Marco Ferreri’s “The Grand Bouffe” is to gastronomy as “The Exorcist” is to “Song of Bernadette,” which is to say eat before you go, you won’t be hungry afterward. It’s the story of four friends who gather for a weekend of eating and wenching that gradually reveals itself as a suicide pact. They eat themselves to death. And not metaphorically; no, they eat themselves to death literally before our very eyes, and not a morsel of the feast goes undocumented.
Marco Ferreri的《极乐大餐》至于美食家，就如同《驱魔人》至于《圣女之歌》，都是关于在离世前狂吃，这样你以后永远都不会饿了。故事讲的是四个朋友在周末的时候一起聚餐和招妓，渐渐地，观众发现他们原来是相约一起寻死。他们要吃死自己。并不是一种比喻，不是的，他们是真正真正的要在观众眼前吃死自己，没有哪一口是没有被拍下来的。
In a way, the movie works like “The Iceman Cometh.” After four hours trapped in Eugene O’Neill’s run-down Irish saloon with a menagerie of defeated alcoholics, we don’t exactly rush out for a drink. Only “The Iceman Cometh” had a humanistic substructure, and something to say about its characters; “The Grand Bouffe,” as nearly as I can tell, is essentially just a chronicle of gluttony and self-hate.
I say as nearly as I can tell, because the movie arrived here after creating the cinematic sensation of its year in France. It opened at the Cannes Film Festival attended by gleeful controversy; the critics chose up sides and attacked it as either (a) the most disgusting and decadent film in the history of France or (b) a savage, radical attack on the bourgeois establishment.
Catherine Deneuve went to see it with her lover at the time, Marcello Mastroianni (who is one of its stars) and would not speak to him for a week afterward, or so it is said. When you are Deneuve and Mastroianni, however, perhaps there is little need to speak. In any event, the movie went on to become (according to the publicity) the largest-grossing release in the history of Paris, all the while inspiring fistfights and insults on the Champs Elysees.
I give you this background in order to be fair, because “The Grand Bouffe” didn’t leave me so much excited as exhausted. There is no doubt great significance in the way the characters talk about themselves, each other and French society; there is a double-reverse message to be found, I suppose, in the utter contempt with which the prostitutes in the movie are treated. The sight of bourgeoise pigs being pigs is no doubt, from a certain point of view, an attack on their pigginess.
Those would be the things the French intellectuals would argue about, but for me the film was more of an experience than a treatise; like “The Exorcist,” it doesn’t have philosophical depth when you think about it, but in the theater it hammers your sensibilities. It’s decadent, self-loathing, cynical and frequently obscene. But there’s one thing you can say for it (and my colleague Terry Curtis Fox did, on his way out of the theater): “This film reaffirms my faith that it is still possible to be offended by a film.”
以前我的梦想是暴饮暴食，在美食帅哥的环绕中死去。看来这么梦想的不光是我一个人，所以才会有了这部法国电影。四个大男人来到某人家的别墅，叫了许多许多一流的食材，然后大家各显身手开始制作美味绝伦的饮食；同时又叫了很多美女来一起玩。。。到这里为止听起来好像还很不错，但然后。。。
首先人的胃是有限的，吃多了自然就吐了，但吐完了还要吃，并且伴随拉肚子放屁等等一切生理行为，这个就比较发指了。后面这四个男人都吃的胃口绝对坏掉了，但他们当时已经不理智了，所以只有更加的放纵。由于身体已经坏了所以他们都躺在床上，然后某女的骑在某人身上开始生理行为，身下的某人就开始放屁拉肚子，然后边排泄边xx。后来厕所坏了，整个别墅弥漫着粪臭，但他们的嘴还是不停的吃，躺在床上吃，在客厅里吃，弹钢琴吃，在厨房里吃。土豆泥，烤肉，甜点，蚝，通心粉。。。。。。。一切欲望，排泄欲性欲求生欲全都被食欲压倒，即使吃到吐，但还是停不下来。
最后大家都死了。
食欲的极限啊。
2、第一次见人是横挂在围栏上死的，果真是“挂”了，和他的屎一起
3、女教师的胸很完美，脸也很大，每次给她特写都吓我一跳
4、我以后再也不会幻想吃死了
5、花园里的肉很美
★★★★★★★ 影评转载 ☆ 翻译原创 ★★★★★★★
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总体评价：2/4 星
Marco Ferreri’s “The Grand Bouffe” is to gastronomy as “The Exorcist” is to “Song of Bernadette,” which is to say eat before you go, you won’t be hungry afterward. It’s the story of four friends who gather for a weekend of eating and wenching that gradually reveals itself as a suicide pact. They eat themselves to death. And not metaphorically; no, they eat themselves to death literally before our very eyes, and not a morsel of the feast goes undocumented.
Marco Ferreri的《极乐大餐》至于美食家，就如同《驱魔人》至于《圣女之歌》，都是关于在离世前狂吃，这样你以后永远都不会饿了。故事讲的是四个朋友在周末的时候一起聚餐和招妓，渐渐地，观众发现他们原来是相约一起寻死。他们要吃死自己。并不是一种比喻，不是的，他们是真正真正的要在观众眼前吃死自己，没有哪一口是没有被拍下来的。
In a way, the movie works like “The Iceman Cometh.” After four hours trapped in Eugene O’Neill’s run-down Irish saloon with a menagerie of defeated alcoholics, we don’t exactly rush out for a drink. Only “The Iceman Cometh” had a humanistic substructure, and something to say about its characters; “The Grand Bouffe,” as nearly as I can tell, is essentially just a chronicle of gluttony and self-hate.
从某种意义上说，这部电影有点像《送冰的人来了》。在和一个酒精中毒的野兽一起被困在Eugene O’Neill一出破旧的爱尔兰沙龙四个小时之后，我们不会马上就像跑出去喝一杯。唯一不同的是，《送冰的人来了》所属的次文化比较任性。再说一下它的角色设置。以我所见，《极乐大餐》只是一段暴饮暴食和自我憎恨的编年史。
I say as nearly as I can tell, because the movie arrived here after creating the cinematic sensation of its year in France. It opened at the Cannes Film Festival attended by gleeful controversy; the critics chose up sides and attacked it as either (a) the most disgusting and decadent film in the history of France or (b) a savage, radical attack on the bourgeois establishment.
我刚刚说以我所见，是因为这部电影在当年的法国掀起了巨大的情感反响。他是当年戛纳电影节的开幕影片，并迎来了令人喜悦的争议。影评家们的最终评价都比较极端，要么抨击它是法国电影史上最恶心，最堕落的电影，要么说它是对资产阶级当权派尖酸刻薄，激进的攻击。
Catherine Deneuve went to see it with her lover at the time, Marcello Mastroianni (who is one of its stars) and would not speak to him for a week afterward, or so it is said. When you are Deneuve and Mastroianni, however, perhaps there is little need to speak. In any event, the movie went on to become (according to the publicity) the largest-grossing release in the history of Paris, all the while inspiring fistfights and insults on the Champs Elysees.
Catherine Deneuve和她当时的情人Marcello Mastroianni（在本片中饰演主角之一）一起去看了这部电影，然后在接下来的一周都不愿意再跟他说话，至少我是这么听说的。 ，要是你是Deneuve和Mastroianni的话，你们也没什么可说的。不管怎么说，这电影接下来成为了巴黎史上最大规模放映的电影，与此同时也煽动人们去攻击和辱骂爱丽舍宫。
I give you this background in order to be fair, because “The Grand Bouffe” didn’t leave me so much excited as exhausted. There is no doubt great significance in the way the characters talk about themselves, each other and French society; there is a double-reverse message to be found, I suppose, in the utter contempt with which the prostitutes in the movie are treated. The sight of bourgeoise pigs being pigs is no doubt, from a certain point of view, an attack on their pigginess.
我告诉你们这些背景是为了使影评更加公正客观，因为《极乐大餐》并没有让我那么的兴奋，反倒是看的有点累。毫无疑问，角色们探讨自身，对方还有法国社会的方式是很有意义的；我承认，在那些对待妓女极端的轻视中可以发现很多有双重含义的内容。从某种程度来说，像猪一般的资产阶级最终成了猪也毋庸置疑是对那种像猪一般的状态的攻击。
Those would be the things the French intellectuals would argue about, but for me the film was more of an experience than a treatise; like “The Exorcist,” it doesn’t have philosophical depth when you think about it, but in the theater it hammers your sensibilities. It’s decadent, self-loathing, cynical and frequently obscene. But there’s one thing you can say for it (and my colleague Terry Curtis Fox did, on his way out of the theater): “This film reaffirms my faith that it is still possible to be offended by a film.”
这些或是会是法国知识界要挖掘的，但是对于我来说，这个电影更像是一篇论文而不是一种经历。就像是《驱魔人》，当你真正去思考的时候会发现这电影没有什么深度，但是在影院观看的时候，它会刺激你的感官。它颓废堕落，它自我憎恨，它愤世嫉俗，还时不时的下流猥亵。但是对于这部电影你至少可以说（这是我的同事Terry Curtis Fox当他走出影院时说的）：“这电影又让我相信了，现在观众还会被电影冒犯和激怒。”
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2013年5月2日。
第一次翻译影评啊 O(∩_∩)O哈哈~
基督《最后的晚宴》是个悲剧，因为有背叛，还要寻找背叛。但此片多圣洁，他们共赴黄泉，欣赏着各种美。妓女美、肥女像一幅油画也美，食物美、连死亡都那么无足轻重。
今天，我在离职原因一栏里，写了“无趣”两字，我不知道大老板会不会看到，看不看到其实一点无关紧要，就像“无聊”跟“无趣”，有那么大的差别吗……
片子里的人，一定是过腻了他们的生活………… 美又怎样呢？懂得欣赏油画、诗作，懂得烹饪、开飞机，又怎样呢…… 当你太饕餮于世间的美，美最终会被你发现光，于是你便没了奔头，再没有什么比不能找到更新鲜的“肉”而让人感到“无趣”的了…………
于是他们只能寻求最后一种，死亡。
其实，无法定义死亡，是神圣还是粗鄙的。这完全在于我们的生命也介于二者之间…… 有时像千尘不染的圣子，有时却像头肮脏的牲畜。大到总统、明星，小到百姓、狱卒，相差真的无几
生命当然是有意义的，就在一个庭院的一隅，一首诗，一声狗吠，一具肉体，或者一道性爱的欢愉里。同时，生命的意义，终极的本质，也远没有想象的那么圣洁、繁多…… 当你把它看作什么，赋予它什么，它就是什么。就像一样东西，你如何评价，这完全取决于你的“审美”…………………… 有人从中发现爱、发现光、发现别人不能发现的种种，如一粒种子发芽或一朵花盛开；同时，它背后又有同样多的负能量，让你失望、疼痛、灰心、沮丧……
我们不必把人生看得太隆重，尽管有时它的确像道大餐那么精致，但这些东西都不是永恒的，就像爱。没有爱是永恒的，除了死亡。除非你爱到死亡的那一刻……
我们活过，吃了些东西，做了几次爱，沐浴过几首诗、看过几幅画，学了点钢琴，懂得了什么叫美。然后，我们死了，就是这样。
在影片中，四位欧洲顶级演员所扮演的角色被导演赋予了鲜明的社会标志。飞机驾驶员，大厨，法官，电气工程师是典型的“中产阶级职业俱乐部”成员。他们有实力也有必要完成这场饕餮狂欢。作为生活无忧的社会群体，新奇感已成为过去时，所以他们需要体验冒险和震惊，这种本雅明式的冒险和震惊指向消遣，指向一种感性的愉悦。而这种感性愉悦则再次召唤了个体的自由，从而使个体在不断的刺激中得到了活的感受。食与性是作为人类动物性本能的两大基本冲动，而且也是人类文化的构建基础。对这两种行为的消遣可以达到最为原始和本真的快感，同时也可以完成对于所有人类文化的体验。但是，单纯的性交与吃是完成不了这种体验的。他们需要的是某种极端的狂性，因此，萨德和巴塔耶的色情和排泄在这里复活了，在影片中，乱交，暴食，放屁声，粪便成为了言说的主题，导演毫无顾忌的表现这一切，主角也在毫无顾忌的体验这一切，这一刻，导演和演员成为了萨德主义的代言人，而在他们身后则昂然站立着波德莱尔和尼采，一切都成为对于人类最原始自由的召唤仪式。但是，在这种仪式化的暴食与乱交之后，体验者们有了这样的问题，当体验结束后，经历也已成为过去时，如果这时结束这场狂欢，回到原点的个体会将枷锁再次给自己带上。因此，体验必须进行下去，而位于震惊和冒险体验金字塔顶端的却必须是死亡，正如列维纳斯所说，死亡是真正的“他者”，它处于人类永远无法了解的未知区域并且意味着绝对的不确定性。在这个原点体验将会迸发出最为光辉的生命力量，在这一刻，自由成为印记将会被永远铭刻，在死的一刻体验生的感觉（海德格尔）。因此，从一开始，体验者们的死亡就是必然的。所以正如本片导演Marco Ferreri所说：他们在极端的行为最后终于发现了无法避免的关于死亡的真相--------那就是，反正最后谁都不免一死，唯一需要解决的问题就是怎么去结束生命。