到底原片名Wah-Wah代表什么意思?原来指称叽哩咕噜的非洲土话,一方面摆明讽刺当地英国白人统治阶级明明鄙视却又刻意去亲近原住民的虚伪假面;另一方面对李察E葛兰来说,Wah-Wah是他烦恼苦闷时的忘情大喊,一种释放、一种情绪宣泄。集合了米兰达李察逊(Miranda Richardson)、茱莉华特丝(Julie Walters)及埃米莉华森三位杰出的英国女演员,李察E葛兰聪明又刻意地把琵琶别抱的生母、父亲新娶的继母两个身份代入政治批判。米兰达李察逊饰演的生母是个欲求不满的悲哀怨妇,担任殖民官的父亲(盖布瑞拜恩)象征着日渐萎糜的大英帝国,至于充满年轻活力却被当地保守上层阶级排挤的美国空姐继母,自然代表着美国新世界了。当剧情走到史瓦济兰脱离英国独立,主人翁瑞夫正巧也因为父亲健康一蹶不振而必须走出其羽翼,至此,政治暗喻已经非常明显了。独立的个体注定要脱离父权的五指山,生母早已离去,连继母也注定随着父亲过世而淡出瑞夫的生命。在结尾的画面里,所有中老年角色悄然退场后,只剩下三个年轻人的背影,然后瑞夫戴上了父亲那顶象征大英帝国旧日荣光的官帽……。John Ruskin是英国维多利亚时代的艺术家、诗人、建筑师、思想家,还扶持培养了一批年轻艺术家,不过成为社会新闻的却是他与Effie Gray的婚姻,两人结婚6年之后Effie要求中止婚姻,理由是两人“从未真正成为夫妻”,这桩官司成为一时谈资。John Ruskin承认两人从没上过床,但为自己辩护说妻子的“某种状况”破坏了他的激情。Effie Gray离婚后,嫁给了受John Ruskin重视提拔的画家John Everett Millais。据艾玛·汤普森说,这部新片将从两人的新婚之夜开始,通过John Ruskin的经历和性格来解开这个谜团。
2011.08.17.达科塔取代西尔莎成为《Effie》女主角.
Dakota Fanning replacing Saoirse Ronan in Emma Thompson's 'Effie'
August 16
Source: Deadline
Just last November, one Casting Tidbits update revealed The Lovely Bones star Saoirse Ronan landed the title role in Effie, a biopic about Effie Gray, the wife of English art critic John Ruskin, who became entangled in a famous Victorian love triangle. Now Deadline reports Dakota Fanning will star in the period drama from writer/actres****a Thompson which chronicles the strange romance, or lack thereof, between Gray and Ruskin. Despite her beauty, Ruskin was said to be disgusted with Gray's body, did not consummate the marriage and annulled it, allowing her to marry Ruskin's protégé John Everett Millais.Though Orlando Bloom was once attached to play Millais, apparently Tom Sturridge (Pirate Radio) has stepped into the role. In addition, Thompson will also star in the film as Lady Eastlake, who takes Effie under her wing when it becomes clear the union was destroying the young woman. Her husbandGreg Wise (Johnny English) will play Ruskin while Julie Walters (Harry Potter franchise) and Derek Jacobi (The King's Speech) will play his parents. Finally, Edward Fox (Gandhi) is in talks to play Eastlake's husband Sir Charles a man who was not only fed up with Ruskin and his radical ideas, but also the main patron of the Royal Academy which held sway over what constituted fine art.
Richard Laxton (An Englishman in New York) is directing the film which begins shooting in Scotland on October 17th with shooting to follow in London and Venice as well. The cast has been shuffled on this project for awhile with Carey Mulligan once attached to the title role as well, but a copyright infringement claim held up the film, which resulted in scheduling conflicts for the previously attached cast members. Producer Don Rosenfeld says, "It’****a Thompson’s first original script after doing several fine adaptations, and it gets to the heart of Victorian England." Though this sounds a bit more along the lines of her work on Sense and Sensibility as opposed to Nanny McPhee, her work on the page should make for a great British drama down the road.。姜柔是顾家走失的千金,被赵金凤养大,因为救渣男陆明残疾坐轮椅,陆明想在婚礼上骗取姜柔拆迁款,姜柔的三个哥哥得知姜柔下落,赶来婚礼送上百亿合作,陆明误认为是送给情人姜如曼的,准备婚礼上杀了姜柔和赵金凤。。