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如果说《普通人》使罗伯特·雷德福间接联想到他的故的童年,那么《豆田之战》则是他彻头彻尾的“寻根“之作。一九八六年拍摄完成的《豆田之战》改编自约翰·尼库拉斯一九七四年出版的畅销小说,故事叙述了新墨西哥州一群农民为了保护土地、获得灌溉权而引起一场与土地开发者之间的争夺战。故事里写到的人物和环境都是罗伯特·雷德福熟悉的,甚至可说是刻骨铭心的。他把对童年时代的怀念之情倾注在影坛的拍摄中。也许罗伯特·雷德福的确是一切都来得太顺利了,在他执导他的第二部影片时,上帝决定让他稍稍受到一点挫折,否则显得对人类太不公平。开始,他选中位于墨西哥州的古老城镇奇梅约作为主要外景地,但这个建于十八世纪的城镇的“老古董”们反对电影公司“入侵”,破坏他们历史悠久的
If “ordinary people” indirectly remembered Robert Redford as his later childhood, then “Battle of the Bean Field” was his downright “root-seeking” work. The Battle of the Bean Field, completed in 1986, was adapted from the bestselling novel published by John Nicholas in 1974. The story describes a group of peasants in New Mexico aiming at protecting the land and obtaining irrigation rights. Battle between land developers. The characters and environment written in the story are familiar to Robert Redford and can even be unforgettable. He devoted his childhood memories to filming. Maybe Robert Redford was indeed all too well, and as he directed his second film, God decided to give him a little bit of setback or it would be too unfair to mankind. Initially, he selected Chimei, an ancient Mexican town, as its main location, but the “antiquities” of this 18th-century town objected to the “invading” of movie studios and the destruction of their historic