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From Jason Reitman, the Oscar-nominated director of Juno, comes Up in the Air, the timely odyssey of Ryan Bingham (Oscar winner George Clooney), a corporate downsizer and consummate modern business traveler who, after years of staying happily airborne, suddenly finds himself ready to make a real connection.
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繼奧斯卡提名影片《朱諾》之后，導演賈森·雷特曼帶來了其新作《在云端》。這部影片展現了公司裁員專家瑞恩·賓厄姆（奧斯卡獎獲得者喬治·克魯尼飾）自我探索的人生經歷。瑞恩的工作需要在各地飛來飛去，在當下堪稱時髦；然而，這么多年以空中飛行為己樂，他突然覺得自己已經準備接受一段真正的情感。
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Ryan has long been contented with his unencumbered lifestyle lived out across America in airports, hotels and rental cars. He can carry all he needs in one wheel-away case; he’s a pampered, elite member of every travel loyalty program in existence; and he’s close to attaining his lifetime goal of 10 million frequent flier miles — and yet ... Ryan has nothing real to hold onto.
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一直以來，瑞恩穿梭于全美的各個機場、酒店和出租車，他很滿意自己這種不受任何牽累的生活方式。一只旅行箱裝下了他所需要的一切；作為現有每一家“旅行忠誠計劃”的尊貴會員，他備受寵愛；他即將實現自己的人生目標：乘飛機積攢的英里數達到1000萬；然而……瑞恩找不到自己真正想要堅持的東西。
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When he falls for a simpatico fellow traveler Alex (Vera Farmiga), Ryan's boss (Jason Bateman), inspired by a young, upstart efficiency expert Natalie (Anna Kendrick), threatens to permanently call him in from the road. Faced with the prospect, at once terrifying and exhilarating, of being grounded, Ryan begins to contemplate what it might actually mean to have a home.
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他愛上了與自己志趣相投的同行亞歷克斯（維拉·法梅加 飾），這時候，瑞恩的上司（杰森·貝特曼 飾）受年輕卻自命不凡的效率專家娜塔莉（安娜·肯德里克 飾）的啟發，揚言要終結他這種“在路上”的生活方式。面對“落地生根”的生活前景，瑞恩既驚恐又振奮，他開始思考：擁有一個自己的家到底意味著什么。
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The film's main theme is that it is an imperative to find connections and relationships in life. Alex's and Natalie's arrival into Ryan's life challenge his philosophy of a relationship-free life throughout the course of the film (Natalie's relationship with her boyfriend and Ryan's growing attraction to Alex). Natalie begins to realize the disheartening aspects of Ryan's job while questioning the purpose of Ryan's personal miles goal, and how his lifestyle makes it impossible for him to make any real relationship.
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這部影片的主題強調了人們在生活中需要一些情感聯系。隨著亞歷克斯和娜塔莉闖入瑞恩的生活，他這種無拘無束、不受任何感情牽累的生活理念開始受到挑戰（娜塔莉和男友之間的戀情，同時瑞恩愈發為亞歷克斯所吸引）。娜塔莉對瑞恩的個人飛行里程目標提出了質疑，她開始意識到這份職業令人沮喪的方方面面，正是瑞恩的這種生活方式使得他不可能與別人維系真正的感情。
（China.org.cn 汪瑋 譯）
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