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Sid Sheinberg: The lore has it that as a young man, Steven was sortSpielberg · 2017 — 第 3 / 10 章 · 2'52" · B2
Spielberg Gets His Universal Contract, Explained：hear a pin drop
A young man on the Universal tour takes a bathroom break and stays. The bus leaves. Lore adds an office and a name on the door. Someone half-doubts the tale and quotes, "when the legend is bigger than the facts, print the legend." A seven-year contract follows, with support "as strongly in failure as I will in success."
あらすじ
On the Universal lot, Spielberg rides the studio tour, hides in the bathroom, and comes out when he can hear a pin drop. The bus is gone. Others add an office, a phone, and his name on the door. USC turns him down in person, so the lot becomes his film school. Sheinberg offers a seven-year television contract and promises support in failure as strongly as in success.
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hear a pin dropprint the legendin overdrivenever lost sight of
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このシーンの表現
hear a pin drop
so quiet a pin would sound
He stays in the bathroom on the tour until the quiet feels complete, and the bus is not mentioned until he is out.
After the announcement, you could hear a pin drop.
このシーンの他の表現
- print the legend
keep the taller story
- in overdrive
working past a normal pace
- never lost sight of
did not forget the goal
- not your average
not an ordinary example
- true to his word
kept the promise he made
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32 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ
by some means or other
He would literally get on the lot one way or another.a stop to use the toilet
And then at one point they give you a bathroom break, and I never came out of the bathroom.so quiet a pin would sound
He stays in the bathroom on the tour until the quiet feels complete, and the bus is not mentioned until he is out.
I waited till I could hear a pin drop, and then came out.Let hear a stay close and keep a light before pin.
I waited till I could hear a pin drop, and then came out.label the door as his
Dreyfuss: The story was he requisitioned an office, telephone, put his name on the door.keep the taller story
Someone doubts the office legend and still reaches for the old rule about printing the taller story.
when the legend is bigger than the facts, print the legend.working past a normal pace
Someone calls that stretch of questions a course in overdrive, all speed and no pause.
It was like Spielberg 101 in overdrive.an intro course in his method. Not a real catalog number; it casts how he learned as an intro course.
It was like Spielberg 101 in overdrive.rejected someone's application
And I even had a personal interview at USC, and they turned me down even in person.attention locked on one thing Not an actual laser; his attention stays locked.
Ernest: Steven was laser focused.did not forget the goal
He is praised because he never lost sight of the executives, the audience he had to convince first.
He never lost sight of the fact that the audience early on, for him, wasn't the audience in the theater.noun clause: The that-clause is the fact nested inside the longer claim.
He never lost sight of the fact that the audience early on, for him, wasn't the audience in the theater.found a way to do it
And he figured out how to make a film that will convince the studio executives that, "Yes, I have the talent to be a director.strongly drawn to it Not carried off; he liked it at once.
Sheinberg: I looked at this film, and I was very taken with it.not an ordinary example
After seeing the film, someone says with certainty that this young filmmaker is not your average one.
I had a very strong feeling that this was not your average young filmmaker.a deal lasting seven years
I'd like to offer you a seven-year contract to come to Universal to direct television."equal backing for both outcomes
will support you as strongly in failure as I will in success."kept the promise he made
The promise to back failure as well as success is later treated as a promise that was kept.
And he was true to his word.「Spielberg Gets His Universal Contract」を読み解く
What's really going on
Two versions of one young man sit side by side. In the first, he leaves the Universal tour at a bathroom break and waits "till I could hear a pin drop," then finds the bus gone. In the second, he holds a sixth-floor office for six months and puts his name on the door. That office version arrives with a disclaimer. Its teller does not believe it, then quotes a Western: "when the legend is bigger than the facts, print the legend." The shrug is the point. Someone says he "never lost sight of" the early audience: studio executives, not a theater. Questions to cinematographers, lighting, and editors — "Spielberg 101 in overdrive" — are there to earn one answer. Sheinberg is "very taken," calls him "not your average young filmmaker," and offers seven years, with support "as strongly in failure as I will in success." He "was true to his word."
Theme
AmbitionHe slips off the tour, studies the crews, and aims his film at studio executives until a seven-year contract appears.
MemoryOffice, phone, and a name on the door stay in dispute, and someone says to print the legend when it outgrows the facts.
発音のポイント
- hear a — Let hear a stay close and keep a light before pin.
I waited till I could hear a pin drop, and then came out.He hides in the bathroom on the Universal tour until the bus area is completely still, then walks out and stays on the lot.
And that was the beginning of the most important relationship I could ever imagine having in this business.After the seven-year offer and the promise to support him in failure, he marks that bond with Sheinberg as the most important one he can imagine in the business.
このシーンについての質問
Why does he stay in the bathroom on the studio tour?
The tour stops for a bathroom break. He never comes back out, waits until he can hear a pin drop, and then finds the bus gone and himself still on the lot.
Is the story of the office and the name on the door treated as fact?
No. One account says he took a sixth-floor office and nobody bothered him for six months. Another says he requisitioned an office and a phone and put his name on the door, then adds, "I don't believe it," and "when the legend is bigger than the facts, print the legend."
What does "print the legend" mean in this scene?
The speaker borrows the line he attributes to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. He does not trust the office story, but if the legend is bigger than the facts, he says to print the legend.
Who was he trying to convince with his early film?
Not the people in the theater. Someone says the audience, early on, was the studio executives, and that he figured out how to make them believe he had the talent to direct.
What came with the seven-year contract?
A contract to come to Universal and direct television, plus the line "I will support you as strongly in failure as I will in success." The account then says he was true to his word.
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