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American Movie · 1999 — 第 14 / 19 章 · 4'53" · B1

Mark Records the Film's First Line, Explained：on the money

A road trip to record wild sound turns into an argument about whether anyone swore, and then into Mark coaching Bill through the first line of Coven. Bill keeps flubbing it, and Mark insists, "It's the first line of the film, man. It's gotta be on the money."

あらすじ

Mark drives out to a Wisconsin marsh to record ambient sound for Coven, but all he gets are trucks and no birds, so he gives up on the spot. Later, with Bill in the car, he tries to capture the movie's opening line and has to feed Bill the food and coaching he needs to say it right.

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このシーンの表現

on the money

exactly right

Mark says the film's first line has to be on the money, exactly right.

Her guess about the winner was right on the money.

このシーンの他の表現

  • hearing things

    imagining sounds

  • snap the ball

    start a football play

  • adamant about

    firmly insisting on

  • shit

    damn, crap

  • get along

    to have a good relationship

このシーンのメモ一覧

77 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · A2watch out for something

be careful

Watch out, man. Dawnie, get your sleeping bag ready.
スラング · B2Shit

damn — Casual frustration between friends; avoid it in polite settings.

- Shit. - Shit, all I can see is purple and-- Is that the first-- Did you swear, man?
表現 · B1auditory senses

sense of hearing

No, I don't. I got good auditory senses.
発音Second and

Link Second and and into one run, almost secon-dand.

Second and nine.
表現 · B2snap the ball

start a football play

Watching football, they puzzle over how a quarterback snaps the ball after faking a signal.

If he patted his right hip, how would he snap the ball?
文法 · B2If he patted his right hip

unreal conditional: Patting a hip did not happen; the past form marks a purely imaginary situation.

If he patted his right hip, how would he snap the ball?
表現 · B2a host of something

a large number of Host here means a large number, not a person who hosts.

My dad has always had a host of recommendations...
表現 · C1be adamant about something

firmly insisting on

Mark notes that his father, once dismissive, now insists he finish the film.

Now he's very adamant about me getting the film done.
表現 · B1get along with someone

have a good relationship

They never got along.
表現 · B1look forward to something

to eagerly await

Mark argues that giving children a direction gives them something to expect each day.

If you give them a destiny, they've got something to look forward to.
文法 · B1If you give them a destiny

first conditional: The present tense in the if-clause sets up a real, likely result in the main clause.

If you give them a destiny, they've got something to look forward to.
発音look forward to

Soften forward and reduce to to a quick schwa sound.

If you give them a destiny, they've got something to look forward to.
表現 · B2be out of control

unable to be managed

Mark calls his parents great today, then adds that they were once out of control.

But they were out of control.
スラング · B1the hell

on earth — Adds force to a question among friends, not elders.

Hey, how the hell far away is this marsh now?
スラング · B1suck

be terrible — A casual complaint; use be awful in formal settings.

This is sound for the woods. It's gonna totally suck.
スラング · B2fucking

damn (intensifier) — A vulgar intensifier; never use it in formal speech.

there's not one fucking bird.
表現 · B1put a smile on someone's face

a happy look

Good to see a smile on your face.
表現 · B2do something by the numbers

step by step Not by digits; following a set procedure.

We're gonna do this by the numbers. We gotta do a little sound recording.
表現 · B1something to live for

a reason to keep going

"It's all right. There's something to live for. Jesus told me so."
スラング · B1nuts

darn — A mild, old-fashioned exclamation of annoyance.

Oh, nuts.
表現 · A2spill something

let it spill

Don't spill it.
表現 · C1be on the money

exactly right

Mark says the film's first line has to be on the money, exactly right.

It's the first line of the film, man. It's gotta be on the money.
文法 · B1It's gotta be

gotta contraction: Gotta is the spoken contraction of have got to, meaning must or has to.

It's the first line of the film, man. It's gotta be on the money.
発音on the money

Stress money and slide over on the.

It's the first line of the film, man. It's gotta be on the money.
表現 · B1roll down the window

lower a car window

Roll down the window, Bill.

「Mark Records the Film's First Line」を読み解く

What's really going on

On the surface this is a funny sequence about bad location sound and a friend who keeps flubbing his one line. Underneath, it is Mark working out what he believes. Talking about his parents, who "never got along" and were "out of control," he turns his own childhood into a rule for the future: "If you give them a destiny, they've got something to look forward to." The movie's opening line, "It's all right. There's something to live for. Jesus told me so," matters so much because Mark needs it to be more than a line. He needs it to be true, which is why he will not settle for a flat reading and keeps pushing Bill until the words land, on the money.

Theme

DreamsMark treats the film's opening line as a reason to keep going, and wants to give others a destiny so they have something to look forward to.
Family conflictHe describes parents who never got along and were out of control, turning his own childhood into a warning about what he refuses to pass on.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Something to live for works as hope, not advice.
  • On the money means exactly right, with no room for error.
  • Look forward to takes a noun or an -ing, not a bare verb.
  • Out of control describes people or situations past managing.

発音のポイント

  • Second and — Link Second and and into one run, almost secon-dand.
  • look forward to — Soften forward and reduce to to a quick schwa sound.
  • on the money — Stress money and slide over on the.
It's the first line of the film, man. It's gotta be on the money.

Because it opens the movie, this line has to be delivered exactly right, so Mark will not accept a flat or rushed reading.

"It's all right. There's something to live for. Jesus told me so."

It is the film's opening line of dialogue, a promise that life is worth living even when it does not feel that way.

If you give them a destiny, they've got something to look forward to.

Mark's idea of parenting: give a child a goal and a future, and they have a reason to keep going.

I wouldn't allow my kids to go through that shit, man.

Having watched his parents fight, he vows his own children will not grow up in the same chaos.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Mark want the first line to be perfect?

He calls it the first line of the film, so it has to be on the money: if the opening sounds flat, the whole movie starts wrong.

Why do they argue about whether someone swore?

One of them thinks he heard a curse word and does not want to be hearing things, while the other insists he never swears, so they keep going back and forth.

What does the line "There's something to live for" mean?

It is the movie's opening piece of dialogue, a statement that life is worth living, and Mark wants Bill to say it with real passion.

What does Mark say about his parents?

He says they never got along and were out of control when he was growing up, though he now calls them great parents.

Why does Mark talk about giving kids a destiny?

After describing his parents' fighting, he says he would not put his own kids through it, and that giving them a destiny gives them something to look forward to.

American Movie · 全 19 章

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第 1 章idle handsMark's Twelfth Hour Deadline第 2 章have something under your beltMark Pitches Northwestern第 3 章in their right mindFamily Fights Over the Phone Bill第 4 章ready to rollMark Runs Out of Money第 5 章kosherMark Pitches Bill for 45 Grand第 6 章down and outMark Shoots Coven in the Snow第 7 章the bottom lineMark Pitches 3,000 Units to Bill第 8 章lessen the blowShooting Coven in the Graveyard第 9 章go out of their wayMark Lists His Debts第 10 章have your cake and eat it tooMark Fears Losing His Kids第 11 章face up toMark Confesses at Thanksgiving Dinner第 12 章let a day go byMark Watches His Old Footage第 13 章the ship is sinkingMark Shoots the Last Take of Coven再生中 · 第 14 章on the moneyMark Records the Film's First Line第 15 章for the birdsMark Pushes Bill Through 31 Takes第 16 章just like youMark's Drunken Rant第 17 章twist your armMark Picks Kenny Up From Jail第 18 章catharticMark Smashes Cars on Set第 19 章hot off the pressesMark Finishes the Last Splice
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