威尼斯电影节10大期待影片

本周，来自世界各地的电影人和明星齐聚水城威尼斯，参加第67届威尼斯国际电影节。该电影节于9月1日开幕，将于11日结束。将有86部影片参加电影节四个单元的展映，包括24部主竞赛单元（被称为“Venezia 67”）的影片。美国导演昆汀-塔伦蒂诺（Quentin Tarantino）担任评委主席。
下面是最受瞩目的10部影片：
-《黑天鹅》（Black Swan）（Venezia 67主竞赛单元）：作为本届电影节开幕影片，美国导演达伦-阿罗诺夫斯基（Darren Aronofsky）执导的这部电影讲述了一个有关芭蕾舞的惊悚故事，由娜塔莉-波特曼（Natalie Portman）和米拉-古尼斯（Mila Kunis）主演。2008年，阿罗诺夫斯基凭借《摔跤手》（The Wrestler）一片获得电影节的最高奖项金狮奖。
- 《在某处》（Somewhere）（Venezia 67主竞赛单元）：索菲亚-科波拉这部新作讲述了由史蒂芬-杜夫（Stephen Dorff）出演的好莱坞演员在艾丽-范宁（童星达科塔-范宁的妹妹）扮演的11岁女儿突然出现后生活发生转变的故事。科波拉的原创剧本《迷失东京》曾赢得评论界的广泛赞誉并获得奥斯卡最佳原创剧本奖。她能再度书写成功传奇吗？
-《Machete》（非竞赛单元）：由罗伯特-罗德里格兹（Robert Rodriguez）与伊桑-曼尼奎斯（Ethan Maniquis）联合执导的动作片，讲述了丹尼-特乔（Danny Trejo）扮演的前墨西哥联邦警员Cortez Machete在美国和墨西哥边境发生的关于腐败和复仇的故事。演员包括杰西卡-阿尔巴（Jessica Alba）、罗伯特-德尼罗(Robert De Niro)、唐-约翰逊（Don Johnson）、林赛-洛韩(Lindsay Lohan）、切奇-马林（Cheech Marin）、米歇尔-罗德里格兹（Michelle Rodriguez）和史蒂芬-西格尔(Steven Seagal)。本片将会掀起移民议题的新浪潮。在9月3日全美首映之前，本片就于9月1日在威尼斯进行了全球首映。
-《巴尼的人生》（Barney's Version）（Venezia 67主竞赛单元）：保罗-吉亚玛提（Paul Giamatti）携手达斯汀-霍夫曼（Paul Giamatti）与加拿大导演理查-路易斯（Richard J. Lewis）将莫德凯-瑞驰勒（Mordecai Richler）（他还写过《杜德-克拉维茨的学徒生涯》（The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz））的小说搬上银幕。吉亚玛提扮演同名主角巴尼-帕诺夫斯基（Barney Panofsky）。演员还包括罗莎蒙德-派克（Rosamund Pike）和明妮-德瑞佛（Minnie Driver）。
-《挪威的森林》（Norwegian Wood）(Venezia 67主竞赛单元)：该片由越南裔法国导演陈英雄（Tran Anh Hung）（1992年凭借影片《青木瓜之味》（The Scent of Green Papaya）获得奥斯卡提名并在1995年凭借《三轮车夫》（Cyclo）获得金狮奖）改编自日本作家村上春树（Haruki Murakami）的畅销小说，小说自1987年出版后被翻译成了30多种语言。主要讲述了一个东京大学生在20世纪60年代的生活和爱情故事。
其他竞赛单元受关注的影片：由弗朗索瓦-欧容（François Ozon）执导、法国影星凯瑟琳-德纳芙（Catherine Deneuve）和杰拉尔德-帕迪约（G口rard Depardieu）主演的《傀儡》（Potiche）；波兰导演杰兹-斯科利莫夫斯基（Jerzy Skolimowski）执导的《必要的杀戮》（Essential Killing），讲述一个被美军逮捕的阿富汗人的故事（据电影节说明，此片“几乎没有对白”）；香港导演徐克的《狄仁杰之通天帝国》，讲述的是唐代第一位女皇武则天的故事，由刘德华和刘嘉玲主演。
屡次获奖的香港和好莱坞导演吴宇森将于9月3日被授予金狮奖终身成就奖。除了其与苏照彬联合执导的《剑雨》将在非竞赛单元播映，还将播映其1989年的经典香港动作片《喋血双雄》的修复版，该片影响了包括塔伦蒂诺和罗德里格兹在内的一代美国导演。
相关英文报道：
Filmmakers and celebrities from around the world are descending on Venice this week for the 67th Venice International Film Festival, which kicks off Sept. 1 and runs through Sept. 11. Eighty-six feature films will screen in the festival's four official sections, including twenty-four in competition, known as Venezia 67. American director Quentin Tarantino presides over the jury as president.
Among the highlights:
- 'Black Swan' (Venezia 67): American director Darren Aronofsky's opening-night film is a thriller set in the competitive world of ballet and stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. In 2008, Aronofsky received the Golden Lion, the festival's highest prize, for 'The Wrestler.'
-'Somewhere' (Venezia 67): Sofia Coppola's new film stars Stephen Dorff as a Hollywood actor whose life takes a turn when his 11-year-old daughter played by Elle Fanning (Dakota's sister) arrives unexpectedly on his doorstep. Coppola won critical praise and an Academy Award for her original screenplay for 'Lost in Translation.' Will she repeat that film's success?
-'Machete' (Out of Competition): Robert Rodriguez, along with Ethan Maniquis, directs Danny Trejo as Mexican ex-federale Cortez Machete in an action movie about corruption and revenge along the U.S.-Mexico border. The cast includes Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Don Johnson, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Michelle Rodriguez and Steven Seagal. Expect this movie to stir up the immigration debate big-time. The movie has its world premiere Sept. 1 in Venice ahead of its nationwide opening in the U.S. on Sept. 3.
- 'Barney's Version' (Venezia 67): Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman team up with Canadian director Richard J. Lewis to bring the novel by Mordecai Richler (he also wrote 'The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz') to the screen. Giamatti stars in the title role as Barney Panofsky. The cast includes Rosamund Pike and Minnie Driver.
- 'Norwegian Wood' (Venezia 67): Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung (an Oscar nominee for 1992's 'The Scent of Green Papaya' and the winner of the 1995 Golden Lion for 'Cyclo') adapted Japanese author Haruki Murakami's best-selling novel, which has been translated into more than 30 languages since its publication in 1987. The story focuses on the life and loves of a university student in Tokyo during the 1960s.
Other notable films in competition: French film stars Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu pair up for 'Potiche' from director François Ozon; 'Essential Killing' from Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski (filmed 'almost entirely without dialogue' according to festival notes) about an Afghan man captured by U.S. troops; and Hong Kong director Tsui Hark brings to the screen 'Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame,' a Tang Dynasty drama about China's first female emperor with stars Andy Lau and Carina Lau.
Award-winning Hong Kong and Hollywood director John Woo will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement on Sept. 3. In addition to his new film, 'Jianyu' ('Reign of Assassins'), co-directed with Su Chao-Pin, which is screening out of competition, the festival will screen a restored version of Woo's 'The Killer' (1989), Woo's quintessential Hong Kong action film, which influenced a generation of American directors, including Tarantino and Rodriguez.