Dan Bell: Inside America's dead shopping malls
丹‧貝爾: 窺探美國廢棄購物商場
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"The Dead Mall Series,"
稱為「商場廢墟實錄」。
about dead malls.
算起來有 32 支。
not familiar with what a dead mall is,
商場廢墟的各位,
and fewer shoppers,
就是門口羅雀;
慢慢變成廢墟的商場。
(美國平價連鎖百貨)。
開始錄製這些影集,
kind of a dark period in my life
to create films anymore.
a short film about the Owings Mills Mall.
歐溫斯商場錄一支紀錄片,
在 1986 開始營業。
I was there on opening day.
因為開幕那天我在現場。
family in Baltimore,
盛況已難重現。
called Herman's World of Sports.
運動器材店打工。
(唱廣告歌)
very fond of the retail arts --
what kind of talk is this?"
「我的天!這是甚麼鬼演講啊?」
but it could be really lame, too,
但有的時候也很憋,
with a 40-year-old unemployed mall rat
成天泡商場的傢伙合抽一支菸,
black lipstick for the night
from your crappy minimum wage job.
it was in the evening,
before they closed the mall for good.
this ominous feeling,
through the mall.
"The Dead Mall Series,"
「商場廢墟實錄」時,
would share the enthusiasm
其他人會有熱情,
郁悶的東西分享出去,
started to comment.
that's the mall from my childhood.
from people who were like,
You should come and film it."
你們應該來拍點影片。」
the mid-Atlantic region
to get into the ones that were abandoned,
like the dead malls.
好像快要死掉似的。
like things are on the up-and-up.
they put this tarp over the gate.
把門用防水布蓋起來。
standing next to her, with, like,
「甚麼風把你吹過來的呢?」
and then all over the world.
this could really be something,
because I'm like,
me waddling through an empty mall?
看我拍一間空無一物的商場呢?
I filmed with an iPhone.
with an iPhone, and, you know.
they don't like photography --
因為賣場不希望有人拍攝…
"Put that away," and I'm like, "OK."
「把它收起來」。
and different techniques
隱藏式攝影機和其他技巧,
watching the screen --
who create music called vaporwave.
網路音樂的藝術家合作,
among internet communities.
「輕意識」(Disconscious)
called "Hologram Plaza."
(Hologram Plaza)
you can hear more of those tunes.
更多他們的音樂,
It's like a movement.
更像是一種運動,
with things you can't do anything about,
它描述的是那種無能為力的感觸,
basement eating ramen noodles.
吃拉麵的那種失落感。
desire to express their hopelessness,
想要表達他們的絕望,
the pre-internet generation did
and it's called the Sunrise Mall.
over and over and over again.
was "The Legend of Billie Jean."
《比利金傳奇》。
"The Legend of Billie Jean,"
和克利斯汀.史萊特──
they are not related.
were brother and sister. They're not.
被當成影片中的場景。
in the film as a filming location.
as it was in 1984.
跟 1984 年完全一樣。
Let me show you.
讓我秀給你們看。
running across the fountain,
這是比利金跨過噴水池的情形,
is what it looks like today.
就是現在的樣貌,
falling in the fountain,
of the whole thing here.
if I owned a dead mall --
假如我有一間廢棄商場的話…
on the door trying to get space.
一定會競相入駐,
to be kind of inspiring and --
three or four years ago,
writing me and saying,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dan Bell - FilmmakerDan Bell films urban decay.
Why you should listen
Dan Bell's narrative films and documentaries have screened at national and international film festivals. His critically acclaimed documentary web-shows, "Dead Mall Series" and "Dead Motel Series" have a devoted fan base worldwide. Bell new show, "Another Dirty Room," explores nasty hotel rooms. His documentary feature, "Margie and Scott" is slated for release in spring of 2017.
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