Performances That Will Change the Way You Think About Marilyn Monroe梦露：佳片逆成见

Six decades after her death， Marilyn Monroe remains a subject of fascination among cineastes， fashionistas and general celebrity junkies worldwide. As an actor， though， the former Norma Jeane Mortenson still doesn’t get the respect she deserves. Monroe appeared in 29 completed films， working with such acclaimed directors as Billy Wilder， John Huston and Howard Hawks. In lesser roles， Monroe was used simply as eye candy， or the stereotypical ‘dumb blonde’. But within her filmography are several performances that show what she was truly capable of. Here are eight roles that will convince any sceptic that Monroe’s talent went more than skin deep.

玛丽莲·梦露香殒已逾60年，但仍令全世界影迷、时尚达人和普通追星族着迷。不过，作为一名演员，本名诺玛·珍妮·莫滕松的梦露依然没有得到应得的尊重。梦露出演了29部成片，曾与著名导演比利·怀尔德、约翰·休斯顿和霍华德·霍克斯等合作。出演配角时，梦露往往只被当作花瓶，即模式化的“无脑金发女郎”。但在她的电影作品中，有若干角色展现出了她真正出色的演技。以下介绍了8部影片，梦露在其中饰演的8个角色会让任何质疑梦露才华的人相信，她的演技绝不肤浅。

1. The Misfits （1961）

1. 《乱点鸳鸯谱》（1961年）

John Huston’s western is a real heartbreaker， both on and off screen. It represents her final on-screen role， as well as that of co-star Clark Gable. It’s a film full of wounded， lonely souls who find communion breaking horses on the salt flats of Nevada. Monroe’s then-husband， Arthur Miller， penned a screenplay that gifted her the role of jaded divorcée Roslyn Tabor， a beautiful， complex woman who becomes a blank canvas for troubled men to project their hopes onto. It’s the deepest， strongest turn of her career. It also leaves you reflecting on what she might have gone on to achieve.

无论银幕内外，约翰·休斯顿执导的这部西部片都着实令人唏嘘。这部电影是梦露完成的最后一部电影，也是合演明星克拉克·盖博的遗作。影片中充斥着受伤和孤独的灵魂，他们在内华达的盐滩上驯马时找到了共鸣。梦露当时的丈夫阿瑟·米勒为她写下了这个剧本，创作出憔悴的离异女子罗斯琳·塔伯这个角色。塔伯是一个美丽而复杂的女人，她成为了生活一团糟的男人们投射希望的空白画布。这是梦露演艺生涯中最深刻、最出色的表演。这也让人不禁思考，她本可以取得怎样的成就。

2. Some Like It Hot （1959）

2. 《热情似火》（1959年）

In Billy Wilder’s cross-dressing comedy， Monroe plays Sugar ‘Kane’ Kowalczy， a ukulele-strumming frontwoman of the all-female orchestra providing cover for Joe and Jerry， donning full drag in order to hide out from the mob after witnessing the St Valentine’s Day Massacre. Even in today’s more gender-sensitive times， the movie remains undeniably charming， owing much to the juxtaposition of Monroe’s ne plus ultra1 sultriness with her co-stars’ flailing imitation of femininity. Monroe won a Golden Globe for her performance， the highest acting honour of her career.

在比利·怀尔德的这部反串喜剧中，梦露扮演弹奏尤克里里的女子乐团主唱秀珈，乐团为乔和杰瑞提供了掩护——他们二人目睹了情人节大屠杀，只得男扮女装躲避黑帮追杀。即使在今天这个对性别更加敏感的时代，不可否认的是该片依然备受喜爱，这在很大程度上归功于梦露无与伦比的性感魅力和合作男演员们对女性气质的卖力模仿。梦露凭借这一角色赢得了金球奖，这是她演艺生涯中获得的最高荣誉。

3. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes （1953）

3. 《绅士爱美人》（1953年）

As flirty and fun as any musical committed to the screen， Howard Hawks’ comedy has Monroe knocking it out of the park2 as material girl Lorelei Lee， who travels to France with her less money-centric pal Dorothy Shaw （Jane Russell） to marry wealthy fiancé Gus. When she delivers a jazzy ‘Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend’ in an electric pink ball gown， it could just be the perfect four minutes of cinema.

霍华德·霍克斯执导的这部喜剧片与任何一部被搬上银幕的音乐剧一样逗趣好玩，梦露在片中的表演十分出色。她在片中扮演拜金女孩罗莉拉·李，前往法国与富有的未婚夫古斯结婚，同行的是她不太注重金钱的好友多萝西·肖（简·罗素饰）。她穿着艳粉色舞会礼服演唱爵士风格的《钻石是女孩最好的朋友》的那个片段，可能是电影史上最完美的四分钟。

4. Niagara （1953）

4. 《飞瀑怒潮》（1953年）

Monroe broke through in the later heyday of Hollywood noirs3 and while she never got the kind of plum roles Gloria Graham， Gene Tierney and Barbara Stanwyck were blessed with， she did give pretty good femme fatale in Henry Hathaway’s overheated thriller. She plays Rose Loomis， unhappy wife to a traumatised Korean war veteran （Joseph Cotten）， whose idea of a romantic getaway to Niagara Falls involves bloody murder. The film—and its costume department—leans in hard on Monroe’s sex appeal， but she brings satisfying grit to the role of scheming wife.

梦露崭露头角是在好莱坞黑色电影的后鼎盛时期，虽然她从未像格洛丽亚·格雷厄姆、吉恩·蒂尔尼和芭芭拉·斯坦威克那样有幸获得称心的角色，但在亨利·哈撒韦这部激情四溢的惊悚片中，她将蛇蝎美人的角色表现得淋漓尽致。梦露扮演不快乐的妻子罗斯·卢米斯，丈夫是饱受创伤的朝鲜战争老兵（约瑟夫·科顿饰）。罗斯计划了一次前往尼亚加拉瀑布的浪漫之旅，旅途却暗藏血腥杀机。这部电影及其服化紧紧依托梦露的性感魅力，而梦露则为狡诈妻子的角色赋予了令人信服的勇气。

5. The Seven Year Itch （1955）

5. 《七年之痒》（1955年）

‘She had the greatest sensitivity of any actor that I’d seen，’ said Lee Stasberg， Monroe’s acting mentor. Not a lot of that sensitivity is called on in this fluffy romcom which has her showing off her comedy chops4 in a role so archetypal， the character is literally called ‘The Girl’. Made under the constraints of the Hays Code5， the romance itself is about as sexy as a cold kipper， but the coquettish Monroe is a lightning bolt of radiance—as captured in that famous blowy-dress shot above a subway vent.

“她是我见过的最有悟性的演员。”梦露的表演导师李·斯特拉斯伯格曾如是评价。在这部空洞的浪漫喜剧中，梦露并没有发挥出太多悟性，她只需让角色表现出喜剧效果——这个角色如此扁平单一，在片中就被称为“那个女孩”。在海斯守则的限制下，这个浪漫故事本身的性感元素就像冷腌鱼般毫无吸引力，但风情万种的梦露却如一道光芒四射的闪电——正如片中那个人人皆知的镜头所捕捉到的：地铁通风口上方，裙摆被风吹起。

6. Don’t Bother to Knock （1952）

6. 《无需敲门》（1952年）

A hotel-set psychodrama that has Monroe in the ‘psycho’ role as a troubled babysitter who lures Richard Widmark’s airline pilot on the rocks with her feminine wiles. Yep， it’s that movie—although the actress fleshes out this portrayal of mental illness effectively to bring extra shades to the role， drawing on her experiences with her own schizophrenic mother.