研究肖申克的救赎的外国论文

《肖申克的救赎》挖掘并揭示了美国司法系统中的罪恶腐朽以及种种不公平待遇，同时反映出美国监狱中的诸多丑恶现象，如帮派斗殴、强奸、贿赂等。不难看出，监狱就是整个宏观美国社会的缩影，狱中形形色色的囚徒则代表了不同的社会阶层。而主人公安迪通过不懈努力重获自由的经历则反映了美国人的核心价值观——对独立自由的向往和对自我价值的不懈追求。影片以“监狱”为载体，将美国社会的体制机制、美国价值观展现无遗，这也是这部影片历久弥新的原因。

The Shawshank RedemptionA successful young banker Andy found his wife fornicate with a baseball coach. He flew into a fury and planned to shoot them dead at one night. But at last he gave up. His reason won his emotion. Surprisingly, his wife and her lover died at that night. Andy was framed for murder. And the sentence was two life imprisonments. He was sent into Shawshank prison. That was a dark and gloomy hell with mad prisoners, cruel warders and viperous and greedy wardenry. The first night Andy spent in it, a new comer like Andy couldn’t bear the fear and kept crying and shouting. The result was he was taken out and beaten dead by the warders. At that moment, Andy understood that if he want to live he must be silent in Shawshank. In Shawshank Andy knew an old prisoner Red. They gradually became friends. Red was able to get some small goods for the prisoners. So Andy asked for a little hammer because of his interest in geology. The life in Shawshank was full of danger. Andy, as a new prisoner, was often threatened and maltreated by some scoundrels because he always refused their unbearable and disgusting demand. In such a dark prison, no one could help him even if someone may want to. After tow years, one day, Andy, Red and some other prisoners got the chance to rebuild the roof. They heard the head of the warders complaining that he had to pay high tax to government if he wanted to receive his brother’s inheritance. Andy grabbed the opportunity and taught him a way to be exempt from taxation. The condition was to give each prisoner 3 bottles of ice beer. All the prisoners enjoyed the rare and short freedom leisurely. Red said,” It’s just like rebuilding the roof of our own house. We are free like God.” Another consequence was that from then on Andy got the protection from the head of the warders. And all the warders even the wardenry began to consult Andy for financial affairs. So some of his special behaviors were permitted, such as pasting posters of some famous actress on the wall or carving chessmen with his little hammer at as he was, Andy did more than a civilian. He kept writing one letter to the government every week to ask for bankroll to develop the library in Shawshank. After nearly ten years, a new library finally appeared. When checking the books from the government Andy found a piece of disc of The Wedding of Figaro. Then he played the disc in the radio room, letting the dulcet music spread above Shawshank. Although he was imprisoned alone for two weeks as penalty, he wasn’t regretful at all, because of the greatest thing in the world——music, which represents another best thing for human——hope. Later on, Andy knew a new prisoner Tommy, from whom Andy knew who was the real murderer that killed his wife. He immediately told the wardenry about this and naively thought the wardenry would help him leave there. But the wardenry didn’t do that. He killed Tommy. Andy had been laundering money for the wardenry for a long time. So it’s impossible for the wardenry to set Andy, as a tool and an attester for his crime, free. At this moment, everything seemed to be over. Both Andy and the audience should despair. But the climax of the movie appears. At a night with thunderstorm Andy escaped from Shawshank. Everyone including the wardenry and Red couldn’t believe it. The stone wall which Red asserted wouldn’t be dug through even with six hundred years was dug through by Andy in two decades. He kept digging with that little hammer at night, the sound of which was mistaken for the sound of carving chessmen. And the hole on the wall was covered by the huge poster of a famous actress. At that night, Andy crawled through the narrow tunnel to a drain-pipe and then smashed it with a stone under the cover of thunderclap. He was crawling while vomiting in the pipe which was as long as five football grounds by Red’s estimate. At length, Andy got out of the pipe into a little river outside the prison. He walked to the middle of the river and ripped his shirt, letting the rain wash all the filth away. Under the lightning and thunder, Andy spread out his arms, regaining freedom. When reading the postcard from Andy, Red sighed with feeling,” Some birds aren’t meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are just too bright.” Andy had said,” Life has only two choices——get busy living or get busy dying.” This is the most impressive word in this movie. It influenced a lot of people including me. Everyone is able to be busy living, but not everyone can do that all the time. That’s why a few people have brilliant life; many remain mediocre till the last minute of their life while some always struggle to get out of poverty. We complain that God is unfair. We just despair when we are in all-time low. We take hands-off attitude towards ourselves when others think we are failure, although we will weep in dreams. All of these have a same reason——we forgot that only ourselves can save ourselves. Holding hope forever especially in desperation and reminding myself to get busy living at any moment. That’s the most precious thing I got from this movie——The Shawshank Redemption

"The Shawshank Redemption," with Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown, and James Whitmore. Written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the short novel "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption," by Stephen King. City Centre. "R" - Restricted; profanity, violence, mature content. Prisoners of Hope -- 'Shawshank Redemption' Melodramatic but RewardingBy Jeff ShannonWhen trustworthy colleagues told me they found "The Shawshank Redemption" either too long or vaguely disappointing, I must confess I was mystified. As the credits rolled after my first viewing, I was certain I'd seen one of the best movies of the year. After a second viewing (a rare luxury for reviewers these days), I understood my friends' complaints but my initial opinion held firm. It's true that Frank Darabont, making an otherwise remarkably assured directorial debut, could use a lesson in pacing and editorial economy, and from a detached perspective "The Shawshank Redemption" is likely to seem cleverly but deviously manipulative. It's by no means a perfect movie. But like "Field of Dreams," this movie about perseverance, ingenuity, and hope in the face of hopelessness held a greater personal significance - an emotional connection to a well-told story that transcended whatever niggling reservations I might have formed. Judging from the applause that followed both screenings I attended, there's clearly something to "The Shawshank Redemption" that many people will find, well . . . redeeming. It's in many ways a standard prison movie, beginning in 1947 when a New England banker named Andy (Tim Robbins) is wrongly convicted for the murder of his adulterous wife and her lover, and sentenced to two life terms in the Shawshank State Prison in Maine. There he meets Red (Morgan Freeman), another lifer who's "a regular Sears Roebuck," serving as Shawshank's primary supplier of smuggled goods and contraband. The corrupt, Bible-thumping warden (Bob Gunton) is a joylessly hissable villain straight out of the Snidely Whiplash school of melodrama, as is his vile and violent head guard, played with mule-headed brutality by the ever-effective Clancy Brown. Providing moral counter-balance are the prison's oldest inmate (a welcomed return for James Whitmore), and the close-knit members of Red's benevolent gang who, like Red, see in Andy a unique and optimistic spirit. Their admiration deepens when Andy earns rare privileges (by cooking the warden's books and filing the guards' tax returns) and mounts a successful campaign to build New England's finest prison library. But every privilege has a greater cost, and "The Shawshank Redemption" turns into a dark journey of the soul, with Andy cleverly and patiently awaiting his chance at freedom. To say that Robbins is too inexpressive is to miss the subtle, internalized grace of a finely calibrated performance. Like a sly bluffer who knows just when to tip his hand, Robbins portrays Andy as a man who can survive torture, threat, and psychological terrorism because he's matched his inward faith with an outward defense. The latter gives the movie its almost mythological payoff, delivered in tandem by the equally excellent Freeman, whose wise narration rises Andy's uplifting story to almost legendary status. Sharply adapted by Darabont from a novella by Stephen King, the film has been mounted with physical authenticity, but as a kind of adult fable it should not be confused with reality. There's a slightly artificial tidiness to the story, and it won't grab you if you aren't immediately hooked. But as it spans nearly two decades in the enduring friendship of Andy and Red, "The Shawshank Redemption" accumulates the kind of spiritual depth that comes from taking a path well chosen. The journey may not be a smooth one, but the destination is well worth the effort.

《肖申克的救赎》这部电影在我高中的时候就已经看过，当时我觉得这部电影很平淡，无论是内容还是情节，这也就像我们老师说的，要想真正的了解一部电影至少要看3遍，今天我了解到了内涵。今天，我觉得《肖申克的救赎》是一部令人震撼的电影。故事与其说讲述的是主人公安迪成功越狱、重获自由，倒不如说是安迪从灵魂到肉体获得拯救的过程。在我看来，这部电影所表现的深刻、玄奥的宗教、社会、人生哲理是该片受到赞扬的最重要的原因。也就是说这部片子触及到了人类灵魂最深处的东西，它反思的是一个关于体制化与反体制化、希望与绝望、灵魂救赎的深刻的主题。安迪——肉体与灵魂的化身，英雄在灵魂上是超越体制的，尽管他们的肉体不得不服从体制的约束，然而英雄却能够利用自己伟大的灵魂和伟大的行动不断改变体制、超越体制。精英属于对体制有深刻清醒认识、曾经试图反抗但是最终选择妥协的那一类人。精英和英雄的共同之处在于在灵魂深处，二者都有希望存在。精英和英雄的区别在于，英雄除了在精神上笃信希望外，而且在行动上试图改变体制，这种卓越智慧的努力，正是是英雄成为英雄的根本所在。精英虽然在灵魂中尚有对希望的信仰，然而在行动上他们已经完全放弃了反抗的可能，他们在灵魂上虽然没有被体制化，但在肉体上已经完全体制化了。其次，就是绝大多数的大众，他们也曾经试图反抗，但是在强大的体制化的力量之下，他们却不幸的从精神到肉体完全被体制化了。最后，就是那些被淘汰的失败者，他们成了体制的祭品，很快被淹没在体制化的漩涡之中。安迪通过自己的行动不仅改变了自己的命运，而且深深的影响了牢笼中的其他人：安迪在狱中扩建图书馆，帮助其他犯人读书识字，那个拿到同等学历的问题青年就是被拯救的典型，一个跨掉一代中的嬉皮士竟然能够被教化成一个绅士，我们不得不感叹于救赎的力量。因此安迪的拯救不单单是一个个体的行为，还是一个群体的行为，这完全符合基督教关救赎的定义。影片在阐释安迪反抗的过程时，用了一个宗教性很强的词语——救赎。追述这个词语的宗教渊源，我们很容易想起耶稣灵魂拯救的故事，事实上，在片中不知一次的出现过《圣经》，以及对《圣经》的引用。具有讽刺意味的是，那个道貌岸然的典狱长，外表似乎是一个圣洁的圣徒而他的行为和内心却肮脏的像魔鬼。在他的办公室旁边又一个精致的隽语：主的审判将要降临，然而这末日的审判却最终降临到这个审判者身上。因此，《肖申克的救赎》这一电影最重要的贡献在于对历史观的一种寓言式的阐述和对个体救赎、群体救赎的宗教式的反思。从总体上看这部电影，它的中心很明确，围绕一个词---自由。身体的自由和精神的自由，虽然我们是自由之身，但是电影的开篇给我们描述了一副被限制自由的景象，这段景象是十分必要的，至少它让我感受到了监狱里的束缚，每个人只有那么一点点的空间，很安静也很单调，也许这两个词是我个人的描述，另一种眼光，那就是枯燥、无味！影片中安迪把自由更当成一种生活的态度，好像动物本能似的蕴含在骨子里的气质一样。从整个影片的救赎部分我看到了这种人性的绚丽和繁华。这使我认识到自由主义者不一定得像作家、画家那样有一个自由职业，在一个平凡的岗位上依然可以像安迪那样坚持自己的自由主义，虽然这样很难。我认为这是和平自由社会自由主义者坚持自由的方式，它与《勇敢的心》中华莱士追求自由方式不同，华莱士是在人身自由受到统治阶级禁锢和威胁的时候揭竿而起，用武力捍卫自己和民族的自由。这是对人身自由的捍卫，因而显得更原始更本义。最后也因为和万恶的政治挂钩而失败。而和平自由的社会有没有自由主义呢？当然有，社会的体制、与人相处的规矩、法律、尊严、尊重、生存的潜规则等等都是自由主义的摇篮，不用捍卫人身自由，我们还得捍卫精神自由。突然很非常喜欢《肖申克的救赎》中的一句台词： 有些鸟是关不住的，因为他们的每一片羽翼都沾满了自由的光辉 ！我不禁这样想到：把他们束缚起来本身就是一种罪恶，用罪恶去惩罚罪恶也不过是无奈之举。有一类人就是那样，如果把他束缚起来，你会觉得是一种罪过。我知道有的人看到这里就会情不自禁地要列举一些其他的例子了。比如你从我身上还能认为束缚是一种罪过吗？或者如果把他束缚起来也许会更好。我估计这两类人都不太会喜欢上这部电影，前一种人喜欢不了，后一种人不愿意喜欢。但我知道喜欢这部电影的大多数都是这样认为的一些人，如果我没有束缚起来，也许会更好。如果我被束缚起来我会怎样？自由？自由是什么？自由就是能在阳光下悠闲自得地呼吸。对于我们而言，它就像空气，平常得让你根本不去想失去它会怎样，但是自由对于那些高墙内的囚徒，尤其是那些注定一辈子都要呆在那里的人们又是多么珍贵而又遥不可及。安迪最后逃出鲨堡监狱，是什么实现了对他的救赎？是他心中对自由的渴望，是希望的存在！其实，有时候我自己也在想，对我而言，对一个大学生而言，什么是自由，自由这个词可以用在我们的身上吗？可以！对学生而言，我们一直被束缚！！！从出生，我们只可以按照父母的想法生活，女孩子就是不可以爬墙打架，男孩子就是要勇敢。慢慢的开始上幼儿园了，开始了漫漫的学习生涯，在学校，我们要按照老师的想法学习，做优等生，做乖孩子。孩子时期的叛逆就被学校和老师还有家长扼杀了，我们的生活就像是方程，永远那么规范！活着，就要有希望。虽然安迪被判了无期徒刑，但是他有希望。在安迪来肖申克之前，监狱里的话题除了变态、打架就是无所事事地消磨时间，混乱、肮脏、恐惧、绝望共同织就了这里恶劣的环境，犯人没有任何人权可言，为监狱长无偿出卖他们的廉价劳动力。在安迪入狱之后，这个不甘现状的银行家尽管依然无力改变犯人受压迫受凌辱的事实，但他却至少带来了希望，一种不曾有过的自由生命的气息。这种希望不同于监狱长口头上说的“我是世界的光明，跟着我就不会有黑暗”，因为他是个彻头彻尾的“伪基督”，他只是借基督之名行魔鬼之事，监狱长教育囚犯们“不许亵渎上帝”，其实他正是把自己当作上帝的，而骨子里，他残暴的禀性是要让囚犯们屈服于“纪律和圣经”，甚至于“要你吃你就吃，要你拉你就拉”，暗无天日的折磨最终把肖申克的每一个人都制度化了，导致了老布的死亡，导致了瑞德出狱后仍带上了毫无人权的“请示”的烙印，失去了希望，就始终无法像一个正常人那样的生活，而监狱长的所为，正是要彻底磨灭肖申克犯人对于未来的希望。我们每个人都要像安迪一样，要有希望！！！什么是希望？我引用百度百科里的解释吧！希望：心中最真切的幻想、盼望、期望、愿望！安迪的心中幻想、盼望、期望、愿望是他的动力。他的希望救赎了自己。当然，希望是必不可少的。友谊也是一种力量。此片无关爱情，除了背叛。有的只是监狱中的男人间的友谊。雷德和安迪的那种友谊置放在高墙之下，似乎比我们纷繁俗世中的友情来得更加纯粹和干净。他们都是内敛的人，然而洞悉一切，心意契合。我喜欢这种感情。所以在他们终于相会在太平洋小岛的阳光沙滩之上的时候，忍不住一人笑了。患难见真情，是的！没错，有时候我也想，为什么长大了就找不到真正的友谊了，或者说是朋友间的义气。原因很简单，我们过的太安逸了，谁也没必要求谁，谁也没必要靠谁。生活在城市里的孩子不知道苦难。此时此刻，Andy已经有足够的资本来庆祝，20年足以改变山河，可是却没能磨去他的信仰和追求，能同他媲美的大概只有基督山伯爵了，不过同伯爵不一样的是伯爵有传教士无私的帮助和教诲，伯爵心中始终未能忘怀的只有仇恨，复仇是支持他活下去的唯一动力，而安迪却只有他自己，为了自由－一个所有普通人都拥有的权利，也就是说安迪只想能够再过平凡人的生活罢了。在他即将越狱的前一天，他和Red谈论了这20年的感受，他说虽然妻子不是他杀的，可是他仍然深深内疚，他很动情的说着自己向往的生活，以至于Red都怀疑是不是他因为失去了证明清白的机会而颓废不堪。所以有时候会想，如果这个片子是以悲剧结束会不会更好。凡俗如我，当然不会觉得更好。虽然那样也许更能体现出人性的伟大，却不是太让人伤感了么；虽然那样也许就能获得那个该死的奥斯卡了，却不是太残忍了么。虽然在绝望中看出的希望决不仅仅是什么逃生，我们却仍然愿意看到这样的结局。 因为，与其说我们面对的是死，不如说我们面对的是生，在生的路上，希望就是现实。人活在世上需要太多东西了，但我们仍然微笑的活着。影片色调大部分时间阴暗、冷峻、压抑，在影片片尾却开始越来越明快鲜艳，最后更是碧海、蓝天，沙滩上两位相处19年的老友重逢，画面上的鲜艳明快的颜色仿佛都要从银幕上喷射而出。在此结束，肯定了对人性的救赎，对自由的追求，对希望的珍视。《肖申克的救赎》以瑞德，这样一个既是局中人，又是旁观者的视角描述了这样一个救赎的故事，让人既能客观看待，加以分析，又可以主观投入，感同身受。影片在镜头处理上非常熟练老道。大量运用景深镜头，赋予深刻寓意，加强效果表达。例如安迪终于逃离监狱，跑到了小水潭。镜头后景是监狱，被雷电黑暗笼罩，象征着邪恶，对人性的压迫。镜头背景是一个雷电交加的小水潭，大雨滂沱，以此衬托出雷电交加的苦熬19年的安迪，一朝出狱，得到自由的狂喜、极度激动和兴奋。另外一个景深镜头是安迪飞奔，前景的一排树枝快速地掠过，这个镜头很好的表达出安迪越狱后终获自由的狂喜心情。其实在前景布置树枝的手法是很常用的一种方法，可以在许多影片中看到。还有的是用木箱代替树枝，比如枪战片、武侠片。还有一个镜头，安迪进入狱房时导演给了一个安迪抬头看天空的主观镜头，蓝天和黑暗泾渭分明，以显示监狱的黑暗对人性的压抑。还有一个场景，男青年小偷被枪杀那场戏。狱官从黑暗中出来枪杀他，随后又隐入黑暗，象征狱官们的邪恶黑暗。而唯一一处光源来自上方的小灯，灯光照在血泊中的男青年上，昏黄微弱，寓意光明被邪恶黑暗压制，无力而软弱。还有一个重复蒙太奇是瑞德的3次审核的，这个主要反映了瑞德心态的变化，就不再赘述了。《肖申克的救赎》 无论 摄影、 剪辑、 对白、 音乐、 演员演技都是一级的，每一分钟对一个真正喜欢电影的人都是享受。 叙事流畅，画面表达深刻，平缓画面波动着深海一样的厚重。 不像韩国电影的肤浅，无聊，不同于中国电影的盲目，幼稚……单从感觉上肖申克的救赎只是导演以电影的形式给我们讲故事，谈对生活，人生的见解，并且没有一丝说教的痕迹。我个人看来，这部电影以平淡的视角诠释了不平淡的人生意义，甚至是活着的意义。真的像我们老师说的，一部电影至少要看3遍，才能真正的认识它！要从各个角度认识一部影片， 就要用心去体会。这是我第三次看这部电影，也许我体会的不深，但我真的收货了很多！具体的自己改改。我自己的作业。呵呵