导演:弗里茨·朗
关键词:西部联盟 surveying telegraph line 1861 Western Union
While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
总体来说,《西部联盟》的情节还是比较紧凑,比较吸引观众。值得一提的是这部片的结局很出乎人的意料,也让人纠结,人性中的选择或善恶有所讨论,往往陷入危险的人们总是被人性的弱点打败,会引起人们的反思,个人觉得还不错。
很多话憋在心里很久了,也算是《西部联盟》播出后,自己看到一些现象的心路历程的记录吧……我很认可《西部联盟》这部电视剧,主演的表现力,让我难得看了预告片还会有兴趣去看正片。正片内容从我个人角度而言,并不是特别喜欢,在那个我还不懂数据的时候,我是跳副线,拉进度条,快进看完的,不过也是我20多年来难得“看完”的视频了。所以我之所以入坑,再挖深一点来说并不是因为《西部联盟》,只是个契机,让我看了主演的演技后有想要了解荧屏中其他角色演绎以及生活中的性格、想法,而我最终被导演弗里茨·朗 采访中的真诚以及被他多样角色的诠释所打动,我能感受到这是个有想法,不想被定义的上进努力三观正的人,就此入坑躺平。换句话说,如果不是这部片,哪怕是导演弗里茨·朗 以前的剧不经意间闯入我的视线,我还是会了解其品性后入坑。又或者说,即使看了,如果品性不是如此,我也不会入坑。
《西部联盟》这部电影非常值得一看,这里面的镜头艺术简直是太棒了,无论是长远镜头,还是蒙太奇手法都运用的非常到位,尤其是主角最后的那个特写镜头,看的我又激动又感动。
总的来说这部《西部联盟》还是不错的,整体节奏把握的很好,剧情也不拖沓,让人看着很舒服。值得一提的是这部片的结局很出乎人的意料,也让人纠结,人性中的选择或善恶有所讨论,往往陷入危险的人们总是被人性的弱点打败,会引起人们的反思,个人觉得还不错。
观影之前就听说《西部联盟》是一部解读性很强的片子,看完发现果不其然,仁者见仁。有人说他好有人说他坏,而我认为这部电视剧稍微差了那么一点意思,在我看来演员的演技还不是很到位,如果再能提高一点那就更好了。
目前我心目中的电影年度最佳颁给了《西部联盟》,这是一部从笑点泪点台词配乐到思想都无可挑剔的电影。 很多喜剧的内核,往往是悲剧,《西部联盟》也是这样,用黑色幽默手法讲了一个很悲伤的故事,它海报上写了一句话“讲个笑话,你可别哭”,不好意思,我哭了。
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从《西部联盟》这部电视剧中你明白了什么?我明白了千百年过去了,在中国大陆依然是“好人无用论”,究竟谁是造成了这个现象呢呢?这个电影我个人认为很好,而且在中国大陆也应该有更多这样的优秀电影~~~