Murray 的故事被搬上大銀幕. 感人肺腑~
剛才看完Murray April 6, 2005 在DePauw University的演講~她的堅(jiān)強(qiáng) 樂觀 讓我感慨并會(huì)一直記憶猶新


Liz Murray在DePauw University的演講實(shí)錄 　
　　
　　April 6, 2005, Greencastle, Ind. - "It's not about Harvard, it's not about a prestigious school," says Liz Murray of her incredible and uplifting life story, which she shared with an audience at DePauw University tonight. "It's not about that. It's about learning, about educating yourself and gathering enough knowledge to find your way through any little crack or crevice you possibly can so you can move up and escape from that trap you were born into."
　　
　　The 24-year-old Murray, who went from living on the streets of New York City to winning a scholarship to Harvard University, delivered The Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture, "Homeless to Harvard: A Remarkable Journey," in Kresge Auditorium of DePauw's Performing Arts Center. Working without notes and addressing her audience from the edge of the stage, Murray detailed how she was born to drug-addicted parents, and how as a child, living in squalor, her parents and everyone she knew was living month-to-month on government checks.
　　
　　 "I didn't even know that people worked when I was younger, 'cause you have to think about -- what does a kid seeing when they're little. I saw that people cashed welfare checks... they were happy to see the mailman, he was like Santa Claus or something or some celebrity -- and we'd go to the check cashing store and there would be a line wrapped around the block for an hour-and-a-half" on the days checks arrived, she remembered. Her parents would spend the bulk of the money on drugs; about $30 a month was all the family of four spent on food, and Murray's parents would go without food for several days at a time.
　　
　　Despite the tumultous environment in which she was raised, Murray says she has always loved her parents. Her life, already in disarray, unraveled quickly when her mother was diagnosed with HIV. Her mother moved out, her father went to a homeless shelter, and Murray, then a young teen, was sent to a group home. Her unpleasant experiences there led her to run away and she lived on the streets of New York City, eating out of dumpsters and sleeping at friends' houses or on subway trains, but in her own words, "going nowhere." The year Murray turned 16, her mother died, and her view of life changed.
　　 "I got the sense that my life was in my own hands," she told her DePauw audience. "And I knew that already, but it's different when a parent dies; maybe some of you know what I mean. You look around and strangers become more strange, big institutional buildings look scarier, everything looks more alien, nothing is friendly. There's no person to think about yourself through. It truly is yourself in the world, and that's it. I realized my own isolation and I realized there never would be somebody to kind of filter me in the world. And I went back with my friends, and without having her to think about anymore -- I mean I did, but not the same way -- I sat with them and I realized that I had been falsely relying on my friends. I realized that, at the end of the day, whatever I did or did not do with my life would stick to me, even if I hung out with them."
　　
　　Murray, whose story is chronicled in the Lifetime Emmy-nominated movie, From Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, enrolled in an alternative high school at age 17; when most of the people her age were graduating, she was starting. Guided by an understanding teacher/mentor and fueled by a desire to make something of her life, Murray finished high school in two years while still sleeping where she could find a place to lay her head at night. When she visited Harvard on a school trip, a seed was planted. Murray applied for a New York Times scholarship and was one of six students selected out of the thousands of applicants. A story profiling the scholarship winners was published on the cover of the Times' metro section.
　　
　　 "I really didn't understand the power of the media before that, but I found out," Murray said with a chuckle. "You know [that] New Yorkers have this reputation for being really cold, right? Well, the readers of the newspaper came out of their houses around [the school] and brought me sweaters and clothing their kids weren't using anymore. Some lady came just to give me a hug! Another came just with some cookies, then she said to me, 'I don't have any money, Liz, but I have a stationwagon and a house. Do you have any laundry?,' she asked me. 'I just want to do your laundry.'"
　　
　　Murray's story was featured on ABC's 20/20 and she was a guest of Oprah Winfrey, becoming the first recipient of the talk show host's Chutzpah Award. Murray transferred from Harvard to Columbia University to be closer to her father, who is ill. She had been studying film, but after talking about her experiences in front of audiences around the nation and the world over the past few years, [Download Audio: "Reaching Out" - 175kb] "My interests broadened because I realize that I have certain insights based on what had happened to me, and I had this opportunity to share with people and go back-and-forth and maybe draw some meaning out of it." She now has her sights set on a masters degree in sociology and psychology hoping to "understand what creates motivation in a human being and how to apply that in society. Is there a way to create upward mobility? Is there a way to break class differences?," she asked. Murray's ultimate goal is to create a coaching and seminar company that will work with groups, perhaps specializing in inner-city schools. [Download Audio: "The Future" - 66kb] "Instead of just speaking about my life, I want that to be a footnote, and I want to offer strategies to people."

“世界不是真實(shí)的，我們活在彼此的心中……”
本來寫好了長長的一篇，可是丟了，現(xiàn)在不想再寫了，利茲的這句話或許可以代表所有想說的話。

首先我承認(rèn)這是一個(gè)很好的故事
很勵(lì)志 告訴我們努力是會(huì)獲得相應(yīng)的收貨哪怕你一無所有 同時(shí)也很適合天朝的老師向他的學(xué)生們炫耀教育的重要性 乃至幫助一個(gè)處于社會(huì)最底層的孩子躋身Ivy


這是一部矛盾的片子

片子的開頭導(dǎo)演先向我們展示了社會(huì)的無情冷酷和現(xiàn)實(shí) 卻給了我們一個(gè)童話一樣的結(jié)局 既然如此 何必自己樹立一個(gè)觀念在自己推翻？同時(shí)再喊一些莫名其妙的口號(hào)和故作深沉的名言警句？

整篇不知所謂的用極為低級(jí)和沒有技術(shù)含量的手法描述這個(gè)故事 平鋪直抒 沒有起伏 沒有高潮 甚至沒有商業(yè)賣點(diǎn)

它的感動(dòng)和好 僅僅是建立在一個(gè)好的劇情上 卻沒有一個(gè)好的講故事的人


其次說演員

媽逼的！面癱的小姑娘可不是悲傷地小姑娘！你他媽的有個(gè)面部表情會(huì)死啊會(huì)死啊！


最后為啥它的評(píng)分如此的高？

估計(jì)是各位孩子 在內(nèi)心深處 莫不有一點(diǎn)對(duì)Ivy的向往和期待

結(jié)果這就成為了意淫的法寶

一部典型的勵(lì)志電影，片子的前半部分把重心冗長得放在了Liz的家庭沖突上，她呆在一個(gè)怎樣惡劣的環(huán)境里，多么地不利于學(xué)習(xí)，但是我很不喜歡這樣的結(jié)構(gòu)，后面她的成就給人一種唾手可得的感覺，并不是說不真實(shí)，而是不動(dòng)人，沒有典型事件和細(xì)節(jié)突出她的奮斗，無法感到那種積極向上的能量，題材不錯(cuò)，但是導(dǎo)演故事講得很粗糙，還不如我不喜歡的貧民窟的百萬富翁，所以給2星。
為這么多人在異口同聲地打4-5星??？莫非真的是我狗的眼瞎了不成？？？不解。