名利场杂志英文

名利场杂志英文

《名利场》（Vanity Fair），美国老牌生活杂志，1913年创刊，报道对象多是上流人物、演艺明星、时尚先锋，其摄影力量在美国主流期刊中数一数二，较有名的有女摄影师安妮·莱伯维茨以及马克·塞利格（Mark Seliger）、蒂姆·沃克（Tim Walker）等。1935年后因为大萧条导致销量大幅下降而停刊，1981年复刊后常刊出当红明星的照片写真，报道明星私生活，同时刊登新闻、评论、随笔等有一定深度的内容

Vanity Fair是什么意思

Vanity Fair
名利场；
浮华世界；
浮华新世界；
浮华世界杂志
He photographed for LIFE for 30 years, and remains under contract with VanityFair.
他已经为生活杂志工作30年，仍然是名利场杂志的签约摄影师。

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求名利场的英文简介

The story opens at Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies, where the principal protagonists Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley have just completed their studies and are preparing to depart for Amelia's house in Russell Square. Becky is portrayed as a strong-willed and cunning young woman determined to make her way in society, and Amelia Sedley is a good natured, loveable though simple-minded young girl.

At Russell Square, Miss Sharp is introduced to the dashing and self-obsessed Captain George Osborne (to whom Amelia has been betrothed from a very young age) and to Amelia's brother Joseph Sedley, a clumsy and vainglorious but rich civil-servant fresh from India. Becky entices him and hopes to marry him, though eventually fails as a result of warnings from Captain Osborne and his own native shyness and embarrassment that Becky had witnessed his foolish behaviour at Vauxhall.

With this Becky Sharp says farewell to Sedley's family and enters the service of the baronet Sir Pitt Crawley who has engaged her as a governess to his daughters. Her behaviour at Sir Pitt's house gains the favour of Sir Pitt, who after the premature death of his second wife, proposes to her. However, it soon transpires that she is already secretly married to his second son, Rawdon Crawley.

Sir Pitt's half sister, the spinster Miss Crawley, is very rich having inherited her mother's fortune of £70,000. Where she will leave her great wealth is a source of constant conflict between the branches of the Crawley family who vie shamelessly for her affections; initially her favourite is Sir Pitt's younger son, Captain Rawdon Crawley. For some time, Becky acts as Miss Crawley's companion, supplanting the loyal Briggs in an attempt to find favour before breaking the news of her elopement with her nephew. The misalliance so enrages Miss Crawley, that she eventually disinherits her nephew in favour of his elder brother, who also bears the name Pitt Crawley. The couple constantly attempt to reconcile with Miss Crawley and she relents a little. However, she will only see her nephew and refuses to change her will.
While Becky Sharp is rising in the world, Amelia's father, John Sedley, is bankrupted. The relationship between the two families, the Sedleys and Osbornes, who were once close allies disintegrates and the marriage of Amelia and George is forbidden. George ultimately decides to marry Amelia against his father's will, primarily due to the pressure of his friend Dobbin, and George is consequently disinherited by his father.

When all these personal incidents are going on, the Napoleonic Wars have been ramping up, and George Osborne and William Dobbin are suddenly deployed to Brussels, but not before an encounter with Becky and Captain Crawley at Brighton. The holiday is interrupted with orders to march to Brussels. Already, the newly wedded Osborne is growing tired of Amelia, and he becomes increasingly attracted to Becky.

At a ball in Brussels(based on the Duchess of Richmond's famous ball on the eve of the battle of Waterloo) George gives Becky a note inviting her to run away with him. He regrets this shortly afterwards, and reconciles with Amelia, who has been deeply hurt by his attentions towards her former friend. The morning after, he is sent to Waterloo, with Captain Crawley and Dobbin, leaving Amelia distraught. Becky, on the other hand, is virtually indifferent about her husband's departure. She tries to console Amelia, but Amelia responds angrily, disgusted by Becky's flirtatious behavior with George and her lack of concern about Captain Crawley. Becky resents this snub and a rift develops between the two women that lasts for years.

Captain Crawley survives, but George dies in the battle. Amelia bears him a posthumous son, who is also named George. She returns to live in genteel poverty with her parents. Meanwhile since the death of George, Dobbin, who is his son's godfather, gradually begins to express his love for the widowed Amelia by small gestures directed towards her and her son. Most notably is the recovery of an old piano, which Dobbin picks up at an auction following the Sedley's ruin, which Amelia mistakes as a gesture from her late husband. She is too much in love with George's memory to return Dobbin's affections. Saddened, he goes to India for many years. Dobbin's infatuation with Amelia is a theme which unifies the novel and one which many have compared to Thackeray's unrequited love for a friend's wife.

Meanwhile, Becky also has a son, also named after his father, but unlike Amelia, who dotes on and even spoils her child, Becky is a cold, distant mother. She continues her ascent first in post-war Paris and then in London where she is patronised by the great Marquess of Steyne who covertly subsidises her and introduces her to London society. Her success is unstoppable despite her humble origins and she is eventually presented at court to the Prince Regent himself.

At the summit of her success, Becky's pecuniary relationship with the rich and omnipotent Marquess of Steyne is discovered by Rawdon, after he is arrested for debt. His brother's wife, Lady Jane, bails him out and he surprises the couple in a compromising position. Rawdon leaves his wife and through the offices of Lord Steyne is made Governor of Coventry Island to get him out of the way, after Rawdon challenges the elderly marquess to a duel. Mrs Crawley, having lost both husband and credibility, is warned by Steyne to quit England and wanders the continent. Rawdon and Rebecca's son is left in the care of Pitt Crawley and Lady Jane. However wherever Becky goes, she is stalked by the shadow of Lord Steyne. No sooner has she established herself in polite society, than someone turns up who knows her disreputable history and spreads rumours; Steyne himself hounds her out of Rome.

As Amelia's adored son George grows up, his grandfather relents and takes him from poor Amelia who knows the rich and bitter old man will give him a much better start in life materially than she or her family could ever manage. After twelve years abroad both Joseph Sedley and William Dobbin return to England. Dobbin professes his unchanged love to Amelia, but although Amelia is affectionate to Dobbin, she tells him she cannot forget the memory of her dead husband. Dobbin also becomes close to George, and his kind firm manner with him proves a good influence on the spoilt child.

While in England, Dobbin mediates a reconciliation between Amelia and her father-in-law. The death of Amelia's mother prevents their meeting but following Osborne's death soon after, it is revealed that he had amended his will and bequeathed young George half his large fortune and Amelia a generous annuity. The rest is divided between his daughters, Miss Osborne and Mrs Bullock who begrudges Amelia and her son for the decrease in her annuity.

After the death of old Mr Osborne, Amelia, Joseph, George and Dobbin go on a trip to Germany, where they encounter the destitute Becky. She meets the young George Osborne at a card table and then enchants Jos Sedley. Following Jos' entreaties, Amelia agrees to a reconciliation (when she hears that Becky has had her ties with her son severed), much to Dobbin's disapproval. Dobbin quarrels with Amelia, and finally realizes that he is wasting his love on a woman too shallow to return it.

However, Becky, in a moment of conscience, shows Amelia the note that George (Amelia's dead husband) had given her, asking her to run away with him. This breaks George's idealised image in Amelia's mind, but not before she has already sent a note to Dobbin professing her love.

Becky resumes her seduction of Joseph Sedley and gains control over him. He eventually dies of a suspicious ailment after signing a portion of his money to Becky as life insurance. In the original illustrations, which were done by Thackeray, Becky is shown behind a curtain with a phial (presumably of poison) in her hand; the picture is labelled 'Becky's second appearance in the character of Clytemnestra.' (She had played Clytemnestra during charades at a party earlier in the book.) His death appears to have made her fortune.

By a twist of fate Rawdon Crawley dies weeks before his elder brother whose son has already died. Thus the baronetcy descends to Rawdon's son. Had he outlived his brother by even a day he would have become Sir Rawdon Crawley and Becky would have become Lady Crawley - the title she uses regardless in later life.
《名利场》简介

作者主要塑造了19世纪初英国资本主义社会一个女冒险者的典型.这个人物并不邪恶,也不善良,但非常富有人情味,完全是时代的产物.小说中,作者频频与读者交流,叙述中夹杂着议论,时而冷嘲热讽,时而严肃说理,时而歪理歪推,喜剧效果强烈.读者在参与思索的过程中,不但能理解作者的用心,也颇受教益.
《名利场》的故事以两条线索展开,从同一个起点出发,相互交织,最后到达同一个终点.其中一条线索讲述善良,笨拙,生活在富有家庭中的女子阿米莉亚?塞德利;另一条线索讲述的是一个机灵,自私,放荡不羁恢穷的孤女丽贝卡?夏普.两人于1813年乘坐同一辆马车离开平克顿女子学校.两人都在遭到家庭反对的情况下,于1815年结婚,分别嫁给即将参加滑铁卢战役的两名英国军官.新婚不久,那场具有历史意义的战役打响了.阿米莉亚的丈夫战死疆场;丽贝卡的丈夫战后生还.接下来的十年中,而贝卡生活一帆风顺,在社会的阶梯上不断攀升,直至有幸觐见国王,而阿米莉亚却因父亲破产承受着极大的不幸.到了1827年,命运发生了逆转,丽贝卡的生活落入毁灭的深渊,这其实是罪有应得;阿米莉亚却转而变得富裕幸福,可归因于善有善报.但是,作者以灵活的讽刺手法,使两位女主角最后的命运归于平衡,仿佛在一个大的轮回之后,回到故事开始时两人命运的起点.
故事中,滑铁卢战役是两人命运的重要分水岭.战役之前,故事的焦点是两位女主角的婚事.两人的婚事分别受到男方家庭的反对,也都因此得不到家庭的支持,两位丈夫的遗产继承权均被取消.滑铁卢战役之后,故事的焦点是两个女主角的贞节问题.两个三角关系分别展开.丽贝卡对丈夫不忠,与放荡好色的贵族富豪斯泰思侯爵勾搭;阿米莉亚对自己去世的丈夫信守贞节,拒绝与十几年如一日忠实爱慕她的多宾结婚.

2．在她还很小的时候，贝基就失去了自己穷困潦倒的父亲和法国舞蹈演员的母亲。当她还在平克顿学院的时候，她就十分渴望能够得到想像中的那写奢华的生活。但是对于19世纪初英国壁垒森严的等级制度来说，出身贫寒的她要获得这些几乎是不可能的，然后年幼的贝基却下定决心，要用自己的所有聪明才智，坚忍不拔，青春性感和那些不太光明的小手段征服整个英国上流社会。

同贝基从小一起长大的艾米莉娅•塞德利是一个心地善良的富家女，她的父母也是贝基的法定监护人。从小在呵护中长大的她对世事的险恶也浑然不知；和她不同，出身贫寒的贝基却意志坚强，她下定决心要用自己的方式晋升上流社会。

贝基的上升始于汉普郡乡村贵族彼特•克劳利一家家庭女教师的聘书，年轻开朗贝基很快获得孩子们的喜爱也赢得了长辈的信任，彼特对贝基渐生爱慕，但当他决定开口的时候才发现贝基已经和自己的儿子，沾染着纨绔子弟恶习的劳顿混在一起。此时孩子们单身富有的老姑妈玛蒂尔达也喜欢上了明朗快乐的贝基，并且邀请她到伦敦和自己同住，贝基深知如果不进入城市，进入上流社会根本就是妄想，于是她热切地答应了她的请求。

在伦敦，贝基与自己曾经最好的朋友艾米莉娅再度重逢，完全长大的艾米莉娅发现了从前密友内心膨胀的欲望和两面派的作风，她一面私下与克劳利家族继承人劳顿达成了婚约，一面却有在玛蒂尔达面前隐瞒两们之间的亲密关系。

正在此时，拿破伦开始了对整个欧罗巴大陆的战争，一腔热血的劳顿开赴前线加入战斗，而艾米莉娅新婚的丈夫，乔治•奥斯伯恩奔赴沙场，相近的生活境遇促使身怀六甲的贝基再度开始与艾米莉娅走近。贝基生下一名男婴，劳顿也从战场上归来，尽管如此一家人赢来了团聚，但沉闷安闲的家庭生活是贝基无法忍受的，难以遏制的欲望再一次激荡着贝基的心灵，她决定重新进入返回社交圈，这个充满迷幻的名利场……

《名利场》是英国十九世纪小说家萨克雷的成名作品，也是他生平著作里最经得起时间考验的杰作。故事取材于很热闹的英国十九世纪中上层社会。当时国家强盛，工商业发达，由榨压殖民地或剥削劳工而发财的富商大贾正主宰著这个社会，英法两国争权的战争也在这时响起了炮声。中上层社会各式各等人物，都忙著争权夺位，争名求利，所谓“天下攘攘，皆为利往，天下熙熙，皆为利来”，名位、权势、利禄，原是相连相通的。

故事主角是一个机灵乖巧的漂亮姑娘。她尝过贫穷的滋味，一心要掌握自己的命运，摆脱困境。她不择手段，凭谄媚奉承、走小道儿钻后门，飞上高枝。作为陪衬的人物是她同窗女友、一个富商的女儿。她懦弱温柔，驯顺地随命运播弄。从贫贱进入富裕的道路很不平稳！富家女的运途亦多坎坷，两人此起彼落的遭遇，构成一个引人关怀又动人情感的故事。穿插的人物形形色色，都神情毕肖。萨克雷富讥智，善讽刺，《名利场》是逗趣而又启人深思的小说。

什么是名利扬

　　应该是“名利场”吧。

　　1.美国一生活杂志 2.美国一电影 3.英国一本书

　　杂志：
　　《名利场》是美国着名生活杂志，主要宣扬当代文化的刊物。内容包括政治、名人、图书、幽默、新闻、艺术和摄影。
　　《名利场》杂志的前世今生：
　　1913年，已经成功经营了包括《时尚》在内的多种出版物的着名出版商康德·纳斯特又购进了两种新杂志———《服装》和《名利场》。凭着一个精明商人的直觉，康德将两个杂志合二为一，并将新杂志定名为《名利场》———“一份以报道上流社会生活方式、品味、宴会话题、艺术、体育、幽默等为内容的杂志。”对于近一个世纪后的《名利场》读者来说，这是具有里程碑意义的事件。如今，《名利场》已经成为公认的美国最重要的杂志之一。它是造星工厂，是华府政客的读本，也是追名逐利的芸芸众生看世界的一个窗口。
　　《名利场》是如何成长为今日美国时尚杂志先锋的呢？爵士时代的浮华世界《名利场》创刊之时，美国刚刚完成工业革命，经济发展迅速，整个社会一片繁荣昌盛的景象。然而，作为一个移民国家，由于历史短暂，美国的独特文化传统尚在形成之中。富裕起来的美国人渴望了解世界，渴望成为优雅的，有教养的人。他们向往欧洲的文化传统，以能到欧洲游历为荣。但亲自远涉重洋去开眼界、见世面的毕竟是少数，多数人只有通过阅读书籍、报纸和杂志来了解世界。康德·纳斯特正是把握了美国大众的这一心理，不失时机地推出了《名利场》杂志。在整个20年代和30年代初期，《名利场》都是引领时尚的先锋。它向读者们介绍艺术、文学等领域的鲜为人知的进步运动，记录并推动了前卫艺术的发展，赢得了广泛的关注。
　　1929年，美国股市狂崩，许多百万富翁一夜之间一无所有，曾经一度繁华奢糜的生活突然变成了遥不可及的梦想。当成千上万的人步入失业者的行列时，《名利场》也进入了举步维艰的岁月。1936年，《名利场》宣布停刊。这个一度风光无限的杂志在经营了22年之后从人们的视野中消失了。
　　80年代美国经济的持续稳定发展则为《名利场》的再生创造了条件。对于一个以时尚为主的杂志来说，这种条件甚至比《名利场》初创时期的条件更加成熟，但也更具挑战性。1983年，美国传媒巨头士毅·纽豪斯收购康德·纳斯特集团。雄心勃勃的纽豪斯决定将《名利场》复刊。虽然《名利场》曾经站在时代的浪尖，但今非昔日，要想使《名利场》重现昔日风采，除了有庞大的资金支持外，还要有能扭转乾坤的杂志核心人物———主编。在斥资上千万美元，但市场反应不佳的情况下，纽豪斯将目光投向海外，重金请来了英国的传奇编辑蒂娜·布朗做《名利场》的掌门人。1984年，蒂娜接掌《名利场》总编大权的时候，《名利场》的发行量只有25万份，广告量不足12页。蒂娜从杂志管理、编辑方针、杂志内容和包装等各方面进行了大刀阔斧的改革。在短短的时间内，她就解雇了一批不胜任的“前朝老臣”，并精心挑选组织了一个强大的人事阵容。对于杂志本身，经过仔细深入的研究调查，蒂娜给《名利场》开出了一剂药方：名人效应＋引人入胜的报道＋新闻敏感性＝金钱。为了获得高质量的文字报道，蒂娜用优厚的稿酬网罗了一大批一流作家，其中一些作家的薪酬合同甚至高达六位数。不过蒂娜坚信：没有一流的稿件就没有一流的杂志。事实证明蒂娜是对的。1984年，《名利场》的一篇深度新闻报道获得了美国期刊界大奖“国家期刊奖”，《名利场》立时成为传媒瞩目的焦点，并跻身一流杂志的行列。蒂娜的新闻触角更是深入到美国社会生活的方方面面，绝不放过任何有价值的新闻线索，尤其是有关名人的新闻。1985年6月号的《名利场》刊出里根夫妇相拥跳狐步舞的封面故事，头条标题为《里根随爵士起舞》。该刊一经出版立刻引起轰动，在报摊上的炙手可热。《名利场》随即声名鹊起，成为纽约社交界最热门的杂志。从1984年到1992年的8年间，《名利场》先后四次获得美国“国家期刊奖”，两次被评为美国“最畅销杂志”。有评论者认为，《名利场》之所以取得如此成就，在于其记录的浮华生活和娱乐姿态把握了80年代美国的时代精神。
　　1991年，《纽约观察家》杂志力邀卡特出任主编。《名利场》也由此步入了发展的全盛时期。在短短一年的时间内，卡特就将这份死气沉沉杂志变为反映曼哈顿职场白领百态人生的趣味刊物。也许正是卡特的这种敏锐的洞察力和出色的编辑本领打动了纽豪斯，他的目标就是要让《名利场》不但有忠实的读者群，更要有广泛的影响力，成为“当前文化的主流杂志”。接手《名利场》后，卡特保持了杂志原有的风格，并努力将其完善，尽量做到图片、文字到设计都是最好的。在内容上，《名利场》以报道名人私生活为主，但并不局限于好莱坞的艳事秘闻，它也关注社会突发事件和热点问题。例如，“9·11”恐怖袭击发生后，《名利场》立刻派作家到袭击现场进行采访，并跟踪事件进程，写出的“9·11”纪实报道成为杂志的一大卖点。这样一本混合了时尚、政治、名人、金钱和社会新闻的杂志不但普通人爱读，社会名流和知识分子也爱读。而广告商更是看中了《名利场》的读者群：平均年龄37岁，平均年收入5．8万美元，70％上受过大学教育。这样的读者群正是广告商心目中理想的消费者对象。卡特经营下的《名利场》不但发行量继续增加，而且广告投放量也增加了60％，达到了每年近1900页，收入超过1亿美元。
　　要制造影响，光凭杂志本身是不够的。卡特充分利用杂志的社会资源，发展其在娱乐界和政界的影响力。通过每年奥斯卡颁奖典礼结束后举办宴会，每年白宫记者宴会后举办派对来将《名利场》炒做成一本“明星级”刊物。
　　通过卡特10年的经营，《名利场》无论是在声望、影响、地位，还是带给出版商的利润方面都比从前有过之而无不及。虽然近两年美国经济不景气，但《名利场》依然是纽豪斯媒体集团中最赚钱的杂志之一，也依然是传媒、娱乐和政界追名逐利的舞台和普通大众欣赏名利中人华丽人生的看台。

　　电影：
　　片名：Vanity Fair 译名：名利场/浮华新世界
　　导演：米拉·奈尔Mira Nair
　　编剧：朱丽安·弗勒斯Julian Fellowes
　　主演：瑞茜·威瑟斯朋Reese Witherspoon
　　詹姆斯·普尔弗伊James Purefoy
　　罗莫拉·盖瑞Romola Garai
　　乔纳森·莱斯-迈勒斯Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
　　加布里埃尔·拜恩Gabriel Byrne
　　吉姆·布罗本特Jim Broadbent
　　类型：剧情 片长：137分钟
　　级别：PG-13级(局部的裸露和轻微的暴力)
　　发行：焦点Focus Features
　　上映日期：2004年9月1日(美国)
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　　国家：英国/美国
　　第61届威尼斯电影节正式竞赛作品
　　一个女人与浮华世界里的名与利

　　19世纪的英国，出身贫寒但野心勃勃的贝姬·夏普(瑞茜·威瑟斯朋)，从小就立志不惜用任何手段进入上流社会，本片讲述的就是她如何利用自己的美貌与智慧征服世界的历程。

　　贝姬先是在爵士彼特·考利家担任家庭教师，在那里，她不但获得了孩子们的喜欢，还得到了考利家的老处女姑妈玛蒂尔达的赞赏。但是，贝姬心里清楚，如果不离开乡村去到伦敦生活就不能真正的进入英国上流社会。所以当玛蒂尔达姑妈邀请贝姬去伦敦时，贝姬毫不犹豫地接受了邀请。在伦敦，贝姬再次遇到了她在平克敦学院时的好朋友、出身富裕的艾米利亚·塞德利(罗莫拉·盖瑞)。

　　艾米利亚爱上了迷人的军官乔治(乔纳森·迈勒斯)，并不顾家庭反对毅然嫁给了他，而贝姬也秘密地和罗顿·考利(詹姆斯·普尔弗伊)、考利家族最有可能的继承人结了婚，玛蒂尔达一气之下将新婚的小两口赶出了家门。这时，拿破仑再次发动了对欧洲各国的战争，乔治和罗顿都应召入伍，只剩两个好友相依为命……

　　多次被搬上银幕的古典名著

　　本片根据威廉·梅克匹斯·萨克雷(William Makepeace Thackeray)的经典名著改编。威廉·萨克雷(1811-1863)是十九世纪英国的著名作家，电影的故事内容与小说大致相同，着力讽刺了十九世纪英国中上阶层人士的浮华生活。

　　导演米拉·奈尔的改编并不是这本小说第一次被搬上大银幕，在这之前，它已经六次被拍成电影，其中四次是默片。另外，这部小说还曾经三次被改编为电视剧，最近的就是1998年BBC的版本。有意思的是，在这部《名利场》里饰演简的娜塔莎·利特尔就曾在BBC版本的电视剧中扮演贝姬一角。

　　美国甜姐的转型尝试

　　这是部由两个女人支撑起来的电影，一个是导演米拉·奈尔，另一个当然就是女主角瑞茜·威瑟斯朋。拥有着一双蓝色眼睛和满头金发的瑞茜是典型的美国甜姐。我们开始熟悉她始于喜剧《律政俏佳人》和爱情片《情归阿拉巴马》，她仿佛让我们为后梅格·瑞恩的时代找到了接班人。而其实，瑞茜从儿时拍广告就开始了自己的演艺事业。《快乐镇》、《残酷动机》都显露了她不俗的演技。虽然并没有获过任何表演上的大奖，但两次金球奖的提名已经给予了她充分的肯定。这次接拍印度裔女导演米拉·奈尔改编自经典名著的新作，可以说是在试图从形象上的转变来为自己的表演寻找一个新的突破口，从而实现演技上的飞跃。

　　瑞茜也确实为这部戏付出了不少努力，她那典型的美国南方口音完全不见了，取而代之的是一口浓重的英国口音。而且尽管这是部表现上流社会的电影，瑞茜也并非总是以一副光彩靓丽的形象示人，她甚至还会以怀孕的形象面对观众。最初导演还怕瑞茜因为这个原因不肯接戏，哪知她欣然接受并说对之充满期待。但是有的观众认为整部戏里瑞茜作为最主要的角色，从17岁演到35岁，但气质上一直没有什么变化，年龄的变化并未给她饰演的角色增添什么内容。看来，瑞茜·威瑟斯朋想要成为梅丽尔·斯特里普那样的戏骨还需要岁月的沉淀。

　　再现十九世纪英国风情画

　　也许身为女性的缘故，米拉·奈尔细腻而要求完美。作为一部反映19世纪初期英国上流社会的电影作品，重现当时的历史与风土人情使作品中相当重要的一个环节。她和摄制组的成员遍访英国，在巴斯找到了全英保存最完好的摄政时期的建筑。场景搭设、演员的道具和身着的服装更是不惜一切努力恢复当时的多彩繁华。

　　现年47岁的米拉·奈尔在印度出生，曾经是哈佛大学社会学的学生。出道时她拍摄了不少纪录片，而且获得不少奖项。她的电影生涯总是能和威尼斯联系在一起，1991年，她的《密西西比风情画》在威尼斯赢得最佳剧本等三个奖项。十年后的2001年，她的《季风婚宴》又在威尼斯获得金狮大奖。今年新作《名利场》再次进军威尼斯的正式竞赛单元，不知命运将会如何？

　　在谈及为何会选择一个和自己祖国文化毫不相关的题材时，米拉·奈尔表示，读到这部展现维多利亚时代英国风貌的名著时，她发现其中的诸多元素都和印度的宝莱坞电影有许多相近之处：一个试图战胜自己出身、不顾一切向上爬的美女，默默付出不求回报的爱情，甘愿为孩子而自我牺牲的母亲，腐朽社会里真正的绅士……这些关于人性的故事的基本元素都是相同的，从本质上来说，《名利场》讲的就是一个人和他的野心的故事。

　　原著：
　　（英）萨克雷 著
　　这是英国伟大现实主义作家和幽默大师萨克雷的代表作。本书主要人物丽贝卡小姐出身低微，在社会上受到歧视，于是利用种种计谋甚至以色相引诱、巴结权贵豪门，不择手段往上爬。这个人物并不邪恶，也不善良，但非常富有人情味，完全是时代的产物。作品辛辣地讽刺了买卖良心和荣誉的“名利场”中的各种丑恶现象，而且善于运用深刻的心理描写和生动的细节勾勒来刻画人物，是一部现实主义的杰作。