Appreciation of the Waterloo Bridge

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, based on Robert Sherwood's play, with a screenplay by S.N. Behrman, Hans Rameau, and George Froeschel, this classic, tear-jerking wartime love story, starring Robert Taylor and Vivien Leigh, was Oscar nominated for its Cinematography and Original Musical Score.

Leigh plays a melancholy dancer, Myra, who meets soldier Roy Cronin (Taylor) during an air raid in World War I London, just before he's to be shipped off to the front. Given a 48-hour leave, the carefree and romantic Roy, captivated by her beauty, sweeps Myra off her feet until she too is optimistic about their future. He receives permission from his uncle, the Duke, to marry her. Unfortunately, due to some officialese, they are unable to get married before Roy must leave for France. Myra attempts to return to the ballet, but her tough boss refuses to accept her back into the company, and fires fellow dancer Kitty for her outburst in support of her friend.

Myra and Kitty take an apartment together where they struggle to make ends meet until Roy's mother, Lady Margaret, who had been working with the Red Cross, is able to come for a visit. Just before this meeting, however, Myra reads Roy's name on a casualty list in the newspaper. Frightened and in shock, Myra is unable to make a good impression on her would-be future mother-in-law. After being comforted by the restaurant's hostess, Myra returns to Kitty who supports her financially during her depression by the only way a girl who can't find a job otherwise can. Soon, Myra comes out of her funk and realizes that Kitty has been selling herself to soldiers on leave. Naturally, she then joins this oldest profession herself. Tom Conway is the uncredited voice one hears as her first client.

Later, as Myra is "greeting" the latest batch of soldiers arriving from the front at the train station, she sees Roy. Apparently, there was a reporting

error made when he'd lost his dog tags. Ignorant of what has happened in her life, Roy is thrilled to see Myra and figures they'll just pick up where they left off. Promising never to leave her again, Roy insists on taking Myra to their country estate, to more properly introduce her to his family and friends. Though Myra struggles with what to tell Roy of her recent past, she also sees an opportunity to finally "make it" and promises Kitty, before she leaves, to set her up well when she returns.

Though things do not go smoothly initially at the Cronin estate for Myra; some of the local families had hoped Roy would marry one of their daughters and are not very accepting of the newcomer from outside their caste. However, with help from Lady Margaret, who'd given her another chance per Roy's obvious love for Myra and the Duke, who insists on a showy dance with her, Myra is accepted. It is at this point that Myra's conscience gets the best of her and she comes clean to Lady Margaret, whom she asks never to tell Roy. Myra then departs early the next morning, leaving Roy clueless.

Of course, Roy must find out what happened to the love of his life. He returns to London where he finds Kitty. Convinced of his love for Myra, Kitty reveals the truth of Myra's nightlife to Roy by taking him on a search for her through one seedy bar after another. Meanwhile, Myra is on Waterloo Bridge, where she's seen giving up; she walks rapidly past several troop trucks as they drive by before she throws herself under the wheels of one of them. The film ends with Colonel Roy, many years later at the beginning of World War II, fingering the good luck charm Myra had once given him.

Waterloo Bridge is one of those rare films that never seem to strike a false note or put a foot wrong. There is not a wasted moment in the screenplay -- every shot has meaning, every scene plays its part -- and the dialogue gains its power through the lightest of touches. The single scene that brings me to tears every time is that brief, banal interview in the cafe,

with the dreadful unknowing irony of every word Lady Margaret says. Yet for a tear-jerker, and one that centers on wartime separation and hardship, in an era where unemployment could mean literal starvation, the film contains perhaps more scenes of unalloyed happiness than any modern-day romance. The script is understated, sparkling with laughter and even at its darkest salted with black jest, while no-one can doubt the central couple's joy in each other. They themselves acknowledge, and repeatedly, the sheer implausibility of their romance: but war changes all the rules, makes people -- as Roy says -- more intensely alive.

Waterloo Bridge has a touch of everything: laughter, tears, tension, misunderstanding, sweetness, beauty and fate. It couldn't be made in today's Hollywood without acquiring an unbearable dose of schmaltz; in the era of Pretty Woman, it probably couldn't be made at all. But of its kind it is perfect.

In my mind this eclipses so many other more acclaimed wartime films. Find some way to watch this -- at least once in your life.

第二篇：魂断蓝桥影评

魂断蓝桥影评

这是一个美的让人忍不住落泪的爱情故事，那么在看完这部影片之前忍住你的眼泪，否则你感觉不到战争留下的残酷。。。。

在天鹅湖凄美的音乐声中开场，似乎你已经预示到了那个悲惨的结局，但是当那一刻真的到来时，你还是承受不起那份巨大落差所带来的失落。。。

在战争年代的背景下，在一个空袭警报的日子，在整个城市都弥漫着的紧张气氛中，在一种心跳加速的压迫感下，男主角和女主角相遇了。似乎这就是一个为爱情情准备的时刻。他是一个英俊年轻的军官，她是一个美丽聪慧的芭蕾舞演员。他有一双蓝色的迷人的眼睛，她也是。于是他们一见钟情。他逃避了上校的宴会，去看她的芭蕾舞表演。她也不听校长的劝告，去和他约会。他向她求婚，她答应了。可在结婚的前一天，他接到命令，要赶往前线。她顾不得晚上的演出，去车站送他。结果她被解雇了。她只能等他回来。

而这戏剧性的一切只发生在48小时的时间里面。从他们相遇到分别只有48个小时。也许你感觉这太无厘头了，太有违常理了，仅仅一次约会以后，他就疯狂地向她求婚，而她也疯狂地追随。但是在这令人绝望的战争年代下，人们的对幸福的要求就是如此的简单，人们对幸福的渴望又是如此的强烈。好像只要他能从战争中活着回来，她就能拥有全部。当她的姐妹们听说她要结婚时，几乎所有人都感动的落泪。

一个美丽的邂逅，一份痴情的等待。故事还在继续，也许她只需要安静地等下去，也许她会等到他回来和她结婚，也许他们会有幸福的生活，也许。。。也许这仅仅是也许。。。。

她四处奔波找不到合适的工作，当她被生活迫到山穷水尽的时候，忽然收到了军官从前线托人带来的消息，说他的母亲要来看看他未来的妻子。本来以为生活有了转机，可是就在她等待未来婆婆的时候，却无意间在报纸上看到军官的战死沙场消息。强烈的刺激让她在未来婆婆面前非常失态，婆婆气愤离席，她独自晕倒在餐厅里。 现实总是这么残酷，就像一个胡子拉碴的老头子蹲在墙角对你鄙夷地傻笑。无论你是厌恶还是同情，他总在那里。它总是会赢，它总是会鄙夷地盯着你。。。

终于她绝望了，生活的压力彻底将她打垮，没有了希望，没有了憧憬，她只想活下去。生活逼人，玛拉在绝望之际沦为了娼妓，出卖自己身体谋生。或许她会一直这样活下去，但是生活又一次跟她开了玩笑。不久之后，玛拉如常在火车站附近准备选择目标客人时，竟然碰见并没有阵亡的罗伊，玛拉惊喜之余，又害怕给罗伊知道她的现况，只有对罗伊隐瞒真相。当幸福重新降临时，她深感自己无力抓住。这次

她彻底的绝望了，在冰冷的滑铁卢桥上，在他们第一次相遇的地方，她缓缓走向了高速行驶的货车。。。。

看过这部影片的人，肯定不会忘记男主角和女主角明亮的双眸，清澈透亮，好像一个人美好的心灵。影片对人物表情做了着重刻画，或深情，或欢喜，或憧憬，或惊恐，或忧伤，或绝望。。。。他们的一言一行，举手投足，包括每一个眼神，都极度彰显魅力。画面唯美干净，仿佛在描绘诗般的生活。一时间竟让人忘记了战争残酷的背景。而剧情的却不留一点回旋的余地。当你期待一个美好的结局时，形势却变得严峻起来。剧情的严酷将唯美的画面撕得粉碎。这种落差给人以强烈的冲击力。

电影用唯美的爱情去揭示丑恶的战争，当你为之九曲回肠，无限感伤时，无疑一部经典已然诞生了。

影片用倒叙的手法，增加了岁月感和穿透力，将人的思维引入对过去的追忆，又引向对未来的深索。一场战争结束了，另一场战争又要开始，那么在这场战争中又会发生怎样的悲剧呢？我想这个故事没有一个完满的句号，它是一个省略号，将人引入回忆，引入未来，引入对内心的思索。。。。。