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J.J. Abrams: The mystery box
J.J. Abrams' mystik-boks
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J.J. Abrams sporer sin lidenskab for det usete mysterie –- en lidenskab, der er tydelig i hans film og TV serier, herunder Cloverfield, Lost og Alias –- tilbage til dens magiske begyndelse.
J.J. Abrams - Filmmaker
Writer, director and producer J.J. Abrams makes smart, addictive dramas like TV's Lost, and films like Cloverfield and the new Star Trek. Full bio
Writer, director and producer J.J. Abrams makes smart, addictive dramas like TV's Lost, and films like Cloverfield and the new Star Trek. Full bio
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I wanna start today -- here's my thing. Hold on. There I go.
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Jeg vil gerne starte med -- et øjeblik. Sådan.
00:18
Hey. I wanna start today -- talk about the structure of a polypeptide. (Laughter)
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Hej. Jeg vil gerne starte med at tale om strukturen af polypeptider. (Latter)
00:24
I get a lot of people asking me, in terms of "Lost," you know,
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En masse mennesker spørger mig, i forhold til "Lost,"
00:28
"What the hell's that island?" You know,
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"Hvad helvede er det for en ø?"
00:30
it's usually followed by,
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Som regel fulgt op af,
00:32
"No, seriously, what the hell is that island?"
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"Nej, helt ærligt, hvad helvede er det med den ø?"
00:34
(Laughter)
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(Latter)
00:35
Why so many mysteries? What is it about mystery that I seem to be drawn to?
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Hvorfor så mange mysterier? Hvad er det ved mysterier, der er så tiltrækkende for mig?
00:39
And I was thinking about this, what to talk about at TED.
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Og jeg tænkte på hvad jeg skulle tale om til TED.
00:42
When I talked to the kind rep from TED, and I said,
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Da jeg talte med den venlige kontaktperson fra TED, spurgte jeg,
00:46
"Listen, you know, what should I talk about?"
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"Hør, hvad skal jeg tale om?"
00:48
He said, "Don't worry about it. Just be profound."
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Han svarede, "Det skal du ikke tænke på. Bare være dybsindig."
00:50
(Laughter) And I took enormous comfort in that.
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(Latter) Og det gjorde mig enormt rolig.
00:54
So thank you, if you're here.
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Så tak, hvis du er her.
00:56
I was trying to think, what do I talk about? It's a good question.
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Jeg prøvede at tænke på, hvad jeg gerne vil tale om? Det er et godt spørgsmål.
00:58
Why do I do so much stuff that involves mystery? And I started trying to figure it out.
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Hvorfor involverer så meget af det jeg laver, mysterier? Og det prøvede jeg at finde ud af.
01:02
And I started thinking about why do I do any of what I do,
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Og jeg begyndte at tænke på, hvorfor jeg gør de ting jeg gør,
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and I started thinking about my grandfather.
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og så begyndte jeg at tænke på min bedstefar.
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I loved my grandfather. Harry Kelvin was his name,
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Jeg elskede min bedstefar. Harry Kelvin, hed han,
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my mother's father. He died in 1986. He was an amazing guy.
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min mors far. Han døde i 1986. Han var en fantastisk mand.
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And one of the reasons he was amazing:
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Og en af grundende til, at han var fantastisk, var
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After World War II he began an electronics company.
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at han efter Anden Verdenskrig stiftede et elektronik firma.
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He started selling surplus parts, kits, to schools and stuff.
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Han solgte overskudsdele, samlesæt, til skoler og lignende.
01:24
So he had this incredible curiosity. As a kid I saw him
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Han havde en utrolig nysgerrighed. Som barn
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come over to me with radios and telephones and all sorts of things.
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kom han over til mig med radioer og telefoner, og alle mulige ting.
01:30
And he'd open them up, he'd unscrew them, and reveal the inner workings --
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Og han åbnede dem, skilte dem ad, og afslørede delene inden i --
01:33
which many of us, I'm sure, take for granted.
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noget mange af os, tror jeg, tager for givet.
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But it's an amazing gift to give a kid.
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Men det er en fantastisk oplevelse for et barn.
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To open up this thing and show how it works and why it works and what it is.
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At åbne den her ting, og se hvordan den virker, og hvorfor den virker, og hvad det er.
01:43
He was the ultimate deconstructer, in many ways.
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Han var på mange måder den ultimative nedbryder.
01:47
And my grandfather was a kind of guy who would not only take things apart,
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Og min bedstefar var typen, som ikke kun skilte ting ad,
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but he got me interested in all sorts of different odd crafts,
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han fik også mig interesseret i alle mulige mærkelige teknikker,
01:55
like, you know, printing, like the letter press. I'm obsessed with printing.
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som eksempelvis tryk, som i en papirtrykker. Jeg er besat af papirtrykkeri.
02:00
I'm obsessed with silk screening and bookbinding and box making.
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Jeg er besat af silketryk og bogbinderi, og at lave kasser.
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When I was a kid, I was always, like, taking apart boxes and stuff.
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Da jeg var dreng, skilte jeg altid ting ad.
02:07
And last night in the hotel, I took apart the Kleenex box.
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Og i går aftes på hotellet, skilte jeg kassen med servietter ad.
02:10
I was just looking at it. And I'm telling you ... (Laughter) It's a beautiful thing.
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Jeg så bare på den. Og, jeg siger jer, det er en smuk ting.
02:15
I swear to God. I mean, when you look at the box, and you sort of see how it works.
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Det lover jeg jer. Jeg mener, når du kigger på kassen, og du ser hvordan den virker.
02:18
Rives is here, and I met him years ago at a book fair; he does pop-up books.
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Rives er her, og jeg mødte ham for flere år siden på en bogmesse. Han laver pop-up bøger.
02:23
And I'm obsessed with, like, engineering of paper.
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Og jeg er besat af, hvordan man laver papir.
02:25
But like, the scoring of it, the printing of it, where the thing gets glued,
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Men selve udformningen af det, trykket på det, hvordan tingene bliver limet,
02:28
you know, the registration marks for the ink. I just love boxes.
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I ved, markeringerne til blækket. Jeg elsker bare æsker.
02:31
My grandfather was sort of the guy who, you know,
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Min bedstefar var typen der, I ved,
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kind of got me into all sorts of these things.
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fik mig i gang med
02:35
He would also supply me with tools.
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Han skaffe også værktøj til mig.
02:37
He was this amazing encourager -- this patron, sort of, to make stuff.
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Han var utrolig god til at motivere - motivere til at skabe ting.
02:42
And he got me a Super 8 camera when I was 10 years old.
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Og han skaffede mig et Super 8 kamera, da jeg var 10 år gammel.
02:46
And in 1976, that was sort of an anomaly,
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Og i 1976 var det lidt usædvanligt,
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to be a 10-year-old kid that had access to a camera.
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at være 10 år og så have adgang til et kamera.
02:52
And you know, he was so generous; I couldn't believe it.
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Og han var så generøs, at jeg næsten ikke kunne fatte det.
02:55
He wasn't doing it entirely without some manipulation.
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Han gjorde det ikke helt uden manipulation.
02:58
I mean, I would call him, and I'd be like,
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Jeg mener, jeg ville ringe til ham, og sige,
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"Listen, Grandpa, I really need this camera.
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"Hør, bedstefar, jeg har virkelig brug for det her kamera.
03:03
You don't understand. This is, like, you know, I want to make movies.
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Du fatter det slet ikke. Det handler om, at jeg vil lave film.
03:06
I'll get invited to TED one day. This is like -- " (Laughter)
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Jeg bliver inviteret til TED en dag. Det her er --" (Latter)
03:10
And you know, and my grandmother was the greatest.
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Og min bedstemor var fantastisk.
03:12
Because she'd be like, you know -- she'd get on the phone.
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Fordi hun ville -- hun kom til telefonen.
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She'd be like, "Harry, it's better than the drugs. He should be doing -- "
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Hun sagde, "Harry, det er bedre end stoffer. Han burde --"
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She was fantastic. (Laughter)
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Hun var fantastisk. (Latter)
03:20
So I found myself getting this stuff,
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Så jeg fik de her ting,
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thanks to her assist, and suddenly, you know,
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takket være hendes hjælp, og pludselig
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I had a synthesizer when I was 14 years old -- this kind of stuff.
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havde jeg en synthezier da jeg var 14 -- den slags ting.
03:29
And it let me make things, which, to me, was sort of the dream.
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Det gav mig mulighed for at skabe ting, som, for mig, var en slags drøm.
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He sort of humored my obsession to other things too, like magic.
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Han accepterede også mine andre besættelser, som trylleri.
03:37
The thing is, we'd go to this magic store in New York City called Lou Tannen's Magic.
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Vi tog til en tryllebutik i New York City ved navn Lou Tannen's Magic.
03:41
It was this great magic store. It was a crappy little building in Midtown,
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Det var den her utrolige tyllebutik. Det var en elendig lille bygning i midtbyen,
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but you'd be in the elevator, the elevator would open --
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men du stod i elevatoren, og elevatordøren åbnede --
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there'd be this little, small magic store. You'd be in the magic store.
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så var der den her lille tryllebutik.
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And it was just, it was a magical place.
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Og det var bare et magisk sted.
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So I got all these sort of magic tricks. Oh, here. I'll show you.
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Jeg fandt alle de her forskellige tryllekunstner. Vent, her. Lad mig vise jer.
03:53
This is the kind of thing. So it would be like, you know. Right?
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Denne slags ting. Så jeg ville, I ved. Ikke?
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Which is good, but now I can't move.
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Hvilket er fint, men nu kan jeg ikke bevæge mig.
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Now, I have to do this, the rest of the thing, like this.
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Nu er jeg så nødt til at gøre sådan, resten, sådan.
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I'm like, "Oh, wow. Look at my computer over there!" (Laughter)
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"Årh, prøv at se min computer derovre!" (Latter)
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Anyway, so one of the things that I bought at the magic store was this:
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Nå, men en af de ting jeg købte i den tryllebutik, var den her:
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Tannen's Mystery Magic Box.
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Tannen's Mystery Magic Box.
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The premise behind the mystery magic box was the following:
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Idéen bag den mystiske, magiske box var følgende:
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15 dollars buys you 50 dollars worth of magic.
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For 15 dollars fik man for 50 dollars tryllekunster.
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Which is a savings. (Laughter)
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Altså en besparelse. (Latter)
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Now, I bought this decades ago and I'm not kidding.
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Jeg købte den her for mange år siden, og jeg lyver ikke.
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If you look at this, you'll see it's never been opened.
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Hvis man ser på den, vil man se at den aldrig har været åbnet.
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But I've had this forever.
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Men jeg har haft den i vildt lang tid.
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Now, I was looking at this, it was in my office, as it always is, on the shelf,
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Nå, men jeg sad og kiggede på den, på mit kontor, hvor den altid står på sin hylde,
04:32
and I was thinking, why have I not opened this?
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og jeg tænkte, hvorfor har jeg aldrig åbnet den?
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And why have I kept it? Because I'm not a pack rat. I don't keep everything
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Og hvorfor har jeg beholdt den? Fordi jeg er ikke nogen samler. Jeg gemmer ikke alt
04:41
but for some reason I haven't opened this box.
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men af en eller anden grund har jeg aldrig åbnet denne kasse.
04:43
And I felt like there was a key to this, somehow,
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Og jeg havde på fornemmelsen, at der måtte være noget sigende i det, på en måde,
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in talking about something at TED that I haven't discussed before,
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til min tale om noget til TED, som jeg aldrig har talt om før,
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and bored people elsewhere.
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og kedet folk med andre steder.
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So I thought, maybe there's something with this. I started thinking about it.
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Så jeg tænkte, måske er der noget om det her. Jeg begyndte at tænke på det.
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And there was this giant question mark. I love the design, for what it's worth,
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Og så var der bare det her gigantiske spørgsmålstegn. Jeg elsker i øvrigt designet
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of this thing. And I started thinking, why haven't I opened it?
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af den her ting. Og jeg begyndte at tænke, hvorfor har jeg aldrig åbnet den?
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And I realized that I haven't opened it because it represents something important
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Og det gik op for mig, at jeg aldrig har åbnet den, fordi den repræsentere noget meget vigtigt
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-- to me. It represents my grandfather.
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-- for mig. Den repræsenterer min bedstefar.
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Am I allowed to cry at TED? Because -- no, I'm not going to cry. But -- (Laughter)
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Er det tilladt at græde til TED? Fordi -- nej, jeg begynder ikke at græde. Men -- (Latter)
05:17
-- the thing is, that it represents infinite possibility.
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-- sagen er den, at den repræsenterer uendelige muligheder.
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It represents hope. It represents potential.
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Den repræsenterer håb. Den repræsenterer potentiale.
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And what I love about this box,
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Og det jeg elsker ved den her kasse,
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and what I realize I sort of do in whatever it is that I do,
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og det, jeg indser, jeg altid gør, i det jeg gør,
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is I find myself drawn to infinite possibility, that sense of potential.
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er, at jeg bliver tiltrukket uendelige muligheder, den slags potentiale.
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And I realize that mystery is the catalyst for imagination.
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Og jeg kan se, at mysterier er en katalysator for fantasien.
05:39
Now, it's not the most ground-breaking idea,
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Okay, det er ikke den mest revolutionerende idé,
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but when I started to think that maybe there are times when mystery
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men da jeg begyndte at tænke over, at der måske er et tidspunkt, hvor mystik
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is more important than knowledge, I started getting interested in this.
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er vigtigere end viden, begyndte jeg at være interesseret i det her.
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And so I started thinking about "Lost," and the stuff that we do,
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Så jeg begyndte at tænke på "Lost," og det vi laver der,
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and I realized, oh my God, mystery boxes are everywhere in what I do!
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og jeg indså, at der er mystik-bokse i alt hvad jeg laver!
05:54
In how -- in the creation of "Lost," Damon Lindelof and I,
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I hvordan skabelsen af "Lost," hvordan Damon Lindelof og jeg,
05:57
who created the show with me, we were basically tasked with creating this series
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som skabte serien sammen med mig, vi havde i bund og grund til opgave at skabe serien
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that we had very little time to do. We had 11 and a half weeks
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hvilket vi havde meget lidt tid til. Vi havde 11 en halv uge
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to write it, cast it, crew it, shoot it, cut it, post it, turn in a two-hour pilot.
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til at skrive den, caste den, optage den, klippe den og gøre det et to-timers første afsnit.
06:10
So it was not a lot of time. And that sense of possibility -- what could this thing be?
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Så der var ikke den store tid. Og den form for mulighed -- hvad kan det her være?
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There was no time to develop it.
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Der var ingen tid til at udvikle den.
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I'm sure you're all familiar with those people
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Jeg er sikker på, at I alle er bekendt med de mennesker,
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who tell you what you can't do and what you should change.
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som fortæller jeg, at I ikke kan gøre det, og hvad I burde ændre.
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And there was no time for that, which is kind of amazing.
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Det var der ikke tid til, hvilket egentlig er ret utroligt.
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And so we did this show, and for those of you who, you know, who haven't seen it,
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Så vi lavede serien, og for dem af jer, som ikke har set den,
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or don't know it, I can show you this one little clip from the pilot,
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eller ikke kender den, kan jeg vise jer et lille klip fra første afsnit,
06:29
just to show you some stuff that we did.
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bare for at vise jer noget af det vi lavede.
06:40
Claire: Help! Please help me! Help me! Help me!
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Claire: Hjælp! Hjælp mig! Hjælp mig! Hjælp mig!
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Jack: Get him out of here! Get him away from the engine! Get him out of here!
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Jack: Få ham ud derfra! Få ham væk fra den motor. Få ham væk herfra!
06:59
C: I'm having contractions!
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C: Jeg har veer!
07:02
J: How many months pregnant are you?
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J: Hvor langt henne i graviditeten er du?
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C: I'm only eight months.
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C: Jeg er kun otte måneder.
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J: And how far apart are they coming?
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J: Og hvor lang tid er der mellem dem?
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C: I don't know. I think it just happened.
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C: Det ved jeg ikke. Jeg tror lige det er sket.
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Man: Hey! Hey! Hey, get away from --
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Mand: Hey! Hey! Hey, kom væk fra --
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JJA: Now, 10 years ago, if we wanted to do that, we'd have to kill a stuntman.
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JJA: Hvis vi ville gøre det der for 10 år siden, blev vi nødt til at dræbe en stuntmand.
07:27
We'd actually -- (Laughter)
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Vi havde faktisk -- (Latter) --
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it would be harder. It would take -- Take 2 would be a bitch.
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troet det ville være sværere. Det ville kræve -- Andet forsøg ville være et helvede.
07:36
So the amazing thing was, we were able to do this thing.
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Så det utrolige var, at her var vi i stand til at gøre det her.
07:40
And part of that was the amazing availability of technology,
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Og en del af det skyldes den utrolige teknologi der er tilgængelig,
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knowing we could do anything. I mean, we could never have done that.
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og at vide, at vi kan gøre hvad som helst. Jeg mener, vi kunne aldrig have gjort det der.
07:46
We might have been able to write it; we wouldn't have been able to depict it
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Vi kunne måske skrive det, men vi ville aldrig kunne vise det
07:48
like we did. And so part of the amazing thing for me is in the creative process,
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som vi gjorde. Så en del af det utrolige, for mig, er den kreative proces,
07:52
technology is, like, mind-blowingly inspiring to me.
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teknologi er ufatteligt inspirerende for mig.
07:55
I realize that that blank page is a magic box, you know?
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Jeg kan nu se, at det blanke stykke papir er den magiske kasse.
07:59
It needs to be filled with something fantastic.
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Det skal fyldes med noget fantastisk.
08:01
I used to have the "Ordinary People" script that I'd flip through.
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Jeg plejede at have manuskriptet fra "Ordinary People," som jeg bladrede igennem.
08:03
The romance of the script was amazing to me; it would inspire me.
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Jeg synes romantikken i manuskriptet er utrolig. Det ville inspirere mig.
08:06
I wanted to try and fill pages with the same kind of
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Jeg ville prøve og fylde sider med den samme
08:09
spirit and thought and emotion that that script did.
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ånd og tanker, og følelser, som manuskriptet gjorde.
08:13
You know, I love Apple computers. I'm obsessed.
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Så det -- I ved, jeg elsker Apple computere. Jeg er besat.
08:16
So the Apple computer -- like those -- the PowerBook -- this computer, right,
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Så Apple computeren -- ligesom de -- PowerBook'en -- denne computer -- den
08:19
it challenges me. It basically says,
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udfordrer mig. Den siger nærmest,
08:21
what are you going to write worthy of me? (Laughter)
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hvad har du tænkt dig at skrive, som er mig værdig? (Latter)
08:24
I guess I feel this -- I'm compelled.
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Jeg føler vel -- jeg bliver tiltrukket.
08:27
And I often am like, you know, dude, today I'm out. I got nothing. You know? (Laughter)
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Og ofte må jeg sige, I ved, i dag kan jeg simpelthen ikke. Jeg har ikke noget at byde ind med. Kender I det? (Latter)
08:31
So there's that. In terms of the content of it, you look at stories, you think,
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Så det var det. I forhold til indholdet, så ser man på historier, du tænker,
08:33
well, what are stories but mystery boxes?
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hvad er historier ud over mystiske kasser?
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There's a fundamental question -- in TV, the first act is called the teaser.
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Der er et fundamentalt spørgsmål -- i TV kaldes det første akt for en teaser.
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It's literally the teaser. It's the big question.
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Det er i bogstavelig forstand en teaser. Det er det store spørgsmål.
08:41
So you're drawn into it. Then of course,
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Så du bliver draget ind i det. Hvad der så sker,
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there's another question. And it goes on and on.
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det er et helt andet spørgsmål. Og det bliver ved og ved.
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Look at "Star Wars." You got the droids; they meet the mysterious woman.
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Se på eksempelvis "Star Wars." Du har droiderne. De møder en mystisk kvinde.
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Who's that? We don't know. Mystery box! You know?
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Hvem er det? Det ved vi ikke. Mystik-boks!
08:49
Then you meet Luke Skywalker. He gets the Droid, you see the holographic image.
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Så møder du Luke Skywalker. Han finder droiden, du ser det holografiske billede.
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You learn, oh, it's a message, you know.
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Du lærer, Nårh, det er en besked.
08:54
She wants to, you know, find Obi Wan Kenobi. He's her only hope.
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Hun vil finde Obi Wan Kenobi. Han er hendes eneste håb.
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But who the hell's Obi Wan Kenobi? Mystery box!
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Men hvem helvede er Obi Wan Kenobi? Mystik-boks!
08:58
So then you go and he meets Ben Kenobi. Ben Kenobi is Obi Wan Kenobi.
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Så du følger med, og han møder Ben Kenobi. Ben Kenobi er Obi Wan Kenobi.
09:01
Holy shit! You know -- so it keeps us --
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Shit! Du ved -- det holder os --
09:03
(Laughter) -- have you guys not seen that?
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(Latter) -- har I ikke set det?
09:06
(Laughter) It's huge! Anyway --
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(Latter) Det er stort! Nå, men --
09:08
So there's this thing with mystery boxes that I started feeling compelled.
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Så der er det her med mystiske kasser, som jeg begyndte at blive tiltrukket af.
09:14
Then there's the thing of mystery in terms of imagination --
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Så er der det med mystik i forhold til fantasien --
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the withholding of information. You know,
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tilbageholdensen af information. I ved,
09:20
doing that intentionally is much more engaging.
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at gøre det bevidst, er meget mere medrivende.
09:24
Whether it's like the shark in "Jaws"
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Uanset om det er som med hajen i "Dødens Gab"
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-- if Spielberg's mechanical shark, Bruce, had worked,
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-- hvis Spielbergs mekaniske haj, Bruce, havde virket,
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it would not be remotely as scary; you would have seen it too much.
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havde det ikke været nær så skræmmende. Man ville have set den for meget.
09:31
In "Alien", they never really showed the alien: terrifying!
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I "Alien" viste de aldrig rigtig alien'en: skræmmende!
09:34
Even in a movie, like a romantic comedy, "The Graduate,"
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Selv i en film, en romantisk komedie som "Fagre voksne verden,"
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they're having that date, remember?
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har de den date. Kan I huske det?
09:39
And they're in the car, and it's loud, and so they put the top up.
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De sidder i bilen, og det larmer, så de tager taget op.
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They're in there -- you don't hear anything they're saying! You can't hear a word!
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De er derinde -- du kan ikke høre noget af det de siger! Du kan ikke høre et ord!
09:45
But it's the most romantic date ever. And you love it because you don't hear it.
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Men det er den mest romantiske scene nogensinde. Og du elsker det, fordi du ikke kan høre det?
09:49
So to me, there's that.
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For mig, er det det, det handler om.
09:51
And then, finally, there's this idea -- stretching the sort of paradigm a little bit --
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Og til sidst er der det her med -- for at strække konceptet en smule --
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but the idea of the mystery box.
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men idéen om den mystiske kasse.
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Meaning, what you think you're getting, then what you're really getting.
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Forstået på den måde, at hvad du tror du får, og så hvad du egentlig får.
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And it's true in so many movies and stories.
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Og det passer i så mange film og historier.
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And when you look at "E.T.," for example -- "E.T." is this, you know,
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Når du ser på "E.T.," for eksempel -- "E.T." er den her,
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unbelievable movie about what? It's about an alien who meets a kid, right?
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utrolige film om hvad? Det handler om et rumvæsen, der møder en dreng. Ikke?
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Well, it's not. "E.T." is about divorce. "E.T." is about a heartbroken,
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Det vil sige, det er det ikke. "E.T." handler om skilsmisse. "E.T." handler om en knust,
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divorce-crippled family, and ultimately, this kid who can't find his way.
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skilsmisseramt familie, og i sidste ende, den her dreng, der ikke ved hvad han skal gøre.
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"Die Hard," right? Crazy, great, fun, action-adventure movie in a building.
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"Die Hard." Skør, god, sjov, action-eventyrfilm i en bygning.
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It's about a guy who's on the verge of divorce.
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Det handler om en fyr, som er på grænsen til skilsmisse.
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He's showing up to L.A., tail between his legs.
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Han dukker op i L.A., med halen mellem benene.
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There are great scenes -- maybe not the most amazing dramatic
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Der er gode scener -- måske ikke de mest dramatiske
10:26
scenes in the history of time, but pretty great scenes.
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scener i filmhistorien, men ganske gode scener.
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There's a half an hour of investment in character before you get to the stuff
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Der er en halv times investering i rollen, før du kommer til det
10:32
that you're, you know, expecting.
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du, I ved, forventer.
10:34
When you look at a movie like "Jaws,"
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Når du ser en film som "Dødens Gab,"
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the scene that you expect -- we have the screen?
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den scene du, som du forventer -- har vi det billede?
10:38
These are the kind of, you know, scenes that you remember and expect from "Jaws."
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Det er denne type scener du husker, og forventer, fra "Dødens Gab."
10:42
And she's being eaten; there's a shark.
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Hun bliver spist. Der er en haj.
10:47
The thing about "Jaws" is, it's really about a guy
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Det der er ved "Dødens Gab," er, at det virkeligheden handler om en mand,
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who is sort of dealing with his place in the world -- with his masculinity,
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som prøver at finde sin plads i verden -- med sin maskulinitet,
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with his family, how he's going to, you know, make it work in this new town.
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med sin familie, hvordan han kan få det til at fungere i den her nye by.
10:56
This is one of my favorite scenes ever,
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Det her er en af mine absolutte favoritscener,
10:58
and this is a scene that you wouldn't necessarily think of when you think of "Jaws."
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og det er en scene som I ikke nødvendigvis ville tænke på, når I tænker på "Dødens Gab".
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But it's an amazing scene.
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Men det er en fantastisk scene.
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Father: C'mere. Give us a kiss.
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Far: Kom her. Giv et kys.
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Son: Why?
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Søn: Hvorfor?
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Father: 'Cause I need it.
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Far: Fordi jeg har brug for det.
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JJA: C'mon. "Why? 'Cause I need it?" Best scene ever, right?
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JJA: Helt ærligt. "Hvorfor? Fordi jeg har brug for det?" Bedste scene nogensinde, har jeg ret?
12:14
Come on! So you think of "Jaws" --
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Helt ærligt! Så når I tænker på "Dødens Gab" --
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so that's the kind of stuff that, like, you know, the investment of character,
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det er den slags, I ved, investeringen i en karakter,
12:21
which is the stuff that really is inside the box, you know?
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som er det stof der i virkeligheden er inde i kassen.
12:24
It's why when people do sequels, or rip off movies, you know, of a genre,
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Det er derfor, at folk der laver efterfølgere, eller kopierer film, i en genre,
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they're ripping off the wrong thing.
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de kopierer det forkerte.
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You're not supposed to rip off the shark or the monster.
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Det er ikke meningen, at du skal kopiere hajen eller monsteret.
12:31
You gotta rip off -- you know, if you rip something off -- rip off the character.
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Du skal kopiere -- I ved, hvis man kopierer noget -- kopiér karakteren.
12:35
Rip off the stuff that matters. I mean, look inside yourself and figure out what is inside you.
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Kopiér det der betyder noget. Jeg mener, se ind i jer selv og find ud af, hvad der er inde i jer.
12:38
Because ultimately, you know, the mystery box is all of us. So there's that.
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Fordi i sidste ende, er den mystiske kasse os allesammen.
12:43
Then the distribution. What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater?
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Så er der distributionen. Hvad bliver en større mystisk kasse end en biograf?
12:46
You know? You go to the theater, you're just so excited to see anything.
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Er det ikke rigtigt? Du går i biografen, og er spændt på hvad som helst.
12:48
The moment the lights go down is often the best part, you know?
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I det øjeblik lyset slukkes, er tit det bedste tidspunkt, ikke?
12:51
And you're full of that amazing --
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Du er fyldt med den her utrolige --
12:54
that feeling of excited anticipation.
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følelsen af spændt forventning.
12:57
And often, the movie's, like, there and it's going, and then something happens
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Og tit, når filmen er i gang, sker der noget
12:59
and you go, "Oh--" and then something else, and you're, "Mmm ..."
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og du tænker "Åh--" og så sker der noget andet, og du tænker, "Hmm".
13:01
Now, when it's a great movie, you're along for the ride
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Når det er en rigtig god film, er du med hele vejen rundt
13:03
'cause you're willing to give yourself to it.
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fordi du er villig til at leve dig ind i det.
13:05
So to me, whether it's that, whether it's a TV, an iPod, computer, cell phone --
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Så for mig, uanset om det er det, om det er TV, en iPod, computer, mobiltelefon.
13:10
it's funny, I'm an -- as I said, Apple fanatic -- and one day, about a year or so ago,
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Det er sjovt, jeg er -- som jeg sagde, en Apple fanatiker -- og en dag, for omkring et år siden,
13:14
I was signing on online in the morning to watch Steve Jobs' keynote,
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gik jeg på nettet en morgen for at se Steve Jobs' hovedtale,
13:18
'cause I always do. And he came on, he was presenting the video iPod,
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fordi det gør jeg altid. Og han kom på, og præsenterede iPod Video,
13:23
and what was on the enormous iPod behind him?
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og hvad var der på den enorme iPod bag ham?
13:25
"Lost"! I had no idea! And I realized, holy shit, it'd come full circle.
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"Lost!" Jeg havde ingen idé! Og jeg indså, shit, cirklen er fuldendt.
13:30
Like, the inspiration I get from the technology is now using the stuff that I do,
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Inspirationen jeg får fra teknologien, bruger nu det, jeg har lavet,
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inspired by it, to sell technology. I mean, it's nuts! (Laughter)
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inspireret af det, til at sælge teknologi. Jeg mener, det er vanvittigt! (Latter)
13:36
I was gonna show you a couple of other things I'm gonna skip through.
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Jeg ville egentlig vise jer nogle flere ting, men dem springer jeg over.
13:38
I just want to show you one other thing that has nothing to do with anything.
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Jeg vil bare gerne vise jer en ting mere, der slet ikke har noget med noget at gøre.
13:41
This is something online; I don't know if you've seen it before.
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Der er noget online. Jeg ved ikke om I har set det før.
13:43
Six years ago they did this. This is an online thing done by guys
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For seks år siden lavede de det her. Det her er noget der ligger online, af drengene
13:47
who had some visual effects experience. But the point was,
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som havde lidt erfaring med visuelle effekter. Men pointen var,
13:49
that they were doing things that were using these mystery boxes that they had --
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at de gjorde de her ting, som brugte de mystik-bokse, som de havde --
13:53
everyone has now.
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alle har nu.
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What I've realized is what my grandfather did for me when I was a kid,
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Det jeg har indset, er, at det min bedstefar gjorde for mig, da jeg var dreng,
13:58
everyone has access to now.
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har alle adgang til nu.
14:00
You don't need to have my grandfather, though you wished you had.
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Du behøver ikke min bedstefar, selv om du ville ønske du havde haft ham.
14:02
But I have to tell you -- this is a guy doing stuff on a Quadra 950 computer
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Men jeg er nødt til at sige -- ham her laver sine ting på en Quadra 950 computer
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-- the resolution's a little bit low --
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-- opløsningen er lidt lav --
14:07
using Infinity software they stopped making 15 years ago.
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ved hjælp af Infinity software, som de stoppede med at lave for 15 år siden.
14:10
He's doing stuff that looks as amazing as stuff I've seen released from Hollywood.
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Han laver ting, der ser lige så fantastisk ud, som de ting jeg har set fra Hollywood.
14:16
The most incredible sort of mystery, I think, is now the question of what comes next.
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Det mest utrolige mysterie, mener jeg, er nu spørgsmålet om, hvad der bliver det næste.
14:22
Because it is now democratized. So now, the creation of media is -- it's everywhere.
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Fordi nu er det demokratiseret. Nu kan alle skabe denne type medier -- det er over alt.
14:26
The stuff that I was lucky and begging for to get when I was a kid is now ubiquitous.
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Det jeg var heldig at få, som barn, og tiggede om, er nu tilgængeligt for alle.
14:31
And so, there's an amazing sense of opportunity out there.
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Og derfor er der en fantastisk følelse af muligheder derude.
14:34
And when I think of the filmmakers who exist out there now who would have
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Og når jeg tænker på de filmskabere, som er derude nu, som ellers havde
14:39
been silenced, you know -- who have been silenced in the past --
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været hæmmede -- som tidligere blev holdt tilbage --
14:42
it's a very exciting thing.
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det er meget spændende.
14:43
I used to say in classes and lectures and stuff,
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Jeg plejede at sige, til undervisning og foredrag,
14:46
to someone who wants to write, "Go! Write! Do your thing." It's free,
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at -- til en der gerne vil skrive, "Afsted! Skriv! Gør hvad du vil." Det er gratis,
14:49
you know, you don't need permission to go write. But now I can say,
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du behøver ikke tilladelse til at skrive. Men nu kan jeg sige,
14:51
"Go make your movie!" There's nothing stopping you
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"Gå ud og lav din film!" Der er ikke noget der holder dig tilbage
14:53
from going out there and getting the technology.
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fra at gå ud og få fat i teknologien.
14:55
You can lease, rent, buy stuff off the shelf
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Du kan lease, leje, købe ting direkte i butikkerne
14:58
that is either as good, or just as good, as the stuff that's being used by the, you know,
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som er lige så godt som det grej, der bliver brugt af
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quote unquote "legit people."
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citat "rigtige folk".
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No community is best served when only the elite have control.
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Der er ikke noget samfund, der er tjent bedst ved kun at have eliten ved magten.
15:10
And I feel like this is an amazing opportunity to see what else is out there.
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Og jeg føler, at det her er en utrolig mulighed for at se hvad der ellers er derude.
15:13
When I did "Mission: Impossible III," we had amazing visual effects stuff.
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Da jeg lavede "Mission: Impossible III," havde vi fantastiske visuelle effekter.
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ILM did the effects; it was incredible.
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ILM lavede effekterne; det var utroligt.
15:18
And sort of like my dream to be involved.
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Og nærmest en drøm, for mig, at være involveret.
15:20
And there are a couple of sequences in the movie,
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Og der er et par sekvenser i filmen,
15:23
like these couple of moments I'll show you.
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som de her scener, jeg gerne vil vise jer.
15:31
There's that.
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Sådan.
15:52
Okay, obviously I have an obsession with big crazy explosions.
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Okay, jeg er tydeligvis besat af store, vanvittige eksplosioner.
15:55
So my favorite visual effect in the movie is the one I'm about to show you.
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Min favoriteffekt i filmen er den jeg vil vise jer nu.
15:59
And it's a scene in which Tom's character wakes up. He's drowsy. He's crazy
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Det er en scene, hvor Toms rolle vågner op. Han er groggy. Han er helt
16:01
-- out of it. And the guy wakes up,
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-- ude af sig selv. Og fyren vågner op,
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and he shoves this gun in his nose and shoots this little capsule into his brain
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og skubber en pistol op i hans næse, og skyder den her lille kapsel ind i hans hjerne
16:06
that he's going to use later to kill him, as bad guys do.
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som han senere skal bruge til at dræbe ham, som de onde nu gør.
16:16
Bad Guy: Good morning.
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Den onde: Godmorgen.
16:20
JJA: OK, now. When we shot that scene, we were there doing it,
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JJA: Ok, nu. Da vi skød den scene, gjorde vi det på den måde,
16:22
the actor who had the gun, an English actor, Eddie Marsan -- sweetheart, great guy
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at skuespilleren havde pistolen, en engelsk skuespiller, Eddie Marsan -- kanon sød fyr
16:26
-- he kept taking the gun and putting it into Tom's nose, and it was hurting Tom's nose.
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-- han blev ved med at tage pistolen, og putte den ind i Toms næse, og det gjorde ondt på Tom.
16:31
And I learned this very early on in my career: Don't hurt Tom's nose. (Laughter)
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Og jeg lærte meget tidligt i min karriere: Lad være med at skade Toms næse. (Latter)
16:36
There are three things you don't want to do. Number two is: Don't hurt Tom's nose.
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Der er tre ting, du ikke skal gøre. Number to er: lad være med at skade Toms næse.
16:39
So Eddie has this gun -- and he's the greatest guy -- he's
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Så Eddie har den her pistol -- og han er en kanon fyr -- han,
16:41
this really sweet English guy. He's like, "Sorry, I don't want to hurt you."
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denne virkelig flinke engelske fyr. Han siger: "Undskyld, jeg vil helst ikke skade dig."
16:44
I'm like -- you gotta -- we have to make this look good.
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Jeg tænker -- du er nødt til -- vi er nødt til at få det her til at se godt ud.
16:46
And I realized that we had to do something 'cause it wasn't working just as it was.
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Og jeg indså, at vi var nødt til at gøre noget, fordi det virkede bare ikke, som det var.
16:49
And I literally, like, thought back to what I would have done using
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Og jeg tænkte bogstavelig talt tilbage på, hvad jeg ville have gjort med
16:53
the Super 8 camera that my grandfather got me sitting in that room,
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Super 8 kameraet, som min bedstefar gav, i det lokale,
16:55
and I realized that hand didn't have to be Eddie Marsan's. It could be Tom's.
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og jeg indså, at den hånd ikke behøvede at tilhøre Eddie Marsan. Det kunne være Toms.
17:00
And Tom would know just how hard to push the gun. He wouldn't hurt himself.
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Og Tom ville vide hvor hårdt han kunne skubbe pistolen. Han ville ikke skade sig selv.
17:03
So we took his hand and we painted it to look a little bit more like Eddie's.
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Så vi tog hans hånd, og vi malede den, så den lignede Eddies lidt mere.
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We put it in Eddie's sleeve,
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Vi puttede den i Eddies ærme,
17:09
and so the hand that you see -- I'll show you again,
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og derfor er den hånd, I ser -- jeg viser det lige igen,
17:11
that's not Eddie's hand, that's Tom's.
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det er ikke Eddies hånd. Det er Toms.
17:12
So Tom is playing two roles. (Laughter)
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Så Tom spiller to roller. (Latter)
17:15
And he didn't ask for any more money.
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Og han bad ikke om ekstra penge.
17:17
So here, here. Watch it again.
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Så her, se. Se det igen.
17:20
There he is. He's waking up. He's drowsy, been through a lot.
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Her er det. Han vågner op. Han er groggy, har været igennem en masse.
17:29
Tom's hand. Tom's hand. Tom's hand. (Laughter) Anyway.
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Toms hånd. Toms hånd. Toms hånd. (Latter) Nå.
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So.
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Så.
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(Applause)
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Tak.
17:37
Thanks.
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Man behøver altså ikke den mest fantastiske teknologi, for at gøre ting, der virker på film.
17:40
So you don't need the greatest technology to do things that can work in movies.
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Og mysterie-boksen forbliver lukket, til ære for min bedstefar.
17:45
And the mystery box, in honor of my grandfather, stays closed.
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Mange tak. (Bifald)
17:48
Thank you. (Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
J.J. Abrams - FilmmakerWriter, director and producer J.J. Abrams makes smart, addictive dramas like TV's Lost, and films like Cloverfield and the new Star Trek.
Why you should listen
As the Emmy-winning creator of the smart, addictive TV dramas Lost, Alias and Felicity, J.J. Abrams' name looms large on the small screen. As the writer/director behind the blockbuster explode-a-thon Mission: Impossible III, Cloverfield and the new Star Trek movie, these days Abrams also rules the big screen -- bringing his eye for telling detail and emotional connection to larger-than-life stories.
Abrams' enthusiasm -- for the construction of Kleenex boxes, for the quiet moments between shark attacks in Jaws, for today's filmmaking technologies, and above all for the potent mystery of an unopened package -- is incredibly infectious.
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