2013年排查美国优质影片点评

'Fruitvale Station' represents another remarkable feature debut, by the director Ryan Coogler. Its subject matter-the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant, a black, unarmed 22-year-old by a white transit cop in Oakland, Calif.-might have made a documentary. Mr. Coogler had the better idea of exploring it as a dramatized, and to a considerable extent fictionalized, account of the day in Oscar's life that preceded his death. He's played by Michael B. Jordan, whose performance can break your heart or fill it with joy, sometimes simultaneously.
《弗鲁特维尔车站》(Fruitvale Station)是另一部出色的故事片处女作，由瑞安•库格勒(Ryan Coogler)执导。这部影片的主题是赤手空拳的22岁黑人奥斯卡•格兰特(Oscar Grant)在加州奥克兰与一名白人交警发生冲突而遭到误杀，这本来可以成就一部纪录片。库格勒有更好的想法，将这个真实事件加以戏剧化改编，并在很大程度上进行了虚构，讲述了奥斯卡死亡前一天的生活。饰演这个角色的是迈克尔•乔丹(Michael Jordan)，他的表演能让你心碎，也能令人欢乐不已，有时是两者兼具。

'Her,' which was written and directed by Spike Jonze, takes romance into the virtual realm, and its hero on a gently crazed journey of genuine passion. Joaquin Phoenix is the poignantly lonely guy who falls in love with his smartphone's new operating system. The basic conceit is a fragile one, but it's beautifully and bravely developed, as well as elegantly photographed by Hoyte Van Hoytema, with perfectly calibrated performances by Mr. Phoenix, Amy Adams and Scarlett Johansson, who is that system's voice and soul.
《她》(Her)，由斯派克•琼斯(Spike Jonze)担任编剧兼导演，将浪漫带入了虚拟世界，影片的主人公展开了一场有些疯狂的真正激情之旅。华金•菲尼克斯(Joaquin Phoenix)扮演的男主角是个令人心酸的孤独小伙子，他爱上了自己智能手机的新操作系统。影片的基本构想有些脆弱，但故事非常华丽地展开，霍伊特•范•霍特玛(Hoyte Van Hoytema)的摄影也很精妙，完美地烘托了菲尼克斯、艾米•亚当斯(Amy Adams)和斯嘉丽•约翰逊(Scarlett Johansson)的表演。斯嘉丽•约翰逊在片中扮演的是智能手机操作系统的声音和灵魂。

'Inside Llewyn Davis' finds the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, in a hauntingly somber mood that somehow translates into memorable drama. I think my review should have made it clearer that this elegy for a casualty of pop culture is a special taste; some of it is fairly glum. So much of it, though, gets to something stirring by way of Oscar Isaac's phenomenal performance as a self-defeating folk singer fatefully dedicated to his art.
在《醉乡民谣》(Inside Llewyn Davis)中，编剧兼导演乔尔•科恩(Joel Coen)和伊桑•科恩(Ethan Coen)兄弟俩挥之不去的忧伤情绪转化成了令人难忘的戏剧性场面。我觉得我的评论本应澄清，这部关于流行文化牺牲品的悲歌有一种特别的味道；其中一些部分相当阴郁。奥斯卡•伊萨克(Oscar Isaac)在片中出演一位自暴自弃的民谣乐手，宿命般地献身于他的艺术，他的卓越表演令这部影片极其震撼人心。

'Nebraska' gets to the heart of Bruce Dern's prickly old geezer, Woody Grant, by way of a road trip across Montana and Nebraska, shot in radiant black-and-white. (Here again one of the movie's stars is its cinematographer, Phedon Papamichael.) Alexander Payne directed, flawlessly, from Bob Nelson's stellar script, which is all about thwarted love, and reconciliation, between Woody and his son Will; he's played with painfully quiet eloquence by Will Forte. Here's the American heartland as it's seldom portrayed on screen, with humor and almost palpable fondness.
《内布拉斯加》(Nebraska)以明快的黑白片形式拍摄，通过一次穿越蒙大拿和内布拉斯加的旅行揭示了由布鲁斯•邓恩(Bruce Dern)扮演的易怒老头伍迪•格兰特(Woody Grant)的内心世界。（这部电影的摄影师芬顿•帕帕迈可(Phedon Papamichael)也参演了影片。）编剧鲍勃•尼尔森(Bob Nelson)炮制了优秀的剧本，而亚历山大•佩恩(Alexander Payne)的导演工作也无懈可击。这部影片讲述的是伍迪和儿子威尔(Will)关系不佳、最终和解的过程；扮演儿子的威尔•福特(Will Forte)极度平和的表演征服了观众。这里是很少在银幕上得到刻画的美国心脏地带，带着幽默和几乎可以感知的深情。

'Short Term 12' is one of those small indie features that stays with you in a big way. It's only 96 minutes long, a modest production set in a foster-care facility for troubled teens. Yet Destin Cretton's direction and Brie Larson's performance elevate the film to, well, one of the year's very best. Ms. Larson is almost a sure thing for not getting an Oscar-this year's competition is unusually fierce-but do catch up with her portrayal of Grace, a 20-something supervisor who is far from untroubled in her own life.
《少年收容所》(Short Term 12)是独立制片的小型影片之一，然而却会大大地影响观众。这部低成本电影片长仅96分钟，背景是一个针对问题青少年的收容设施。然而德斯汀•克里顿(Destin Cretton)的导演和布里•拉尔森(Brie Larson)的表演让这部电影跻身年度最佳影片之列。拉尔森几乎可以肯定无缘奥斯卡奖（今年的竞争异常激烈），但她对所扮演的女主角格蕾丝(Grace)的刻画极具水准，格蕾丝是一名20多岁的年轻保育员，她自己的生活远非平静无波。