Hollywood director Robert Zemeckis calls "Flight" gripping human drama

 　　SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- "Flight", the latest feature film by acclaimed¹ American director Robert Zemeckis, is a film that is " ripe with moral ambiguity²" surrounding a troubled pilot hailed as a hero, the filmmaker said Monday.

　　"The film is ripe with moral ambiguity, which I believe is much more like a real life," the Academy Award-winning 61-year-old, who is visiting Seoul for promoting his first liveaction feature in 12 years, told reporters.

　　The movie, which opens with a jaw-dropping plane crash scene and develops into a harrowing human drama, portrays³ the struggle of an alcoholic⁴ pilot lionized for saving a flight from crashing.

　　"My take on (the film) was to see the torment⁵ that was going on in this individual where the outside world was heralding⁶ him as a hero but he in his heart knew that he was very flawed," Zemeckis said of the film's airline captain Whip Whitaker, played by Denzel Washington,

　　The director heaped praises on Washington, the Academy Award- winning "Training Day" actor nominated for an Oscar for his performance as a drunken pilot, calling him "magnificent" and " brilliantly talented."

　　"My process of working with him was very simple. We basically just spoke⁷ at great lengths about the characters," Zemeckis said." When we were on set shooting the film everything that he brought to the character was just very much right on the mark."

　　The "Forrest Gump" and "Cast Away" director is a pilot himself, which he said contributed to a certain degree to "authenticity⁸ to what was going on in the cockpit."

　　"What (the flight crew) were saying and doing was authentic,"he said.

　　The film, which opens in local theaters on Feb. 28, is also nominated for an Oscar for best screenplay.

1 acclaimed   

adj.受人欢迎的

参考例句：

• They acclaimed him as the best writer of the year. 他们称赞他为当年的最佳作者。
• Confuscius is acclaimed as a great thinker. 孔子被赞誉为伟大的思想家。

2 ambiguity   

n.模棱两可；意义不明确

参考例句：

• The telegram was misunderstood because of its ambiguity.由于电文意义不明确而造成了误解。
• Her answer was above all ambiguity.她的回答毫不含糊。

3 portrays   

v.画像( portray的第三人称单数 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• The museum collection vividly portrays the heritage of 200 years of canals. 博物馆的藏品让运河200 年的历史再现眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The film portrays Gandhi as a kind of superman. 这部电影把甘地描绘成一个超人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 alcoholic   

adj.（含）酒精的，由酒精引起的；n.酗酒者

参考例句：

• The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.白兰地的酒精浓度远远超过葡萄酒。
• Alcoholic drinks act as a poison to a child.酒精饮料对小孩犹如毒药。

5 torment   

n.折磨；令人痛苦的东西(人)；vt.折磨；纠缠

参考例句：

• He has never suffered the torment of rejection.他从未经受过遭人拒绝的痛苦。
• Now nothing aggravates me more than when people torment each other.没有什么东西比人们的互相折磨更使我愤怒。

6 heralding   

v.预示( herald的现在分词 )；宣布（好或重要）

参考例句：

• It is the heralding of a new age of responsibilities. 那预示着一个充满责任的新时期的开始。 来自互联网
• Streaks of faint light were rising, heralding a new day. 几道淡淡的晨曦正在升起，预示新的一天的来临。 来自互联网

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 authenticity   

n.真实性

参考例句：

• There has been some debate over the authenticity of his will. 对于他的遗嘱的真实性一直有争论。
• The museum is seeking an expert opinion on the authenticity of the painting. 博物馆在请专家鉴定那幅画的真伪。