格利高里·派克：不朽的美国绅士
TheAmericanasNobleMan高尚的美国人
WhenhediedGregoryPecktookmovieidealismwithhim格利高里·派克逝世了，也带走了电影的理想主义
译者点评：一个人，过着多个人的生活；分享多个人的身份；在演艺生涯中扮演了不知多少个角色；而谢世后，留下的却只有一个逝去的时代。多事者问：何谓不朽？答曰：灵魂。多事者再问：何谓灵魂？再答曰：对理念的真知，因为理念是永恒的。那么，一如先哲所说的不变的永恒，对于曾经代表了一个时代的派克，他的理念显然是用来换取自由的力量和同情。而正因为他去了，他所代表的力量和同情才成了人们传诵的人之魂。ThemoviestudiowantedRockHudsontoplayAtticusFinch.Fatedecreedotherwise.GregoryPeckgottheroleofthesmalltownSouthernlawyerinthe1962filmversionofToKillaMockingbird.TheheroofHarperLee'sPulitzerprizewinningnovelhadbeenamanmuchlikeherfatherandwhentheauthormettheactoronthefirstdayofshootingshenoted"Gregoryyou'vegotalittlepotbellyjustlikemydaddy."Thestarreplied"Harperthat'sgreatacting."Actuallyitwasgreatinhabiting."Youneverreallyunderstandaperson..."Atticussays"untilyouclimbinsideofhisskinandwalkaroundinit."ToleranceripeningintoempathythatwasPeck'sgiftinplayinganelevatedspeciesofAmericanthemanofstrengthandcompassion.Todaythatspeciesismorethanendangeredithasnearlyvanished.Butitflourishedformostoftheactor'shalfcenturyonscreenwhenAmericanspridedthemselvesontheirfellowfeelingforthedowntroddenandtheirabilitytouplifttheraces.Peckwasliberalwhenliberalwascool.
FromhisearlydaysasthemostgorgeousmaninpicturesinSpellboundandDuelintheSuntohislongprimewithaMountRushmorevisageandthevoiceofYahwehonagood 