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桌边聊电影与神圣当下:come out of the moment

桌边两个人越聊越玄:电影到底是在复制现实,还是记录上帝的脸?一句 It has to come out of the moment(它得从当下自然长出),把写歌、拍片说成一回事;后面又落到 be in the moment(活在当下)。想聊创作、聊怎么专注当下,这几句拿去就能用。

发生了什么

两个人在桌边聊电影,从「电影本质上是对现实的复制或记录」说起,一路聊到电影本体论、道成肉身的神。中间有人发现对方身上有蚊子,问要不要帮忙打,随后话头又转回电影:好莱坞想把电影变成讲故事的媒介,最好的电影不是被剧本捆死,而是 come out of the moment(从当下自然长出)。最后聊到人很少把每一刻都当神圣,于是有人提议现在就试试,来一个神圣时刻。想聊创作灵感,可以用 come out of the moment(从当下自然长出);想说自己专注当下,就用 be in the moment(活在当下);被某样东西牵着走,就说 a slave to(受制于…的人)。

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come out of the moment

从当下自然长出emerge from the present moment

有人拿写歌作比,说作品不能先想好故事再硬做,得 come out of the moment(从当下自然长出),语气像在纠正创作观。

His best lines come out of the moment, not the page.他最好的台词来自当下,而不是纸面。

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  • reproduction of reality

    对现实的复制或记录

  • ontology of film

    电影本体论

  • God incarnate

    道成肉身的神

  • a slave to

    受制于…的人

  • be in the moment

    活在当下

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短语 · B2in its essence

本质上、就其核心而言

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

快说时 which is that 常连成一串,is 只留轻音

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

讲故事的媒介

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

男人、家伙——口语里指陌生男人,正式写作少用

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

其中带想象成分

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

时间这一维度

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

moment 的重音压在第一音节,that 常弱化为 /ðət/,轻带过去,别两词平均用力

at that moment in that space.
发音you know

you know 常被压得很轻,别逐字重读,让主句往前走

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

道成肉身的神

有人把巴赞的信仰讲进来,说胶片捕捉的是 God incarnate,语气认真,像在解释一个神学词。

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

主语从句:what 从句作主语,意思是‘电影真正捕捉到的东西’;后面 is 才给答案。

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

神不断变化的面貌

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

好莱坞那一整套

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

找合适的人选

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

以剧本为依据

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

而不是故事本身

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

定语从句:that 引导定语从句,介词 to 留在句尾,意思是‘你受制于的那种东西’。

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

被那套东西死死捆住

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

从当下自然长出

有人拿写歌作比,说作品不能先想好故事再硬做,得 come out of the moment(从当下自然长出),语气像在纠正创作观。

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

一副…的样子过日子

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

取景让人看见

有人把镜头的作用说成 frame it so that we see(取景让人看见):把这一刻框起来,让我们突然看见“啊,这一刻是神圣的”,像在描述一种观看训练。

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

一个瞬间接一个瞬间

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

虚拟条件句:if I were to 是假设说法,不是过去时;意思是‘假如我真的这样看你’。

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

活在当下

对方刚说自己要是真盯着人看,就一句话也说不出来;这边接一句 be in the moment,把话轻轻推回去:那你不就正活在当下。

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

百感交集、感受很多

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

情绪、感受——口语泛指感受,正式场合换 emotions

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

让你不自在

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

来一个神圣时刻

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

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发音重点

  • which is that — 快说时 which is that 常连成一串,is 只留轻音
  • that moment — moment 的重音压在第一音节,that 常弱化为 /ðət/,轻带过去,别两词平均用力
  • you know — you know 常被压得很轻,别逐字重读,让主句往前走
That's what film has. It's just that moment, which is holy.

电影拥有的就是这个。就是那一刻,而它是神圣的。 把抽象本体论收束成一个可指认的瞬间,短句有落点。

But we walk around like it's not holy.

但我们过日子,好像它并不神圣。 把“神圣”从概念翻成日常动作,一句就显出人的麻木。

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

但谁能那样生活?谁能开口就说‘哇,神圣’? 用两个反问把高调理念拉回人的承受力,节奏短促。

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

最好的电影,是那些没被那套东西死死捆住的。 把“好电影”从剧本标准里拽出来,slavishly 一词带刺。

关于这一章的问题

come out of the moment 是什么意思?

意思是「从当下自然长出」。台词里用它讲写歌:不是先想好歌要讲什么故事再写,而是让它从眼前这一刻里自己出来。

「活在当下」英语怎么说?

be in the moment。台词里说 you'd be in the moment,意思是把整个人放进眼前这一刻,而不是飘在别处。

a slave to 是什么意思?

「受制于…的人」。台词说太文学、太叙事的剧本会让你变成它的奴隶,最好的电影则不会被那套东西死死绑住。

God incarnate 怎么理解?

「道成肉身的神」。台词说电影捕捉到的是 God incarnate, creating,还说上帝显现成这张桌子、是你也是我。

「这一刻是神圣的」英语怎么说?

this moment, it's holy。台词里就是这么说的;还有一句 it's just that moment, which is holy,说的是眼前这一刻本身就神圣,不是只有某些时刻才神圣。

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