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喜福会电影英文影评 精品文档 精品文档 收集于网络，如有侵权请联系管理员删除 收集于网络，如有侵权请联系管理员删除 精品文档 收集于网络，如有侵权请联系管理员删除 The Joy Luck Club, as stated in the movies opening narrative, is a collection of four aging Chinese women bound together more by hope than joy or luck. The four women - Suyuan (Kieu Chinh), Lindo (Tsai Chin), Ying Ying (France Nuyen), and An Mei (Lisa Lu) - came to America many years ago to escape Chinas feudal society for the promise of the United States democracy. Now, however, Suyuan has died and the three surviving members of the club invite her daughter June (Ming-Na Wen) to take her place. June belongs to the new generation, those of Chinese heritage who grew up speaking English and learning American customs. Also of roughly the same age are Waverly (Tamlyn Tomita), Lindos daughter; Lena (Lauren Tom), Ying Yings daughter; and Rose (Rosalind Chao), An Meis daughter. The Joy Luck Club tells of the varied difficulties and tragedies involved in these mother/daughter relationships. Co-writer Ronald Bass (who, along with Amy Tan, adapted from Tans novel) says that there are sixteen separate stories in The Joy Luck Club. Since I didnt count, I cant verify this statement, but it sounds about right. Taken as a whole, these vignettes combine to lend greater meaning to the whole. The Joy Luck Club is the sum total of its parts with common themes giving solid grounding and greater resonance to the overall film. As Bass comments, I saw all the mothers and daughters stories as facets of the same experience. Put together, they formed a mosaic. Thats the genius of the book, and if we cut it down to just a couple of stories it would be like any other movie. The stories are not related in such a manner as to seem pared down or truncated, nor is their presentation confusing, thanks to a cleverly-orchestrated framing scene with the principal characters gathered together. However, it is apparent that a lot more could have been told, and were left wondering about all that we didnt get to see. Th