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24 Hour Party People · 2002 — 第 3 / 10 章 · 4'24" · B2

Tony Wilson Announces the US Tour, Explained：straight up

At a gig Ian Curtis collapses mid-set; the film cuts to Tony Wilson dismissing an interviewer with 'the free play of signs and signifiers,' then breaking the news: 'I'm telling you now, straight up, we're gonna tour America.' The band cheers, but the last line is 'Wish you were here.'

あらすじ

The band is on tour; mid-song Ian Curtis suddenly collapses and someone shouts for a doctor. Elsewhere, Tony Wilson faces a hostile TV interviewer about Joy Division's name, then tells the group the news: they are going to tour America. The room cheers — though Ian insists he is fine and slips away.

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fuck knowscuntironylay one on someone

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このシーンの表現

fuck knows

who knows

As Ian collapses, someone asks what is wrong and a mate shrugs: nobody knows.

Fuck knows where he went after the gig.

このシーンの他の表現

  • cunt

    a very strong insult

  • irony

    the ironic contrast

  • lay one on someone

    to punch someone

  • fair enough

    that's reasonable

  • branch out

    try something new

このシーンのメモ一覧

94 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · A2what's the matter with someone

what is wrong with

- What the hell's the matter with him? - Fuck knows. I dunno.
文法 · B2What the hell's the matter with him

contracted question: The contraction hides is, and hell only adds force to the question.

- What the hell's the matter with him? - Fuck knows. I dunno.
発音the hell's the matter

Link hell's into the next word and flap the t in matter.

- What the hell's the matter with him? - Fuck knows. I dunno.
スラング · C1cunt

a very strong insult — One of the strongest insults in English; not usable in public.

Rob. What the fuck are you doing, you cunt?
スラング · C1summat

something — Northern English dialect for something; keep it local and casual.

We need a doctor. I don't know. He's had a fit or summat.
発音lay one on

Run lay-one-on together, with one weak.

Fuck off or I'll lay one on you.
表現 · B1straight up

honestly, no joke

I'm telling you now, straight up, we're gonna tour America.
表現 · A2nice one

well done, good

- Nice one. - Are you serious?
表現 · B1top-class something

top-quality

Are we gonna be staying in, like, top-class hotels and...
スラング · C1knocking shops

cheap brothels — Crude slang for brothels; avoid in polite company.

You're in knocking shops and I'm in five-star hotels.
表現 · C1interrupt someone's flow

break someone's rhythm

- Peter, I won't interrupt your flow.
文法 · B2it don't harm 'em

dialectal negation: Using don't with it is dialect, not standard grammar; it marks the speaker's accent.

Er, but it... it don't harm 'em, not like if a dog did it, you know.
表現 · A2have a go at something

give it a try

- Have a go. - Right, OK.
表現 · C1have the command of something

have a good command of

I've not quite got the command of the, er...
文法 · B2I've not quite got

negative present perfect: The negative present perfect says he still has not mastered it.

I've not quite got the command of the, er...
表現 · B1stick to something

keep doing

Stick to what you're good at. Unless you're a duck, then branch out.
表現 · A2be good at something

skilled in

Stick to what you're good at. Unless you're a duck, then branch out.
スラング · B2spliff

a marijuana joint — Drug slang for a joint; not for formal use.

I've got a spliff going. Gonna come in?
表現 · B1look forward to something

anticipate with pleasure

Yeah, it's good. I'm looking forward to it.
スラング · B1chuffed

very pleased — Everyday British for pleased; rare in American English.

I'm really chuffed.
表現 · B1catch someone later

find him later

No, I've gotta go. I'll catch him later.
表現 · A2send someone something

send you a card

- ..send you a postcard, yeah? - Yeah, do, that'd be great.
発音send you a

Glide from send into you a without a pause.

- ..send you a postcard, yeah? - Yeah, do, that'd be great.

「Tony Wilson Announces the US Tour」を読み解く

What's really going on

This is the film laughing at itself while it tells the truth. Tony Wilson answers a charge of fascism with 'the free play of signs and signifiers,' high theory as a dodge, and the film cuts straight from that to the band's chaotic reality. The American tour sounds like triumph — 'I'm telling you now, straight up, we're gonna tour America' — but the editing keeps pulling to Ian, who collapses during the set and later says, quietly, 'I said I'm fine, Rob, yeah? Just shut up.' The good news and the bad news arrive together. The final 'Wish you were here' lands on the person who was there and wouldn't stay.

Theme

DreamsThe band finally gets the American tour it wanted, but the film frames the triumph against Ian's collapsing health.
AmbitionWilson sells the US tour as the payoff of years of work, even as the personal cost starts to show.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Straight up stresses that you are not joking.
  • Fair enough concedes a point and stops the argument.
  • Chuffed is British for very pleased.
  • Have a fit can mean a seizure or a burst of anger.

発音のポイント

  • the hell's the matter — Link hell's into the next word and flap the t in matter.
  • lay one on — Run lay-one-on together, with one weak.
  • send you a — Glide from send into you a without a pause.
Stick to what you're good at. Unless you're a duck, then branch out.

Deadpan advice from an eccentric duck handler: don't spread yourself thin, unless your real talent lies elsewhere. The film's wink at knowing your lane — and its opposite.

I'm telling you now, straight up, we're gonna tour America.

Wilson's flat announcement that the band is going to America. 'Straight up' insists he isn't joking, even as the room is falling apart.

You're in knocking shops and I'm in five-star hotels.

Wilson's joke about unequal tour perks: the band gets dives, the boss gets luxury. Affectionate swagger rather than a real complaint.

Do you know nothing about the free play of signs and signifiers?

Wilson answers the fascism charge with postmodern jargon instead of an apology — clever evasion that shows he'd rather sound smart than engage.

Don't fucking tell me to calm down! You fucking calm down!

The scene's rawest line: someone refuses to be soothed. Whoever says it, the refusal shows how far the room is from calm.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Ian collapse during the show?

He suffers a fit mid-performance. In the film it is the first clear sign of the epilepsy that will shape the rest of his life, though the scene never stops to explain it.

Why is Tony Wilson accused of being a fascist?

Because the band's name, Joy Division, comes from the women the SS used for breeding. The interviewer treats the name as a provocation; Wilson answers with a lecture on signs and signifiers rather than an apology.

What does 'chuffed' mean?

It's British slang for very pleased. When Ian says 'I'm really chuffed,' he means he is genuinely happy about the American tour.

Why does the scene end with 'Wish you were here'?

It is the message on a postcard someone offers to send. Given Ian's failing health and his refusal to stay, the line lands as a bittersweet goodbye.

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