in less than an hour
My accountant can transfer the fee within the hour.The Gentlemen · 2020 — 第 15 / 15 章 · 4'52" · C1
Mickey Threatens Matthew in the Freezer, Explained：a pound of flesh
A deal that started politely curdles into a reckoning. The buyer calls it "nothing personal"; the seller answers that business may be business, but there is a debt for blood, and for someone touching his wife there is only one price: "I want a pound of flesh."
あらすじ
The buyer offers a fair deal and says the money can be transferred within the hour. Michael is not interested in the price; he wants to know who started the trouble. A body in a freezer is brought in as evidence, and the friendly negotiation becomes an interrogation about betrayal.
注目の表現
a pound of fleshBusiness is businessblood on my handslay hands on someone
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このシーンの表現
a pound of flesh
a harsh repayment
Mickey tells Matthew that money is not enough; touching his wife costs a pound of flesh.
The deal cost him a pound of flesh.
このシーンの他の表現
- Business is business
work is work
- blood on my hands
guilt for killing
- lay hands on someone
physically harm someone
- have the stomach to
have the nerve to
- dressed for the weather
dressed for the occasion
このシーンのメモ一覧
64 行のセリフに 34 件のメモ
a chain-reaction image
I like your domino analogy.the first cause
The question I ask is, who tumbled the first domino?First domino links across t and d with almost no gap.
The question I ask is, who tumbled the first domino?not my problem
I'm afraid that's not my concern or my business, Michael.at the cost of disagreeing
At the risk of contradicting you, it is very much your business and certainly your concern.emphatic assertion: Very much adds emphasis: it is entirely your business.
At the risk of contradicting you, it is very much your business and certainly your concern.commit an error
Only you made one mistake.perfect infinitive: Seem to have done marks a guess about something already done.
You seem to have mistaken me for some kind of a cunt.an offensive old term for a Chinese man — Dated and offensive; never use it.
I take it, with that statement, you are in denial of so said relationship with this frozen Chinaman.it is wiser not to
Best not to be glib at this time in the proceedings, Matthew.settle somewhere
This is a fish market. They have found a home. To be clear, I do not know that man.assume control of
So while you were discussing who would take over my business after you fucked it,not meant as an insult
Business is business, Michael. It's nothing personal.Business is is rushed, with is almost swallowed.
Business is business, Michael. It's nothing personal.bring back control
restoring order to the untidiness that you created,waste time — Vulgar; for telling someone not to dawdle.
That said, I wouldn't fuck about because frostbite is very expensive on the fingers and toes.as fast as one can
Mickey urges Matthew to type fast while he still has working fingers.
so I would type as quickly as possible while you have the use of them. 19945as ... as possible: As plus adverb plus as possible means do it to the greatest degree.
so I would type as quickly as possible while you have the use of them. 19945the following result
Uh. After you've attended to that indiscretion, you can then deal with the next consequence of your shortsightedness. 199455not even huge sums
No amount of money on God's green earth can pay for that transgression, Matt.Pound of links into pound-of.
I want a pound of flesh.it is all the same to me
It matters not to meskilled with something
big Bunny here is very adept with a knife and, as you can see, he's dressed for the weather.slightly short of the sum
But a penny short or a gram shy.Does not weakens and the t drops, almost does-no-open.
And that freezer door does not open.do you understand
Am I clear?a safeguard
It's more interesting than that, your insurance policy.hidden secrets
All the photos, all the bodies, all the skeletons, all the filth.an offensive term for a fool — Offensive and dated; recognise it, never use it.
It's not the only one, darling. I'm not a mong.idiot — Irish slang for idiot; casual and friendly.
What do you think's in that, you fucking eejit?be doing secretly
Of course we were aware of what Matthew was up to.have you figured out
I've been onto you for a long time, Fletcher.right dislocation: The subject our jobs is moved to the end for emphasis in speech.
They're very similar, our jobs.「Mickey Threatens Matthew in the Freezer」を読み解く
What's really going on
This is the scene where the polite business meeting drops its mask. Michael opens by accepting the logic of the deal, then turns it around — "I like your domino analogy. The question I ask is, who tumbled the first domino?" — because the price is not the issue; the betrayal is. The frozen body is a prop, and the buyer's attempt to wave it away as "a tad dramatic" only confirms that he is lying. When Michael says he is "not emotional about the money" but is emotional about someone touching his wife, the negotiation is over. What remains is a sentence: "I want a pound of flesh." The rest of the sequence is one long act of control, as he sets the terms, names the penalty for being a penny short, and hands the actual violence to someone who is "adept with a knife."
Theme
PowerMichael ends the negotiation by setting every term: the debt, the deadline, the punishment, and who will carry it out. The money was never the point.
BetrayalThe meeting is about who betrayed whom: a body in a freezer and a price for blood matter more than any offer, because someone touched his wife.
このチャプターで学べること
- Mickey prices revenge like a contract term.
- The politest lines carry the crudest threats.
- Business talk is used to justify betrayal.
- Raymond's reveal turns the film into his own trap.
発音のポイント
- first domino — First domino links across t and d with almost no gap.
- Business is — Business is is rushed, with is almost swallowed.
- pound of — Pound of links into pound-of.
- does not open — Does not weakens and the t drops, almost does-no-open.
I want a pound of flesh.The demand, borrowed from Shakespeare: not money but a literal, painful repayment. It turns the wife's mistreatment into a debt that can only be paid in blood.
You seem to have mistaken me for some kind of a cunt.The blunt line that ends the polite phase: he accuses the buyer of assuming he can be cheated, and from here the meeting has no way back.
Business is business, Michael. It's nothing personal.The buyer's defense, used to justify betrayal as normal practice. Michael repeats the logic back at him and rejects the excuse, because for him it was personal.
But I am emotional about the fact that someone laid their hands on my wife.The real grievance under the money talk: the business can be bargained over, but touching his wife is the line that triggers the pound of flesh.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Michael ask who tumbled the first domino?
Because the price is not the issue. He wants the person to admit who started the trouble, turning the buyer's own analogy back on him as a demand for accountability.
What does "a pound of flesh" mean?
It comes from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and means a debt repaid in blood — a demand for painful, exact payment rather than money.
What is the frozen body for?
It is evidence. Michael introduces it as the first domino to prove the buyer was involved with someone he now denies knowing, exposing the lie in the negotiation.
Why does the buyer say 'it's nothing personal'?
He is trying to separate business from the betrayal, as if cheating a partner were just normal practice. Michael rejects the excuse and makes it plainly personal.
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