2019年双语新闻 小李子+皮特=今年好莱坞第一大片？

Hollywood in crisis

小李子+皮特=今年好莱坞第一大片？

By normal standards, a six-minute standing¹ ovation² for anything – a film, a concert, a speech – is really long. But by US director Quentin Tarantino's standards, it's not very long at all.

通常情况下，观众起立鼓掌六分钟 —— 不论对于一部电影、一场音乐会还是一次演讲 —— 都是一段相当长的时间。但对于美国导演昆汀·塔伦蒂诺而言，六分钟并不算长。

Twenty-five years after he took the Cannes Film Festival by storm with his Pulp³ Fiction, which won the 1994 Palme d'Or, Tarantino returned with a new film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. At the end of the movie's screening at this year's Cannes, which ended on May 26, it received a six-minute standing ovation, one of the longest at the event.

25年前，昆汀曾以电影《低俗小说》震撼戛纳电影节，该片也获得了1994年的金棕榈奖。如今他带着新片《好莱坞往事》重回戛纳。今年的戛纳电影节已于5月26日落下帷幕，这部新片也在戛纳电影节上放映，并在放映结束时收获现场观众长达6分钟的起立鼓掌，这也是戛纳电影节上最长的鼓掌喝彩之一。

After all these years, Tarantino's movies may no longer have quite the same boldness, but the ability to shock – and to make you think – remains⁴ an important tool in his work. This turns out to be the case even when he's dealing⁵ with real-life subjects such as the US'movie business back in the 1960s.

这些年来，昆汀的电影或许不复以往那般大胆，但却依然保留着震撼人心、引人深思的重要手法。即便是他在处理现实题材 —— 如上世纪60年代的美国电影业时，也运用了这一手法。

In Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, award-winning Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio plays a handsome washed-up TV star, and US actor Brad Pitt plays the TV star's body double and his closest friend. The two are going through a low time in their career, and are somehow involved in a murder, which is based on a true case in Hollywood's history.

在电影《好莱坞往事》中，备受赞誉的好莱坞影星莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥饰演一名帅气的过气电视明星，美国演员布拉德·皮特则饰演这位电视明星的替身演员，同时也是他的密友。这两人正经历着自己职业生涯的低谷，并阴差阳错地卷入了一场改编自好莱坞真实案件的谋杀案。

The film is thought to be Tarantino's tribute to the Hollywood of old. And yet it's also a story about artists who find themselves out of step with the times.

这部电影被认为是昆汀向昔日好莱坞的致敬之作。同时，这也是一部讲述艺术家们发现自己与时代脱节故事的电影。

"How you like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood may depend on how much you like old guys," wrote Time reporter Stephanie Zacharek, people "who see how the changing of the guard is leaving them behind, who are beginning to see the ways their bodies will betray them, who have seen their profession change so much that they can barely keep up".

“你是否喜欢《好莱坞往事》这部片子取决于你有多喜欢老一辈，”《时代周刊》记者斯蒂芬妮·扎卡雷克写道，“人员的交接换班将他们远远落下，他们开始发现身体日渐老去，快速变化的行业也让他们难以跟上。”

For a film like this, a six-minute standing ovation is perhaps not that long after all.

对于这样的一部电影而言，六分钟的喝彩或许并不算太长。

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 ovation   

n.欢呼，热烈欢迎，热烈鼓掌

参考例句：

• The hero received a great ovation from the crowd. 那位英雄受到人群的热烈欢迎。
• The show won a standing ovation. 这场演出赢得全场起立鼓掌。

3 pulp   

n.果肉，纸浆；v.化成纸浆，除去...果肉，制成纸浆

参考例句：

• The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.这西瓜瓤儿太肉了。
• The company manufactures pulp and paper products.这个公司制造纸浆和纸产品。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。