USA Today: First look: David O. Russell's 'American Hustle'

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閃耀著一個接著一個的奧斯卡最佳影片提名的經歷，David O. Russell 已經積蓄了很多的美國夢。

現在，該是再來一擊的時刻。

在 2010 年成功出擊的 The Fighter 之後，緊接著的是 2012 年的『派特的幸福劇本』David O. Russell 即將以 "American Hustle" 航向獎季的核心（十二月13日在美國限定戲院上映，十二月25日美國全國上映），這是一部以『針刺行動』為主的虛構電影。

集合導演 Fighter 與『派特的幸福劇本』演員組，Russell 將重點放在 70 到 80 年代紐約政府與黑道之間的交流。他以他寫實的手法描述誘捕活動，需張聲勢的作法與直接的幽默感。

Christian Bale 飾演 Irving Rosenfeld，他是個聰明擅長竊取藝術品的專家，因此引起 FBI 探員 Richie DiMaso（Bradley Cooper 飾演）的關注。 （翻譯跳過 Bradley Cooper 的卷髮）

DiMaso 強迫 Irving 以及他英國籍的情人兼共犯 Sydney（Amy Adams 飾演）潛入紐澤西某勢力龐大的掮客與黑道組織。Irving 妻子由 Jennifer Lawrence 飾演，她的名字是 Rosalyn ，是一位居住在長島上難以掌控的女性，她曾威脅整個『刺針行動』 。Russell 說「每位演員都表現了觀眾未曾見過的一面，那真的讓我很期待。」

Russell 組中的新人是 Jeremy Renner，他飾演難以捉摸的 Carmine Polito， 身為紐澤西市長的他，試圖在經濟動盪時讓大眾存活。Russell 又說「那個時代與現在很類似，整個經濟不太好，人們都在想著要怎樣才能活下去。」

真實的『刺針行動』在擴大到美國國家階層後收場，總共有一名的美國參議員與五名的國會議員被判貪物而服刑。

電影 "American Hustle" 在四月時，看到這個故事的另外一面，他們目擊到了波士頓馬拉松的爆炸案。導演 Russell 回想說「我們那天在邊陲地方拍戲，Christian Bale 的妻子是第一個聯絡到正在拍戲的他的人。那整個過程極端不寫實，非常地讓人難過。」當時，他們被告知要待在屋內，並得停止拍戲。

Russell 現在正在剪輯 "American Hustle"，馬不停提的忙著他口中的今年「 最緊湊的活動」（當他在奧斯卡紅地毯上步行的同時，這部電影還正在做試鏡）。但 Russell 深信這些付出會獲得相當的回報。從 "The Fighter" 之後，他說「我覺得我很清楚自己想做什麼」。

With back-to-back Oscar-nominated films on his résumé, David O. Russell has cornered the American dream.

Now it's time to hustle.

Following the success of 2010's The Fighter and 2012's Silver Linings Playbook, the director will head back into the heart of awards season with American Hustle (in limited release on Dec. 13, in theaters everywhere Dec. 25), a fictionalized film based on the FBI's Abscam sting operation.

Reunited with members of his Fighter and Silver Linings acting teams, Russell focuses on the intersection of the government and the Mob in the New York area in the late '70 and '80s, applying his textured realism to a world of entrapment, stylish swagger and raw humor.

Christian Bale stars as Irving Rosenfeld, a brilliant Bronx con-man whose specialization in stolen art catches the attention of unhinged FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). (Those tight curls are "not a perm, just for the record," says Russell, noting Cooper's character emulates a style popularized by '70s professional baseball players.)

DiMaso forces Irving and his British lover/accomplice Sydney (Amy Adams) into a web of New Jersey power brokers and the Mafia. Jennifer Lawrence is on hand as Irving's loose cannon of a Long Island house wife, Rosalyn, who threatens the entire operation. "Everybody gets to do something we've never seen before," says Russell. "That's exciting to me."

New to Russell's orbit is Jeremy Renner as Carmine Polito, a volatile New Jersey mayor keeping his community afloat in the midst of a recession. "That era was very much like our era now," says Russell. "The economy was not in a good place and people had to struggle to figure out how to reinvent themselves."

The real Abscam scandal ended on the national stage, with a U.S. senator and five congressmen convicted of corruption.

The American Hustle team saw a different side of history in April, bearing witness to the Boston Marathon bombings. "We were shooting in an outlying area that day," recalls Russell, who was told to stay indoors along with the cast as production shut down. "Christian Bale's wife was the first one to get through to him (on set). It was very surreal. It was very upsetting."

Russell is editing American Hustle, continuing what he describes as the year's "intense'' momentum (the film was in camera tests even as he walked Oscar's red carpet). But Russell is confident the effort will pay off. Ever since The Fighter, he says, "I feel very clear about what I want to do."