The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has decided to expel Harvey Weinstein after the producer was accused of sexually assaulting and harassing at least three dozen women in extensively-reported articles that have appeared in The New York Times and The New Yorker magazine over the past two weeks.
电影艺术与科学学院决定开除Harvey Weinstein ,在过去的两周中,纽约时代杂志和纽约人杂志广泛报道他在电影制作人期间,性骚扰和性侵只少3名女性。
In the wake of an emergency meeting Saturday, the academy's 54-member Board of Governors issued a statement saying:
在周六的紧急会议中,学院的54出席会员发表如下声明:
"The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors met today to discuss the allegations against Harvey Weinstein, and has voted well in excess of the required two-thirds majority to immediately expel him from the Academy. We do so not simply to separate ourselves from someone who does not merit the respect of his colleagues but also to send a message that the era of willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually predatory behavior and workplace harassment in our industry is over. What's at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society. The Board continues to work to establish ethical standards of conduct that all Academy members will be expected to exemplify."
“美国电影艺术与科学学院成员今天聚集在一起声讨Harvey Weinstein的所做所为,并有2/3主要协会成员投票通过开除Harvey Weinstein的会员资格。我们此举不仅只是简单的将我们和某些人在对同事的尊重态度上进行区分,并且传递一种信息-任性无知,可耻的性侵同谋的行为和工作场所的性骚扰在我们这个行业中它结束了。这个可怕的问题将在我们的行业中没有生存的土壤。学院将继续致力于建立行业的伦理标准,并要求学院所有成员以此为典范”
This is an exceedingly rare move for the organization, which was founded 90 years ago by studio executive Louis B. Mayer. In 2004, the academy revoked the membership of actor Carmine Caridi, best known for The Godfather movies, after he shared a copyrighted movie screener with a friend who uploaded it to the Internet. Losing one's status within the academy is a symbolic shunning by the Hollywood establishment, with real consequences for the disgraced producer. Weinstein will no longer even be able to vote in the award ceremonies that his films have dominated for years.
对学院来说,这是非常罕见的,90多年前,由Louis B. Mayer建立的。在2014年学院决定开除Carmine Caridi,他因教父系列电影被众人所知,在他和朋友分享一段电影片段的拷贝,而他的朋友将此片段上传至网上。开除某人的会员资格只是好莱坞一种象征性的方式,真正的目的是使他名誉扫地。Weinstein 将会在多年里,由他主导的电影将不会出现任何奖项提名中。
The decision comes as no surprise. On Wednesday, the academy issued a statement describing the allegations against Weinstein as "repugnant, abhorrent, and antithetical to the high standards of the academy and the creative community it represents." Since then, many industry watchers assumed an ouster was underway.
这个决定并不意外,早在周三,学院就对事件发表声明声讨 Weinstein“令人厌恶的行为,和协会的高标准和创造性的氛围是对立的”从那时起,一些行业的评论家也都私下将他开除。
At the peak of his powers, Weinstein wielded legendary influence within the academy. Although Weinstein has won only one Oscar, for producing the 1998 film Shakespeare In Love, the companies Weinstein co-founded with his brother, Miramax and The Weinstein Company, have produced or distributed movies that have been nominated for 341 Academy Awards and won 81 of them.
在他的巅峰时代,他用他传奇的影响力加入学院,1998年他所主导的莎翁情史为他获得一座奥斯卡,他和他哥哥所创造的Miramax and The Weinstein 制作公司所主导的电影获得了341个协会奖项提名,并赢得其中的81个奖项。
The academy board members involved in this decision included high-wattage celebrities such as Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Hanks, as well as representatives from nearly every aspect of the film industry, from special effects to makeup artists. Hollywood remains rife with speculation about whether this decision will carry similar consequences for other powerful Hollywood figures who have a documented history of sexual abuse allegations, such as comedian Bill Cosby and director Roman Polanski. Already, other powerful figures accused of harassment have been served notice: The head of Amazon Studios was suspended after an article detailing alleged lewd comments to an employee was published on the website The Information.
学院的成员都是好莱坞的知名人士,例如Whoopi Goldberg和Tom Hanks,在电影行业的各个方面都是有特殊影响力的的演员。好莱坞仍然怀疑此项觉得是否会对其他有着性虐待指控记录的好莱坞大人物有影响,例如喜剧演员Bill Cosby和导演Roman Polanski。另一位大人物应性骚扰接到了传票:亚马逊公司的一位负责人在网站上公布了一篇文章,内容是对一名员工的淫秽评论。
Weinstein's expulsion from the academy is the latest event in a rapidly unraveling career that, over the past 11 days, has included getting fired from his company and facing fresh police investigations in London and New York. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has suspended Weinstein, and the Producers Guild of America is considering doing the same. That decision will be made in an emergency meeting on Monday; it was originally scheduled for Saturday.
开除Weinstein的会员资格只是他职业生涯迅速瓦解的一个最新事件而已,在过去的11天中,包括他公司的人员离职和面对伦敦和纽约警方的调查。英国电影和电视艺术学院暂停和Weinstein的合作,美国电影制片人工会也同样在考虑这样做。最初的会议定在周六,但新的决定将由周一的紧急会议后决定发布。