as a piece of
As part of the radio show, he mentioned other projects he was doing.American Movie · 1999 — 第 1 / 19 章 · 4'23" · B2
Mark's Twelfth Hour Deadline, Explained：idle hands
Past three in the morning, the crew is still printing pages and racing a deadline. "Not the eleventh hour. This is the twelfth hour," someone says. Mark finds bills and a brand-new credit card in the same pile of mail, and ends up talking about handing out flyers for his own film.
あらすじ
It is after 3 a.m. and the group is scrambling to get pages printed and copied, joking that as late as this, idle hands are the devil's workshop. Between takes, Mark admits he was not really directing his own film. Later he opens his mail, finds overdue bills and a new MasterCard, and explains his plan to hand out flyers for an independent feature.
注目の表現
idle handsmade that upmakes my daycornered
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このシーンの表現
idle hands
unused hands find trouble
Mark half-jokes that he keeps his crew busy because idleness invites trouble.
Give the kids a task, or idle hands will find something worse to do.
このシーンの他の表現
- made that up
invented it on the spot
- makes my day
makes me really happy
- cornered
pinned down and controlled
- kick-ass
extremely cool or exciting
- life is kinda cool
life can actually be good
このシーンのメモ一覧
59 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
in your control
"Dear girl, do you know what you possess in your hand and its capabilities?object clause: The whole what-clause is the object of know, and what itself is the object inside it.
"Dear girl, do you know what you possess in your hand and its capabilities?In fast speech got to often collapses to gotta.
We've got to get these pages printed and get them straight to the copier.wish + could: Wish plus could describes something he cannot do now, not a plan.
I wish I could give 'em destinies, but I have to adhere to this keyboard.Link give and 'em into one smooth run.
I wish I could give 'em destinies, but I have to adhere to this keyboard.come by to visit
He asked me to come over and help him.Used to is reduced to a light use-ta.
We used to do a lot of partying together, but I don't party anymore.invented it on the spot
Mark enjoys his own improvised narration and wants it written down before it is lost.
I just made that up. I wanna write that down. "Do you have any--" - Stevens. - He's ready. Step out a minute.makes me really happy
Lisa's small compliment lands hard on Mark, who is starved for encouragement.
Why, thank you, Lisa. That really makes my day.marijuana — A casual word for marijuana, not for polite company.
I was smoking dope and drinking beer, and it really struck me...watch or notice
I was no longer paying attention to the actors and performances.handle it
because then you can deal with them and realize 'em.pinned down and controlled
Mark turns self-doubt into confidence: by the time he shoots, he will have those feelings cornered.
you've got these emotions and these complexities cornered.object complement: Have something cornered means he gets it under control; cornered describes the object.
you've got these emotions and these complexities cornered.mom — An informal, affectionate word for mother.
That's funny. I just borrowed gas money from my ma tonight.participle phrase: The participle phrase states the consequence of the notice without starting a new sentence.
"Resulting in a lien on any real and personal property you own...inside X days after
within ten days of this notice."take it to court
Oh, my God. "Legal actions."confronted by
Who wants to be faced with this crap?junk or nonsense — A casual complaint word; avoid it in formal talk.
Who wants to be faced with this crap?buddy, as address — A casual term of address between friends.
I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes.give out
Today I'll be handing out flyers saying "Independent Feature Film."「Mark's Twelfth Hour Deadline」を読み解く
What's really going on
This chapter is really about how thin the line is between a dream and a mess. The same night that has them declaring "Not the eleventh hour. This is the twelfth hour," Mark is on camera admitting he watched his own film fall flat and did nothing to fix it. The mail sequence tells the other half of the story: overdue bills from UWM and the IRS on one side, an approved MasterCard on the other. "I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes," he says, and the joke is that this is what hope looks like for him. The deadline, the debt and the flyers are all the same project — a man betting everything on a movie nobody has asked for.
Theme
DreamsMark keeps chasing a film nobody asked for, betting money and time he doesn't have.
MoneyOverdue bills and a new credit card sit side by side, showing how his movie dream is financed.
このチャプターで学べること
- Eleventh hour is an idiom; the twelfth hour is past it.
- Mark blames idle hands for trouble, half joking.
- A new credit card changes his whole mood in one line.
- Life is kinda cool lands as irony after a stack of bills.
発音のポイント
- got to — In fast speech got to often collapses to gotta.
- give 'em — Link give and 'em into one smooth run.
- used to — Used to is reduced to a light use-ta.
Not the eleventh hour. This is the twelfth hour.It is a joke about how late they are: not the last possible moment, but an hour past it, yet they keep working.
Idle hands are know to be the devil's workshop, so we wanna keep things along.The subtitle's 'know' is a typo for 'known'; the proverb means people with nothing to do cause trouble, so the crew is kept busy.
We used to do a lot of partying together, but I don't party anymore.A friend explains that the old drinking days are behind him; now he helps Mark on films instead of partying.
I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes.After finding a new credit card in the same mail as his bills, he takes a small, almost surprised bit of pleasure in how life goes.
このシーンについての質問
What is Mark actually trying to finish in this scene?
He is racing to get pages for Coven printed and copied after 3 a.m., then promoting an 'Independent Feature Film' by handing out flyers. It is all groundwork for his filmmaking.
Why does Mark say he wasn't a director?
Watching his own footage, he admits the performances were stiff and he did nothing to fix them. It is a rare on-camera moment of self-criticism from a filmmaker who usually projects confidence.
What does the mail scene show about Mark's life?
It shows the money pressure behind the dream: overdue university and IRS bills sitting next to a newly approved MasterCard. He jokes about what they could even take from him.
Is American Movie making fun of Mark?
No. The documentary lets him be funny and self-aware, but it takes his ambition seriously — the bills, the deadlines and the flyers are shown as real stakes, not just a punchline.
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次のチャプター · 第 2 章have something under your beltMark Pitches Northwestern
再生中 · 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
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第 1 / 19 章 · 残り約 82 分