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桌邊聊電影與神聖當下:come out of the moment

桌邊兩個人越聊越玄:電影到底是在複製現實,還是記錄上帝的臉?一句 It has to come out of the moment(它得從當下自然長出),把寫歌、拍片說成一回事;後面又落到 be in the moment(活在當下)。想聊創作、聊怎麼專注當下,這幾句拿去就能用。

發生了什麼

兩個人在桌邊聊電影,從「電影本質上是對現實的複製或記錄」說起,一路聊到電影本體論、道成肉身的神。中間有人發現對方身上有蚊子,問要不要幫忙打,隨後話頭又轉回電影:好萊塢想把電影變成講故事的媒介,最好的電影不是被劇本捆死,而是 come out of the moment(從當下自然長出)。最後聊到人很少把每一刻都當神聖,於是有人提議現在就試試,來一個神聖時刻。想聊創作靈感,可以用 come out of the moment(從當下自然長出);想說自己專注當下,就用 be in the moment(活在當下);被某樣東西牽著走,就說 a slave to(受制於…的人)。

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本章短語

come out of the moment

從當下自然長出emerge from the present moment

有人拿寫歌作比,說作品不能先想好故事再硬做,得 come out of the moment(從當下自然長出),語氣像在糾正創作觀。

His best lines come out of the moment, not the page.他最好的臺詞來自當下,而不是紙面。

本章還有

  • reproduction of reality

    對現實的複製或記錄

  • ontology of film

    電影本體論

  • God incarnate

    道成肉身的神

  • a slave to

    受制於…的人

  • be in the moment

    活在當下

本章全部批註

61 句台詞裡標了 27 處

短語 · B2in its essence

本質上、就其核心而言

Cinema, in its essence, is about reproduction of reality, which is that, like, reality is actually reproduced.
發音which is that

快說時 which is that 常連成一串,is 只留輕音

Cinema, in its essence, is about reproduction of reality, which is that, like, reality is actually reproduced.
短語 · B2a storytelling medium

講故事的媒介

And for him, it might sound like a storytelling medium, really.
俚語 · A2guy

男人、傢伙——口語裡指陌生男人,正式寫作少用

a joke-- "This guy walks into a bar and sees a dwarf."
短語 · B2an imaginative aspect to something

其中帶想像成分

And it's an imaginative aspect to it.
短語 · B2a dimension of time

時間這一維度

except that it adds this dimension of time to it...
發音that moment

moment 的重音壓在第一音節,that 常弱化為 /ðət/,輕帶過去,別兩詞平均用力

at that moment in that space.
發音you know

you know 常被壓得很輕,別逐字重讀,讓主句往前走

And, you know, Bazin is, like, a Christian, so he, like, believes that, you know-- in God, obviously, and everything.
短語 · C1God incarnate

道成肉身的神

有人把巴讚的信仰講進來,說膠片捕捉的是 God incarnate,語氣認真,像在解釋一個神學詞。

And so what film is actually capturing is, like, God incarnate, creating.
語法 · B2what film is actually capturing

主語從句:what 從句作主語,意思是‘電影真正捕捉到的東西’;後面 is 才給答案。

And so what film is actually capturing is, like, God incarnate, creating.
短語 · C1the ever-changing face of something

神不斷變化的面貌

or of the ever-changing face of God.
短語 · B1the whole … thing

好萊塢那一整套

And the whole Hollywood thing has taken film...
短語 · B1find somebody who fits

找合適的人選

and then you, like, you know-- you get the script and then try to find somebody who fits the thing.
短語 · B1be based on something

以劇本為依據

It shouldn't be based on the script.
短語 · A2instead of something

而不是故事本身

- because then it's about that person instead of the story. - Right.
語法 · C1that you’re sort of a slave to

定語從句:that 引導定語從句,介詞 to 留在句尾,意思是‘你受制於的那種東西’。

because they have that kind of literary, narrative thing that you’re sort of a slave to.
短語 · C1be tied to something slavishly

被那套東西死死捆住

The best films are the ones that aren't tied to that slavishly.
短語 · B2come out of the moment

從當下自然長出

有人拿寫歌作比,說作品不能先想好故事再硬做,得 come out of the moment(從當下自然長出),語氣像在糾正創作觀。

It has to come out of the moment.
短語 · B1walk around like + clause

一副…的樣子過日子

But we walk around like it's not holy.
短語 · C1frame it so that someone sees

取景讓人看見

有人把鏡頭的作用說成 frame it so that we see(取景讓人看見):把這一刻框起來,讓我們突然看見“啊,這一刻是神聖的”,像在描述一種觀看訓練。

We can frame it so that we see, like, "Ah, this moment. Holy."
短語 · B2moment by moment

一個瞬間接一個瞬間

Like "holy, holy, holy" moment by moment.
語法 · C1if I were to look at you

虛擬條件句:if I were to 是假設說法,不是過去時;意思是‘假如我真的這樣看你’。

Because if I were to look at you and let you be holy--
短語 · B1be in the moment

活在當下

對方剛說自己要是真盯著人看,就一句話也說不出來;這邊接一句 be in the moment,把話輕輕推回去:那你不就正活在當下。

Well, you'd be in the moment. The moment is holy, right?
短語 · B2feel all this stuff

百感交集、感受很多

and I'd feel all this stuff and that's not polite.
俚語 · B1stuff

情緒、感受——口語泛指感受,正式場合換 emotions

and I'd feel all this stuff and that's not polite.
短語 · B1make someone uncomfortable

讓你不自在

It would make you uncomfortable.
短語 · B1have a … moment

來一個神聖時刻

Uh-huh. Well-- Well, let's do it right now. Let's have a holy moment.

看懂「桌邊聊電影與神聖當下」

發音重點

  • which is that — 快說時 which is that 常連成一串,is 只留輕音
  • that moment — moment 的重音壓在第一音節,that 常弱化為 /ðət/,輕帶過去,別兩詞平均用力
  • you know — you know 常被壓得很輕,別逐字重讀,讓主句往前走
That's what film has. It's just that moment, which is holy.

電影擁有的就是這個。就是那一刻,而它是神聖的。 把抽象本體論收束成一個可指認的瞬間,短句有落點。

But we walk around like it's not holy.

但我們過日子,好像它並不神聖。 把“神聖”從概念翻成日常動作,一句就顯出人的麻木。

But who can live that way? Who can go, "Wow, holy"?

但誰能那樣生活?誰能開口就說‘哇,神聖’? 用兩個反問把高調理念拉回人的承受力,節奏短促。

The best films are the ones that aren't tied to that slavishly.

最好的電影,是那些沒被那套東西死死捆住的。 把“好電影”從劇本標準裡拽出來,slavishly 一詞帶刺。

關於這一章的問題

come out of the moment 是什麼意思?

意思是「從當下自然長出」。臺詞裡用它講寫歌:不是先想好歌要講什麼故事再寫,而是讓它從眼前這一刻裡自己出來。

「活在當下」英語怎麼說?

be in the moment。臺詞裡說 you'd be in the moment,意思是把整個人放進眼前這一刻,而不是飄在別處。

a slave to 是什麼意思?

「受制於…的人」。臺詞說太文學、太敘事的劇本會讓你變成它的奴隸,最好的電影則不會被那套東西死死綁住。

God incarnate 怎麼理解?

「道成肉身的神」。臺詞說電影捕捉到的是 God incarnate, creating,還說上帝顯現成這張桌子、是你也是我。

「這一刻是神聖的」英語怎麼說?

this moment, it's holy。臺詞裡就是這麼說的;還有一句 it's just that moment, which is holy,說的是眼前這一刻本身就神聖,不是隻有某些時刻才神聖。

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