又名: 霸王妖姬(港/台) / 参孙和达丽拉 / 参孙和大利拉
导演: 塞西尔·B·戴米尔
编剧: 小杰西·拉斯基 弗雷德里克·弗兰克 哈罗德·莱姆 Vladimir Jabotinsky
主演: 海蒂·拉玛 维克多·迈彻 乔治·桑德斯 安吉拉·兰斯伯瑞 亨利·威尔克松 奥利芙迪琳 菲·霍尔登 茱莉亚·法耶 拉斯·坦布林 威廉姆·法纳姆 莱恩·钱德勒 莫洛尼·奥尔森 弗朗西斯·麦克唐纳 威·威利·戴维斯 约翰·米利扬 亚瑟·Q·布莱恩 凯茜·罗杰斯 维克特·凡科尼 John Parrish 弗兰克·维尔考克斯
制片国家/地区: 美国
上映日期: 1949-12-21(美国)
片长: 134分钟 IMDb: tt0041838 豆瓣评分:7.6 下载地址:迅雷下载
Cecil B. DeMille’s lush biblical epic retailing the story of Samson and Delilah, is the top-grossing movie released in 1949, and save its proselytizing designation, it is a quintessential study of a woman’s complex affective oscillation between love and hate, but of course, the prerequisite is that she should look as gorgeous as our star Hedy Lamarr.
Lamarr’s Delilah, a Philistine girl carries a torch for the Israelite hero Samson (Mature) after witnessing him kill a lion with his bare hands (a stunt battling with a tamed lion is in evidence), only Samson’s heart hankers for Delilah’s sister Semadar (a gleaming Lansbury in golden armor), after obtaining the permission of marriage from the Saran of Gaza (Sanders, an exceptional cool cucumber takes the villain coat with a scintillating air of insouciance), the resultant matrimonial ceremony is a total disaster, a cocktail of betrayal, pretension, lies and wiles, conveniently leaves Semadar and the sisters’ father to be pushing up daisies, with Samson as dispirited as Delilah vengeful, although one might expect she should be consumed by mounting guilt since it is she who starts the whole shebang which accidentally becomes the undoing of her father and sister, but hell no, wantonly imputing her loss to Samson and driven by the bitterness of being rejected roundly by Samson at the first place, something a woman like her could never live down, she must bring Samson down as the prey to her appeal.
Samson, an archetype of Superman in design (with his almighty brawn derived from his own Kryptonite), who stubbornly patronize Miriam (Deering), a devout, enamored girl of his own stock (yes, you are too good for me!), and incredulously falls for the honey trap, but the abrupt transition from stiffing to be smitten with Delilah is for short of a convincing arc, nonetheless, he eventually lets on his Kryptonite and is blinded and enslaved by the Philistines (who are ever so forgetful that they never notice body hair can naturally grow back), while Delilah, dogged by a belatedly guilt, will effect her penance in the climactic destruction of the Temple of Dagon, a magnificent achievement of its FX.
Enveloped by Victor Young’s orotund incidental music, SAMSON AND DELILAH is vibrantly breathtaking to watch (although the action sequences are pretty awful) but is crippled by a brawny Victor Mature’s stilted heroic blandness, which is grandly assuaged by a dressed-to-kill Lamarr, whose star rises to the apex at the age of 35, as we are all well conversant with what will happen to any Golden Age leading ladies when their ages itching 40, here, she supplements the schematic script with a commanding swagger that is alluring and treacherous in the same breath, when her big redemptive acts commence, one ineluctably feels a bit let down because it looks too facile by half, that only happens in a by-the-number Tinseltown spectacle to woo the lowest common denominator.
referential entries: DeMille’s THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956, 6.4/10); William Wyler’s BEN-HUR (1959, 8.0/10).
由regina的歌发现到的这部电影,1949年的电影真了不起。
全场最了不起的一场戏是达利拉在监狱看到盲了的samson,这一场戏扭转了不少坏局面。
两个角色非常出色,一个是达利拉,一个是国王。
达利拉不用多说,从跟她姐的两场戏对比一目了然,内胜于外。
国王这角色,我理解为“值得尊敬的反派”,国王一直表现得很绅士,言行基本合一,死亡之前那一下举杯很好。
达利拉这角色如何使观众代入其角色的各种谱写值得研究。