氣蓋山河 THE LEOPARD (IL GATTOPARDO)
意大利 Italy /1963/185mins/35mm/ 意大利語對白 英文字幕 In Italian with English Subtitles
導演Dir: 維斯康堤Luchino Visconti
演員Cast: 畢蘭加士打Burt Lancaster, 阿倫狄龍Alain Delon, 歌迪亞卡顛妮爾Claudia Cardinale

維斯康堤的史詩式傑作,單是戲中一場過百人起舞的舞會場面,震撼得心悅臣服,嘆為觀止;美國有《亂世佳人》,意大利則有《氣蓋山河》,同屬經典。1860年代的意大利,革命如火如荼,國家行將團結,沒落貴族(畢蘭加士打)設法在新時代繼續生存:安排姪兒(阿倫狄龍)與富商女兒結婚,失卻貴族身份起碼生活有保障!戀愛就在滾滾紅塵中滋長,皇族則亂世中苟然殘存。老戲骨畢蘭加士打頂峰演出,鋒芒力壓全場,但新秀阿倫狄龍及歌迪亞卡顛妮爾同樣搶眼。阿倫狄龍的「獨眼龍」更是懾人。出色的演出、服裝、堂皇佈景加上維斯康堤一絲不苟的處理,使影片成為康城1963年棕櫚大獎得主。

Visconti's three and half hour epic takes us back toItaly in 1860s. At the dawn of a new era, aristocrat Prince of Salina (Burt Lancaster)realises he needs to plan for a way to survive the changes: by marrying off hisnephew (Delon) to a wealthy merchant's daughter (Claudia Cardinale). Lancaster,the leopard, is by all means the soul of the film, but young co-stars Delon andCardinale are not overshadowed. The strong cast, costumes, set design, musicand Visconti's faultless direction all contributed to make THE LEOPARD,winnerof Palm d' Or in 1963, a true masterpiece.

13/5 (Fri) / 9:10pm / bc
15/5 (Sun) / 9:00pm / ifc