看张艺谋在美发行的新电影《三枪拍案惊奇》

作者:Giada  于 2010-9-8 14:02 发表于 最热闹的华人社交网络--贝壳村

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劳工节前的星期五,张艺谋的《三枪拍案惊奇》在美国的部分影院正式上映。这个电影应该是张艺谋的导演职业的一个新尝试的开始 -- 翻拍西方电影。《三枪拍案惊奇》是美国1984年的电影” Blood Simple”的翻拍, 张艺谋在许多年前曾看过这个电影,印象深刻,他在计划翻拍西方电影时,自然而然地就想起这个电影。比较幸运的是,这个电影的版权在导演Coen兄弟的手中,这使张艺谋谋求翻拍版权的法律程序大大简化了。美国一般电影的版权都在影片发行公司手中,而Coen兄弟二人当年是作为独立人发行该电影的,所以版权就是他们二人说了算。据说,Coen兄弟对张艺谋的翻拍大为满意。

这个电影的英文名字叫做:A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop,跟中文的大不相同,估计中文名字太难翻译。《洛杉矶时报》在电影尚未发行前的最后一个周日和发行的那个星期五两天发表评论介绍文章,评价相当不错。正好我家附近一个影院就在上演,于是劳工节那天我就买了票去看。

张艺谋为了避免像电影《活着》那样不能在国内发行,他把影片里的故事发生地时间放在枪支制造刚刚流行起来的明代末期,地点放在嘉峪关外一个地处群山之中人烟稀少官道旁边的一个面馆里。故事从面馆的老板娘从波斯商人那里购买了一把手枪,同时面馆老板王五麻子雇用官府巡逻队里的张三谋杀他的妻子以及和她有染的伙计李四开始。由于故事里的几个人物各怀鬼胎,对其他人的行动产生误解,做出相应的反应,这些意外使谋杀计划变得扭曲,导致最后的结局与每个人当初的计划和希望完全不同。

我没有看过原版Blood  Simple,报纸介绍说,张艺谋的电影严格保存了原剧的某些关键成分:有密码的锁,用来抽烟的用具和杀人凶器:枪。但是张艺谋在电影中增加了许多喜剧色彩,使得电影变得不那么血腥,即使是杀人的剧情。另外,虽然张艺谋几乎是原封未动地保持了杀手的每一步行动,但对在周围环境作了变动:比如原剧是在夜里,月光,阴影里进行的,而张艺谋再次发挥了他在电影《英雄》里对色彩的强调,故事发生的相当一部分时间是在白天的时候,并且色彩鲜亮:群山在白天是桔黄色,在夜间是暗紫色,依山势蜿蜒而来的山路官道,如同一条白练,环绕着一个又一个的山坡,迤逦而去。女主角的衣服是鲜绿色,情人的衣服是鲜粉色,面店老板的衣服是紫色,但夹杂着红的绿的黑的颜色,一片乱七八糟。所以,《洛杉矶时报》强调说,喜欢不喜欢这部影片要根据个人的口味而定。

这部电影的领衔主演是:孙红雷(饰杀手张三),小沈阳(饰老板娘的情人伙计李四),阎妮(饰老板娘),倪大洪(?)(饰面店老板麻子王五)。我对国内的演艺界比较孤陋寡闻,孙红雷,小沈阳,赵本山等人的名字虽然听说过,但是看到照片也认不出来谁是谁。看过这部影片后,我对孙红雷印象非常好,他是属于那种非常抢眼的演员,和赵本山一起出场时,马上就抢了赵本山的风头,当时我还不知道这二人谁是谁呢。孙红雷在影片中统共大概只说了十句话,其他的时间都在沉默中行动。虽然一句话不说,但观众却非常明白他每一步的用意和目的。 他的这种异乎寻常的沉默,在整个影片中令人奇怪地把一个非常贪婪有心计而又冷血的杀手几乎给观众的造成了一个做事有效率和正义化身的错觉,直到最后他在误解了整个情形,为保护自己追杀所有他认为得知自己罪行的人,以致走向和他的计划相反的不归路时,观众才终于把这个行动归结到他的真正本性。

这部影片除了合理的喜剧情节,还有许多故意搞笑的小细节:故事里的四个男人的名字分别是张三李四王五赵六,没有一个电影能这么省事地赋予剧中人物名字的了;故事里的人物明明是明朝的,好多地方说的都是现代语言,例如,把枪称为“新技术”;讨价还价时说“市场价”;乱搞男女关系是“生活作风问题”,要“再调查”;老板娘告诉情人,每个女人都希望有个能够作为依靠的肩头靠一靠 --听者像当代女强人心理自白;最搞笑的是老板娘在回顾和情人的相恋时说,。。。我以为你就是我的No.one -- 连英文都上来了,想想看,一个偏远山区的面店老板娘竟然把英文用得这么溜,怕是连后来的李鸿章都要自叹不如呢;面店虽然在嘉峪关外,面店伙计小沈阳却说了一口东北话,实在令人忍俊不禁。但是,这些因为是搞笑,观众不但不会认为不真实,而且起到了把血腥剧情当喜剧的效应。可惜的是,这些却是外国观众无法欣赏的。

这个影片去年在国内上演时听说很红了一阵。这篇博文是写给像我这样在海外对中国电影不太熟悉的华人看的(这种人应该不会多),我个人的看法,这个电影还是很值得一看的,特别是在生活这么紧张的现代,看看这样的电影很有助于精神上的放松。对了,我看了电影后有人提醒我才反应过来,该影片从始至终都没有音乐,这在电影里实在是不多见的。


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8 回复 霜天红叶 2010-9-8 14:30
SF!
9 回复 霜天红叶 2010-9-8 14:34
没有听说过这本电影,是讲中文吗?听了同学介绍,介绍得真好,一定要去看呐!谢谢分享!如果不看这篇影评,我就要错失机会了,谢谢哦!
8 回复 yulinw 2010-9-8 15:13
原来是翻拍的~~其实这个片子在国内是骂声居绝大多数,而且各行各业上上下下的难得的一致,不过有时间还是要看一看~~·
5 回复 越湖 2010-9-8 17:48
俺孤陋寡闻,还没听过这电影。
你的评写得好,至少引起了俺对这片子的好奇。
7 回复 bluemei 2010-9-8 18:48
yulinw: 原来是翻拍的~~其实这个片子在国内是骂声居绝大多数,而且各行各业上上下下的难得的一致,不过有时间还是要看一看~~·
听说过,据说还被评为本年度最烂片。不过,老张反击:别指望我任重而道远。
8 回复 hr8888hr 2010-9-8 19:37
看了lz的描述, 好像今年初回国时看过一些片断, 片子很难, 可满喜欢那个什么妞做戏
7 回复 nierdaye 2010-9-8 20:14
赵本山,我有些烦,
8 回复 yulinw 2010-9-8 20:58
bluemei: 听说过,据说还被评为本年度最烂片。不过,老张反击:别指望我任重而道远。
有空看看有多烂~~
8 回复 rongrongrong 2010-9-8 21:00
8 回复 SirCat 2010-9-8 21:53
顶认真的影评
给一部不认真的影片
呵呵
6 回复 xinsheng 2010-9-8 22:02
好影。
有空我找来看看。
5 回复 穿鞋的蜻蜓 2010-9-8 22:10
好影评.
9 回复 穿鞋的蜻蜓 2010-9-8 22:11
A Sony Pictures Classics (in U.S.) release of a Beijing New Picture Film Co. (China)/Film Partner (2009) Intl. (H.K.) production. (International sales: Wild Bunch, Paris.) Produced by Zhang Weiping, Bill Kong, Gu Hao. Executive producer, Zhang Zhenyan. Directed by Zhang Yimou. Screenplay, Xu Zhengchao, Shi Jianquan, based on the 1984 film "Blood Simple."

With: Sun Honglei, Xiao Shenyang, Yan Ni, Ni Dahong, Cheng Ye, Mao Mao, Zhao Benshan, Julien Gaudfroy.
  
Four years (and several Olympics duties) after "Curse of the Golden Flower," mainland Chinese helmer Zhang Yimou returns with the much more ascetic, chamber-like dramedy "A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop." A pretty close adaptation of the Coen brothers' 1984 "Blood Simple" but relocated from the flatlands of contempo Texas to the hilly deserts of Shaanxi in Ancient China, the pic is spiced up with some pratfall humor (trimmed in Sony's international version screened at the Berlinale) and visually enhanced by saturated lensing of the dusty red landscapes that slightly recalls Zhang's "Hero." Modest specialty biz looks likely.
In China, where it was released mid-December (with the English title "A Simple Noodle Story"), pic took a tasty 261 million yuan ($38 million) in six weeks, more than recouping its sizable reported budget of around $12 million. Though "Noodle" is less spectacular than Zhang's recent movies like "Curse," "House of Flying Daggers" and "Hero," the casting of popular local comics in several roles -- including hot new name Xiao Shenyang as the young lead -- was a contributory factor.

Plot adheres to the essentials (and even whole scenes) of the Coens' script, though culturally the movie is utterly Chinese in its characterizations and occasional references to Beijing Opera (notably "San cha kou," with its multiple double-crosses in an inn). Western auds familiar with "Blood Simple" will get a kick out of the reinventions -- and the script by Xu Zhengchao and Shi Jianquan actually tightens up the original's rather digressive second half prior to its final shootout.

In the middle of a vast empty desert, bisected by dusty gullies, stands a solitary roadside inn run by grouchy old skinflint Wang (Ni Dahong) and his vampy young wife of 10 years (Yan Ni). For the past couple of months, the wife has been canoodling with sappy young cook Li (Xiao). The only other staff are a bozo waiter, Zhao (Cheng Ye), and equally dim waitress, Chen (Mao Mao), who haven't been paid for some time.

Zippy opening sets up pic's comic element as a flamboyant Persian trader (Julien Gaudfroy) comes by and demonstrates the new western invention of guns, finally selling a three-barreled model (along with three bullets) to Wang's wife, who's just about had it up here with her old man's ill treatment. The gun, with its three avaliable shots (referred to in pic's Chinese title), will play a crucial role in the chicanery to come.

Alerted by the noise of the Persian's demonstration of his wares (including a large cannon), the local police force drops by and the staff whips up a meal of noodles preceded by an impressive display of culinary kung fu (this version's only crowdpleasing action sequence). In local terms, the scene is mainly a showcase for a cameo by comedian Zhao Benshan as the police chief.

Some time later, however, the chief's deputy, Zhang (Sun Honglei), drops by alone and tells Wang that his wife is having an affair with Li. Wang hires Zhang to murder the couple and bury them in the desert; when Zhang returns with "proof" of the dirty deed, he collects his money and shoots Wang with the wife's gun.

Coen aficionados won't be surprised by any of the subsequent twists in the tale, and general auds will be pleasantly amused, as Zhang tries to manipulate events for his own purposes (the small fortune in Wang's office safe), the bozo employees also try to muscle in, and the bodies start to pile up.

Though helmer Zhang frequently lingers over this or that cloudscape, landscape or sound effect, and frequently stresses the utter isolation of the inn, "Noodle" has none of the simmering badlands atmosphere of "Simple"; Sun (in the M. Emmet Walsh role) is a poker-faced cop with a procedural attitude to his crimes.

Apart from Cheng and Mao Mao, who provide most of the effective humor as the two dumb employees, it's Yan (so good in her small role in Guan Hu's recent "Cow") who provides most of the color, from her duds to her temper. Xiao is OK but has a colorless role.

The exact era is never specified, and some design elements (such as the blue-black outfits of the police) are there simply for visual contrast, especially when set against the red-streaked, rusty landscape. P.d. Han Chung's inn interiors are immensely detailed, with the borderline ramshackle look reflecting Wang's meanness.

For the record, pic's international version is four minutes shorter than that released in China and Hong Kong.

Camera (Technicolor, widescreen, DV-to-35mm), Zhao Xiaoding; editor, Meng Peicong; music, Zhao Lin; production designer, Han Zhong; costume designer, Huang Qiuping; sound (Dolby Digital), Steve Burgess, He Wei; sound designer, Tao Jing; story consultant, Zhou Xiaofeng; stunt coordinators, Cao Hua, Gao Xiang; special effects coordinator, Chung Do-ahn; visual effects producer, Jiang Yanming; assistant director, Zang Qiwu. Reviewed at Berlin Film Festival (competing), Feb. 14, 2010. Running time: 90 MIN.
9 回复 方方头 2010-9-8 22:12
没看过,你这影评让我对这个电影产生了好奇,可看这剧照,完全是搞笑喜剧。倒是想看看Blood  Simple
喜欢看你这样有思考不做作的影评
7 回复 xqw63 2010-9-9 04:04
张艺谋现在堕落啦
7 回复 bluemei 2010-9-9 06:58
yulinw: 有空看看有多烂~~
我也没看,但对老张一直是欣赏的。各人的审视角度不同罢了。
那么多导演5的都在忽悠,凭什么人家老张就不可忽悠一次呢?
7 回复 yulinw 2010-9-9 09:11
bluemei: 我也没看,但对老张一直是欣赏的。各人的审视角度不同罢了。
那么多导演5的都在忽悠,凭什么人家老张就不可忽悠一次呢?
老张自己也说不大会讲故事的,但是色彩就好的邪乎~~是呀,把个全世界都忽悠的中国人都大红灯笼似的~~
9 回复 marnifan 2010-9-9 09:24
Love all the movies by Coen brothers. A must see then if it's produced by them~~ thanks!!
9 回复 Giada 2010-9-9 11:36
霜天红叶: SF!
不好意思,同学来了,我倒跑了,没人倒茶,作揖道歉一下。
7 回复 Giada 2010-9-9 11:38
霜天红叶: 没有听说过这本电影,是讲中文吗?听了同学介绍,介绍得真好,一定要去看呐!谢谢分享!如果不看这篇影评,我就要错失机会了,谢谢哦!
是啊,是中文的,英文字幕。比较搞笑的那种,你要是喜欢张艺谋的电影,这个电影也是带有他的特色的。同学不客气,个人的口味不同,你看了也许不喜欢,到时候别骂我就好了。
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