The Barefoot Contessa1954
The world's most beautiful animal!
A washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub. Goaded by his producer, the director convinces Maria to screen test for, and then star in, his next big picture. But as the producer's possessive nature and the realities of stardom weigh on Maria, she seeks a genuine lover with whom she can escape.
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s The Barefoot Contessa is at once a deeply satirical depiction of Hollywood and a sumptuous saga of the rise and fall of a star.
没有哪一具肉体能如此同时体现高贵与放荡。只有艾娃·加德纳。只消看看她裸出的肩膀和锁骨就明白了。字面意义上压倒一切的肉感。《裸足的伯爵夫人》也真是绝妙的片名，直接传达出明明成了伯爵夫人却仍然翻涌的好色野性，它完全可以与朗的《绞刑手们也会死》媲美。一开始加德纳跳拉丁舞，却只能看见她的双手，这时甚至会想，曼凯维奇是否认为唯有不去展示才能更好地令人感觉到她舞蹈的魅惑，但那当然是大错特错，事实上，直到伯爵不意间闯进一处吉普赛营地，看到加德纳在人群围成的圆圈内翩翩起舞，我们才意识到只有她的裸足与土壤接触，只有在如此自然、随意、土俗的空气里，她的丰盈窈窕才会最大程度地释放，正是因为让绝美委身于粗俗，无限度且平等地分赠自己肉体的光辉，才会如此深地牵动我们的心弦。贫血的独占欲与血潮骚动的分享，到底哪个更病态。
It’s overlong, talky, and sometimes stolid, but these are all familiar Mankiewicz failings. He shines in his deft verbal wit and novelistic propensity for detail, backlit by a highly personal blend of romance and cynicism. An imperfect film, but its excesses are as suggestive as its subtleties.
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