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Julie Taymor - Director, designer
Julie Taymor is a film, theater and opera director. She is known for lavish movies such as Frida and for her hit Broadway musicals, The Lion King and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.

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Working in musicals, Shakespeare, film and opera, Julie Taymor is a wildly imaginative and provocative director and designer. She is well known for having translated the film The Lion King to Broadway, a still-running show for which she also designed costumes, masks and puppets -- and won two Tony Awards. (She was the first woman to win a Tony for directing a musical.) She has received multiple awards for her work, and given both MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships.

In 2005, she worked on a lavish production of Mozart's opera, The Magic Flute, and in 2006 she co-wrote a version of the story of Beowulf, Grendel. Meanwhile, she has developed a fascinating career in the movies. She directed Across the Universe, a romp through the music of the Beatles, Titus, a 1999 adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, and the glorious Frida, the 2002 film about Frida Kahlo for which she received an Oscar nomination. More recently, and most dramatically, Taymor collaborated with musicians from U2 on a Broadway stage version of Marvel Studios' Spider-Man.

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Julie Taymor: Spider-Man, The Lion King and life on the creative edge

朱丽·泰莫: Julie Taymor: Spider-Man, The Lion King and life on the creative edge朱丽·泰莫:《蜘蛛侠》、《狮子王》和艺术创造边缘的生活

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通过展示视频片段,诸如《弗里达》、《暴风雨》和《狮子王》等,导演朱丽·泰莫描绘了她所沉浸的剧院和电影院世界里的生活。当她的百老汇作品《蜘蛛侠:关闭黑暗》正处在争议的风口浪尖时,我们拍摄了这个视频。她坦率地描述了她创作历程中内心的不安——在竭力把握故事的精髓的同时创造一种全新的画面和体验。
- Director, designer
Julie Taymor is a film, theater and opera director. She is known for lavish movies such as Frida and for her hit Broadway musicals, The Lion King and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Full bio

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(Music音乐)
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["Oedipus俄狄浦斯 Rex雷克斯"]
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《俄狄甫斯王》
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["The Lion狮子 King国王"]
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《狮子王》
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["Titus泰特斯"]
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《狄多的仁慈》(根据古罗马皇帝狄多改编,莫扎特晚年歌剧作品)
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["Frida弗里达"]
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《弗里达》
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["The Magic魔法 Flute长笛"]
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《魔笛》
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["Across横过 The Universe宇宙"]
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《穿越苍穹》
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
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Julie朱丽叶 Taymor泰默: Thank you. Thank you very much.
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朱丽·泰莫:谢谢,谢谢
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That's a few少数 samples样本 of the theater剧院, opera歌剧
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以上这些是我20年来
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and films影片 that I have doneDONE over the last 20 years年份.
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执导的一些戏剧、歌剧和电影的节选片段
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But what I'd like to begin开始 with right now
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但是我想以多年前
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is to take you back to a moment时刻
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我在印度尼西亚的一段亲身经历
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that I went through通过 in Indonesia印度尼西亚,
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作为今天演讲的开头
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which哪一个 is a seminal moment时刻 in my life
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那是我生命中具有开创性意义的一段经历
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and, like all myths神话,
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就像所有神话故事
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these stories故事 need to be retold新编
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需要不断地口口相传
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and told, lest免得 we forget忘记 them.
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才不至于被人们所遗忘
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And when I'm in the turbulent汹涌 times, as we know,
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在我创作的日子里并不是那么一帆风顺,你们也知道
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that I am right now, through通过 the crucible
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其实现在也还是,我经历了各种严峻的考验
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and the fire of transformation转型,
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和之后的浴火重生
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which哪一个 is what all of you do, actually其实.
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事实上这也是你们正在经历的
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Anybody任何人 who creates创建 knows知道 there's that point where
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任何从事创作的人都知道,总有那么一个浴火的时期
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it hasn't有没有 quite相当 become成为 the phoenix凤凰 or the burnt char烧焦.
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你要嘛变成火凤凰,要嘛被烤成一块焦炭
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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And I am right there on the edge边缘,
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而且我正处在这个时期内,
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which哪一个 I'll tell you about, another另一个 story故事.
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具体到时我会给你们讲另外一个故事
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I want to go back to Indonesia印度尼西亚
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我想先回到印度尼西亚的故事上,
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where I was about 21, 22 years年份, a long time ago,
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那是很久以前了,当时我差不多二十一二岁
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on a fellowship奖学金.
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在印尼用奖学金留学
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And I found发现 myself, after two years年份 there
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在巴厘岛演出和学习了两年之后
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and performing执行 and learning学习, on the island of Bali巴厘岛,
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我在一座叫巴图尔的火山口
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on the edge边缘 of a crater弹坑, Gunung火山 Batur巴杜尔.
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找寻了到自我
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And I was in a village where there was
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当时我所在的村子里
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an initiation引发 ceremony仪式 for the young年轻 men男人,
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有一种为年轻男性而设的仪式
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a rite仪式 of passage通道.
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即男子成年礼
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Little did I know that it was mine as well.
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我完全不知道那也竟成了我的“成年礼”
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And as I satSAT in this temple寺庙 square广场
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当时我坐在寺庙广场
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under this gigantic巨大 beringin柏林殷 banyan榕树 tree,
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一棵大榕树下
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in the dark黑暗, there was no electricity电力, just the full充分 moon月亮,
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四周没有灯光,一片漆黑,只有一轮圆月
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down in this empty square广场,
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皎洁地照在空旷的广场
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and I heard听说 the most beautiful美丽 sounds声音,
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而且我还听见了世上最美妙的声音
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like a Charles查尔斯 Ives艾夫斯 concert音乐会
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当我听到
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as I listened听了 to the gamelan加麦兰 music音乐
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五年一度的典礼上村民们
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from all the different不同 villagers村民 that came来了
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演奏的甘美兰音乐时(印尼管弦乐器)
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for this once-every-five-years一次,每五年 ceremony仪式.
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就像听着查尔斯·艾夫斯的音乐会(美国古典音乐作曲家)
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And I thought I was alone单独 in the dark黑暗 under this tree.
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我以为漆黑的树下只有我一个人
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And all of a sudden突然, out of the dark黑暗,
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但突然之间
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from the other end结束 of the square广场,
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在广场对面的夜幕里
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I saw the glint闪烁 of mirrors镜子 lit发光的 by the moon月亮.
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我看到月光照耀下,有东西像镜子一样闪闪反光
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And these 20 old men男人 who I'd seen看到 before
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突然有二十个我之前都见过的老人
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all of a sudden突然 stood站在 up in these full充分 warrior战士 costumes服装
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身着勇士服
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with the headdress头饰 and the spears布兰妮,
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顶戴头饰,手持长矛站了出来
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and no one was in the square广场, and I was hidden in the shadows阴影.
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当时广场上空无一人,而我也躲在树影里
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No one was there, and they came来了 out,
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没有人在那观赏,他们就这样冒出来
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and they did this incredible难以置信 dance舞蹈.
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跳起了让人难以置信的舞蹈
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"HuhuhuhuhuhuhuhahahahahaHuhuhuhuhuhuhuhahahahaha."
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呼呼呼呼呼呼呼哈哈哈哈
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And they moved移动 their bodies身体 and they came来了 forward前锋,
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他们左右摇摆,身体前倾
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and the lights灯火 bounced反弹 off these costumes服装.
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月光在他们服装上跳动闪耀着
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And I've been in theater剧院 since以来 I was 11 years年份 old,
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我从11岁起,就开始在剧院里
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and performing执行, creating创建, and I went,
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参加演出,编写剧本,我就想
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"Who are they performing执行 for
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他们身着盛装
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with these elaborate阐述 costumes服装,
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戴上如此别致的头饰
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these extraordinary非凡 headdresses头饰?"
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到底是表演给谁看啊
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And I realized实现 that they were performing执行 for God,
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之后我意识到,他们是表演给神明看
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whatever随你 that means手段.
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虽然我也不知道其意义是什么
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But somehow不知何故, it didn't matter about the publicity公开.
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不知为何,这个表演既不是公开的
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There was no money involved参与.
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也不关钱的事儿
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It wasn't going to be written书面 down. It was no news新闻.
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没人会将其记录下来
这也不是啥新鲜事儿
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And there were these incredible难以置信 artists艺术家
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但当这些伟大的艺术家们表演的时候
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that felt for me like an eternity永恒 as they performed执行.
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我感觉到了一种永恒与不朽
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The next下一个 moment时刻,
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过了一会儿
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as soon不久 as they finished and disappeared消失 into the shadows阴影,
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他们结束了表演,消失在对面的黑暗中
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a young年轻 man with a propane丙烷 lantern灯笼 came来了 on,
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一个年轻人提着一个油灯出现了
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hung鸿 it up on a tree, set up a curtain窗帘.
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他把灯挂在树上后又弄了一片幕布
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The village square广场 was filled填充 with hundreds数以百计 of people.
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小小的乡村广场上挤满了几百号人
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And they put on an opera歌剧 all night long.
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他们整夜都在表演歌剧
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Human人的 beings众生 needed需要 the light.
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人类需要光
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They needed需要 the light to see.
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没有光,人类就看不见
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So what I gained获得 and gathered云集 from this incredible难以置信,
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所以作为一个年轻的艺术家
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seminal moment时刻 in my life as a young年轻 artist艺术家
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我从这个对我具有开创性意义时刻学到的是
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was that you must必须 be true真正
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一个艺术家必须
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to what you believe as an artist艺术家 all the way through通过,
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对自己的信仰始终坚贞如一
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but you also have to be aware知道的
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但同时还要明白
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that the audience听众 is out there in our lives生活 at this time,
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这一刻,我们生活里的观众在看着我们
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and they also need the light.
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他们同样需要光亮
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And it's this incredible难以置信 balance平衡
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我想我们就一直走在这种
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that I think that we walk步行
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微妙的平衡上
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when we are creating创建 something that is breaking破坏 ground地面,
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当我们试着创作一些新的东西
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that's trying to do something you've never seen看到 before,
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当我们尝试做一些前所未见的事情
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that imaginary假想 world世界
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就像一个我们
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where you actually其实 don't know where you're going to end结束 up,
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不知该在哪儿停下的天马行空的世界
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that's the fine line线 on the edge边缘 of a crater弹坑
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这种平衡就是火山口那细线般的边缘
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that I have walked my whole整个 life.
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而我一生都在这种边缘上行走
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What I would like to do now is to tell you
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现在我想介绍
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a little bit
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一些关于我工作上的事情
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about how I work. Let's take "The Lion狮子 King国王."
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我们以《狮子王》为例
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You saw many许多 examples例子 of my work up there,
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你们刚刚也看到了我的一些作品
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but it's one that people know.
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但《狮子王》的知名度高一些
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I start开始 with the notion概念 of the ideograph表意文字.
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首先我要先说说”象形“
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An ideograph表意文字 is like a brush painting绘画, a Japanese日本 brush painting绘画.
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所谓的“象形”就像毛笔画,日本水墨画那样
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Three strokes, you get the whole整个 bamboo forest森林.
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三两笔就能勾画出一片竹林
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I go to the concept概念 of "The Lion狮子 King国王"
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这使我联想到《狮子王》的概念
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and I say, "What is the essence本质 of it?
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我想,它的本质是什么
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What is the abstraction抽象化?
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它的抽象概念是什么
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If I were to reduce减少 this entire整个 story故事
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如果我要把整个故事浓缩到一幅图里
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into one image图片, what would it be?"
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这幅图该是什么样子
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The circle. The circle. It's so obvious明显.
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答案是圆,就是圆,显而易见
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The circle of life. The circle of Mufasa's木法沙的 mask面具.
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《生生不息》的圆(狮子王片头曲,获奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲),
狮王木法沙面具的圆
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The circle that, when we come to Act法案 IIII and there's a drought干旱,
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我们表演第二幕时
有一个干旱的场景
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how do you express表现 drought干旱?
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你们会怎么表现干旱
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It's a circle of silk on the floor地板
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圆,我们用丝带围成了一个圆
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that disappears消失 into the hole in the stage阶段 floor地板.
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然后像水一样逐渐从舞台上的洞里消失
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The circle of life comes in the wheels车轮
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生命的圆伴随着
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of the gazelles瞪羚 that leap飞跃.
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跳跃的瞪羚一起出现
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And you see the mechanics机械学.
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我们就是这样排演的
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And being存在 a theater剧院 person, what I know and love about the theater剧院
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作为一个戏剧人,我对戏剧的了解和热爱在于
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is that when the audience听众 comes in
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当观众入场后
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and they suspend暂停 their disbelief怀疑,
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他们会把怀疑放在一边
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when you see men男人 walking步行 or women妇女 walking步行
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当你看见人在舞台上行走
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with a platter大盘子 of grass on their heads,
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头上顶着个长满草的帽子
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you know it's the savanna稀树草原.
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你就知道那是热带草原
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You don't question that.
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人们并不会去怀疑
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I love the apparent明显的 truth真相 of theater剧院.
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我热爱剧院里这个浅显的事实
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I love that people are willing愿意 to fill in the blanks空白.
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我热爱人们乐意自行脑补空白
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The audience听众 is willing愿意 to say,
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观众会乐意说
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"Oh, I know that's not a real真实 sun太阳.
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好吧,我知道那个太阳是假的
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You took pieces of sticks.
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你们用一些小木条
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You added添加 silk to the bottom底部.
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和丝带固定在它的底部
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You suspended暂停 these pieces. You let it fall秋季 flat平面 on the floor地板.
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先放平在舞台上,然后用绳子吊着,
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And as it rises上升 with the strings字符串, I see that it's a sun太阳.
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当道具随着绳子升起的时候,
我知道那是代表太阳
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But the beauty美女 of it is that it's just silk and sticks.
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但美就美在那仅仅是丝带和小木条做的
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And in a way, that is what makes品牌 it spiritual精神.
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某种程度上
这种象征性精神上的太阳
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That's what moves移动 you.
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才是触动你的地方
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It's not the actual实际 literal文字 sunrise日出 that's coming未来.
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那个场景并不是真正的日出
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It's the art艺术 of it.
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而是表演艺术上的日出
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So in the theater剧院, as much as the story故事 is critical危急
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所以在戏剧里
故事本身当然关键
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and the book and the language语言,
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剧本、对白
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the telling告诉 of the story故事, how it's told,
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故事的阐述和解读
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the mechanics机械学, the methods方法 that you use,
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排演的手法和方式
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is equal等于 to the story故事 itself本身.
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也都和故事本身一样重要
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And I'm one who loves high tech高科技 and low tech高科技.
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我是个既爱高科技也爱低科技的人
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So I could go from --
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所以我可以从······
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For instance, I'll show显示 you some "Spider-Man蜘蛛侠" later后来,
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比如,我待会儿会给你们展示《蜘蛛侠》
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these incredible难以置信 machines that move移动 people along沿.
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这些能让人飞来飞去的吊威亚机器
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But the fact事实 is, without the dancer舞蹈家
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但事实上如果舞者们
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who knows知道 how to use his body身体 and swing摇摆 on those wires电线,
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不懂如何运用肢体
和怎么吊威亚
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it's nothing.
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一切都是空谈
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So now I'm going to show显示 you
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现在我们来看一个视频剪辑
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some clips剪辑 from the other big project项目 of my life this year,
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来自我今年的另外一个大项目
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"The Tempest暴风雨."
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——《暴风雨》(莎士比亚的著作)
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It's a movie电影. I did "The Tempest暴风雨" on a stage阶段 three times
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这是一部电影
自1984、1986年以来
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in the theater剧院 since以来 1984, '86,
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我共执导过三次《暴风雨》的戏剧
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and I love the play.
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我特别喜欢那个剧本
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I did it always with a male Prospero普洛斯彼罗.
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我执导的时候总是让男演员扮演普洛斯彼罗
(普洛斯彼罗:戏剧《暴风雨》中的主角)
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And all of a sudden突然, I thought,
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有次我心血来潮想
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"Well, who am I gonna get to play Prospero普洛斯彼罗?
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让谁扮演普洛斯彼罗合适呢
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Why not Helen海伦 Mirren米伦? She's a great actor演员. Why not?"
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为什么不找海伦·米伦呢
她是个好演员啊,为什么不呢
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And this material材料 really did work for a woman女人 equally一样 as well.
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电影里把话剧男性主人公改编成女性其实也行得通的(详见电影《暴风雨》)
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So now, let's take a look at some of the images图片
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所以,现在我们来看一下
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from "The Tempest暴风雨."
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《暴风雨》里的一些场景
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(Music音乐)
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(音乐)
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(Video视频) ProsperaProspera(普罗斯佩拉): Hast莫非 thou, spirit精神, performed执行 to the point the tempest暴风雨 that I bade巴德 thee?
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普洛斯佩拉:幽灵,你有没有照我的命令操纵暴风雨
09:00
Ariel阿里尔: I boarded登上 the king's国王 ship. In every一切 cabin, I flamed火烧 amazement惊愕.
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艾瑞尔:我上了国王的船,每个船舱都充满了烈火的尖叫
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ProsperaProspera(普罗斯佩拉): At first sight视力, they have changed eyes眼睛.
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普洛斯佩拉:他们一见倾心
09:12
Miranda米兰达: Do you love me?
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米兰达:你爱我吗
09:13
Ferdinand费迪南德: Beyond all limit限制.
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腓迪南:至死不渝
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HMHM: They are both in either's无论是的 powers权力.
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海伦·米伦:他们已经离不开彼此了
09:17
Trinculo天卫二十一: Misery苦难 acquaintsacquaints a man with strange奇怪 bedfellows同床异梦.
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特林鸠罗:同床异梦,方晓痛苦
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(Music音乐)
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(音乐)
09:26
Looking for business商业, governor州长?
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大人,要找点儿乐子吗
09:29
Caliban卡利班: Hast莫非 thou not dropped下降 from heaven天堂?
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卡利班:你们是从天堂来的吗
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StephanoStephano: Out of the moon月亮, I do assure保证 thee.
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斯特凡诺:从月亮上来,我向你保证
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ProsperaProspera(普罗斯佩拉): Caliban卡利班!
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普洛斯佩拉:卡利班!
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Caliban卡利班: This island is mine.
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卡利班:这岛是我的!
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ProsperaProspera(普罗斯佩拉): For this, be sure, tonight今晚 thou shalt have cramps抽筋.
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普洛斯佩拉:我可以保证,今晚你将全身绞痛痉挛
09:41
Antonio安东尼奥: Here lies your brother哥哥 no better than the earth地球 he lies upon.
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安东尼奥:你的兄长身死此地,与地上泥土毫无异处
09:45
Sebastian塞巴斯蒂安: Draw thy你的 sword.
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塞巴斯蒂安:拔剑吧
09:47
And I, the king国王, shall love thee.
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我会以国王的身份敬爱你
09:50
ProsperaProspera(普罗斯佩拉): I will plague鼠疫 them all, even to roaring咆哮.
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普洛斯佩拉:我要折磨他们,直到他们歇斯底里
09:58
Ariel阿里尔: I have made制作 you mad.
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艾瑞尔:我已经让你们疯狂了
10:08
ProsperaProspera(普罗斯佩拉): We are such这样 stuff东东 as dreams are made制作 on.
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普洛斯佩拉:我们不过是编织幻想的材料
10:11
and our little life is rounded with a sleep睡觉.
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而且我们卑微的生活不过是黄粱一梦
10:16
(Music音乐)
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(音乐)
10:21
JTJT: Okay.
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好了
10:24
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
10:28
So I went from theater剧院, doing "The Tempest暴风雨"
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很多年前,我从剧院舞台上
10:30
on the stage阶段 in a very low-budget低预算 production生产
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以低预算投入
10:33
many许多 years年份 ago,
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执导《暴风雨》戏剧
10:34
and I love the play, and I also think
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我喜欢那个剧本,同时我想
10:37
it's Shakespeare's莎士比亚 last play,
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那可是莎士比亚的最后一个剧本啊
10:39
and it really lends借给 itself本身, as you can see, to cinema电影.
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而且你们也看到了
它非常适合拍成电影
10:42
But I'm just going to give you a little example about
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但是我想给你们举一些例子
10:45
how one stages阶段 it in theater剧院
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关于怎样让它在剧院舞台演出
10:47
and then how one takes that same相同 idea理念 or story故事
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还有怎样把同样的想法或故事
10:51
and moves移动 it into cinema电影.
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搬到电影荧幕上
10:54
The ideograph表意文字 that I talked to you about before,
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刚才我们提到了“象形文字”
10:57
what is it for "The Tempest暴风雨"?
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那《暴风雨》的象形是什么呢
10:59
What, if I were to boil it down,
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如果我讲这个故事浓缩成一幅图
11:02
would be the one image图片 that I could
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那是怎样一幅图
11:04
hang my hat帽子 on for this?
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才适合我的想法呢
11:06
And it was the sand castle城堡,
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这个意象就是沙堡
11:09
the idea理念 of nurture培育 versus nature性质,
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关于先天自然和后天培养
11:12
that we build建立 these civilizations文明 --
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我们所建造的这些文明成果
11:14
she speaks说话 about it at the end结束, Helen海伦 Mirren's米伦的 ProsperaProspera(普罗斯佩拉) --
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海伦·米伦(普洛斯佩拉扮演者)在最后说到
11:17
we build建立 them, but under nature性质, under the grand盛大 tempest暴风雨,
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我们后天建造了它们,但在大自然下,在暴风雨之下
11:23
these cloud-capped耸入云霄 towers, these gorgeous华丽 palaces宫殿 will fade褪色
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这些高耸入云的巨塔,这些富丽堂皇的宫殿终将会如沙堡般逐渐崩坏
11:28
and there will -- leave离开 not a rack behind背后.
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连一点废墟的痕迹也没有留下
11:32
So in the theater剧院, I started开始 the play,
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所以,我在戏剧里是这样开场的
11:35
it was a black黑色 sand rake, white白色 cycCYC,
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一块黑色的沙地
一块白色幕布
11:38
and there was a little girl女孩, Miranda米兰达, on the horizon地平线,
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一个叫米兰达的小女孩正在舞台边上
11:41
building建造 a drip castle城堡, a sand castle城堡.
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堆着沙堡
11:44
And as she was there on the edge边缘 of that stage阶段,
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当她在舞台的边上时
11:47
two stagehands舞台工作人员 all in black黑色
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两个全身黑衣的舞台工作人员
11:51
with watering洒水 cans ran along沿 the top最佳
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手提喷壶沿着幕前走
11:55
and started开始 to pour water on the sand castle城堡,
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然后开始往沙堡上倒水
12:00
and the sand castle城堡 started开始 to drip and sink水槽,
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沙堡开始漏水倒塌
12:02
but before it did,
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但在沙堡崩坏前
12:04
the audience听众 saw the black-clad黑衣 stagehands舞台工作人员.
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观众看见了这两个身着黑衣的工作人员
12:08
The medium was apparent明显的. It was banal平庸. We saw it.
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这个方法很明显,很老套
我们都见过
12:13
But as they started开始 to pour the water,
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但当他们开始倒水的时候
12:16
the light changed from showing展示 you the black-clad黑衣 stagehands舞台工作人员
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灯光从这两个舞台人员身上聚焦到
12:19
to focusing调焦, this rough magic魔法 that we do in theater剧院,
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喷水壶倒出的水上,
12:23
it focused重点 right on the water itself本身.
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这个戏剧里的老套把戏再粗浅不过了
12:26
And all of a sudden突然, the audience's观众的 perspective透视 changes变化.
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但是在那一瞬间,
观众的视角突然也跟着改变了
12:30
It becomes something magically神奇 large.
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它好像被魔法般放大
12:34
It becomes the rainstorm暴雨.
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仿佛真的成了暴风雨
12:37
The masked蒙面 actors演员, the puppeteers木偶, they disappear消失,
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戴面具的演员和傀儡师都消失了
12:40
and the audience听众 makes品牌 that leap飞跃 into this world世界,
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观众的思维也跳跃到了这个世界里
12:43
into this imaginary假想 world世界 of "The Tempest暴风雨" actually其实 happening事件.
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跳到这个“暴风雨”正在肆虐的想象世界里
12:48
Now the difference区别
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在电影中
12:49
when I went and did it in the cinema电影,
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我则采取了不同的手法
12:52
I started开始 the actual实际 movie电影
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我以一个黑色沙堡的特写镜头
12:54
with a close-up特写 of a sand castle城堡, a black黑色 sand castle城堡,
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作为这部电影的开幕
12:59
and what cinema电影 can do is,
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拍摄电影时就是可以
13:01
by using运用 camera相机, perspective透视,
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运用摄像机的不同视角
13:05
and also long shots镜头 and close-ups特写,
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同时还有远景镜头和特写镜头
13:08
it started开始 on a close-up特写 of the sand castle城堡,
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电影以沙堡的特写镜头开始
13:10
and as it pulled away,
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然后镜头拉远
13:12
you saw that it was a miniature微型 sitting坐在 in the palm棕榈
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你们会发现那其实是
13:15
of the girl's女孩 hands.
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一个放在女孩儿手上的微缩模型
13:17
And so I could play with the medium,
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所以我能随心所欲地运用这些方法
13:18
and why I move移动 from one medium to another另一个
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我从一个方法换到另一个方法
13:21
is to be able能够 to do this.
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就是为了达到这个目的
13:23
Now I'm going to take you to "Spider-Man蜘蛛侠."
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现在我给你们展示《蜘蛛侠》
13:25
(Music音乐)
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(音乐)
13:56
(Video视频) Peter彼得 Parker帕克: ♪ Standing常设 on the precipice悬崖,
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彼得·帕克:站在悬崖之边
13:59
I can soar翱翔 away from this. ♪
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我能在此冲上云霄
14:04
JTJT: We're trying to do everything in live生活 theater剧院
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我们正在立体剧院里尝试一些新方法
14:06
that you can't do in two dimensions尺寸
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那些方法不能用二维平面媒体表现出来
14:08
in film电影 and television电视.
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像是电影和电视
14:10
PPPP: ♪ Rise上升 above以上 yourself你自己 and take control控制. ♪
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超越自我,掌握一切
14:14
George乔治 TsypinTsypin: We're looking at New York纽约 from a Spider-Man蜘蛛侠 point of view视图.
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乔治·希平:我们正从蜘蛛侠的视角看纽约
14:18
Spider蜘蛛 Man is not bound by gravity重力.
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蜘蛛侠不受引力控制
14:20
Manhattan曼哈顿 in the show显示 is not bound by gravity重力 either.
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戏里的曼哈顿也摆脱了地心引力
14:23
PPPP: ♪ Be yourself你自己 and rise上升 above以上 it all. ♪
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彼得·帕克:做好自己,然后超越一切
14:27
Ensemble合奏: ♪ Sock袜子! Pow战俘! ♪
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和声:碰!啪!
14:31
Slam猛撞! Scratch! ♪
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砰!擦!
14:34
Danny丹尼 EzralowEzralow: I don't want you to even think there's a choreographer编舞.
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丹尼·艾佐罗:我不想你们认为那经过精心编排
14:36
It's real真实, what's happening事件.
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那些真实的,正在发生的事情
14:37
I prefer比较喜欢 you to see people moving移动,
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我更喜欢你们看到人物移动
14:40
and you're going, "Whoa, what was that?"
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然后说:“哇哦,那是个啥”
14:42
(Music音乐)
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(音乐)
14:55
JTJT: If I give enough足够 movement运动 in the sculpture雕塑,
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朱丽·泰莫:如果我给这个雕塑足够多的动作
14:57
and the actor演员 moves移动 their head, you feel like it's alive.
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然后演员晃动头部
你会感觉那就是个活生生的人
15:00
It's really comic滑稽 book live生活. It's a comic滑稽 book coming未来 alive.
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这的确是漫画直播
栩栩如生真人版的漫画
15:03
(Music音乐)
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(音乐)
15:10
Bono波诺: They're mythologies神话.
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博诺:这些漫画英雄
15:11
They're modern现代 myths神话, these comic滑稽 book heroes英雄.
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是神话,是现代神话
15:15
PPPP: ♪ They believe. ♪
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彼得·帕克:他们相信
15:21
(Screams尖叫)
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(尖叫)
15:25
(Music音乐)
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(音乐)
15:42
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
15:45
JTJT: Ohhhh天上. What was that?
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朱丽·泰莫:哇哦,那是个啥
15:49
Circus马戏团, rock 'n''N' roll, drama戏剧.
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马戏、摇滚、戏剧
15:51
What the hell地狱 are we doing up there on that stage阶段?
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我们TMD到底在那舞台干啥呀
15:54
Well, one last story故事, very quickly很快.
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好吧,最后一个故事,很快就讲完
15:57
After I was in that village, I crossed越过 the lake,
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在我离开那个村子后,我穿过那个湖
16:00
and I saw that the volcano火山 was erupting爆发
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看见另一边的火山在喷发
16:03
on the other side, Gunung火山 Batur巴杜尔,
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也就是巴图尔火山
16:05
and there was a dead volcano火山 next下一个 to the live生活 volcano火山.
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它旁边有座死火山
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I didn't think I'd be swallowed吞食 by the volcano火山,
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我从没想过会被火山吞没
16:10
and I am here.
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而且我现在在这儿
16:11
But it's very easy简单 to climb up, is it not?
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但是很容易就能爬上去,对吧?
16:15
You hold保持 on to the roots,
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只要紧紧抓住树根
16:17
you put your foot脚丫子 in the little rocks岩石
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把脚稳稳放在小石头间
16:20
and climb up there, and you get to the top最佳,
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不断往上爬
然后就能达到顶点
16:23
and I was with a good friend朋友 who was an actor演员,
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我当时和一个演员朋友一起
16:25
and we said, "Let's go up there.
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我们说,我们上去吧
16:27
Let's see if we can come close to the edge边缘
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看看我们能不能接近
16:29
of that live生活 volcano火山."
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巴图尔火山口边缘
16:31
And we climbed爬上 up and we got to the very top最佳,
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然后我们爬了上去,到达山顶时候
16:34
and we're on the edge边缘, on this precipice悬崖,
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我们真是在火山口边,悬崖之边
16:36
Roland罗兰 disappears消失 into the sulfur smoke抽烟
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罗兰消失在火山口另一端的
16:39
at the volcano火山 at the other end结束,
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硫磺烟雾之中
16:41
and I'm up there alone单独
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我孤零零一个人
16:43
on this incredible难以置信 precipice悬崖.
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面对着这不可置信的悬崖绝壁
16:45
Did you hear the lyrics歌词?
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注意到刚才的歌词了吧
16:47
I'm on the precipice悬崖 looking down
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我从火山悬崖上往下看
16:49
into a dead volcano火山 to my left.
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我的左手边是座死火山
16:52
To my right is sheer绝对 shale页岩. It's coming未来 off.
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而我右边是正在脱落陡峭的页岩层
16:55
I'm in thongs丁字裤 and sarongs布裙. It was many许多 years年份 ago.
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我穿着人字拖和莎笼裙
而且是很多年前
16:59
And no hiking徒步旅行 boots靴子.
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没有登山鞋
17:01
And he's disappeared消失, this mad French法国 gypsy吉普赛人 actor演员,
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这个疯狂的法国吉普赛演员
17:05
off in the smoke抽烟, and I realize实现,
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又消失在烟雾里,我意识到
17:08
I can't go back the way that I've come. I can't.
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我不能从来时的路回去,绝对不行
17:12
So I throw away my camera相机. I throw away my thongs丁字裤,
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所以我扔掉照相机
脱掉人字拖
17:17
and I looked看着 at the line线 straight直行 in front面前 of me,
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看向那条正好在我面前的路
17:20
and I got down on all fours四肢 like a cat,
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我像一只猫一样四肢着地往下爬
17:24
and I held保持 with my knees膝盖 to either side
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我用膝盖紧靠
17:27
of this line线 in front面前 of me,
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这条路的两侧
17:29
for 30 yards or 30 feet, I don't know.
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爬了30码还是30英尺
记不清了
17:32
The wind was massively大规模 blowing,
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狂风在呼啸
17:35
and the only way I could get to the other side
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而我到达另一边的唯一途径
17:38
was to look at the line线 straight直行 in front面前 of me.
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就是指望我面前这条路
17:41
I know you've all been there.
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我知道你们都经历过
17:43
I'm in the crucible right now.
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我现在就在经历严酷的考验
17:45
It's my trial审讯 by fire.
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这是烈火的试炼
17:47
It's my company's公司 trials试验 by fire.
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这是烈火给我的公司的试炼
17:49
We survive生存 because our theme主题 song歌曲 is "Rise上升 Above以上."
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我们成功地挺过来了
因为我们的主题曲是《超越》
17:53
Boy男孩 falls下降 from the sky天空, rise上升 above以上.
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蜘蛛侠男从天空而降,然后又直冲云霄
17:56
It's right there in the palm棕榈 of both of our hands,
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恰好都在我们的掌控之中
17:59
of all of my company's公司 hands.
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我们公司手中拥有许多优越资源
18:00
I have beautiful美丽 collaborators合作者, and we as creators创作者
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我有出色的合作伙伴
我们作为创作者
18:04
only get there all together一起.
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必须通力合作才能成功
18:06
I know you understand理解 that.
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我知道你们理解
18:08
And you just stay going forward前锋,
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而且你只要保持前进
18:10
and then you see this extraordinary非凡 thing
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你就能发现奇迹
18:13
in front面前 of your eyes眼睛.
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将出现在你眼前
18:15
Thank you.
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谢谢
18:16
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
Translated by Shengwei Cai
Reviewed by Sean Young

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Julie Taymor - Director, designer
Julie Taymor is a film, theater and opera director. She is known for lavish movies such as Frida and for her hit Broadway musicals, The Lion King and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.

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Working in musicals, Shakespeare, film and opera, Julie Taymor is a wildly imaginative and provocative director and designer. She is well known for having translated the film The Lion King to Broadway, a still-running show for which she also designed costumes, masks and puppets -- and won two Tony Awards. (She was the first woman to win a Tony for directing a musical.) She has received multiple awards for her work, and given both MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships.

In 2005, she worked on a lavish production of Mozart's opera, The Magic Flute, and in 2006 she co-wrote a version of the story of Beowulf, Grendel. Meanwhile, she has developed a fascinating career in the movies. She directed Across the Universe, a romp through the music of the Beatles, Titus, a 1999 adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, and the glorious Frida, the 2002 film about Frida Kahlo for which she received an Oscar nomination. More recently, and most dramatically, Taymor collaborated with musicians from U2 on a Broadway stage version of Marvel Studios' Spider-Man.

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