《Blood Diamond》　血鉆　想要長命，別碰鉆石

No.085　《Blood Diamond》　血鉆　想要長命，別碰鉆石

英文導(dǎo)讀

Blood Diamond is a 2006 American political war thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou.

Set in 1990s Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), an ex-mercenary from Zimbabwe, and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories and their circumstances are as different as any can be until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond, the kind of stone that can transform a life...or end it.

Solomon, who has been taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields, finds the extraordinary gem and hides it at great risk, knowing if he is discovered, he will be killed instantly. But he also knows the diamond could not only provide the means to save his wife and daughters from a life as refugees but also help rescue his son, Dia, from an even worse fate as a child soldier.

Archer, who has made his living trading diamonds for arms, learns of Solomon's hidden stone while in prison for smuggling. He knows a diamond like this is a once-in-a-lifetime find—valuable enough to be his ticket out of Africa and away from the cycle of violence and corruption in which he has been a willing player. Enter Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an idealistic American journalist who is in Sierra Leone to uncover the truth behind conflict diamonds, exposing the complicity of diamond industry leaders who have chosen profits over principles. Maddy seeks out Archer as a source for her article, but soon finds it is he who needs her even more. With Maddy's help, Archer and Solomon embark on a dangerous trek through rebel territory. Archer needs Solomon to find and recover the valuable pink diamond, but Solomon seeks something far more precious...his son.

The film's ending, in which a conference is held concerning blood diamonds, is in reference to an actual meeting that took place in Kimberley, South Africa in 2000 and led to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, which seeks to certify the origin of rough diamonds in order to curb the trade in conflict diamonds. The film received mixed but generally favorable reviews.

Blood Diamond went on to gross $57,377,916 in the United States and Canada and $114,029,263 overseas. In total, the film has grossed $171,407,179 worldwide.

The film received five Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), Best Supporting Actor (Djimon Hounsou), Best Film Editing (Steven Rosenblum), Best Sound Mixing (Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ivan Sharrock) and Best Sound Editing (Lon Bender).

獲獎情況

2007年第79屆奧斯卡：最佳男主角提名、最佳男配角提名、最佳混音提名等。

影片信息

導(dǎo)演：愛德華·茲威克

編劇：查爾斯·里維特

主演：萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧、詹妮弗·康納利、杰曼·翰蘇、大衛(wèi)·哈雷伍德

類型：劇情、驚悚、冒險

制片國家（地區(qū)）：美國、德國

上映日期：2006-12-08（美國）

片長：143分鐘

又名：《血腥鉆石》《滴血鉆石》

劇情簡介

20世紀(jì)90年代非洲塞拉利昂處于內(nèi)戰(zhàn)時期，連連戰(zhàn)火使這片土地飽受摧殘，非法鉆石的骯臟交易日益猖獗。

阿徹（萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧　飾）是一個地道的戰(zhàn)爭販子，專門靠倒賣戰(zhàn)區(qū)鉆石為生，他在監(jiān)獄中無意得知漁夫索羅門（杰曼·翰蘇　飾）手里有極品粉鉆，意識到這是自己離開非洲的機(jī)會。出獄后，他找到索羅門，準(zhǔn)備和他一起找出鉆石，離開非洲。

索羅門一個是普通的漁民，因?yàn)閼?zhàn)爭和家人分離，被叛軍強(qiáng)制抓來開采鉆石，無意中，他發(fā)現(xiàn)了一顆極品粉鉆，于是藏了起來。后來因?yàn)閼?zhàn)亂，索羅門進(jìn)了監(jiān)獄，被阿徹救出，并在戰(zhàn)地記者麥迪·鮑文（詹妮弗·康納利　飾）的幫助下，找到了失散的家人。但是，他的兒子迪亞卻被叛軍帶走，生死未卜。

悲憤的索羅門答應(yīng)和阿徹合作，在叛軍的控制范圍內(nèi)尋找鉆石，并尋找兒子。兩個截然不同的人，因?yàn)橐活w血鉆將命運(yùn)聯(lián)系在了一起。

劇中那顆鳥蛋大小的粉鉆，牽動著所有人的心：漁夫要借助它找到妻子兒女，全家團(tuán)圓；走私者要憑借它做成最后一樁買賣，擺脫早已厭倦的走私生活遠(yuǎn)離非洲；上校要用它繼續(xù)做軍火生意；叛軍首領(lǐng)要拿它作引子報(bào)復(fù)私藏珍寶的苦力；女記者要追蹤它的去向揭露珠寶商的黑暗交易。最后，有人得償所愿，有人魂歸黃土，這顆多少人生命所系的石頭，則鎖進(jìn)了地下室的一只編號箱（AC07）中。

制作花絮

對于“血鉆”一詞，愛德華·茲威克在接手本片之前不甚了解，當(dāng)制片人保拉·韋恩斯坦將劇本第一次交給他時，他只是聽說過“血鉆”，卻不完全理解其中的含義。

雖然影片要在塞拉利昂拍攝，但塞拉利昂不具備容納劇組大隊(duì)人馬的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施，于是需要尋找替代之處。最后，劇組在南非夸祖魯－納塔爾省愛德華港附近找到了理想的地點(diǎn)，其中茂密的雨林地形為片中鉆石礦、難民營和本杰明的學(xué)校這三處主要布景提供了背景。

劇組在當(dāng)?shù)仄赣昧舜罅颗R時演員，曾與茲威克合作《最后的武士》的服裝設(shè)計(jì)師恩吉拉·迪克森赴塞拉利昂選擇面料，并在舊貨商店中找到很多與故事年代相符的服裝。

為了防止影片拍攝的騷亂和交戰(zhàn)場景打擾到當(dāng)?shù)鼐用瘛⒉⒁l(fā)對曾發(fā)生過的莫桑比克內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的恐慌，劇組散發(fā)了大量傳單，新聞媒體也在通告居民他們的所見所聞不過是為電影拍攝準(zhǔn)備的。

在影片拍攝期間，很多演職人員曾造訪馬普托的SOS兒童村。拍攝結(jié)束后，拆除布景后的大多道具、建材、服裝、甚至一些個人財(cái)產(chǎn)都被分發(fā)給當(dāng)?shù)毓聝涸汉歪t(yī)院。另外，劇組的建筑部門還為孤兒院制作了桌椅。

重點(diǎn)學(xué)習(xí)

Save his wife and daughters from a life as refugees but also help rescue his son

文中的save…from是英語中的一個固定搭配，是“保留，免于；使免遭”的意思，比如：Nobody will be there to save you from your own stupidity.（沒有人會到把你從自己的愚蠢行為中搭救出來。）

Which seeks to certify the origin of rough diamonds

Seek to是英語中的一個固定搭配，它是“追求；爭?。涣D”的意思，比如：Many people in their lifetime avoid or do not even seek to find the answer to that question. （許多人在他們的一生中都在逃避或根本沒有去尋找過這個問題的答案。）

單詞時間

diamond[?dai?m?nd] n. 鉆石，金剛石；菱形；方塊牌

mercenary[?m?:sin?ri] n. 雇傭兵；唯利是圖者

fisherman[?fi??m?n] n. 漁夫；漁人

pink[pi?k] adj. 粉紅的；比較激進(jìn)的；石竹科的；臉色發(fā)紅的

gem[d?em] n. 寶石；精華；珍品；寶物；美玉

violence[?vai?l?ns] n. 暴力；侵犯；激烈；歪曲

trek[trek] n. 艱苦跋涉

territory[?terit?ri] n. 領(lǐng)土，領(lǐng)域；范圍；地域；版圖

certify[?s?:tifai] vt. 證明；保證

rough[r?f] adj. 粗糙的；粗略的；粗野的；艱苦的；未經(jīng)加工的