Nuovo Cinema Paradise
天堂电影院

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso , internationally released as Cinema Paradiso , is a 1988 Italian drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. Cinema Paradiso was a critical and box-office success and is regarded by many as a classic. It is particularly renowned for the “kissing scenes” montage near the end of the film. Winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1989, the film is often credited with reviving Italy's film industry, which later produced Mediterraneo and Life Is Beautiful.
《天堂电影院》是意大利导演朱赛贝·托纳多雷编剧并执导的一部剧情电影，1988年首度在意大利上映。《天堂电影院》不仅取得票房成功，也收获了一致好评，被奉为经典之作。影片中最为人津津乐道的是末尾蒙太奇式的“吻戏镜头”。该片荣获1989年奥斯卡最佳外语片。在其之后《地中海》《美丽人生》等意大利电影的崛起，让人们相信正是《天堂电影院》开创了意大利电影产业的振兴之路。

In Rome, in the 1980s, famous Italian film director Salvatore Di Vita, returns home late one evening, where his girlfriend sleepily tells him that his mother called to say that someone named Alfredo has died. Salvatore obviously shies from committed relationships, and has not been to his home village of Giancaldo, Sicily in thirty years. As she asks him who Alfredo is, Salvatore flashes back to his childhood.
20世纪80年代的某一天晚上，意大利知名导演萨尔瓦多·狄维塔在深夜回家后，女友睡眼惺忪地告诉他，他妈妈打电话过来说有一个名叫艾费多的人去世了。这个消息让沙瓦托回忆起他从前对艾费多许下的承诺，并决定回到30年来未曾谋面的家乡——西西里岛的吉安加村。女友问他谁是艾费多，沙瓦托开始回忆起他的童年时光。

Seen as an example of “nostalgic postmodernism”, the film intertwines sentimentality with comedy, and nostalgia with pragmaticism. It explores issues of youth, coming of age, and reflections (in adulthood) about the past. The imagery in the scenes can be said to reflect Salvatore's idealized memories of his childhood. Cinema Paradiso is also a celebration of films, as a projectionist, young Salvatore (a.k.a. Totò) develops a passion for films that shapes his life path in adulthood.
《天堂电影院》被视为“怀旧后现代主义”的经典范例，电影融合感伤与喜剧元素，以务实主义的风格叙述故事。它探讨的问题包括青年、成长以及对于过去的反思(成年时期)。每个场景中的影像可以说是反映了沙瓦托对童年回忆加以理想化的结果。该片可视为一部向电影致敬的作品，故事中年幼的放映员萨尔瓦多，即小多