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That's the homicide squad, complete with detectives and newspapermen.Sunset Boulevard · 1950 — 第 1 / 19 章 · 2'53" · B2
The Repo Men Come for the Car, Explained：there's gonna be fireworks
Repo men arrive at Joe's door for a car he's three payments behind on, court order in hand. Joe insists the car is with a friend in Palm Springs, and the men answer with a deadline: "or there's gonna be fireworks." Under the small talk, it's the exact moment Joe's luck runs out.
あらすじ
Joe Gillis, a broke screenwriter, gets a visit from two repo men who have come for his car. He owes three payments and they have a court order. Joe claims he lent the car to a friend in Palm Springs, but the men don't buy it and give him until noon the next day to get it back.
注目の表現
blow something out of proportionthe poor dopegrind out somethingplay ball with someone
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このシーンの表現
there's gonna be fireworks
there will be a big row
The repo man's deadline ends with a threat hidden inside a festive word.
If you skip the family dinner, there's gonna be fireworks.
このシーンの他の表現
- blow something out of proportion
make something seem far worse
- the poor dope
the poor fool
- grind out something
produce slowly and painfully
- play ball with someone
cooperate with someone
- say the cutest things
mocking someone as naive
このシーンのメモ一覧
39 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
make something seem far worse
In the opening voiceover Joe warns that the press will inflate his death before anyone hears the facts.
But before you hear it all distorted and blown out of proportion,the full truth
before those Hollywood columnists get their hands on it, maybe you'd like to hear the facts. The whole truth.was discovered floating
You see, the body of a young man was found floating in the pool of her mansionas one's achievement
Just a movie writer with a couple of B pictures to his credit.a fool — Casual and mildly insulting; keep it away from formal talk.
The poor dope. He always wanted a pool.ended up being
Well, in the end, he got himself a pool, only the price turned out to be a little high.In American speech the t in out to can flap, so the words blur together.
Well, in the end, he got himself a pool, only the price turned out to be a little high.when everything began
Let's go back about six months and find the day when it all started.at that time
Things were tough at the moment.Link tough, at and the so they run together as one stretch.
Things were tough at the moment.past perfect: The past perfect places the dry spell before the moment the narrator is describing.
I hadn't worked in a studio for a long time.produce slowly and painfully
Joe describes the grim routine of writing two original stories a week with nothing but grit.
So I sat there, grinding out original stories, two a week.the one thing I know
All I know is, they didn't sell.what is it — Very casual; fine with friends, blunt with strangers.
Yeah?present perfect: The contracted has plus played shows patience running from the past right up to now.
Because the company's played ball with you long enough, because you're three payments behind and because we got a court order.tow it off
Or do you want us to jack it up and haul it away?no later than noon tomorrow
That car better be back here by noon tomorrow or there's gonna be fireworks.had better: Better be is a clipped had better, which turns advice into a warning.
That car better be back here by noon tomorrow or there's gonna be fireworks.Gonna be is reduced in fast speech; do not pronounce it as two full words.
That car better be back here by noon tomorrow or there's gonna be fireworks.going to — Spoken shorthand; avoid it in formal writing.
That car better be back here by noon tomorrow or there's gonna be fireworks.「The Repo Men Come for the Car」を読み解く
What's really going on
Joe plays the whole visit as a joke, because the alternative is admitting how far he has fallen. The repo men don't bother arguing; they lay down the terms — "you're three payments behind and ... we got a court order" — and give him a deadline. Joe's answer is that the car is with a friend who "had to get away for his health", a line he doesn't expect anyone to believe. His comeback, "You say the cutest things", is pure deflection, the same gallows humor that narrates the film from beyond the grave. The scene establishes what the rest of the movie keeps proving: Joe talks a good game, but the bills and the studios and the women all have the upper hand.
Theme
MoneyJoe's car is being seized over three missed payments, and the scene is all about who holds the debt and the leverage.
PrideJoe cracks jokes and name-drops a friend and Palm Springs rather than admit he is broke and about to lose his car.
このチャプターで学べること
- Joe narrates his own death like a host welcoming guests.
- The repo men stay polite while tightening the screws.
- A threat lands harder when it borrows a holiday word.
- Dark humor is Joe's armor against humiliation.
発音のポイント
- out to be — In American speech the t in out to can flap, so the words blur together.
- tough at the — Link tough, at and the so they run together as one stretch.
- gonna be — Gonna be is reduced in fast speech; do not pronounce it as two full words.
That's the homicide squad, complete with detectives and newspapermen.The narrator sets the scene at the crime site, pointing out the full apparatus of a Hollywood death — police and press included.
If so, you've come to the right party.A wry welcome to the audience: for the true story behind the headlines, they've come to the right man.
The poor dope. He always wanted a pool.The narrator's darkly comic verdict on the dead man, reducing a life and a murder to one modest wish.
Well, in the end, he got himself a pool, only the price turned out to be a little high.The punchline: the dream is granted, but the cost is his life — the film's signature blend of irony and regret.
Sure, sure, we believe you. Only now we want you to believe us.The repo men let Joe's story stand while making clear that their own threat is the one that counts.
That car better be back here by noon tomorrow or there's gonna be fireworks.The deadline and the warning in one: return the car by noon, or there will be serious trouble.
このシーンについての質問
What do the repo men want from Joe?
They want his car. He is three payments behind and they have a court order, so they have come to collect it.
Does Joe actually lend his car to a friend?
He says he lent it to a friend who went to Palm Springs for his health, but the men clearly don't believe him, and Joe's line about the garage is a bluff.
What does 'there's gonna be fireworks' mean in this scene?
It means there will be serious trouble. The repo men use it as a warning: if the car isn't back by noon the next day, something bad will happen.
Why does Joe joke around with the repo men?
It's his defense. Rather than admit he's broke and about to lose the car, he wisecracks, thanking them sarcastically — 'You say the cutest things' — as if the whole visit were entertainment.
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第 3 章a white elephantJoe Is Mistaken for the Undertaker
第 4 章It's the pictures that got smallNorma Desmond: The Pictures Got Small
第 5 章a pressing engagementNorma Makes Joe Read Salome
第 6 章make it worth your whileNorma Hires Joe to Fix Her Script
第 7 章not by a long shotNorma Moves Joe Into Her Mansion
第 8 章a matter of life and deathNorma Buys Joe New Clothes
第 9 章take me for grantedNorma's New Year's Eve Confession
第 10 章close, but no cigarJoe Meets Betty at Artie's Party
第 11 章sell on somethingNorma Sends Her Script to DeMille
第 12 章write on specBetty Asks Joe to Write With Her
第 13 章give someone the brushNorma Desmond Returns to Paramount
第 14 章nothing would please me moreNorma Desmond's Comeback Falls Apart
第 15 章sell like hotcakesJoe and Betty Write the Script Together
第 16 章come cleanBetty Tells Joe the Nose Story
第 17 章wipe outBetty Confesses She Loves Joe
第 18 章a good dealJoe Shows Betty Norma's Mansion
第 19 章have the heart toJoe Tells Norma He's Leaving第 1 / 19 章 · 残り約 60 分