ITV新剧My Boy Jack《我的儿子杰克》
“Have you news of my boy Jack?”
Not this tide.
“When d’you think that he’ll come back?”
Not with this wind blowing, and this tide.
“Has any one else had word of him?”
Not this tide.
For what is sunk will hardly swim,
Not with this wind blowing, and this tide.
“Oh, dear, what comfort can I find?”
None this tide,
Nor any tide,
Except he did not shame his kind—
Not even with that wind blowing, and that tide.
Then hold your head up all the more,
This tide,
And every tide;
Because he was the son you bore,
And gave to that wind blowing and that tide!
这首小诗出自一位在战争中痛失爱子的父亲。
My Boy Jack
11 November 2007 on ITV
1915年,一战打响,英国著名短篇小说作家Rudyard Kipling怀揣爱国之情,想尽办法将因近视而被军队拒绝两次的儿子,年仅17岁的John ‘Jack’ Kipling送上了抵抗德军的战场。然而不久便传来了儿子在路斯战役中失踪的噩耗,当时Jack刚刚过完自己18岁的生日,尽管经历了苦苦的寻找,但 Kipling一家的满腔热诚最终还是化作了无望的伤痛。
上一次翻开吉普林的短篇小说还是我初中的时候,但对于这段历史确是第一次听说。但是My Boy Jack的故事对于英国人来说并不陌生,扮演Kipling的英国演员David Haig在戏剧舞台上曾多次扮演过这个角色,这一次ITV透过电视屏幕将他的精湛演技带给了更多观众。
更为耀眼的角色则要数Jack的扮演者Daniel Radcliffe,当人们还在对Harry的老去唏嘘之际,Daniel蓄起胡子,穿上戎装 ,踏上了尸横遍野的战场。不过哈迷的热情自然不可小视,多少双眼睛都在盯着脱下斗篷的Harry会有怎样的表现。
Kim Cattrall,我们神奇的Samantha,这一次不再有令人瞠目的表现,摇身一变成为了一位为儿子日夜揪心的母亲。Jack的妹妹,Elsie Kipling由另一位灵气十足的英国小姑娘Carey Mulligan扮演。
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