卡农奏鸣曲

50: Jane and Tom

Jane Austen essentially created the chick lit genre. We all know the formula—girl meets guy, girl falls in love with guy, guy breaks her heart, girl meets nicer, better-looking guy with more money and they live happily ever after. Obstacles abound in Austen’s stories—lack of money on the part of the otherwise lovely heroine, meddling family members who pull lovers apart because they disapprove the match—but these things are always overcome by the abundant worth of two good people who truly love each other.

The love stories in Austen’s own life echo these themes, but without the “happily ever after” ending.

Jane’s first love, at twenty, was Tom Lefroy. He was a law student from Ireland, the nephew of her dear friend Anne’s husband, and Anne may have introduced them. We know little about the relationship, really. Much of what we know of Jane’s life is from her letters, but her sister Cassandra burned many and mutilated more before passing them on to nieces and nephews late in her life. Perhaps Cassandra cut out the juiciest bits, or, as Austen expert Deirdre Le Faye suggests, the parts that could have offended one family member or other. Either way, there are gaps.

Jane and Tom spent some time together over the course of a few weeks, over Christmas and New Year's. He was fairly serious, quiet and very good—maybe a balance for Jane’s energetic humor. They bantered over Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones, and after a ball, Jane wrote jokingly to Cassandra of “everything most profligate and shocking in the way of dancing and sitting down together.” She writes about how Tom is given a hard time in the Lefroy household for the attachment, so that when she pays a visit he manages to hide. But he would pay her another visit, as was the custom, to thank her for partnering him at the ball, and the only fault she could really find with him was that his morning coat was “a great deal too light.”

There is much debate these days about just how in love Jane was with Tom, and how much this relationship influenced her writing. Some say it was just a flirtation—clearly, in Jane’s letters, she is being sarcastic, they say. To me she writes like there is some depth to her feelings, in spite of trying to laugh them off. “I rather expect to receive an offer from my friend in the course of the evening,” she writes of their last meeting. “I shall refuse him, however, unless he promises to give away his white coat.” She sounds a little bit like my friends and I as well, telling stories of a romance that fell into the middle of a life that was largely without romantic interest, making much of a little thing. Yet, it’s easy to imagine her being teasing and sharp with Tom.

Tom was from a good family but not wealthy. His father had been in the army. He was the oldest son, but it was a large family, eleven children with five daughters ahead of him, and he was made to feel that the future of the family was on his shoulders. He was expected to do well, to do much. Though the attachment seems to have been mutual, Anne and her husband stepped in and quickly sent Tom home. The family history is that Anne Lefroy was forever frustrated with Tom over this, his leading Jane on when he knew there was no chance he could propose.

Tom eventually married someone with an appropriately large fortune, had seven children, and went on to become Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. He was no Darcy—not heir to great estates or wealth—but clearly his family had expectations Jane did not meet. If Jane wrote about family interference, she learned it firsthand. Tom may have adored her and she him but she hadn’t enough money to qualify. Most likely Jane never saw him again.

When it ended, Jane wrote to Cassandra: “At length the day is come on which I am to flirt my last with Tom Lefroy, & when you receive this it will be over—My tears flow as I write, at the melancholy idea.” She was joking, of course. How deeply she felt the joke we will never really know. But her heart had been engaged for likely the first time.

No doubt this relationship and her repartee with Tom fueled her writing. Whether it was "her greatest inspiration" as the trailers for Becoming Jane claim, well, that's debatable. But I'm sure it provided as spark.

附到今天的imdbtop250

Rank Rating Title Votes
1. 9.1 The Godfather (1972) 205,864
2. 9.1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 246,562
3. 8.9 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 116,525
4. 8.8 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 60,172
5. 8.8 Pulp Fiction (1994) 209,685
6. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 188,348
7. 8.8 Casablanca (1942) 97,522
8. 8.8 Schindler's List (1993) 145,310
9. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 154,489
10. 8.7 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 53,115
11. 8.7 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 106,043
12. 8.7 Star Wars (1977) 191,949
13. 8.7 Rear Window (1954) 62,119
14. 8.7 12 Angry Men (1957) 47,725
15. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 227,317
16. 8.6 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 132,696
17. 8.6 Cidade de Deus (2002) 63,150
18. 8.6 The Usual Suspects (1995) 151,769
19. 8.6 Goodfellas (1990) 110,436
20. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 92,682
21. 8.6 C'era una volta il West (1968) 31,787
22. 8.6 Psycho (1960) 77,967
23. 8.6 Citizen Kane (1941) 85,468
24. 8.6 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 181,804
25. 8.6 North by Northwest (1959) 52,283
26. 8.6 Memento (2000) 140,463
27. 8.6 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 132,815
28. 8.5 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 45,635
29. 8.5 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 59,094
30. 8.5 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 26,521
31. 8.5 Fight Club (1999) 182,994
32. 8.5 Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 96,641
33. 8.5 The Matrix (1999) 208,703
34. 8.5 American Beauty (1999) 160,731
35. 8.5 Vertigo (1958) 49,960
36. 8.5 Taxi Driver (1976) 75,769
37. 8.5 Apocalypse Now (1979) 96,470
38. 8.4 Se7en (1995) 137,986
39. 8.4 Léon (1994) 89,571
40. 8.4 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 100,888
41. 8.4 Paths of Glory (1957) 22,721
42. 8.4 American History X (1998) 101,149
43. 8.4 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 45,893
44. 8.4 Chinatown (1974) 39,963
45. 8.4 The Third Man (1949) 28,060
46. 8.4 M (1931) 19,825
47. 8.4 Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) 38,007
48. 8.4 Untergang, Der (2004) 32,912
49. 8.4 The Pianist (2002) 57,473
50. 8.4 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 90,893
51. 8.4 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 16,298
52. 8.4 A Clockwork Orange (1971) 99,630
53. 8.3 Alien (1979) 93,536
54. 8.3 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 32,727
55. 8.3 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 46,991
56. 8.3 L.A. Confidential (1997) 97,816
57. 8.3 Boot, Das (1981) 41,771
58. 8.3 The Maltese Falcon (1941) 28,947
59. 8.3 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 85,439
60. 8.3 The Shining (1980) 81,820
61. 8.3 Double Indemnity (1944) 18,276
62. 8.3 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 107,531
63. 8.3 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 37,243
64. 8.3 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 147,241
65. 8.3 Metropolis (1927) 19,528
66. 8.3 The Departed (2006) 87,316
67. 8.3 Rashômon (1950) 19,361
68. 8.3 Raging Bull (1980) 44,270
69. 8.3 Sin City (2005) 112,245
70. 8.3 Aliens (1986) 91,990
71. 8.3 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 30,490
72. 8.3 Modern Times (1936) 16,766
73. 8.3 Rebecca (1940) 17,855
74. 8.3 The Great Escape (1963) 31,396
75. 8.3 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 91,442
76. 8.3 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 20,779
77. 8.3 Some Like It Hot (1959) 37,285
78. 8.2 All About Eve (1950) 19,370
79. 8.2 Forrest Gump (1994) 142,426
80. 8.2 Amadeus (1984) 53,624
81. 8.2 Touch of Evil (1958) 17,412
82. 8.2 Vita è bella, La (1997) 56,732
83. 8.2 Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 16,535
84. 8.2 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 114,520
85. 8.2 Jaws (1975) 71,926
86. 8.2 The Sting (1973) 35,235
87. 8.2 Strangers on a Train (1951) 16,910
88. 8.2 On the Waterfront (1954) 20,694
89. 8.2 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 61,652
90. 8.2 Batman Begins (2005) 111,014
91. 8.2 Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) 9,438
92. 8.2 The Elephant Man (1980) 26,806
93. 8.2 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 74,036
94. 8.2 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 22,401
95. 8.2 Braveheart (1995) 134,709
96. 8.2 The Apartment (1960) 17,366
97. 8.2 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 17,798
98. 8.2 Blade Runner (1982) 103,756
99. 8.2 City Lights (1931) 12,335
100. 8.2 The Wizard of Oz (1939) 55,976
101. 8.2 Ran (1985) 18,782
102. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 113,255
103. 8.2 High Noon (1952) 18,392
104. 8.2 The Big Sleep (1946) 15,431
105. 8.2 Notorious (1946) 16,347
106. 8.2 Fargo (1996) 91,690
107. 8.2 Donnie Darko (2001) 100,173
108. 8.2 Grindhouse (2007) 6,698
109. 8.2 The Great Dictator (1940) 17,127
110. 8.2 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 33,252
111. 8.2 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 121,991
112. 8.1 The Incredibles (2004) 67,465
113. 8.1 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 22,139
114. 8.1 Mononoke-hime (1997) 32,580
115. 8.1 Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 5,792
116. 8.1 Unforgiven (1992) 47,408
117. 8.1 Finding Nemo (2003) 73,912
118. 8.1 Oldboy (2003) 35,306
119. 8.1 Crash (2004/I) 82,511
120. 8.1 Back to the Future (1985) 102,838
121. 8.1 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 89,127
122. 8.1 The Sixth Sense (1999) 138,457
123. 8.1 Ben-Hur (1959) 31,130
124. 8.1 Annie Hall (1977) 33,205
125. 8.1 Yojimbo (1961) 14,844
126. 8.1 V for Vendetta (2005) 88,241
127. 8.1 The Killing (1956) 11,509
128. 8.1 The Green Mile (1999) 95,782
129. 8.1 Life of Brian (1979) 50,444
130. 8.1 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 84,577
131. 8.1 The Deer Hunter (1978) 44,491
132. 8.1 Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 17,106
133. 8.1 The Princess Bride (1987) 75,941
134. 8.1 Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) 5,165
135. 8.1 Gladiator (2000) 142,586
136. 8.0 Platoon (1986) 55,180
137. 8.0 Wo hu cang long (2000) 70,339
138. 8.0 Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 4,522
139. 8.0 Ladri di biciclette (1948) 12,138
140. 8.0 It Happened One Night (1934) 12,296
141. 8.0 The Graduate (1967) 42,086
142. 8.0 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 30,321
143. 8.0 Gandhi (1982) 24,481
144. 8.0 Amores perros (2000) 28,283
145. 8.0 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 6,075
146. 8.0 8½ (1963) 13,381
147. 8.0 The African Queen (1951) 19,740
148. 8.0 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 11,580
149. 8.0 Children of Men (2006) 44,259
150. 8.0 Diaboliques, Les (1955) 5,862
151. 8.0 The Wild Bunch (1969) 16,278
152. 8.0 The Prestige (2006) 50,961
153. 8.0 Die Hard (1988) 86,809
154. 8.0 Stand by Me (1986) 46,441
155. 8.0 Brief Encounter (1945) 5,327
156. 8.0 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 9,597
157. 8.0 The General (1927) 10,205
158. 8.0 Smultronstället (1957) 9,312
159. 8.0 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 12,169
160. 8.0 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 25,728
161. 8.0 Harvey (1950) 11,956
162. 8.0 The Conversation (1974) 16,202
163. 8.0 Toy Story 2 (1999) 60,403
164. 8.0 Lola rennt (1998) 48,250
165. 8.0 Patton (1970) 21,582
166. 8.0 Duck Soup (1933) 14,720
167. 8.0 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 13,962
168. 8.0 The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 15,422
169. 8.0 Groundhog Day (1993) 68,604
170. 8.0 Gone with the Wind (1939) 42,987
171. 8.0 Glory (1989) 31,604
172. 8.0 Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920) 7,258
173. 8.0 Heat (1995) 71,544
174. 7.9 The Gold Rush (1925) 10,049
175. 7.9 The Big Lebowski (1998) 81,841
176. 7.9 Trainspotting (1996) 78,291
177. 7.9 Toy Story (1995) 67,645
178. 7.9 Spartacus (1960) 26,063
179. 7.9 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 6,060
180. 7.9 Ying xiong (2002) 43,920
181. 7.9 The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 11,986
182. 7.9 Twelve Monkeys (1995) 90,572
183. 7.9 Belle et la bête, La (1946) 4,419
184. 7.9 Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 48,022
185. 7.9 King Kong (1933) 19,506
186. 7.9 Magnolia (1999) 68,841
187. 7.9 The Exorcist (1973) 52,446
188. 7.9 Snatch. (2000) 76,534
189. 7.9 Hotaru no haka (1988) 14,290
190. 7.9 The Hustler (1961) 12,673
191. 7.9 Finding Neverland (2004) 45,017
192. 7.9 Ed Wood (1994) 36,648
193. 7.9 A Christmas Story (1983) 30,389
194. 7.9 Mystic River (2003) 53,405
195. 7.9 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 9,223
196. 7.9 Big Fish (2003) 62,359
197. 7.9 The Terminator (1984) 87,695
198. 7.9 The Philadelphia Story (1940) 15,475
199. 7.9 Stalker (1979) 7,545
200. 7.9 Shrek (2001) 98,693
201. 7.9 Before Sunset (2004) 22,207
202. 7.9 Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 8,017
203. 7.9 Cinderella Man (2005) 29,863
204. 7.9 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 8,120
205. 7.9 The Lady Vanishes (1938) 7,682
206. 7.9 In the Heat of the Night (1967) 11,107
207. 7.9 The Thing (1982) 31,757
208. 7.9 Scarface (1983) 60,767
209. 7.9 Out of the Past (1947) 4,797
210. 7.9 Stalag 17 (1953) 10,857
211. 7.9 Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 19,645
212. 7.9 Tengoku to jigoku (1963) 3,611
213. 7.9 Sleuth (1972) 7,233
214. 7.9 Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) 3,367
215. 7.9 Young Frankenstein (1974) 33,051
216. 7.9 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 56,530
217. 7.9 Manhattan (1979) 18,986
218. 7.9 Rosemary's Baby (1968) 21,408
219. 7.9 Kumonosu jô (1957) 6,286
220. 7.9 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 10,922
221. 7.9 Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 6,677
222. 7.9 Frankenstein (1931) 11,070
223. 7.9 Hable con ella (2002) 21,838
224. 7.9 United 93 (2006) 24,605
225. 7.9 Walk the Line (2005) 42,242
226. 7.9 Sling Blade (1996) 28,622
227. 7.9 Sherlock Jr. (1924) 3,194
228. 7.9 Umberto D. (1952) 3,083
229. 7.9 The Straight Story (1999) 22,868
230. 7.9 Mou gaan dou (2002) 14,507
231. 7.9 The Lost Weekend (1945) 5,051
232. 7.9 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 16,609
233. 7.9 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 117,109
234. 7.9 The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 3,450
235. 7.9 Roman Holiday (1953) 14,936
236. 7.9 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 11,367
237. 7.9 Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) 22,156
238. 7.9 The Lion King (1994) 53,497
239. 7.9 Great Expectations (1946) 4,121
240. 7.9 Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) 6,090
241. 7.9 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 16,032
242. 7.9 Dial M for Murder (1954) 12,874
243. 7.9 Ikiru (1952) 7,734
244. 7.9 Doctor Zhivago (1965) 16,288
245. 7.9 Solyaris (1972) 8,842
246. 7.9 Strada, La (1954) 8,248
247. 7.9 Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 10,954
248. 7.9 Z (1969) 4,275
249. 7.9 Monsters, Inc. (2001) 61,397
250. 7.9 In Cold Blood (1967) 4,765

真实的电车男

说到作品背景应该很多人都知道了，这是根据日本著名的BBS----2ch的“毒男版”（单身男人版）上的真人真事整理而得的，这里有整理之后的所有文章：

www.geocities.jp/outer797/

从这里可以看到，这个故事的发生时间是在去年的3月到5月间，后来，一个叫中野独人的家伙把这些帖子做了删减和整合后，在保留2ch版式的前提下，将其整理成册，并将版权卖于了新潮社，于是在2004年的10月22日，名为《电车男》的小说正式上市。
也许有人会问,在日本这样重视版权的国家，中野这样的做法难道没有构成侵权行为么？其实，当初在小说出版的时候，2ch也曾一纸诉状将中野和新潮社告上了法庭，但是最终这桩事件所折射出来的问题也十分有趣，新潮社可算是早早地抽身退出了，因为它当初在购买中野这一版的时候的确是按照正规的手续来获得授权的，至于之前他是否知道这本也不是中野的原创，这也只有自己心里清楚。2ch作为网站方面，他无权对用户的发言进行编辑和代理，也就是说，它本身并不能作为这些文字的代表法人来行使诉讼权和享受保障权利，能这么做的只有当事人，而2ch又是一个匿名论坛（事实上日本的bbs大都是匿名制的），而让2ch官方去发个公告，号召那些人来诉讼却又和论坛不得对用户起诱导作用的规定相违背，而且胜诉了2ch也捞不到什么好处，所以这起事件最终也没更深入地进展下去，有趣的事，作为当事人电车男，以及那些网友，到确实没有一个人站出来挑这场官司，一来作为个打这场已经惹起社会关注的官司确实是件费时费力费钱的事，而且真要打的话原告方牵扯的人实在太多了，理论上，只说过一句话却也上了书的人也可以去讨杯羹吃，把这些人细分给予补偿则着实有点荒唐，三来作为这样一则新奇而又浪漫的人间佳话，传于更多人分享和感动，未尝不是他们所希望看见的，因此对此也不怎么计较了。所以说法律这东西永远都是自相矛盾的，独裁终究是最高形态啊。不过中野这个人也算识趣，后来自己将作品的著作权费（目前改编成漫画、改拍成电影和电视剧等估算已达到七百五十万日元，今后的总捐赠金额可能还将超过一千万日元）全部捐给了日本红十字会，也可算来源群众，反馈社会了吧，也省得落了别人的口实。

和我们一起上潜水课的一对情侣好像就叫DANIEL和SUSAN，真不是什么好兆头阿…………

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1. OPEN WATER MOVIE
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英国情侣潜水误入鲨鱼区 6小时后奇迹生还

东方网9月19日消息：据英国《泰晤士报》报道，一对英国情侣在澳大利亚东北海岸潜水时遭急流冲击，飘浮至一片鲨鱼众生的水域，与鲨鱼“亲密接触”6小时之久后奇迹生还，营救人员称这对“潜水初学者”撞上了“不可思议的好运”。
　　29岁的路易·伍杰与她31岁的未婚夫戈登·普拉特利17日到澳大利亚著名潜水胜地大堡礁参加潜水课程训练。在经过7小时的航行后，这对情侣首次在没有教练的情况下自
行潜水。

　　不久后伍杰和普拉特利就遭遇一阵急流冲击，被迫与训练组分开。这对情侣被冲散到6海里开外的水域，发现成群的大鲨鱼在他们脚下绕圈圈。尽管伍杰患有轻微的“恐海症”，在未婚夫的帮助下，仍然坚持到营救人员的到来。据营救人员说，他们赶到后，两人已经精疲力竭，不过彼此仍然紧紧抱着对方。随后，伍杰与普拉特利被送往附近的医院进行恢复治疗。

　　据报道，上岸后不久，体力稍有恢复的伍杰还激动地给母亲打了个电话，告诉其这一惊心动魄的经历。今年61岁的简在接到女儿的电话后说道：“他们两人都只是潜水初学者，虽然已经具有下水的资格，但这是他俩第一次做。当其他人还在跟着教练学的时候，他俩就围着船周围游了起来，但意外的让急流冲到远处去了。后来，我女儿说他们失去了方向，也不知道教练船到底在哪里。他们唯一能做的就是不断踩水，还有期待着被救。伍杰说他们还看到几头大鲨鱼在下面游来游去，当时的感觉一定很恐怖。”

　　潜水教练表示，在他后来清点人数的时候，发现少了两人，就立即通知了海岸巡逻队。紧接着他们发起了空中与海面的双向搜索行动。大约6小时之后，海岸巡逻队员发现了这对失踪的情侣。

　　海岸巡逻队队长乔·科力斯称赞道：“尽管知道自己被一大群鲨鱼围绕着，但他们仍然能保持镇定，等着我们的救援，这种勇气是了不起的。不过，他们的好运气也实在不可思议，鲨鱼没有向他们发动袭击，而且他们的教练也在第一时间发现了有队员失踪，这才使我们有充分的时间寻找他们。另外，当天的晴朗天气也帮了他们大忙。”

　　据科力斯表示，两名美国游客在1998年的时候也遭遇了与这对情侣相似的情况，但却不幸葬身鱼腹。

电影资料：《战栗汪洋》基本情况


　　片名：Open Water

　　译名：战栗汪洋

　　导演：克里斯·肯狄斯 Chris Kentis

　　演员：布兰查德·瑞恩 Blanchard Ryan

　　丹尼尔·特拉维斯 Daniel Travis

　　类型：剧情／惊悚

　　级别：R(裸体及粗口)

　　发行公司：狮门公司 Lions Gate Films Inc

　　上映日期：2004年8月20日(美国)

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　　影片内容：

　　本片根据真实故事改编而成，讲述一对美国夫妇丹尼尔和苏珊(布兰查德·瑞恩和丹尼尔·特拉维斯饰)到太平洋的一个小岛渡假经历的恐怖遭遇。丹尼尔和苏珊都是兢兢业业的工作狂，平时很少有时间放松和交流，在巨大的工作压力下，这对夫妇决定给自己放个假，到国外渡假，顺便增进一下夫妻感情。

　　来到小岛的第二天清晨，这对持有专业潜水证书的夫妇一起去海里潜水。一开始，他们与其他潜水者同在一艘游艇上，但后来因为一些误解和巧合，这对夫妇与其他的人失散了，船也早就离他们而去，将他们遗留在冰冷、孤寂且距陆地遥远的大海中，孤助无援的他们还要面临鲨鱼的威胁，因为此地正是鲨鱼滋生的地方……

　　幕后花絮：

　　导演兼编剧克里斯·肯狄斯与制片人劳拉.卢将一个真实的故事改编成了这个恐怖惊梀的影片，一对渡假的夫妇被无意中丢弃在了大海中央，随即开始了一场惊心动魄的亡命之旅。“当我看了1998年，一对夫妇在澳洲大堡礁潜水后就再也没有上来的报道后，我决定了要把这件事拍成电影。而我自己也有潜水被困的经历，幸好15分钟后被人救起”，克里斯说道。这部影片在拍摄中没有采用任何低劣特效和电脑合成图像，而是两位主演布兰查德·瑞恩和丹尼尔·特拉维斯在离岸20英里的海中呆了长达120小时，以便适应各种海上生活。在整个电影的七十九分钟的播放时间中，男女主角不停的对抗着越来越多的困难和威胁。此外，影片中所有的鲨鱼都是活生生的蓝鲨，并不像其他电影中使用的那些道具鲨鱼，这是剧组里每个人特别是男女主角都感受到了鲨鱼的可怕与威胁。导演肯狄斯说道：“我们去了巴哈马，和真正的鲨鱼一起完成了这部电影的制作”，但他也承认，要说服这些演员和凶残的动物一起合作并不是一件容易的事。在拍摄过程中，男女主演布兰查德·雷恩和丹尼尔·特拉维斯都在游泳衣里面穿上了防鲨服，但即使是这样，他们的手还是得露在外面。他们没有买保险，肯狄斯这样说：“不可能有人来保这部电影的险，因为它太冒险了”。但即使是这样，所有演员们都演得很出色，其中最勇敢的非女主角雷恩莫属，“第一天她就被梭鱼咬伤”，肯狄斯说：“但她还是坚持了下来，她是个真正的勇士。”

　　这部影片最大的优势在于，它不像斯皮尔伯格那样利用数码特技镜头来造成感官上的视觉强烈冲击，而是将带你进入真正的海洋世界，使你在受到感官刺激之后，还心有余悸，造成一种心理的恐惧。而导演克里斯·肯狄斯的工作方式只能用行为艺术家那种神经质的创作热情来解释。 《战栗汪洋》今年参加了圣丹斯电影节的首映，并大受好评，它是继1999年圣丹斯获奖电影《女巫布莱尔》之后最恐怖的电影。曾在圣丹斯电影节上看过《颤栗汪洋》的观众表示，这部影片真的让人毛骨悚然，在制造恐怖氛围的电影制作史上，可能没有哪部电影比《战栗汪洋》更能折磨人的神经了。正如圣丹斯的影评家们所说，《战栗汪洋》的预算很低，导演没钱造一个像《大白鲨》里的机械鲨鱼，当然也不可能用电脑高科技制作一个海洋杀手。而就像所有热衷于独立电影拍摄的真正艺术家一样，克里斯希望带给观众的是最真实和自然的画面，他的方法是用真正的鲨鱼来演出。肯狄斯自己都承认：“这在当时看来真的有点儿冒险”，但如今看来这个冒险是值得的。

　　这部投资只有10万美元、片长73分钟，由克里斯·肯蒂斯和他的妻子劳拉担任导演和制片的低成本影片，却在今年的影坛刮起了一阵不小的旋风。很多人把它与当年的《大白鲨》相提并论，虽然在拍摄手法和特效处理上它们有着很大的差异，但造成的恐怖气氛都深深影响到了观众，至于此片的真实拍摄是否能较电脑特技更胜一筹，就等我们到影片中去发掘了。

佛州发生三天内第二起鲨鱼攻击事件 一少年受伤
2005-06-28 （华翼网新闻中心）

官员说，一名16岁男孩周一在佛罗里达水深及腰的海岸垂钓时，遭鲨鱼咬伤，这是三天来佛罗里达湾区的第二起鲨鱼攻击事件。

官员说，救援直升机紧急将来自田纳西的16岁少年胡托送往巴拿马市的一家医院，最初他情况危急。根据媒体报导，医生切除了他的右腿。

湾区医疗中心(Bay Medical Center)女发言人希尔德说：“病患情况已稳定，不再危急...我们希望他会没事。”

周六有一名14岁女孩被咬死，而这名男孩则是在距事发地点约100公里的圣伯拉斯角(Cape San Blas)站在海中垂钓，当时还有另一名少年。

海湾郡女发言人皮克特说：“他在离岸约55公尺的河口沙洲垂钓，当时有鱼上钩。”发生事故后，当局那天便关闭了海湾郡69公里的海岸线。

从2000至2003年，佛罗里达平均每年发生约33起鲨鱼攻击事件，但去年降为12起。或许这是因为一连串强烈飓风来袭，使泳客、冲浪者和潜水者避免下水，而鲨鱼也远离海岸所致