1929—1933年的资本主义世界发生的经济危机,是有史以来资本主义世界最严重的一次(不包括最近一次美国次贷危机导致的全球性的经济危机,这次经济危机深刻动摇了资本主义经济体制的根基,与此同时,资本主义世界也从自由竞争阶段逐渐过渡到垄断阶段。《摩登时代》恰恰反映了这个时代的资本主义社会。
故事发生在20世纪20年代美国经济萧条时期,影片开始的镜头是一些巨型齿轮,之后便是一个个工人在流水线上重复着属于自己的那一个动作。主人公夏尔洛也是如此,不断地在传送带上拧螺丝,经过长时间的重复这一动作,他被弄得精神失常,之后又被自动喂食机整得死去活来,还甚至被卷入巨大的机器齿轮中。总的看来,影片里的工人已经等同于机器部件,自由几乎被机器剥夺了,人的健康也被机器毁坏了。
工业文明给社会带来了什么?给资本家带来了更多的财富,给工人带来了更多的贫困生活。工人的无时不刻不再给社会创造着价值,当然这些价值全被资本家榨取走了。用马克思的剩余价值学说来解释一下:剩余价值是由雇佣工人在生产过程中所创造的被资本家无偿占有的超过劳动力价值的价值,是资本家阶级不付任何等价物就占有的价值额的一般形式。资本家榨取的剩余价值的基本方法有两种,即绝对剩余价值的生产和相对剩余价值的生产。绝对剩余价值是指在必要劳动时间不变的条件下,延长工时而生产的剩余价值。相对剩余价值是指工作日长度不变的条件下,通过缩短必要劳动时间而相对延长剩余劳动时间生产的剩余价值。片中主人公所处的时代,还正处在资本主义发展的初期,所以资本家们通常采用第一种方法来剥削工人。工厂老板不停地催促工人做工,尽可能地减少他们的休息时间,其中发明喂食机来缩短用餐时间这一成产模式又用能用另一个理论来解释——泰勒管理方式。
弗雷德里克?温斯洛?泰勒是美国古典管理学家,科学管理的创始人,被管理界誉为科学管理之父。 泰勒认为科学管理的根本目的是谋求最高劳动生产率,最高的工作效率是雇主和雇员达到共同富裕的基础,要达到最高的工作效率的重要手段是用科学化的、标准化的管理方法代替管理。为了追求最高的劳动生产率,他赤裸裸地向工人宣讲:“我雇你们来是为了用你们的体力和操纵机器的能力。至于用头脑,我们另外雇了人。”显然他把工人等同于机器,忽视人性。人在有生产力的同时也有主动性。资本家在久而久之地执行这一管理理念时,与工人的积怨则会越来越深。影片中的工人罢工,工人运动就是资本主义社会的真实写照。
影片中有几个美好的理想:夏尔洛的进监狱的梦,伊莎贝尔的“小天堂”梦……监狱都比外面好,小破屋就是一个少女渴望的归宿。可见当经济危机到来时,下层贫苦人民的生活是这么的悲惨。生产的相对过剩——这是一事实,工人农民无力购买商品,这又是一事实。资本家就不能降低产品价格来“救济”贫困的人吗?我应该多问了,资本家的宁可销毁食品等商品来限制商品数量从而保持价格不变,甚至还想将商品价格提高。这对矛盾似乎在资本主义世界里永远都会存在。
Buck up-never say die .We'll get along! 片尾男女主人公相互鼓励,携手微笑地向前走去,这似乎给影片画上了一个完满的结局,但他们会走向哪里?那里的生活又会是怎样?他们仍然不知,这一切还只是个未知数……
Dear Dad,
Today is fathers day, for so many years Ive been seekig a way to express my heartfelt thanks for all you have done for me. Here comes it!
Thank you for always being there sharing my life when I need you most. Whenever I encounter difficulties, I never feel alone and vulnerable, because you will keep me on the right path. Im blessed to have you.
Thank you for offering me education and teaching me how to be a man. You always inspire me not by words, but by what you have done! Your efforts in the work, your loyalty to your friends, your responsibility for the family and your persistence in the life have already set me good examples in my own life.
Thank you for always appreciating my work, no matter how tiny it is! You have made me realize that its capacity not scores that really counts.
Dad, I love you and I will love you forever!
Yours beloved,
Li Ming
Dear Daddy,
亲爱的爸爸,
Thank you very much for your letter written to me. In your letter , you not only expressed your expectation to me , but also showed all your love to me . I was deeply moved . Thanks again ,Daddy .You said ," I hope you get bravery and perseverance, and can quickly grasp living skills like a lion ". Now I want to tell you that I will try my best to do everything well and live up to your expectations . Dear father , you are a great lion in my mind .
谢谢你给我写信。在信中,你不仅仅表达了你对我的期望,还展示了你对我所有的爱。我深深感动了。再次谢谢你,爸爸。你说,“我希望你能够变得勇敢和有耐心,并且能像狮子般快速的掌握生活技能。”现在我想说我会尽我最大的.努力把所有事情都做好来达到你的期望。亲爱的爸爸,你是我心中的狮子。
When I am absent mind , when I am depressed, you , my dear father is always there . Your advice and encouragement guide me through many difficulties . Thank you , Dad, for your help and understanding. I love you , Dad ,forever!
当我茫然、绝望时,是你,我亲爱的爸爸永远都在我身边。你的建议和勇气引导我克服许多的困难。谢谢你,爸爸,谢谢你的帮助和理解。我永远爱你,爸爸。
《摩登时代》这一部电影深刻地反映了当时的社会现实的黑暗以及不合理的社会制度,它让我们在笑声中出来。资本主义国家残酷、黑暗的现实,资本家无休无止的压榨,让许多人民无法生存,流浪街头,沿街乞讨,就连工人的吃饭时间都被剥夺,因此发明了吃饭机器,让工人在吃饭时能腾出手脚来继续干活…… 种种做法的最终目的都只是为了获得更多的剩余时间,帮资本家获得更多利润罢了。
在影片开始时,首先是有一群羊走过,紧接着就是一大群工人拥护着走进工厂,形式很接近,让我产生一种哑然失笑的感觉。暗喻工人的命运和羊群一样,这么的机械受社会控制着,而查理正是这群人中的一个。
影片中还通过幻想中花园别墅和现实中的破旧木屋,暗示了理想和现实的矛盾。在监狱里,人虽失去了一切自由,但不用为失业、饥饿所困扰。卓别林扮演流浪汉那时就希望永远都关在监狱里,无忧无虑,就不用为了找工作养活自己而感到烦恼。在街头,人虽然获得流浪的自由,但要为无家可归、难以充饥而痛苦。就如与卓别林一起流浪的女孩,在那现实社会,只能靠偷东西吃来养活家里的兄弟姐妹,最后,却弄到无家可归。在工厂,人虽能维持生计,但他却是机器的奴隶。卓别林以独特的视觉形象概括了摩登时代的矛盾本质。在卓别林自己评论来说:那部电影是从一个抽象的概念――批评我们的机械化生活方式――发展而来的。
卓别林这一部电影《摩登时代》让我们在笑声中感受到当时农民工被资本家的欺压,担任了机械的工作,我永远都忘不了主人公在人的鼻子、钮扣上拧紧螺母的镜头以及被流水线弄得变成麻木机械的工具人。清楚描述了当时社会里的机械化的社会秩序。面对机器时代的来临,他们只能感到无所适从,眼里充满的只有迷茫。这就是摩登时代。
《摩登时代》是卓别林最后一部无声电影,拍摄于1936年。虽然1935年的电影已经进入了有声时代,但卓别林还是决定用电影的形体语言,为经济危机给广大工人带来的痛苦而大声呐喊呼号。辛辣犀利的讽刺、精湛绝伦的哑剧技巧、完美的银幕形象以及温馨感人而焕发着人性光辉的爱情,这使得影片至今还散发着不朽的魅力。《摩登时代》讲述一个被机器摧残、异化的流浪汉在工业文明的传送带前窘态毕现、笑料百出的故事。这是一个集幽默、讽刺、控诉于一体的经典影片。同时影片也将当时的社会形态表现的淋漓尽致。
故事发生在工业大生产时代,当时经济大萧条,大批工人失业,工厂对工人的剥削更加残酷。故事的主人公――查里是工厂流水线上的一个钳工,单调而又疯狂的机械劳动使其精神失常,大闹工厂,并因此被解雇,成了一个流浪汉。失业的查里阴差阳错地被当成罢工首领抓进了监狱,在监狱的生活本来衣食不愁,偏偏又遇上了监狱动荡,而重获自由,提前释放。出狱后,查里找了好几份工作,都无辜泡汤。但在窘迫的生活中偶遇一个有着同样命运的流浪的女孩,并勇敢相爱,一起浪迹天涯。
When I was a freshman in college I watched the film Gua Sha Treatment for the first time, now I am a junior student and I come back to review the movie from a multicultural aspect, I have many different feelings after watching the film again.
At the beginning of the film, XuDatong is given an award and later he delivers a speech. What makes me impressed most is in his speech he says “one day I will become one of you, a truly successful American, today this award proved that America is a true land of opportunity and I am the living proof of that.” At that moment Xu thinks he has realized his American Dream totally with his lovingly wife and adorable son. However, I think it is ironical that to make a speech like that and I assume it is made on purpose to hind a clue for the story's development. How many non—American people have such a beautiful American dream? One of my classmate studies in American now and before he went aboard he told me his American dream is he can stand at the top of the New York. To be honest, I also dream that one day I can get the Green Card living there happily and successfully maybe working at the Wall Street. When Xu gets the award he thinks he entirely melted in the melting pot neglecting the multicultural obstruct, later the plot goes against the way he thinks. And later Quinlan asked Xu'why you be the scapegoat of your father?' Xu answers 'because he is Chinese.' Then maybe Xu knows that there is always a wide gap between Chinese and American cultures.
The second scene is Xu hit his son Denis because Denis hit the son of xu's boss, at the middle of the film xu tells his boss that he hit his own son is only to show his respect to his boss John Quinlan, that time Quinlan feels puzzled “what a Chinese logic”,yes, American can never understand such a logic full of Chinese characteristic, because they respect everyone including the children, they won't beat a child to please the boss, and there is no such a conception of degree between employee and employer, they feel everyone is equal, which is quite different from china.
Connected to the second scene, the third difference I want to analyze is the care for the children. In America, people pay more attention to the right of children which can be seen from the law—leaving children alone at home is illegal, while in China it is so common that almost everyone may experience such loneliness. And Children Welfare Agency does work in America which shows the importance Americans attach to children's right. What's more, I remember a line 'No one won the case, especially the child.' In my opinion, it also manifests the universal concern from the American public to the children.
The fourth aspect is following the procedure, in the film, more than there times, the people focus on the rule, the law, the procedure. At the Christmas Eve Xu wants to return back to his home pretending as a Santa Claus, what a pity, the security recognizes him and persuades 'you are always a good tenement, never causes troubles for me.' And another scene is at the end of the film , the judge says 'I have to follow the procedure.' However, in China people always have to ask for a favor to do something, and later you have to pay back the favor,for myself, I prefer the American style, strict to the procedure.
The fifth and the last point is the humors, Quinlan says 'you can't fall, your health security is the company paid.' 'Datong, welcome home, maybe next time, you can come from the front door.' 'dady, why you come from the window' ' because we don't have a chimney.' I really adore this distinguished American humor, especially in dangerous situations, which is quite rare in China.
That's my whole reaction to Gua Sha Treatment.
圆的硬礼帽,一双又长又大的旧皮鞋,一撮浓密胡子以及一把短手杖,对了,他就是卓别林。卓别林为现代喜剧电影奠定了基础,他的形象几乎成了喜剧电影的重要代表。但是,读了《卓别林自传》后,我才了解到,他的一生并不像我想象中的那么一帆风顺。
他童年丧父,母亲只能到舞台上唱歌为生,后来母亲进了疯人院,后母对卓别林以及他的弟弟更是苛刻不已,我为这个可怜的孩子感到惋惜。后来,偶然一次她替喉咙哑了的母亲在舞台上唱歌,加上自己有趣生动的即兴发挥,他的人气增加了不少。随着年龄的增长,他渐渐地打入了“演绎圈”,开始了工作“生涯”……
他曾经因为想要在戏中加入自己编的笑料而与导演发生争执,因为他每一个加入戏中的好笑的镜头都没删的“面目全非”,他也生气了。他与导演闹翻,最后还是重归于好,这都要归功于卓别林对自己演技的自信以及当时极高的人气,也是因为这个,他敢要求“加薪”。“我要每一件东西看上去都显得不合适:裤子是松泡泡的,上衣是紧绷绷的,礼帽是小的,鞋子是大的。”这就是喜剧演员卓别林,对于演戏有着与别人截然不同的看法与心态,更是因为这个,他那有趣的造型在我们的心里根深蒂固了……
我又从别的角度了解到,他的作品具有独特的艺术风格,他的喜剧性的表演更是令人捧腹大笑,但是笑后总有令人深思的地方。他对生活的热情,对演戏的钟爱是永远不会变得。他的《安乐狗》,《摩登时代》都是表达了他对穷人的'同情以及对富人的轻视与嘲弄。我想,他留给后人的精神财富是难以用金钱估量的。
Father's Day
Yesterday was Father's Day. I had planned to give my father a present. But I didn't remember it until in the morning.It was too late to post a card to him. So I decided to buy something. When I was in the department store. I found it was not easy for me to choose something right for him. Suddenly I
got an idea. I ran home and opened my computer. I made a beautiful card and mailed him through the Internet. then I began to make supper. When father came home, he was very glad to find a big meal on the table. then I asked him to check his e-mail. He was amazed to find a beautiful card in his e-mail-box.
What a wonderful surprise!
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