电影《我们之间的那座山》拍摄介绍
There’s method acting — and then there’s freezing on a snowy mountaintop for weeks on end. Such was the fate of Idris Elba and Kate Winslet, who signed on to The Mountain Between Us, the tale of two strangers who survive a plane crash and must travel hundreds of miles of freezing fields while attempting to be rescued.
Shooting in Canada on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, temperatures were so cold, “You can’t talk,” says director Hany Abu-Assad. “When you close your eyes, you can’t open them sometimes because there’s water.”
In The Mountain Between Us, based on the 2011 novel by Charles Martin, Elba plays Ben Bass, a surgeon whose flight is canceled, opposite Winslet as Alex Martin, a bride-to-be journalist afraid of missing her wedding. Despite weather warnings, the two strangers charter a jet from Idaho — and are left with only each other when the plane goes down.
But it's difficult to shoot on a mountaintop. The cast and crew had to helicopter to the peak each day with their supplies. The director drove 40 minutes each morning to the film's “base camp", where he and producers would determine if the weather was clear enough to work on the top of the mountain.
“Elba is tough, ”Abu-Assad says,“You can believe he survived this wildness.” Winslet insisted on really plunging into ice cold water at base camp to film her character falling through thin ice. “The studio, the producers were very scared that something was going to happen during that scene,” says Abu-Assad.
Why did the director choose the disaster drama? “For a long time, I think optimism and hope are important to survive," he says. "And to go on with your life even if you’ve had a lot of bad luck. So if you give in to the bad luck, you will die. But if you fight the bad luck, you will have a better chance to survive and make your life better. This is very simple wisdom, yes?”
1.What made the shooting difficult?
A Surviving a bad plane crash.
B Traveling miles of freezing fields.
C Attempting to be rescued.
D Fighting with the cold weather.
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段中的temperatures were so cold, “You can’t talk,” ...可以得知在拍摄过程中要克服的就是与寒冷作斗争的问题。故选D。
2.Who will get married?
A Idris Elba.
B Kate Winslet.
C Hany Abu-Assad.
D Alex Martin.
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第三段中的opposite Winslet as Alex Martin, a bride-to-be journalist afraid of missing her wedding可以得知Alex Martin马上将成为新娘，所以是她要结婚。故选D。
3.What made the producers scared?
A The length of wildness.
B The helicopter was broken.
C The actors faced danger.
D The base camp was lost.
解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第五段第二句的Winslet insisted on really plunging into ice cold water at base camp to film her character falling through thin ice可以得知演员可能掉进薄冰里面，据此可以推知演员面临危险。故选C。
4.What attracted the director to make the film?
A The positive attitude of life.
B The chance of giving up.
C The better chance to believe.
D The wisdom to think up.
解析：选A。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段第二句的I think optimism and hope are important to survive可以得知导演认为乐观和希望是很重要的，这是他选择拍这部电影的原因。故选A。