塞尔玛

这部电影还有一个港译名：《马丁路德金：梦想之路》，比起《塞尔玛》更直白地简括了故事内核，起码让不了解的观众提起兴趣看剧情简介。

选择看这部电影，起初因为放映排期与我的行程空档恰到合适，又在豆瓣看了评分不低才决定买票。

影院只安排了60座小厅，但进场后扫视上座率足有七成，长者占一半，中学生模样的各一些。

当电影开场不久，银幕画面大多停留在马丁路德与妻子日常对话又或者与同僚热烈讨论间，顿时让我萌生悔意，然而这场用85HKD买的电影票就这么睡着总觉得不甘心，看看邻座都很专注地看，尽管座位舒适都不好意思闭上眼，于是我尝试重置情绪投入观影。

马丁路德金这个响亮的名字以前在历史课本上出现过，也因翻译顺口好记，可我早已不记得在他身上发生了什么壮举或事迹，或许有人认为想查阅百度即可，但有没有想象过此效果如同昔日高考情景，出了考场，教材与知识就接丢进了垃圾桶，回过头来又能记起多少？

出社会工作后，历史知识依旧没有明显的实用价值，不过可以肯定，伴随沧桑足迹，对梦想与信念的解读会比读书时更深入，阅读历史变成了一种人格修养。

我们对历史的认识，不仅限于枯燥的文字传授，还可以从易于流行的影视作品中吸收，尤其越经典越能将画面深刻地留在脑海。

《塞尔玛》未必能成为经典电影，但它的还原映像与震撼事实，确信我今后会记起马丁路德金这人物。

片头交代他拿了1964年的诺贝尔和平奖，包括美国总统在内都尊称他为金博士。

他拿奖前付出多大，我当时并不清楚，但拿了奖以后，也就是1965年，马丁路德金还坚持不懈地继续为黑人的人权平等而奋斗，电影情节就是展现了“从塞尔玛向蒙哥马利进军”过程及背后纪要。

我对于美国了解不多，还是记得《撞车》这部奥斯卡电影描述现今的美国社会对黑人种族歧视并未消除。

又如果不是当年的马丁路德竭尽所能排除万难争取权益，情况更不堪入目。

看见有其他影评会批评这部电影的表述片面甚至史实偏差，我特意去补脑人物词条的评价，影片中的马丁路德金形象可能未必完全符合真实。

就电影而论，我会欣赏它能从人物史实档案着眼细化铺开，演绎了几段振奋人心的的教堂演讲，重点又落在三场高燃的大桥群戏，结尾再用真实的黑白资料映像衔接，对观众说服力瞬间大增。

最后，结尾字幕备注马丁路德金3年后被刺杀，享年39岁，他用一己一生短暂生命换来千万同胞长期平等，无需置疑是个可敬的人！

这是一部能打动人心的传记电影，是值得推荐观看。

（2015.04.06 The Grand Cinema）

主旋律之外感受更深的是，人没必要去热爱自己无法选择的东西。

出身、父母、国家、文化、信仰包括长相…你只是刚好幸运出生在了一个美满家庭没有禽兽不如的双亲，形象尚可，地域政局稳定，每天享受到的物质条件是很多人穷其一生也无法得到的稀有资源。

而那些出生在贫困战乱地区没有信仰自由的地球公民呢

看完这部描写美国民权斗士马丁·路德·金的历史传记电影《塞尔玛》，真的佩服那个时代的那批为了平等权利而奋斗的人们，他们是真正的勇士，是斗士。

那种对自由和平等的向往，对强权和压迫的抗争，对歧视和偏见的反抗，以及争取自由平等路上所遭遇的那些恐吓，暴力，欺诈，争执。

这所有的一切他们都以非暴力的游行，演讲，静坐的方式来实现和应对，并最终取得了胜利，然而却不是彻底和完整的胜利，时至今日，电影中的那种歧视，不平等，厌恶和偏见仍然存在，那么这场塞尔玛游行就还远没有到结束的时候。。。

就电影本身来说，是一部非常细致认真的作品，很多小角色的演绎十分精彩，并不下于主角，电影的情绪表达很煽情，配上那动人的音乐，留下眼泪的人肯定不止我一个吧。

影片中对于那些演讲，游行的场面制作的比较到位，很震撼，很感动，而对于MLJ生活中的那些琐碎小事和情感纠葛描写的也很细致，这不是一个高大上的MLJ，而是一个真实的，有血有肉的MLJ。

总的来讲，这是一部非常不错的电影，感兴趣的可以去看看。。

Response to SelmaLast week, I went to see the movie Selma in the theater. The reason I went to watch this movie is not because I wanted to watch it, but because I needed to get the extra credit for my EWRT 2 English class. Before I went to the theater, I watched the trailer of this movie, so I basically knew that this movie was about Martin Luther King, Jr. I only knew a little bit about Martin Luther King, Jr., who was the leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement and delivered his famous “I have a Dream” speech. I guessed that the movie might be about what happened before and after Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous speech. After watching the movie, I was surprised because this movie talked more about the speech, and it made me feel touched since it talked about the conflicts, struggles, and feelings of people. I think Selma is an amazing and meaningful movie to watch because of its story, actors, and emotion. The story of this movie talked about how African American people fought for their voting right and freedom by expressing conflicts between different positions of people and feelings of them, so I think this movie is a meaningful movie. In the movie, it basically talked about how Martin Luther King, Jr. appealed to Congress to pass the bill in order to protect the voting right of African American people. Besides, the movie showed a few main characters of the movement in the past, such as, Martin Luther King, Jr., his wife, the thirty-sixth president of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the governor of Alabama, George Wallace, etc. There were scenes that were showing speeches, demonstrations, and the brutal repressions of police. In addition, there were political conflicts between many different groups of people, such as Martin Luther King, Jr.’s non-violent movement, leaders of students, the President Lyndon B. Johnson’s white house, Alabama’s governor George Wallace, and the police of Selma. Since this movie talks about African Americans fought for their freedom and the right to vote, which is an important political history to Americans; also, people should watch this movie and learn more about Martin Luther King, Jr. and his movement. Selma not only has a good story, but also has a group of amazing actors who tried their best to successfully act their characters. David Oyelowo is the actor who played the role of Martin Luther King, Jr. I do not know how the real Martin Luther King, Jr. looks like. Even though Oyelowo did not particularly copy Martin Luther King, Jr., the way that he gave out the speech had the feeling and momentum of the real Martin Luther King, Jr. Also, Oyelowo really focused on some small details of Martin Luther King, Jr., which made me feel like that Oyelowo was exactly the Martin Luther King, Jr. in the movie. Moreover, Tim Roth played the role of the governor of Alabama, George Wallace. Also, Roth played this character successfully, and some words that he said make me laugh. Besides, the version of Tom Wilkinson’s President Lyndon B. Johnson is very good (“Selma (2014) Full Cast & Crew”). In the movie, President Lyndon B. Johnson became one of resistance of the bill advancing because the movie showed that the right to vote was not his primary political issues and goals, and he thought that Martin Luther King, Jr.’s movement hindered his agenda. However, he started to support what Martin Luther King, Jr. did and said after hearing the criticism and encouragement from Martin Luther King, Jr. In my opinion, Wilkinson did a great job of playing his version of President Lyndon B. Johnson. I think the President actually wanted to pass the legislation, but he did not have enough power to do it, and Martin Luther King, Jr. gave him the power or enlarged his power to pass the bill. Furthermore, there were a lot of powerful supporting actors, such as the film producer Oprah played a supporting character who wanted to vote, but could not vote in the movie. Also, Cuba Gooding Jr. acted a lawyer who only showed up twice in the movie. Even though there are many famous actors who played supporting characters in the movie, I think they did a good job to expressing each character’s emotions, and I respect them. Therefore, this movie Selma has a group of powerful and famous actors, and they all did a good job to perform in this movie. The movie Selma is an amazing movie, and it made a lot of people feel touched. When I went into the theater, there were a lot of African Americans and a few white people, and there were some Asian people like me. I could not pay my attention at the beginning of the movie because an African American little girl who sat in the front row kept laughing. When Tim Roth showed up at the scene, she laughed even harder than before. I did not know this girl, and I had no idea what she laughed about. Suddenly, I heard an old man walked up to her and said to the little girl, “Little girl, you better be quiet. I have been waiting this movie for many years.” I could feel how much the old man cared about this movie, and I knew that he really wanted to watch this movie carefully and intently. Also, I was glad that the little girl did not laugh again, so I could pay my attention on the movie. After two and a half hours, the movie ended with John Legend’s new song Glory, which was a nice song because I think this song helped me understand the feelings of the movie better. Suddenly, I saw the old man stood up, and he said out loud, “Remember Michael Brown, Remember Eric Garner. Our parade is not over yet.” I did not know this old man, and I did not really pay attention to what he said about. I thought this movie encouraged him something. Later, I did some research about what the old man said, and I found out that the two names that he mentioned were two African Americans who were dead because of some unfair reasons. Therefore, this movie made people sympathy because some people knew the feeling of inequality of people of color; also, I am an Asian, and some white people have treated me unfairly or looked down at me. This amazing movie not only made people touched, but also made me sympathy. In fact, I cried and laughed while I was watching the movie. Sometimes, there were funny scenes and dialogues that made me laugh right after some scenes made me cried. The reason I became sympathy about this movie is not only because of its powerful speech and memorable scenes, but also because I could directly feel the sadness, fear, anger, or determinations of the characters in the movie. I could see the struggles of how people fought for their freedom and equality and the feeling of how they really wanted the right to vote and freedom. Each actor put lots of emotions and effort to perform the characters, and each staff who worked behind the scenes tried their best to produce an amazing movie. Also, the background music helped me a lot to understand the feelings of the scenes. Therefore, staffs and actors put a lot of efforts into the movie, and they produced a wonderful movie that truly expresses the emotions of each character in the movie., which made me touched. From my point of view, I think people should go to watch this movie Selma because of its story, a group of powerful actors who accomplished their tasks on performing each character, and a group of staffs who put many efforts into the movie. This movie talked about an important political history that Martin Luther King, Jr. led a group of people to fight for the right to vote and freedom of African American. Also, there were a lot of powerful and famous actors who played main or supporting characters in the movie, and all of them perfectly accomplished their jobs to express each character’s feeling. Furthermore, staffs behind the scenes put music, set up the scenes, and edited the movie in order to make the movie powerful and emotional. Therefore, I think this movie is a very meaningful movie, and we should produce more movies like Selma. Work Cited“Selma (2014) Full Cast & Crew” Imdb. IMDb.com, Inc., 2014. Web. 14 March 2015.

不得不说，下飞机没多久就看午夜场，很累，加上电影开头确实不是那么简单、容易消化，前二十分钟实在有些难以集中，几次差点睡着。

但随着电影中的气氛一点点积攒、升温，紧张感加强，就这样一点点build up，我竟变得异常清醒。

而且画面的处理也非常好评，视觉的冲击力极大地弥补了因电影的困难（其实困难这个词用的不是那么贴切，但又一时想不出如何形容，意会吧）而带来的沉闷。

总之，整体的情绪把握非常到位，加上超强的BGM，最后还是很震撼的感觉。

尤其因为当时我在美国，更能体会那样的心理，但文化之间的差异还是会影响很多人的欣赏，令人觉得枯燥、甚至是没必要的压抑。

打四分一点是因为文化差异必定是大问题，令一点就是作为一部具有历史性的影片不够严谨，不过为了不剧透就不再细说。

第87届奥斯卡金像奖颁奖典礼将在明天早上举行，而直到前一天完上我才看了这部电影。

睁大眼睛、竖起耳朵，仔仔细细地在没有字幕的情况下看完这部电影。

总觉得不能在颁奖礼之后才去看这部获得奥斯卡最佳影片提名的电影。

在我的心里好电影一直有一个标准：一部好电影要讲好一个好故事。

举几个我喜欢而且大家比较熟悉的例子：《暴雨将至》《低俗小说》《卧虎藏龙》《大鱼》《本杰明·巴顿奇事》《纳德和西敏：一次别离》。

《塞尔玛》是部好电影，它讲了一个好故事：MLK引领众人去完成一个伟大的梦想。

千万不要把这个故事单单理解为MLK带领大家搞民权运动，用游行示威的方式争取选举权。

不过，这部电影好像没有完全讲好这个好故事，我在这里点出两个问题。

第一，虽然主角表演很卖力，但配角比主角还惊艳，每个黑人演员表演也很卖力，万万没想到蒂姆·罗斯会饰演州长George Wallace，一出来就那贱贱的样儿。

第二，虽然剧情很流畅，但总觉得叙事结构和叙事方式略显单调，而且对这段历史不太了解的国内观众很可能会觉得这部电影有些无聊，比如有的观众会问“I have a dream去哪儿了”，好在配乐对其有所弥补。

另外，这部电影在美国上映时正遇到了弗格森事件等一系列涉嫌种族歧视事件的社会问题，电影结尾曲也提到了弗格森（本人很喜欢John Legend）。

广大爱好和平、民主和正义的美国人也正需要这样一部《塞尔玛》去安抚受伤的心灵，在美国好评如潮情理之中。

啰嗦一句，可惜啊！

贾樟柯的《天注定》······（PS： 这是本人第一篇豆瓣影评，近来豆瓣水军太多，不喜勿喷。

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记得是在看转播的奥斯卡颁奖，表演了电影《塞尔玛》的原创歌曲《Glory》，黑人演员们重现了毅然决然的走过大桥时的坚定与勇气，气势磅礴，歌曲结束全场起立鼓掌，扮演剧中马丁路德金的演员泪流满面。

后来过了好久找了电影来看，前前后后看了三遍，永远都无法忘记，居住在塞尔玛的黑人居民，明知道走过大桥，桥的那一端就是人间炼狱，等待他们的是警棍，是催泪瓦斯，是令所有人都无法容忍的滔天罪行，甚至是死亡，但是他们还是坚定的走了过去。

这个场景至今无法忘记。

《塞尔玛》。

Resentfulness, inspiration, sadness… Those feelings were mixed in my heart after watching the film, and I could hardly tell. It reminded me of the lines in the book To Kill A Mockingbird: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” I was just a person living in the contemporary time, watching a period of the unfair past revealing in front of my eyes by means of a film, an entertaining tool. I guess I could never share the similar feelings with those people, black men or white men, living in those days. But I admire those who fight for equality, even lost their lives. The plot was simple. The film focused on the event of marching from Selma to Montgomery, which was led by Martin Luther King in year 1965. All they wanted was the right for the black men to vote. This path to right was paved by many people’s sacrifices. But it was also because of the power and unity of people that they made it to the destiny. I was impressed by how David Oyelowo interprets the role of Martin Luther King. He just got the point. During the speech, he possessed the invisible power that could drive the audience’s emotions and inspire them. Moreover, he depicted a vivid King in everyday lives, ordinary but real. The hateful mayor George Wallace was successfully played by Tim Roth. The only pity is that I think the role of Lyndon Johnson (acted by Tom Wilkinson) was not fully interpreted. I would recommend that more positive participation he took in this activity could be added into the film. If so, then the march may mean a lot more. Besides the round characters, those flat characters surely surprise me. The producer Oprah Winfrey played the role of a woman who wanted but couldn’t vote. Her first scene was so impressive and moving. When I saw her slowly and carefully filled out the form and wrote “negro” on the “RACE” blank, my heart nearly stopped beating. Other minor characters such as Jimmie Lee Jackson (by Keith Stanfield), Coretta King (by Marmen Ejogo) are all successfully portrayed. Because of them, I was touched to tears for more than one time. Every character and actor is worth respecting. In the film, Dr. King said one thing that left me with a deep impression. He said, “You young people believe in working in the community in the long term, and raise black consciousness. What we do is negotiate, demonstrate and resist. We raise white consciousness.” I couldn’t agree more with him. It was said that one-third of those taking part in the march were white men. When Dr. King made the well-known speech I Had a Dream, it was reported that among 250 thousand audiences, 25% were white men. I think the reasons those white men were present was not only because they showed sympathy with the black men and desired for equality, but also that they showed up for themselves. There was no invitation or website announcing this speech, but an ocean of people appeared. What you do proves what you believe. And what Dr. King said on the speech precisely touched the audience. He was not only arguing for the black men, but also those who wanted the right and democracy. The speech was I had a dream, not I had a plan. He inspired the nation. That was his glamour. The film didn’t talk too much about Dr. King himself. It was about things around him. His friends, his wife, the suffering black men, the enemy, the era he was situated in, and his belief. We didn’t see him as a super hero, but as an ambitious person fighting for the right to vote. I would say that there was an invisible hand behind him, pushing him, and accomplishing the merge and trust between all races and societies in America. Maybe who Martin Luther King is doesn’t matter. He was not worth talking about. Maybe during a peaceful period of time he would be an ordinary person with an ordinary life. But he was worth reflecting upon and contemplating about. To some extent it was because of the time and place he was in that made him a big name. No one is a born hero. Maybe we should focus more on the situation and era. In recent months, in America, a trial of news about white police gunshot black people has caused range among residents. Should we blame that it is the setback of the era? In China there is an old saying that “taking the history as a mirror can know the rise and fall of a nation.” The film came into the spotlight at the right time. It does remind us of the past. Perhaps it is the time to reflect on ourselves. For some time I would think it was because of the media that sensationalized such news and made it too big to be reversible. If instead a white man got killed in this way, the responses would not be so heated like it was now. So for a country, there are definitely some scares that can’t be touched on. Ultimately, there is no absolute in the world. No absolute democracy, no absolute equality. But there can be absolute in the world, as long as we see those exceptions as the flaws during progression and deal with them positively and in a proper way. This then can be the improvement and progression of mankind. The background music was appropriate and nice. It managed to express the emotion and meaning of the film, and in the meantime drive my emotions ups and downs. However I also noticed there were some shots that were shaking, which made me uncomfortable. I remembered that in the film when the lady was handing in the form, the white man ruthlessly said to her, “I say right when it is right. ” However we strive, there is no absolute equality and right. Power is owned by a majority of people, not all. But this film, Selma, tells us how to strive for that we are eager for. It is conveying a spirit. “They hate us because they aren’t us.” But we are the darlings in our own eyes. Be what we are. The film tells us.

历史传记题材电影《塞尔玛》由阿娃·杜威内执导，蒂姆·罗斯、大卫·奥伊罗、小库珀·古丁、汤姆·威尔金森主演，影片聚焦美国民权斗士马丁·路德·金1965年组织的“由塞尔玛向蒙哥马利进军”行动。

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得克萨斯州议会民主党议员以集体逃离首府奥斯汀的戏剧性方式抵制共和党力推的选举法改革，类似的举动在全美至少有十多个州已经或正在施行，其州议会全都由共和党人士掌控。

修改选举法的用意并不错，包括防止选举欺诈、保障选举过程的完整性与公正性，问题在于这些可能的差错都源自想象，美国联邦和州一级的实际选举运作中并未系统发生过欺诈。

按照目前多个州的方案，实际造成的结果是提高投票门槛，尤其在选民登记、身份证件、邮寄投票、提前投票等环节。

所有这些调整对我参与投票不太可能造成任何影响，但有少部分选民会因此受到阻碍，他们未必有灵活的工作时间、方便的交通工具、基本胜任的语言能力，他们也不一定生活在种族关系更为包容的东西两个海岸或者都市区。

电影《塞尔玛》(Selma, 2014)为了解美国公民履行投票权的抗争提供了历史样本，故事发生在1960年代初民权运动在南方逐渐展开的时候。

电影开头，欧普拉·温芙瑞扮演的黑人护士安妮到阿拉巴马州法庭完成选民登记，申请表格的“种族”栏里填写的是“Negro”，这个词因歧视意味现在已经不再使用。

她看上去需要深呼吸以后才能调集勇气，捧着表格走到登记窗口。

白人登记员通过心理暗示设置了第一道障碍，“你为老人院的杜恩先生工作，对吧？

”安妮：“对”。

白人登记员：“如果我告诉杜恩先生他的护士在这惹麻烦，不知道他会说什么。

”安妮：“我没有要惹任何麻烦，我只是要完成选民登记。

”接下来登记员要求安妮背诵美国宪法的序言。

我对美国政治和历史有一丁点了解，但只能说出序言的开头”我们合众国人民”(We The People of the United States)，其他内容可以大致讲出来，无法做到准确背诵。

在中国做学生时强记路线、方针、政策、计划的能力到了美国已经基本丧失，这里基本上“转述”(paraphrase)清楚就行，无需标准文本。

安妮可以，她一字一句背诵出完整的宪法序言，“我们合众国人民，为建立更完善的联盟，树立正义，保障国内安宁，提供共同防务，促进公共福利...”。

白人书记员此时已经知道安妮完整背诵不存在任何问题，所以立即打断她，并设置新的障碍，“阿拉巴马州有多少县一级的法官？

”安妮再次深呼吸以后回答，“67个。

”白人书记员紧接着要求，“他们的名字？

”谁能记住67个县级法官的名字？

安妮因此无法完成选民登记。

这种刁难在国内不容易见到，因为并不知道有谁实际参加过选民登记。

但想象一下，如果一对新人去民政局领结婚证，办事员冷不丁地发问，政治局有多少成员？

特别熟悉国家大事的少数年轻人或许知道“25”这个答案。

但如果办事员接着要求背诵所有成员的名字，否则无法领取结婚证呢？

中国一定会出现大面积的晚婚晚育。

安妮或许好几代都生长于美国，她完成选民登记需要经历爬雪山过草地般的艰辛，成年以后才移民过来的我做同样的事情却如同水桶里抓鱼一样手到擒来。

马里兰州的选民登记表格只有一页，填写内容非常简单，包括年龄、是否美国公民、性别、出生日期、家庭地址、联系方式等基本信息，引起我注意的是表格的第九项“政党”，说明文字为“为了参加初选和政党大会，你必须完成登记。

”无需介绍人、漫长的考核期、一次又一次的思想汇报，我只需要在“民主党、共和党、面包与玫瑰党、独立身份和其他党派”5个选项中找一个划勾就算入了党。

表格寄出后就会收到马里兰选举委员会的确认信，自此以后我就成为登记选民，有权在联邦、州和地方的政治选举中投票，过程简单方便。

安妮的选民登记之难与新移民选民登记之易，最粗略地概括，几十年民权、平权、选举权运动的历史性努力起着关键作用。

地理因素也很重要，自由派聚集的都会区与南方偏乡有很大不同。

针对共和党在州一级开展的选举法改革，民主党人士以“开历史倒车”回应，包括拜登在内。

有的说这是要退至南方推行种族隔离的Jim Crow时代，更有语出惊人者说是要退回到1860年代的美国内战，电影《塞尔玛》中马丁·路德·金等人带着安妮们勇敢抗争获得的权力有可能略微缩水。