【演出很精彩，可惜你不在――纪念永远的希斯・莱杰】 可惜你不在

　　记得第一次看到希斯・莱杰还是在2001年，当时就因为这个有着灿烂笑容的澳州金发少年居然让原本无比挑剔的我看完了平淡如水的《骑士传奇》，并深信：假以时日，他必定在好莱坞大放异彩。果然，《格林兄弟》、《卡萨诺瓦》、《断背山》接踵而来，直至《蝙蝠侠6：黑暗骑士》为他短暂而辉煌的一生添上了最浓重而绚丽的色彩。《蝙蝠侠6》上映了，好评如潮，演出很精彩，可惜你不在！
　　
　　It’s July 2007, in downtown Chicago, and the actor was originally scheduled to be shooting a scene in which he uses a pencil as a 1)lethal weapon. But the sequence has been postponed, and Ledger has the day off. Instead, we’re watching the cameras roll on a somewhat less 2)riveting moment in The Dark Knight: Billionaire Bruce Wayne, exhausted from his late-night crime-fighting 3)escapades, slumps into a a chair and falls asleep in the middle of a business meeting. That’s right, we’re watching Batman 4)take a nap.
　　No matter. Ledger is all over this set in another way―he’s all that anyone working on the movie wants to talk about. Director Christopher Nolan calls Ledger’s acting in the film “fearless.” Christian Bale, the Caped Crusader himself, says it’s “intense―a superb performance.” And 5)Morgan Freeman, who plays inventor Lucius Fox, 6)chimes in with a simple “extraordinary.” Even before a single frame of the film has been seen, Ledger’s twisted turn as the Joker―a part once played by no less an icon than 7)Jack Nicholson―is already building buzz as a dazzling, demented
　　8)tour de force.
　　“The guy has serious nuts,” Nolan says. “What I need was someone who wouldn’t be afraid of the comparison with Jack Nicholson. And then I saw Heath’s incredible performance in Brokeback Mountain. Such a lack of vanity. This was an actor who wasn’t afraid to bury himself in his character―to a massive extent.”
　　Nolan was right: Ledger was fearless. The actor seemed to have no misgivings at all about trespassing on Jack’s old 9)turf. On the contrary, Ledger’s 10)feral take on the Joker make Nicholson’s more gentlemanly clown in Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman look about as scary as 11)Cesar Romero. Of course, at the time―the summer of 2006―Ledger had reason to be confident. He’d just been nominated for his first Academy Award for Brokeback Mountain. A major role in a big studio franchise was the next logical step for Ledger’s career.
　　Nolan and Ledger 12)hit it off from the start. “We had the same take on the character,” the director says. “We didn’t have a script yet, but we had ideas. The idea of 13)anarchy as an absolute. The idea of chaos as the most frightening thing to society. The idea of a motiveless criminal, somebody who just wants to watch the world burn.” Some of those ideas were pretty 14)radical for a summer tentpole with a reported budget of $180 million. The Joker, for instance, is given no backstory in the film; he simply bursts into Gotham with the terrifying randomness of a 15)drive-by killer. Even as Nolan started folding those ideas into an actual script, Ledger was already slipping into the character’s skin. He spent months working with a voice coach 16)finetuning the Joker’s cackling 17)cadence. Ledger also gave plenty of thought to the makeup that would be splattered across his face throughout the film.
本文为全文原貌 未安装PDF浏览器用户请先下载安装 原版全文 　　As the cameras started rolling in April 2007, Ledger continued to dig into the Joker’s coiled psyche. 18)Gary Oldman, who’s played a few nutjobs himself, recalls, “Heath is sort of looking at me, kind of under his brow, and then he just starts clapping. I remember going over to him between takes and saying, ‘You know, you remind me of Alex from A Clockwork Orange.’ And Heath said, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah. Funnily enough, I was just watching that movie in my 19)trailer.’”
　　As serious a journey as Ledger took into the character, though, nobody recalls seeing the actor fall down any mental rabbit holes. Contrary to the speculation after his death, his work on The Dark Knight didn’t appear to 20)ruffle Ledger’s psychological health in the slightest. “Heath got the same kick out of acting that I do,” Bale says. “He enjoyed the sort of crazy immersion of acting. He took it incredibly seriously but simultaneously recognized how ridiculous it all is.” Oldman got a similar impression. “I know there are these rumors out there that playing the Joker drove him to his grave,” he says. “But I never say anything of that. He was always on time. He knew his part backwards and forwards. I just thought he was a really sweet kid.”
　　21)Perversely―or maybe predictably―the tragedy of Ledger’s death may draw ticket buyers who aren’t Batman fans but who want to pay the actor their last respects. Some observers predict that the movie could surpass Spider-Man to become the highest-grossing comic-book-based movie of all time. In an irony the Joker would appreciate, Heath Ledger’s last film is about to be the biggest hit of his life.
　　
　　2007年7月在芝加哥的闹市区，那位演员原本按计划是要拍摄一场戏，戏中他将一支铅笔用作了致命的武器。可是那幕戏被推迟了，于是莱杰那天可以休假一天。而我们看到摄像机拍摄《黑暗骑士》中另一幕不那么吸引人的场景：亿万富翁布鲁斯・韦恩由于深夜忙于同罪恶做斗争而筋疲力尽，在一次商务会议的中途倒在椅子里睡着了。没错，我们正看着蝙蝠侠打瞌睡。
　　没关系。莱杰的影响力已经以另一种方式弥漫了整部影片――每一个为这部电影工作的人都只想谈论他。导演克里斯托弗・诺兰称莱杰在影片中的表演是“无所畏惧的”。克里斯蒂安・贝尔，这位斗篷战士本人，也说莱杰的表演是“极端强烈的―― 一场华丽的演出”。而在片中饰演发明家卢修斯・福克斯的摩根・弗里曼则简单地说了一个词“非凡的”以表示赞同。尽管未上映的影片还处于完全保密的状态，莱杰所扮演的“小丑”那扭曲的面容却已经以其耀眼而狂乱的绝活广为流传了，而这个角色之前是由传奇偶像杰克・尼科尔森扮演的。
　　“这家伙完全是个疯子，” 诺兰说。“我需要一个能够不怕被拿来同杰
　　克・尼科尔森做对比的人。后来我看到了希斯在《断背山》中让人难以置信的表演。一点都不浮夸。这个演员一点都不怕把自己完全埋进角色之中――有着无限的张力。”
　　诺兰是对的：莱杰完全无所畏惧。这名演员似乎完全不担心他入侵了杰
　　克・尼科尔森以前的势力范围。相反，莱杰那充满野性的“小丑”使得1989年尼科尔森在蒂姆・波顿的《蝙蝠侠》中的表演显得太过绅士派头，其恐怖程度跟西泽・罗梅罗差不了多少。当然了，在那个时候――2006年夏天――莱杰完全有理由自信满满。那时他因为在《断背山》中的表演刚刚获得了他的第一个奥斯卡提名。因此他的下一个角色理所当然应该是由一间大工作室制作的大片中的一个主角。
　　诺兰和莱杰从一开始就很合拍。“我们对角色的理解完全一样，”导演说，“我们还没拿到剧本，但是我们已经有想法了。绝对的无政府状态、让整个社会最为恐惧的混乱、无动机的犯罪，有人就是想看到这个世界燃烧殆尽。”其中的某些想法对于一部据说投资预算达1.8亿美元的暑期大片来说，是相当激进的。比如说，那个“小丑”在影片中并没有交代其背景。他只是突然出现在了高登市，其架车开枪杀人的举动都带着可怕的随意性。虽然诺兰刚开始将这些想法收进现实的剧本中去，莱杰却早已进入了角色。他花了几个月的时候跟一位发声教练研究如何将自己的声音调整成小丑那聒噪的调子。莱杰还对化妆提出了许多想法，在影片中那装扮蔓延了他的整个面部。
　　2007年4月开机后，莱杰继续深入挖掘“小丑”错乱盘绕的心理。加里・奥德曼――他本人也扮演过不少疯子的角色――回忆道：“希斯就那么看着我，挑着眉毛向上看着，然后开始拍手。我记得在拍摄间隙时我走过去对他说：‘你知道吗？你让我想起了《发条橙》中的主人翁亚历克斯。’而希斯说：‘是的，是的，是的。真有趣，我正在我的活动房屋里看这部片呢。’”
　　尽管莱杰对待这个角色非常认真，但并没有人认为他陷入了什么精神误区。与他死后人们的推测相反，从他在《黑暗骑士》中的表演看不出其角色对他的心理健康有哪怕任何一丝影响。“希斯和我一样能走出表演的影响，”贝尔说，“他喜欢在表演时疯狂地进入角色。他对此极其认真，但同时也完全能够认识到那个角色有多荒谬。”奥德曼也有同感。“我知道有谣言说是因为扮演‘小丑’将他送入了坟墓，”他说，“但我从没这样说过。他拍片永远都很准时。他知道如何进入和跳出他的角色。我认为他确实是个非常讨人喜欢的孩子。”
本文为全文原貌 未安装PDF浏览器用户请先下载安装 原版全文 　　违反常理地说来――或者有可能是可以预计的――莱杰死亡的悲剧也许会让更多非蝙蝠侠迷的人买票观看影片，他们想以此向莱杰表达最后的敬意。有些观察家预测《黑暗骑士》将会超过《蜘蛛侠》成为史上票房最高的漫画改编电影。或许这将是“小丑”所喜爱的讽刺，希斯・莱杰的最后一部影片也将是他这一生中最成功的一部。
　　
　　影片介绍：09年最值得期待的漫画电影
　　
　　08年绝对是漫画电影大丰收的一年，从《钢铁侠》、《绿巨人2》、《通缉令》到《地狱男爵2》、《蝙蝠侠6》……漫画电影终于颠覆了过去爆米花电影的无脑形象，开始向深度发展，也受到越来越多的关注。那么，接下来的09年我们又有什么好期待的呢？
　　
　　《七龙珠》 Dragonball 上映时间：2009年4月8日
　　The story begins with a young humanoid(具有人的特质或外表的) boy named Goku, who discovers that he was sent to Earth to blend in and destroy our population but instead elects to protect it from an oncoming alien onslaught(猛烈的攻击) bent on dominating the universe and controlling the mystical objects. He seeks out upon his adoptive grandfather Grandpa Gohan’s dying request to find the great Master Roshi and gather all seven Dragon Balls. Of which he has one, in order to prevent the evil Lord Piccolo from succeeding in his desire to use the Dragon Balls to take over the world. And Goku’s quest is to obtain the mystical Dragonballs before Piccolo does.
　　看点：风靡一时的《七龙珠》曾在我们的成长中留下了深刻的印迹，不过电影改编能忠实于原著吗？
　　
　　《X战警前传：金刚狼》 X-Men Origins: Wolverine 上映时间：2009年5月1日
　　Leading up to the events of “X-Men,” it tells the story of Wolverine’s epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous(不祥的) Weapon X program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe.
　　看点：X战警中人气最高的金刚狼哥哥终于有了自己的故事，不知道是不是有更多奇异的变种人出现呢？
　　
　　《守望者》Watchmen 上映时间：2009年3月6日
　　Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante(义务警员) Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion―a ragtag(无秩序的) group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers―Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy(阴谋) with links to their shared past and catastrophic(悲惨的) consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity ... but who is watching the Watchmen?
　　看点：漫画大师的经典非主流反英雄之作，除了期待，还能说什么呢？
　　
　　
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