斯皮尔伯格重塑林肯总统(2/2)

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传统印象中林肯总统总是充满领袖气质，但是导演斯皮尔伯格试图从另一个角度塑造一个更真实的林肯。
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Euclid
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口语节目地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11921/item/699843/The film focuses on the last four months of his presidency.
The jockeying for votes in Congress to pass the amendment feels eerily similar to today's wrangling on Capitol Hill.
The arguments in the House of Representatives were bitter.
The film turns to Lincoln's relationship with his wife and kids, his convictions and constant self-examination. Daniel Day-Lewis offers an Oscar-worthy performance as the 16th president. Not only does he bear an uncanny resemblance to the president, he inhabits the character.
"In his book, Euclid says, 'this is self-evident.' You see there it is, even in that 2,000-year-old book of mechanical law. It is a self-evident truth that things which are equal to the same thing are equal to each other."
"It's the man himself that invites you. Because he was so open. And that was one of the most beautiful surprises of getting to know him, was how insanely accessible that man was. The time was actually physically very dangerous in his case to be accessible, but the White House was, you know, an ever-open door."
Spielberg's Lincoln will head to the Oscars. But more important, it will make history.这部电影重点展示了林肯总统任职的最后四个月。
电影里，国会议员为通过修正法案而使出浑身解数，这让人不禁想起如今美国国会各种争论不休，两者有惊人的相似之处。
在那时，众议院中上演的争论则更为激烈。
电影还展示了林肯与他妻子和孩子的关系，他的过失以及这位总统不断的自省。丹尼尔·戴-刘易斯是美国第16任总统林肯的扮演者，他的出色演绎足以让他捧得一座小金人。他本来就和林肯总统长得颇为相似的地方，而且在这部电影里，他还充分地进入了角色。
他说：“欧几里得在他的书中写道：‘这是不言自明的真理。’你看，即使在一本已经有2000年历史的机械法专著里都有这么一条公理，而这条不言自明的公理就是：如果A和B都等同于C，那么A等于B。”
他还说：“我是被角色本身所吸引。因为他是如此开明，越是了解他，你就越感到惊奇，因为你会发现，他原来是一个如此可亲可敬的人。在他那个时代，亲民其实是一件很危险的事，但是在那个时候，白宫的大门一直都为民众敞开着。”
斯皮尔伯格所导演的《林肯》有望冲击奥斯卡。但是更重要的是，它将创造历史。