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1、Romancescene:'RomanHoliday'Afairy-taleromanceexultinginthejoyandanarchyofloveByGeoffreyMacnabFriday,19September2008Innocent,joyfulromancesaren'treallywhatmoviesareabout.Thereislittledramatictensioninstoriesaboutcouplesfallinghappilyinlove.Itisthestrugglethatcounts.Therecriminati
2、ons,themisunderstandings,thejealousyandfamilyfeudingarewhatgiveromanticstoriestheirtraction:witnessRomeoandJuliet.However,withinfilms,thereareoftenmomentsinwhichoutsideeventsceasetomatterandtheloversareabletocreatetheirownmagical,self-enclosedworld.WilliamWylerwasn'tinanywayrega
3、rdedasasa"romantic"director.LookthroughhisfilmographyandwhatleapoutarefilmslikeTheBestYearsOfOurLives(1946),hisbrilliantbutsurprisinglybleakaccountoftheexperiencesofthreeservicemenreturningtocivilianlifeafterthesecondworldwar,andBen-Hur(1959),aswordandsandalepicbestrememberedfor
4、itschariotrace.RomanHoliday(1953)wasoneofhisfewromances.Thescreenplay,byJohnDightonandDaltonTrumbo,isbarbedandmultilayered.GregoryPeckisanAmericanjournalistinRomeahandsomebutcynicalfigure.AudreyHepburnisapamperedEuropeanprincesswhoshrugsoffhermindersandgoesAWOLinRome.Someneatplo
5、ttwiststhrowthecoupletogether,neitherknowingmuchabouttheother.Bothhavetheirownagendas.Peckisareporterwhoneedsastoryaboutthemissingprincess.Hepburnisslummingit,butknowsshewilleventuallyreturntoherlifeofprivilege.Nonetheless,thescenessharedbythecoupleareblithelyandgiddilyromantic.
6、WhatmakesRomanHolidaysofresh,apartfromtheobviousrapportbetweentheelfinHepburnandthedarklyhandsomePeck,isthewayWyleruseshislocations.TheItalianneo-realistshadlongadvocatedshootingonthestreetsandtellingrealpeople'sstories.Theirmovies,madeintheaftermathofwar,wereinvariablygrimaffai
7、rsaboutimpoverishedoldmen(UmbertoD)orfatherswhocouldn'tfindandkeepjobs.(BicycleThieves)RobertoRossellini'sRome,OpenCityshowedtheItaliancapitalunderthethralloftheNazis.Wyler,bycontrast,capturesthemagicandmysteryofthecity.ItistheperfectbackdropfortheromancebetweenPeckandHepburn.Th
8、ereisaspontaneityandexuberanceabouttheirscenest
