Dead Poets Society
死亡诗社

Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American drama film directed by Peter Weir and starring Robin Williams. Set at the conservative and aristocratic Welton Academy in the northeast United States in 1959, it tells the story of an English teacher named John Keating who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry. The film was critically acclaimed and was nominated for numerous awards.
《死亡诗社》是1989年的一部美国剧情片，由皮特·威尔执导、罗宾·威廉姆斯主演。故事的背景是1959年间位于美国东北部的威尔顿学院——这座以保守和贵族教育闻名的学校。影片讲述了一位英文老师约翰·基廷以教授诗歌为引，启发学生独立思考的故事。该片受到一致好评，获得了许多奖项。

Welton Academy is an elite prep school for most promising students. On the first day of classes, these students are surprised by the unorthodox teaching methods of their new English teacher, who encourages them to “make your lives extraordinary”. Fully inspired by Keating, the students restart the Dead Poets' Society club and regularly sneak off campus at night to a cave where they read poetry and verse, including their own compositions. These young men seem to find new impetus and meaning in life when suddenly one of them kills himself and Keating gets blamed for this accident...
威尔顿学院是一所精英贵族预科学校。基廷的第一堂课上，便让学生看到一种完全非正统的教学方式，他鼓励学生“让生命变得精彩”。在基廷的熏陶下，这群学生重新建立了“古人诗社”(死亡诗社)，经常晚上从校园溜去一个山洞，在那里读诗诵篇，还会吟读自己写的诗。正当这群学生似乎找到人生的新意义和生活的新动力时，其中一名学生自杀身亡，基廷被校方勒令负责……

The Washington Post reviewer called it “solid, smart entertainment”, and praised Robin Williams for giving a “nicely restrained acting performance”. Some critics were unconvinced by the film, and its ‘middlebrow high-mindedness’, but also praised Williams.
《华盛顿邮报》评论该片“故事扎实、叙事巧妙且富娱乐效果”，并赞扬罗宾·威廉姆斯在片中“演技收放得当”。尽管一些负面评论者未被电影打动，对片中体现的中产阶级自满自足的价值毫无好感，但却也褒奖了威廉姆斯的表演。