《Hugo》　雨果　厚重迷人的早期電影史

No.033　《Hugo》　雨果　厚重迷人的早期電影史

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Hugo is a 2011 American 3D historical adventure drama film. It is directed and co-produced by Martin Scorsese and adapted for the screen by John Logan. It is a co-production of Graham King's GK Films and Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil. The film stars Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helen McCrory, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, Jude Law, and Christopher Lee.

Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Brian Selznick's award-winning novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret stars Asa Butterfield, as an orphan boy who lives in a Parisian train station. Sent to live with his drunken uncle after his father's death in a fire, Hugo learned how to wind the massive clocks that run throughout the station. When the uncle disappears one day, Hugo decides to maintain the clocks on his own, hoping nobody will catch on to him squatting in the station. His natural aptitude for engineering leads him to steal gears, tools, and other items from a toy-shop owner who maintains a storefront in the station. Hugo needs these purloined pieces in order to rebuild a mechanical man that was left in the father's care at the museum—the restoration was a project father and son did together.When Georges (Ben Kingsley), the old man who runs the toy stand, catches on to the thievery, he threatens to turn Hugo over to the station's lone police officer (Sacha Baron Cohen, who makes every effort to send any parentless child in the station to the orphanage.) But Hugo's run-in with Georges leads to a friendship with the elderly gentleman's goddaughter, Isabelle (Chloe Grace Moretz), who unknowingly possesses the last item Hugo needs to make the mechanical man work again.

Hugo is Scorsese's first film shot in 3D, of which the filmmaker remarked: "I found 3D to be really interesting, because the actors were more upfront emotionally. Their slightest move, their slightest intention is picked up much more precisely." The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and released in the U.S. on 23 November 2011.

The film was received with critical acclaim, with many critics praising the visuals, acting, and direction. At the 84th Academy Awards, Hugo won five Oscars—for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Sound Editing—and its 11 total nominations (including Best Picture) was the most for the evening. Hugo also won two BAFTAs and was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, earning Scorsese his third Golden Globe Award for Best Director.

獲獎情況

2012年第84屆奧斯卡：最佳攝影、最佳藝術(shù)指導(dǎo)、最佳音效剪輯、最佳視覺效果獎，并榮獲最佳影片提名、最佳導(dǎo)演提名、最佳改編劇本提名、最佳原創(chuàng)配樂提名。

影片信息

導(dǎo)演：馬丁·斯科塞斯

編?。杭s翰·洛根、布賴恩·塞爾茲尼克

主演：阿沙·巴特菲爾德、科洛·莫瑞茲、本·金斯利、薩莎·拜倫·科恩

類型：劇情、兒童、傳記、奇幻

制片國家（地區(qū)）：美國

上映日期：2011-11-23（美國）、2012-05-31（中國）

片長：127分鐘

又名：《雨果的巴黎奇幻歷險》《雨果的冒險》

劇情簡介

由于母親過世得早，雨果由父親撫養(yǎng)長大，父子倆親密無間。身為鐘表匠的父親擅長制造和修理精巧的機(jī)械，雨果耳濡目染，也對這一行充滿熱情，并學(xué)會了一些技能。一天，父親從博物館拿回一個壞了的機(jī)器人，據(jù)說只要修好它，它就能自己寫字、傳遞信息。雨果和父親開始一起修理機(jī)器人，但沒想到一場突發(fā)的火災(zāi)奪去了父親的生命。壞掉的機(jī)器人和父親親筆寫下的維修筆記從此成為雨果最寶貴的財產(chǎn)。

父親去世之后，他寄宿在巴黎火車站鐘樓，偶爾會去玩具店偷些零件，用來修補(bǔ)父親留下的機(jī)器人。在一次行竊中，他被店主喬治·梅里埃當(dāng)場抓獲。

喬治拿走了雨果父親的遺物，這令雨果心急如焚，他尾隨至喬治家中，結(jié)識了他的養(yǎng)女伊莎貝拉，他懇求她幫自己保住筆記。而伊莎貝拉則覺得此事蹊蹺，于是兩人結(jié)伴探秘。修好的機(jī)器人作畫的落款卻顯示喬治的名字，讓他們疑心頓起。終于他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了喬治家中裝滿畫作的神秘柜子，并在圖書館的電影書籍中發(fā)現(xiàn)了喬治的身世。一位知情人的現(xiàn)身，讓他們的奇幻冒險更添神秘……

制作花絮

本片是著名導(dǎo)演馬丁·斯科塞斯的首部3D作品。

本片根據(jù)布萊恩·瑟茲尼克的同名暢銷小說改編。原著于2007年曾獲得鵝毛筆大獎，并一度在美國《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜中名列前茅，甚至被視作《哈利·波特》之后最好的兒童作品。

這是馬丁·斯科塞斯近7年來第一部不是萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧主演的故事片。

影片參加了2011年的紐約電影節(jié)，當(dāng)時影片還沒有制作完成，是以半成品的身份來參展的。這是該電影節(jié)歷史上的第二部半成品。第一部是1991年的《美女與野獸》。

重點學(xué)習(xí)

Hoping nobody will catch on to him squatting in the station

Catch on是英語中的一個固定搭配，在文中是“理解，明白；熟悉情況”的意思，常和介詞to搭配使用，比如：You'll catch on to the job after you've been here a while.（過一段時間你就會熟悉這種工作了。）另外，catch on還有“鉤住，卡住；絆??；變得入時，流行起來；迎合人心”的意思，比如：This song caught on and was sung everywhere.（這首歌曲流行起來，各地都在演唱。）

Their slightest intention is picked up much more precisely

Pick up是英語中常用的一個固定搭配，詞義豐富，它常用的意思是“拿起，拾起，撿起”，文中是“撿起”的意思，比如：He picked up his hat and went away. （他拾起帽子，走了。）其他常用意思還有“（跌倒后）使（自己）起來，再爬起來；偶然獲得，偶然找到；無意地學(xué)會（技術(shù)、語言、游戲等）；理解；懂得；意識到；注意到；停下來把…帶走”等等，比如：She picks up a lot of imformation. （她偶然得到許多信息。）

單詞時間

adaptation[??dæp?tei??n] n. 適應(yīng)；改編；改編本，改寫本

orphan[??:f?n] n. 孤兒

massive[?mæsiv] adj. 大量的；巨大的，厚重的；魁偉的

squat[skw?t] vt. 使蹲坐，使蹲下

aptitude[?æptitju:d] n. 天資；自然傾向；適宜

storefront[?st??fr?nt] n. [貿(mào)易] 店面；店頭

purloin[p?:?l?in] vt. 偷竊

thievery[?θi:v?ri] n. 贓物；偷竊；盜竊事件

unknowingly[?n?n?ui?li] adv. 不知不覺地

intention[in?ten??n] n. 意圖；目的；意向；[醫(yī)]愈合