1973年,美国导演JamesBridges以当年的哈佛法学院的实际情况,拍摄了一部名叫“ThePaperChase”的电影,中文翻译为《平步青云》。这部无论导演和演员阵容都并非豪华的电影在后来连续的几十年中,一直都被全美几乎每个法律系的学生视为“第一堂必修课”。Chase,翻译过来是“追击、追逐”的意思。The Paper Chase,简单直接就道破了法律中追逐缠夹的本性,却不知道为何被按上这么一个无甚相关的中文名字。也许在作者理解中,进入哈佛法学院攻读法律专业,就离光荣与梦想的美式好生活相差无几——
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland&