be close to someone
- Did you know Mr Lime well? - Mr Lime? Yes.The Third Man · 1949 — 第 4 / 17 章 · 2'08" · B2
Martins Looks for the Girl, Explained：post-mortem
Martins is not satisfied with the official story. Questioning the porter about who used to visit Lime, he learns a girl from the Josefstadt Theatre was at the funeral, and is warned off: "You oughtn't to speak to her. It would only cause her pain." He tears up his ticket home and books a seat for that night.
あらすじ
After Lime's funeral, Martins questions the hotel porter about who used to visit the dead man. He learns that a girl from the Josefstadt Theatre was at the funeral, but nobody will give her name. He refuses the plane ticket home and buys a seat for the theatre that night.
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post-mortemdig upcomplimentsmaster of suspense
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このシーンの表現
post-mortem
an autopsy or review
Martins wants to reopen Lime's case, and Kurtz dismisses another post-mortem as pointless.
The report read like a post-mortem on the whole project.
このシーンの他の表現
- dig up
unearth, bring up
- compliments
polite regards
- master of suspense
a master of suspense
- think of yourself
look after your own interest
- used to visit
went regularly in the past
このシーンのメモ一覧
33 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
went regularly in the past
Martins asks around the club who used to visit Lime, hoping the guest list will give him a lead.
Who used to visit Mr Lime?used to: Used to do marks a past habit that has stopped, unlike be used to doing.
Who used to visit Mr Lime?apart from someone
Who was at the funeral besides you?hurt someone
You oughtn't to speak to her. It would only cause her pain.negative modal: Oughtn't to is ought not to, a firm should not.
You oughtn't to speak to her. It would only cause her pain.The t in oughtn't drops and to weakens.
You oughtn't to speak to her. It would only cause her pain.not always
Not necessarily. She'd probably want to help.what is the point of
What's the good of another post-mortem?autopsy, review — Medical and police jargon, also a review.
What's the good of another post-mortem?unearth, bring up
Kurtz imagines Martins unearthing something discreditable about Harry, and dig up makes it sound like grave-robbing.
Suppose you dig up something, well, discreditable to Harry?in the ... zone
- Would you give me your address? - I live in the Russian sector.meet someone at a place
But you'll find me at the Casanova Club every night.as best one can
One has to work the best way one can, you know.manner clause: The clause means in the best way one is able, with work left understood.
One has to work the best way one can, you know.emphatic do: Did before the base verb stresses the fact, often to correct someone.
You did mention the theatre.benefit someone
But I still think it won't do Harry any good.would be wiser to
You'd do better to think of yourself.a fine disguise
A master of suspense! Such a good cover, I think.Master of links together; suspense takes the stress.
A master of suspense! Such a good cover, I think.have no use for it
- Here's the ticket for the plane tomorrow. - You tell the major I won't need it.as you like
He said I was to drive you to the airfield, or take you to the bus, sir. Whichever you prefer.offer someone lodging
Didn't you hear Mr Crabbin offer me the hospitality of the HQ BMT?Run hospitality of together as one stream.
Didn't you hear Mr Crabbin offer me the hospitality of the HQ BMT?「Martins Looks for the Girl」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is an interrogation disguised as an errand, and its subject is grief as much as detection. Martins keeps asking who came to Lime's funeral — "Who was at the funeral besides you?" — because he cannot accept the version he has been handed. The answers close every door: a doctor, a girl whose name nobody remembers, and a warning not to reopen the past: "What's the good of another post-mortem?" The phrase says it all, using the vocabulary of the morgue for the act of asking questions. What Martins is really doing is refusing to let Harry become a closed case, and the film makes his stubbornness both admirable and dangerous.
Theme
FriendshipMartins refuses to accept Lime's death as a closed case, chasing every lead because the man was his friend.
SecretsEvery answer hides the girl's name and Harry's real life, and Martins' questions keep pulling at what the city wants buried.
このチャプターで学べること
- Kurtz's kindness is a way of closing the case early.
- A stage name and a shrug do the work of a whole biography.
- Martins answers a plane ticket with a theatre ticket.
- Every courtesy in this scene has an angle.
発音のポイント
- oughtn't to — The t in oughtn't drops and to weakens.
- master of — Master of links together; suspense takes the stress.
- hospitality of — Run hospitality of together as one stream.
Some girl of the Josefstadt Theatre. You know what Harry was.The only clue he will get about the woman at the funeral: a girl from a Vienna theatre, dismissed with a shrug that implies Harry's private life was complicated.
You oughtn't to speak to her. It would only cause her pain.A warning meant as kindness: poking into the girl's connection to Lime would only hurt her, so Martins should leave her alone.
What's the good of another post-mortem?The argument against his poking around: another investigation is like cutting open a body again, pointless and painful for everyone.
You'd do better to think of yourself.Advice to drop the search and look after his own interests, which is also a hint that the city rewards self-preservation over loyalty.
One has to work the best way one can, you know.The porter's philosophy of survival in occupied Vienna: everyone does whatever they must to get by.
- Here's the ticket for the plane tomorrow. - You tell the major I won't need it.The offer of escape refused: the major sends a plane ticket, and Martins answers that he will not be leaving.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Martins want to find the girl?
Because she was at Lime's funeral and might know something about his death. He is not satisfied with the official explanation and wants witnesses who actually knew Lime.
What does "post-mortem" mean here?
Literally an examination after death, but here it means yet another rehashing of the case. The speaker is asking what good it does to dig up the whole story again.
Why does the porter refuse to give the girl's name?
He claims he does not know it, though he does mention her theatre. His evasiveness suggests he is protecting her, or himself, from further trouble.
Why does Martins turn down the plane ticket?
The ticket is Calloway's way of sending him home. Martins refuses because he intends to stay in Vienna and keep asking questions about Harry Lime.
What does Martins do at the end of the scene?
He orders a ticket for the Josefstadt Theatre that night, hoping to find the girl there, and reminds the man that Crabbin has offered him room at headquarters.
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第 2 章hunt someone downMartins Checks Into a Military Hotel
第 3 章be up to somethingKurtz Feeds Martins a Cover Story
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第 6 章up to no goodMartins Learns About the Third Man
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第 8 章come to the pointMartins Questions Dr Winkel
第 9 章upside downCalloway Interrogates Anna Schmidt
第 10 章break the rulesMartins Confronts Popescu at the Club
第 11 章look inMartins Tells Anna to Love Again
第 12 章stream of consciousnessPopescu Warns Martins at the Lecture
第 13 章cap and bellsCalloway Explains the Penicillin Racket
第 14 章in your imageMartins and Anna Argue About Harry
第 15 章a dead man walkingCalloway Tells Anna Harry Is Alive
第 16 章get rid ofHarry's Speech on the Ferris Wheel
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