In this compulsively readable and constantly surprising book, Peter Biskind, the author of the film classics Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and Down and Dirty Pictures, writes the most intimate, revealing, and balanced biography ever of Hollywood legend Warren Beatty.
Famously a playboy, Beatty has also been one of the most ambitious and successful stars in Hollywood. Several Beatty films have passed the test of time, from Bonnie and Clyde (which confirmed for him the importance of controlling the projects he was involved in) to Shampoo, Heaven Can Wait, Reds (for which he won the best director Oscar), Bugsy, and Bulworth. Few filmgoers realize that along with Orson Welles, Beatty is the only person ever nominated for four Academy Awards for a single film -- and unlike Welles, Beatty did it twice, with Heaven Can Wait and Reds. Biskind shows how Beatty used star power, commercial success, savvy, and charm to bend Hollywood moguls to his will, establishing an unprecedented level of independence while still working within the studio system. Beatty's private life has been the subject of gossip for decades, and Star confirms his status as Hollywood's leading man in the bedroom, describing his affairs with Joan Collins, Natalie Wood, Leslie Caron, Julie Christie, Michelle Phillips, Diane Keaton, and Madonna, among many others. Throughout his career, Beatty has demonstrated a fascination for politics. He was influential in the 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns of Gary Hart. It was said of Hart and Beatty that each wanted to be the other, and Biskind shows that there was considerable truth in that wry observation. As recently as a few years ago, Beatty was speaking out about California politics and contemplating a run for governor. Biskind explains how Beatty exercised unique control, often hiring screenwriters out of his own pocket (and frequently collaborating with them), producing, directing, and acting in his own films, becoming an auteu r before anyone in Hollywood knew what the word meant. He was arguably one of the most successful and creative figures in Hollywood during the second half of the twentieth century, and in this fascinating biography, Warren Beatty comes to life -- complete with excesses and achievements -- as never before.
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从结构上来说,这部作品展现出了惊人的复杂性和野心。它采用了一种多重叙事线索交织的结构,初读时,这些线索仿佛杂乱无章的丝线,让人有些头晕目眩。我不得不经常翻回前面的章节去对照时间线和人物关系图。然而,当所有线索在接近尾声时,如同被一只无形的手精心编织在一起,呈现出一种令人惊叹的几何美感。作者的叙事技巧,可以说是炉火纯青,他非常擅长运用“信息差”来调动读者的好奇心,总是让你觉得“我好像错过了什么关键信息”,从而迫使你一页接一页地往下翻。最让我佩服的是,尽管信息量巨大,人物众多,作者却始终保持着对故事核心主题的聚焦——那种关于“选择与后果”的永恒探讨。它不提供廉价的安慰,而是将人性的灰色地带展示得淋漓尽致,看完之后,我感到自己对世界多了一层理解的滤镜,看待事物不再那么非黑即白。
评分这本小说,说实话,我刚拿到手的时候,它的封面设计就让我眼前一亮,那种带着点做旧感的靛蓝色和烫金的字体,仿佛预示着一个古老而神秘的故事。阅读的开始,我立刻被那种细腻入微的笔触所吸引。作者对于人物内心世界的刻画简直是神来之笔,每一个角色的挣扎、每一次犹豫,都如同在我们眼前徐徐展开一幅精致的心理图景。我尤其欣赏它对于环境的描写,那种潮湿的空气、昏暗的灯光,甚至连空气中漂浮的尘埃,都仿佛有了生命,让人一下子就沉浸在了那个特定的时空里。情节的推进并不像某些畅销书那样追求爆炸性的转折,而是像一条缓慢而坚韧的河流,层层叠叠地展现出更深层次的含义。有时候,我需要停下来,闭上眼睛,细细回味刚才读到的某一句对白,那话语里蕴含的哲理和人生的况味,真是令人回味无穷。它不是那种读完就丢在一边的快餐文学,更像是一坛老酒,初尝可能觉得平淡,但后劲十足,每一次重读都会有新的感悟。那种对人性复杂性的深刻洞察,远超出了我预期的水准,让我在合上书本时,心中久久不能平静。
评分我得承认,这本书的叙事节奏一开始是有点挑战性的,它并不迎合现代人碎片化的阅读习惯。前几章的铺陈用了大量的篇幅来构建世界观和人物关系网,对于习惯了直奔主题的读者来说,可能会感到一丝不耐烦。然而,请相信我,一旦你度过了最初的“适应期”,你会发现这一切的积累都是值得的。这种缓慢的、近乎于“散文式”的叙述,恰恰是为了烘托出那种宏大背景下个体生命的渺小与坚韧。作者似乎并不急于给出答案,而是更热衷于提出问题,引导读者自己去探寻。我个人对其中几段关于记忆与遗忘的探讨特别有共鸣,那些零碎的、如同梦境般的片段被巧妙地穿插在主线故事中,模糊了现实与幻觉的界限,让人不禁思考,我们所认知的一切,有多少是真实的,又有多少是经过时间扭曲和美化的。整本书读下来,感觉就像完成了一场漫长而艰苦的智力跋涉,收获的不仅仅是故事,更是一种重新审视自身经历的视角。
评分这本书的语言风格简直是教科书级别的优雅,用词精准,句式变化丰富,读起来简直是一种听觉上的享受。我尤其喜欢作者在描述冲突场面时的处理方式——没有歇斯底里的呐喊,没有狗血的肢体冲突,取而代之的是一种冰冷、克制到极致的对话交锋。那种“君子动口不动手”的压迫感,比任何武力威胁都更具穿透力。更令人称道的是,它成功地在宏大叙事和微观个体情感之间找到了完美的平衡点。我们既能感受到时代洪流的无可抵挡,又能清晰地看到主角们在时代的夹缝中努力维持的尊严与爱恋。这本书的书页边缘,已经被我用荧光笔划满了,不是因为情节高潮,而是因为那些凝练的、一语双关的句子。它成功地避开了所有俗套的桥段,没有英雄主义的无敌光环,也没有一帆风顺的爱情喜剧元素,一切都显得那么真实、那么沉重,但正因如此,它的光芒才愈发显得珍贵和难得。
评分这本书给我的整体感觉,是一种深刻的、近乎于史诗般的庄重感。它不是那种读完让你心情愉悦的作品,更像是陪你经历了一场漫长而深刻的内心洗礼。我很少看到一部小说能够如此不动声色地探讨“时间”的本质。时间在这里不仅仅是背景,它本身就是角色,是无情的审判者,也是最终的修复者。作者对场景的氛围营造,简直达到了令人窒息的程度,比如对一座衰败城市黄昏景象的描绘,光影的变幻、建筑的倾颓,都暗示着某种不可逆转的宿命感。我甚至能想象出,如果将这本书改编成电影,它会是一部节奏缓慢、画面唯美、但情感冲击力极强的艺术片。它需要的不是爆米花式的刺激,而是观众全身心的投入和思考。对于那些追求深度阅读体验、厌倦了套路化叙事的读者来说,这本书绝对是一次不容错过的精神冒险。它教会了我,真正的力量往往隐藏在最安静的角落里。
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