with mostly blues and a seamless style that never gets in the way and illustrates the action (and the feminine nature of the film) so beautifully. Compared to the dreck that is the HUNCHBACK - that film is ugly as sin - and the absolute HIDEOUSNESS of Hercules - the animation in that is strictly straight-to-video, Pocahontas absolutely ROCKS. Only Mulan, with its chirpy story and colorful style match up to the grandeur of this one.
While Pocahontas didn't have the grand ending that the Lion King had (it was a downer, remember?), the story bucks tradition by making it about people instead of animals, and its' message outweighs the "historically inaccurate" complaint. What movie IS historically accurate? Disney took a chance with this one and they got BURNED, which is why they went back to doing "safe" crap like Hunchback, which tanked anyway. They should have done the SCARLET LETTER or something like that - really start pissing people off. How about the MARQUIS DE SADE? There's some history for you!
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The Scarlet Letter offers an extraordinary insight into the norms and behavior of the 17th century if American Puritan society. The basic conflicts and problems of its main characters, however, are familiar to readers in the present. The female protagonist, has borne a child out of wedlock and has been jailed for over three months and sentenced to wear a symbol of her adultery, a scarlet “A” on her dress at all times. It concerns about the moral, emotional and psychological effect of the sin on people in general. It’s not simply a love story or a story of sin. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the scarlet letters to symbolize the harshness of Puritan society, showing how they brand sinners for life.
The story happened in Boston about 200 years ago. It narrates love affairs between three persons. The punished woman. Hester Prynne and his husband. Who called himself Roger Chillingworth . He is an old misshapen man and a doctor. Hester does not love him at all. Another man is a young minister, Dimmesdale, who has a high position among ministers and is highly respected among his people in town. Hester and Dimmesdale love each other. But their love is forbidden in that time . It is sinful. Due to this,Hester is punished by society with a letter A on her chest, which considered an evil, a shame.
In this novel, the mainline seems to be around the letter A. Hester is brave enough to face the cruel reality. She is always with a mind of courage. She has been alone with her child for so long , with litter communication. Shame! Hopelessness! Loneliness! Hester has to wear the letter A day after day, seven years as for punishment and ill fame.
When a woman has lived through a difficult experience, her character changes a great deal. If she be all tenderness, she will die. If she survive, the tenderness will leave her .Hester’s charitable deeds and quiet humility have earned her a reprieve from the scorn of the community. The letter on her chest represents her work on earth , always helping others, without expecting any thanks. Never afterwards, does that scarlet letter leave her chest. The townspeople no longer view the letter as a punishment , but rather as representing her great strength and bravery and thy say it means “Able”.
But Arthur Dimmesdale, his sin against Hester and Pearl is that he will not acknowledge them as his wife and daughter in the daylight. He keeps his dreadful secret from all those under his care in the church for seven years for fear that he will lose their love and will not be forgiven. He is too weak to admit his sins. He suffers from mysterious heart trouble, seemingly caused by psychological distress. What’s worse, he is an advisor to the townspeople about their sins.
After Mr. Dimmesdale’s death , no one changes more in appearance than Roger Chilling worth. All his strength and energy has been used to harm his patient . This unhappy man has made his aim in life to add to the suffering of the young minister. When the evil old man no longer has such a purpose, the devil takes him back to the hell . It is a curious subject of observation, however, whether hatred or love are not of the same place. Each takes a great deal of emotion from one person. The two feelings seem basically the same, expect that one is smiled upon by God, while the other is worshipped by the devil.
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The two lovers has ever decided to flee to Europe, where they can live with their dauthter Pearl as a family .They feel a sense of release there. However, their plan fails…… When Hester dies, she is buried next to Dimmesdale. The two share a single tombstone, with a deep colored letter A shining brightly.