How The Danish Girl captured the zeitgeist

  第3週  丹麥女孩

Who:Tom Hooper
When:Not given
Where:Not given
Why:Not given
How:It tells the story of the 1930s Danish artist Einar Wegener, played by Eddie Redmayne, who became one of the first people to undergo sex reassignment surgery, having decided to live life as a woman called Lili Elbe. 

Few movies capture the popular zeitgeist quite like King's Speech director Tom Hooper's The Danish Girl. It tells the story of the 1930s Danish artist Einar Wegener, played by Eddie Redmayne, who became one of the first people to undergo sex reassignment surgery, having decided to live life as a woman called Lili Elbe. The film also features Wegener's wife Gerda, played by Alicia Vikander.

The Danish Girl comes in a year that has put transgender issues firmly into the spotlight. From the transition of Bruce to Caitlyn Jenner, to the Emmy-winning success of Amazon's series Transparent, even the White House chose to screen The Danish Girl as part of a celebration of LGBT artists.

Ironic, then, that Hooper has said the script was passed around for about 12 years struggling to secure backing because of what was seen as the story's limited appeal.

"I hope it provides a message of hope," says the Oscar-winning Hooper, who has 

previously worked with Redmayne on Elizabeth I and Les Miserables.

"It's a message that transgender history matters. These were two extraordinary pioneers of the transgender movement who I think history had marginalised."

Location:http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35075110

Keywords:

popular zeitgeist:流行的時代精神
sex reassignment surgery:變性手術
transgender:跨性別
LGBT:同志文化
pioneers:先鋒
marginalised:邊緣化