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Pitched back into the past
新電影，回到過去
A new film about Jackie Robinson is a surprise hit
新版《杰基羅賓遜的故事》強勢來襲
BRIAN HELGELAND'S latest film is steeped in nostalgia without ever being sentimental. Its title, “42”, is the number on the back of the jersey worn by its hero, Jackie Robinson, a gifted player who broke the colour bar in baseball.
由布萊恩海爾格蘭德導(dǎo)演的最新電影充滿了懷舊之情，但又不傷感。電影名稱《42號》，正是男主角杰基羅賓遜—一個打破種族歧視的天才棒球運動員球衣的號碼。
Robinson played himself in “The Jackie Robinson Story”, which was released in 1950 when the violence that led to the civil-rights movement was raging. The fact Mr Helgeland's script sticks closely to the narrative of that film means audiences are hearing Robinson's story the way he wanted it told, as a manual of non-violent resistance to injustice.
1950年，美國的黑人民權(quán)運動日益高漲，由羅賓遜本人主演的《杰基羅賓森的故事》在此時上映。海爾格蘭的劇本非常忠于影片（《杰基羅賓森的故事》）的敘述，他希望以自己的方式讓觀眾知道羅賓森的故事，使之成為用非暴力向種族歧視抵抗的典范。
Harrison Ford plays Branch Rickey, the major-league baseball executive who recruited Robinson to be the first black player in the league. Mr Ford brings authority as well as a touch of celebrity to the film, and he is rewarded with some of its best lines. “Robinson is a Methodist,” Rickey explains to a worried colleague. “I'm a Methodist. God is a Methodist. So we're going to do just fine.”
哈里森福特飾演布魯克林道奇隊的總經(jīng)理布蘭奇瑞基，他招收了道奇隊第一個黑人運動員羅賓遜。福特給影片增添了好名聲和權(quán)威，他也因為劇中出色的臺詞而贏得嘉獎。“羅賓遜是衛(wèi)理公會派教徒，”瑞基向滿腹憂慮的同事解釋道，“我也是衛(wèi)理公會派教徒，上帝也是。所以我們這樣做很好。”
Mr Helgeland mines the imagery of old sports movies to show the way Robinson faced up to a series of ferocious pitchers. And he skilfully uses symbolism from 1940s films to create a national mood that harks back to a gentler time. “42” is a tribute to a post-war America in which sports stars had not yet been corporatised and the victory over fascism abroad was a recent memory. The fact that this week's Boston bombs were detonated on what has come to be called “Jackie Robinson Day” makes his film seem more poignant.
海爾格蘭德挖掘出舊版本電影中羅賓森面對一個個實力強大的投球手這些場景的內(nèi)涵意義，并且他靈活運用了1950年版電影里的經(jīng)典鏡頭，營造出回到那個和平年代的民族情緒。《42號》是向體育明星還沒被商業(yè)化運作的戰(zhàn)后美國的致敬，也是對世界反法西斯勝利的一次回憶。 事實上，這周發(fā)生波士頓爆炸案的日子，正是“杰基羅賓遜紀念日”，這也使得電影顯得更加意味深長。
