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| U.S. director
Steven Spielberg poses with the Legion d'honneur at the grade
of Chevalier after receiving the award from French President
Jacques Chirac during a ceremony at the Elysee
palace.(Reuters) | |
French President Jacques Chirac decorated US filmmaker Steven Spielberg
with the Legion of Honor, the country's highest distinction, in a ceremony
attended by a cluster of film stars.
"Our country loves cinema, all of cinema," said Chirac. "It is the
essence of our fight for cultural diversity recognizing the equal dignity
of all cultures," said the French leader before honoring Spielberg.
Chirac then evoked Spielberg's film Schindler's List, which he
described as one of his personal favorites.
"In this difficult period where intolerance, racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and fanaticism are
again manifesting themselves, it is essential for cinema to help us recall
the horror of the unspeakable."
In his response, Spielberg, who had arrived from the northern town of
Deauville where he is attending the 30th annual American Film Festival,
warned that hatred was a global threat more dangerous than either AIDS or
cancer.
"We live in a world right now which is not recognizable from what I
experienced growing up in the 1950s and 1960s," he told Chirac.
"I commend your efforts in what you are doing about anti-Semitism here
in France. We have to work very, very hard to make people understand that
it is the differences we have to celebrate and not condemn."
"Sometimes the minorities have the most to contribute to a society,"
the Jewish director added.
Spielberg also paid tribute to legendary French film director Francois
Truffaut, who died 20 years ago and who had starred in Spielberg's 1977
classic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Attending the ceremony at the Elysee presidential palace were such
French and American film personalities as Gwyneth Paltrow, Sophie Marceau,
Nathalie Baye and Patrick Bruel.
The National Order of the Legion of Honor was founded by Napoleon
Bonaparte and recognizes eminent service to the Republic of
France.
(Agencies) |
在眾星云集的典禮上，法國(guó)總統(tǒng)雅克·希拉克授予美國(guó)電影導(dǎo)演史蒂文·斯皮爾伯格法蘭西共和國(guó)榮譽(yù)軍團(tuán)勛章，這是法國(guó)的最高榮譽(yù)。
“我們的國(guó)家熱愛(ài)電影，所有電影。我們?cè)谂I(yíng)造文化多樣性時(shí)，關(guān)鍵的一點(diǎn)就是要認(rèn)識(shí)到各種文化具有平等的價(jià)值?！狈▏?guó)總統(tǒng)希拉克在給斯皮爾伯格頒獎(jiǎng)前說(shuō)。
隨后，希拉克回憶起斯皮爾伯格的電影《辛德勒的名單》，他說(shuō)這是他最喜歡的電影之一。
“在這個(gè)不容異說(shuō)、種族歧視、仇外主義、反猶太主義、宗教狂熱再一次交織呈現(xiàn)的艱難時(shí)期，用電影幫助我們回憶無(wú)法形容的恐懼是重要的。”
斯皮爾伯格剛剛參加了在北部小鎮(zhèn)杜維勒舉行的第30屆美國(guó)電影節(jié)，又來(lái)參加該典禮。他在回答中提醒說(shuō)仇恨是全球的威脅，它比愛(ài)滋病和癌癥更危險(xiǎn)。
他對(duì)希拉克說(shuō)：“我們現(xiàn)在的世界和我成長(zhǎng)時(shí)的20世紀(jì)50、60年代已經(jīng)大不相同了?！?
“我對(duì)你在法國(guó)抵制反猶太主義方面做出的努力表示贊揚(yáng)。我們必須非常、非常努力地工作，讓人們明白我們應(yīng)該頌揚(yáng)而不是譴責(zé)民族間的差異?！?
猶太族導(dǎo)演（斯皮爾伯格）補(bǔ)充說(shuō)：“有時(shí)候，少數(shù)民族為一個(gè)社會(huì)所做的貢獻(xiàn)最大?！?
斯皮爾伯格也對(duì)法國(guó)傳奇人物、電影導(dǎo)演弗朗索瓦·特呂福表示贊揚(yáng)。特呂福20年前去世，他曾在斯皮爾伯格1977年導(dǎo)演的經(jīng)典之作《第三類(lèi)接觸》中扮演主角。
很多法國(guó)和美國(guó)電影名人出席了在法國(guó)總統(tǒng)官邸愛(ài)麗舍宮舉行的慶典，其中包括格溫妮絲·帕特洛、蘇菲·瑪索、娜塔莉·貝伊和派屈克·布乃爾。
法蘭西共和國(guó)榮譽(yù)軍團(tuán)勛章是拿破倫·波拿巴創(chuàng)立的，用以表彰那些為法蘭西共和國(guó)做出卓越貢獻(xiàn)的人。
（中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)站譯） |
Updated: 2004-09-07 09:48