电影《与狼共舞》英文影评

Dances with Wolves

Abstract: Dances with Wolves is the first western film which won the Academy Awards. In this movie, initially First Lieutenant John J. Dunbar and Sioux tribe are hostility to each other; gradually Dunbar decides to seek out the Sioux camp in an attempt to establish a dialogue. Finally they accepted each other even Dunbar married a Sioux girl and love her for a whole life. It’s indeed a amazing story. Dunbar also befriends a wolf he named "Two Socks" and Dunbar also got a poetic Sioux name Dances with Wolves. This movie told us that although we have different languages but we can communicate with our sincere hearts. People and animals, people and nature are as well. The bridge between hearts can’t be broken by different nations, different r aces and different countries..

Key Words；Dances with Wolves; human nature; peace; communication

Developed by director/star Kevin Costner over five years, the film had high production values[1] and won 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. It is credited as a leading influence for the revitalization of the Western genre of filmmaking in Hollywood. In 2007, Dances with Wolves was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[3]

In 1863, First Lieutenant John J. Dunbar (Kevin Costner) is injured in the American Civil War. He requests a transfer to the western frontier.When he arrives, despite being alone and the threat of nearby Native American tribes, he is just companied by a horse that carried him in battle and a wolf he dubs "Two Socks". During that period, he makes friends with Sioux tribe which is so called barbarous race with their true hearts. When he returned to the White army, they mistake him for a hostile warrior and open fire, killing his horse and capturing him. Since then, Dunbar is ashamed as a white person , and completely becomes a part of Sioux. He insists call himself: dances with the wolves. Dunbar decides to leave the Sioux with his wife since his status as a perceived traitor puts the tribe in danger. This film artistically shows us the perfect combination between human and nature with his poetic picture and performance.

Although it is defined as a western film, it is not a traditional one. The first part of it gives us a evidence that it is not very difficult to be harmony among people even between human and animals ,human and nature if they have the truly sincere hearts. Dances with wolves just told us this kind of legend.

When Dunbar just arrives at the frontier, he felt the endless loneliness. At that time, a lonely wolf visits him everyday, even sometimes it follows him run around this desolated world. Dunbar very likes it instead of hurting it .He called the wolf "Two Socks" due to the white hair on its front feet.. "Two Socks is so vigilant even Dunbar feed it. But finally Two Socks can