欧美文化 | Forrest Gump 阿甘正传

Forrest Gump
阿甘正传

Forrest Gump , on the basis of the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom, is a 1994 American romantic-comedy-drama film. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a slow-witted and naïve, but good-hearted and athletically prodigious, man from Alabama who witnesses, and in some cases influences, some of the defining events of the latter half of the 20th century in the United States; more specifically, the period between Forrest's birth in 1944 and 1982.
《阿甘正传》是1994年上映的一部美国爱情、喜剧、剧情电影,改编自1986年温斯特·格鲁姆的同名小说。电影描绘了阿甘几十年来的生活,这个呆头呆脑但淳朴善良、运动细胞发达的阿拉巴马人,目睹甚至亲身经历并影响了20世纪后半期美国历史上的重要事件,尤其是阿甘生活的1944年到1982年间。

In the film, Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance, becomes a football star, meets John F. Kennedy, serves with honor in Vietnam, speaks at an anti-war rally at the Washington Monument, hangs out with the Yippies, defeats the Chinese national team in table tennis, meets Richard Nixon, discovers the break-in at the Watergate, opens a profitable shrimping business, becomes an original investor in Apple Computers, and to run back and forth across the country for several years. After experiencing some of the most significant events in American history, all he really wants is to be with the woman he loves, Jenny.
电影中,阿甘教“猫王”跳舞,成为橄榄球明星,受到肯尼迪总统接见,参加越战获得荣誉勋章,在华盛顿纪念碑前发表反战演说,结交雅皮士,击败中国乒乓球国家队,见到尼克松总统并撞破了水门事件,做利润丰厚的捕虾生意,最早为苹果电脑投资,并用几年时间在全国做往返跑。然而,经历这么多重要的美国历史事件之后,他真正想要的还是和他最爱的女人珍妮在一起。

Just like the famous sayings in the movie: “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna to get.” In face of the sudden changes in life, fortunate or unfortunate, how many people could always keep the inner peace and pursuing for the first dream like Forrest?
正如电影中那句著名的台词所说:“生活就如同一盒巧克力,你永远不知道你将得到什么。”面对生活中那些突如其来的变化,无论幸运的还是不幸的,又有多少人能像阿甘那样永远保持内心的宁静、不忘最初的梦想呢?