Alexander directed by Oliver Stone 將在11.24.美國上映
11.22於Lincoln Center pm 7:00 有 special preview screening,雞尾酒招待會,還可以和Mr.Stone and Richrd Pena對談.
票價分為2種 (limited availability)
screening only $35
reception and screening $60
為什麼我會想看這部影片?來美國我最極需的為西方歷史.老師從第一堂課就給我開始上歷史課,結果以前學的專有名詞全部都變成英文,害我皮皮挫.雖然ㄧ開始挺討厭的la,不過後來就習慣,反正我現在都已經和文藝復興的人會過面.其實以人的角度來看,歷史不分哪一國,每個故事都精彩,而且可以學到許多智慧.而且學了西方歷史,看畫也比較感人,因為從這些畫中,妳可以看到每個時期的生活狀況,看圖說故事,也比較愛去美術館,說穿了,美術館有時為一個歷史長廊.
http://alexanderthemovie.warnerbros.com/ Alexander
synopsis (from website)
He was many things to many people – a dashing warrior king, filled with ambition, courage and the arrogance of youth, leading his vastly outnumbered forces against the massive Persian armies…a son desperately longing for the approval of his stern, battle-scarred father, torn and conflicted by his mother’s legacy…a relentless conqueror who never lost a battle and drove his soldiers to the very edges of the Known World…a visionary whose dreams, deeds and destiny echo through eternity, helping to shape the face of the world as we know it today. He was all that and more. He was Alexander the Great.
Oliver Stone’s Alexander is based on the true story of one of history’s most luminous and influential leaders (COLIN FARRELL) – a man who had conquered 90% of the known world by the age of 25. Alexander led his virtually invincible Greek and Macedonian armies through 22,000 miles of sieges and conquests in just eight years, and by the time of his death at the age of 32 had forged an empire unlike any the world had ever seen. The film takes a bold, honest look at Alexander’s life and his relationships with his mother, Olympias (ANGELINA JOLIE), his father Philip (VAL KILMER), his lifelong friend and battle commander Hephaistion (JARED LETO), Roxane, his ambitious and beautiful Bactrian wife (ROSARIO DAWSON), and his trusted general and confidant Ptolemy (ANTHONY HOPKINS). Set in Alexander’s pre-Christian world of social customs and morals far different from today’s, the film explores a time of unmatched beauty and unbelievable brutality, of soaring ideals and staggering betrayals.
His extraordinary journey begins when Alexander launches his invasion from Macedonia, first leading his armies to wrest Western Asia from Persian control, then driving his vastly outnumbered troops to an impossible victory over the mighty Persian army itself. Alexander expands his empire into the unknown lands of modern day Central Asia before venturing across the Himalayan foothills, further than any Westerner had ever gone, continuing his conquests all the way to the exotic world of India. Incredibly, and possibly uniquely in the annals of military history, Alexander was never defeated in battle. He relentlessly pushes his army across the sands, mountains and jungles of strange and mysterious lands, conquering every enemy who dares oppose him.
The film chronicles Alexander’s path to becoming a living legend, from a youth fueled by dreams of myth, glory, and adventure, to his intense bonds with his closest companions, to his lonely death as a ruler of a vast empire. Alexander is the incredible story of a life that united the Known World and proved, if nothing else, fortune favors the bold.
