a mild swear — For frustration; avoid in formal settings.
Damn it.V for Vendetta · 2006 — 第 15 / 25 章 · 3'44" · B2
The Larkhill File and the Doctor's Diary, Explained：a matter of national security
First an official tells Inspector Finch that the Larkhill file is 'a matter of national security' and orders him to forget it — talking about it is sedition at best. Then the file's own recordings take over: Dr. Surridge's diary of experiments, a subject who can't remember himself, and an explosion.
あらすじ
An official confronts Inspector Finch over the recovered Larkhill file, calling it a matter of national security and warning that discussing it counts as sedition. Talking about it, he says, would be treason. Then the scene shifts to the file itself: Dr. Surridge's recordings about her batch of subjects, a virus, a special subject, and the explosion that changed everything.
注目の表現
Damn ita matter of national securityat the very leastwould do well to
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このシーンの表現
a matter of national security
an issue of state security
The party chief brands the file a matter of national security, closing the subject.
The minister said the leak was a matter of national security.
このシーンの他の表現
- Damn it
a mild swear of frustration
- at the very least
at a minimum
- would do well to
had better, would be wise to
- the dawn of a new age
the start of a new era
- the key to
the crucial factor for
このシーンのメモ一覧
51 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ
wanted us to
The terrorist obviously wanted us to have it.or at minimum
He wanted us to know the story, or at least a part of it.am I correct that
Am I to understand that you have read this document, inspector?be to infinitive: Be to here forms a formal, faintly threatening confirmation.
Am I to understand that you have read this document, inspector?any other person
-Yes, sir. -Has anyone else read it?Anyone else links into anyone-else without a break.
-Yes, sir. -Has anyone else read it?an issue of
The contents of this document are a matter of national security...copular clause: The copular verb states what the document's contents are, not what they do.
The contents of this document are a matter of national security...in addition to
...as well as a blatant violation of the Articles of Allegiance.can't be confirmed
As the authenticity of this document cannot be verified...any talk about
Any discussion of this document or its contents...at a minimum
The warning escalates: discussion is sedition at the very least, treason at worst.
...will be regarded, at the very least, as an act of sedition...passive voice: The passive hides who does the judging, making the threat sound like law.
...will be regarded, at the very least, as an act of sedition...had better, would be wise to
Instead of an order, the chief says Finch would do well to forget, a polite threat.
You would do well, inspector...the start of a new era
Dr. Stanton calls her first batch of test subjects the dawn of a new age.
This could be the dawn of a new age.Dawn of a runs together as dawn-ova.
This could be the dawn of a new age.a world in which
...in a world where a virus can kill an entire population...keep asking myself
I keep wondering if these people knew how they might be helping their country...contemptible and sad — A contemptuous word; harsh if said to someone's face.
They're so weak and pathetic. They never look you in the eye.catch myself
I find myself hating them.relative clause: The relative clause, with that omitted, specifies which pathologies are meant.
He exhibits none of the immune-system pathologies the other subjects developed.the crucial factor for
Stanton calls the man who forgot himself the key to their dream, reducing him to a tool.
Whoever he was, he is now the key to our dream...He was reduces to a light he-wəz.
Whoever he was, he is now the key to our dream...without result, futile
Dr. Stanton ends by hoping her work will not have been in vain, as if already doubting it.
...and the hope that all of this will not have been in vain.dummy subject: It is a dummy subject standing for the whole event.
It started last night, around midnight.The t in Not drops and with is light, so they blur together.
Not with eyes. There were no eyes.「The Larkhill File and the Doctor's Diary」を読み解く
What's really going on
The chapter's power comes from cutting between two kinds of voice. First, the state: an official tells Finch that the Larkhill file is 'a matter of national security,' that it is an assault on party members, and that discussing it 'will be regarded, at the very least, as an act of sedition... if not a willful act of treason.' He ends with a quiet threat — Finch 'would do well... to put it out of your mind.' Then the file plays, and the tone changes completely. Dr. Surridge's diary is excited, proud, and increasingly cold: 'This could be the dawn of a new age.' She describes subjects as 'weak and pathetic,' the one who can't remember who he is as 'the key to our dream,' and finally, after the explosion, a figure who looks at her with no eyes. The bureaucrat tries to bury the story; the recording is the story, telling itself.
Theme
PowerThe state treats a leaked file as a threat and orders silence, showing how it protects itself with the language of security.
DeceptionThe official's talk of forgery and madness is meant to discredit the file before anyone can believe it.
このチャプターで学べること
- A legal phrase can silence a room faster than a threat.
- The warning stacks charges to make silence feel like law.
- A hopeful journal line reads as cold blood.
- The last entry asks what the writer has done.
発音のポイント
- anyone else — Anyone else links into anyone-else without a break.
- dawn of a — Dawn of a runs together as dawn-ova.
- he was — He was reduces to a light he-wəz.
- Not with — The t in Not drops and with is light, so they blur together.
He wanted us to know the story, or at least a part of it.V's motive as read by the state: the file wasn't leaked by accident, but left deliberately so people would learn what happened.
The contents of this document are a matter of national security...The official's opening move: label the file a state secret, which is the fastest way to justify burying it.
...as well as a blatant violation of the Articles of Allegiance.The legal charge against the file: reading or sharing it breaks the state's oath law, so talking about it is itself an offense.
...to put it out of your mind.The threat beneath the legal language: forget what you read, or else — the order is meant to end the conversation.
This could be the dawn of a new age.Dr. Surridge's excitement at the start of her work: she sees the virus research as a beginning, not a crime.
Whoever he was, he is now the key to our dream...Her view of the special subject: his identity no longer matters; he has become the means to their goal.
Not with eyes. There were no eyes.The horror at the end of the recording: the figure looks at her, yet has no eyes, and she feels the gaze anyway.
このシーンについての質問
What is the Larkhill file?
A recovered document about the Larkhill detention facility and its experiments. The state calls it a national-security matter; the film lets the file's own recordings explain what happened there.
Why does the official want Finch to forget the file?
Because its contents attack important party members and, in his words, amount to sedition or even treason to discuss. Telling Finch to put it out of his mind is a threat to stay silent.
Who is Dr. Surridge?
The scientist whose recordings make up the file. Her diary tracks the Larkhill experiments, her subjects, and her growing pride in work she will later regret.
What does 'in vain' mean?
It means without result, wasted. Surridge hopes the work 'will not have been in vain' — that it will turn out to have meant something after all.
What happened at the end of the recording?
The lab is destroyed by explosions. Surridge finds the special subject, who looks at her although he has no eyes, and she asks, 'what have I done?'
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