一个在伦敦读电影制片的日本学生,每次在课堂上提案,都会被问一个问题:"你为什么不拍点和自己文化背景有关的东西?"他偏不。直到 2017 年秋天,石黑一雄获得诺贝尔文学奖,他走进布里克巷的一家书店,在石黑一雄专柜前拿起一本《远山淡影》。书里有长崎,有英国,有一位母亲的回忆。他想:就是它了。 八年后,这部被许多人认为“几乎不可能拍成电影”的小说,在戛纳“一种关注”单元首映。石黑一雄被临时请上台,幽默地调侃道:“烂书有时候也能拍成好电影”。 这期节目,我们请到了电影《远山淡影》的制片人石黑裕之(Hiroyuki Ishiguro)。我们从他写给导演石川庆的第一封信聊起,聊到日、英、波兰三国合拍;聊怎么把“不可靠的叙述者”交给镜头,怎么在东京郊外用绿幕拼出一座记忆里的长崎;也聊戛纳首映那场“大派对”,和融资时说不出口的孤独。 【时间轴】 1|一部“几乎不可能拍成电影”的小说 00:00 石黑一雄的第一部作品:英格兰乡间的日本母亲,长崎的一个夏天,一个叫佐知子的女人 从戛纳到多伦多、伦敦、上海:电影的一路行程 日、英、波兰三国合拍,以及制片人和作家“同姓不同宗” 剧透预警 2|布里克巷的偶然:一本书找上门来 03:42 课堂上唯一的亚洲人:“你为什么不拍和自己有关的东西?” 2017 年的诺贝尔奖,书店里的石黑一雄专柜 灵感不是找来的,是一连串巧合送来的 为什么偏爱艺术家的第一部作品:还不完美,却最私人、最有野心 3|把不可靠的叙述交给镜头 09:07 电影没法像小说那样含糊:日本的部分说日语,英国的部分说英语 三重视角:英国的中年悦子、女儿妮基、记忆里年轻的悦子 给妮基一份职业和一段历史:80 年代的冷战,格林汉姆公地的女性反核运动 石黑一雄的嘱咐:别太尊重原著 结局为什么要说清楚:面对背景各异的国际观众,不能让解读失控 4|戛纳首映:“烂书有时也能拍成好电影” 15:15 电影节总监临时请石黑一雄上台,一段即兴的幽默致辞 三国团队反复交换意见,直到首映前,谁都不确定片子会被怎样接收 5|一部“混血”电影的身份危机 18:32 在英语世界,它是“日本片”;在日本,它是“外国片” 美国发行商问的第一个问题:“影片用什么语言?” 在美国的亚裔观众里,日本电影也是少数 这次教训,让他把工作重心搬到了伦敦 6|历史书之外的普通人 24:07 不迎合,也不刻意反驳西方对日本的想象:故事优先 二战结束 80 周年:老教师与年轻教师的那场争执 不是所有日本人都拥护那场战争:带着这部电影去上海 代际的循环:从悦子到妮基 加重男性角色的分量,删掉面馆的藤原太太:一场精细的“调音” 7|新手制片人的第一部真人长片 32:41 先有书,再有导演,最后才有钱 和石川庆的“笔友”时期 找来分福和英国的 Number 9 Films(《生之欲》出品方) 为什么是石川庆:在 ICA 影院看《愚行录》时受到的震撼,以及能和国际剧组直接对话的能力 8|东京郊外的长崎,波兰色调的梦 40:43 波兰摄影、波兰后期:冷战式的雾气,沉默的暴力 记忆是梦,不必精确 今天的长崎已面目全非:在东京郊外用绿幕和 CG 拼出一座城 童星不能拍夜戏:“日拍夜”,以及后期才加上的星星和月亮 现实的限制,反而成就了最好的创作选择 9|什么时候上映,也是一种尊重 45:37 日本:避开八月的原爆与终战纪念日,九月初上映 英国:躲开 BAFTA 和奥斯卡季,定在三月 法国:秋天上映,承接电影节积累的口碑 10|做制片人像当父母:孤独与狂欢 49:16 最煎熬的是融资:在数字面前没有梦想 不能把焦虑分给团队的孤独 最珍贵的是戛纳:线上合作多年的人第一次见面 “你已经怀上了,就只能把它生下来” 为什么从不回电影院看自己的电影 1|The Novel No One Thought Could Be Filmed 00:00 Ishiguro’s 1982 debut: a Japanese mother in rural England, one summer in Nagasaki, and a woman called Sachiko From Cannes to Toronto, London and Shanghai A three-country co-production, and a producer with a famous (but unrelated) surname Spoiler warning 2|A Chance Find on Brick Lane 03:42 The only Asian student in class: “Why don’t you make something about yourself?” The 2017 Nobel Prize and an Ishiguro display in a bookshop Ideas don’t get hunted down; they arrive through coincidence Why he loves an artist’s first work: imperfect, but the most personal and ambitious 3|Giving an Unreliable Narrator to the Camera 09:07 Film can’t be as vague as prose: Japanese for Japan, English for England Three perspectives: Etsuko in England, her daughter Niki, and young Etsuko in memory Giving Niki a profession and a history: the Cold War and the Greenham Common women’s peace camp Ishiguro’s advice: don’t respect the novel too much Why the ending had to be clear: an international audience can’t be left to read it in a hundred different ways 4|Cannes: “Sometimes a Bad Book Makes a Good Film” 15:15 The festival director calls Ishiguro up for an improvised, funny speech After endless notes passed between three countries, no one knew how the film would land 5|A “Mixed” Film’s Identity Crisis 18:32 A “Japanese film” in the UK and US, a “foreign film” in Japan Even among Asian films in the US, Japanese cinema is a minority The lesson that brought him to London 6|Ordinary People Beyond the History Books 24:07 Neither playing to nor pushing against Western images of Japan: story comes first The 80th anniversary of WWII’s end, and the clash between an old teacher and his former student Not every Japanese person supported the war, and why taking the film to Shanghai mattered A cycle of generations, from Etsuko to Niki Strengthening the male characters and cutting Mrs Fujiwara: an act of fine-tuning 7|A First-Time Producer’s First Live-Action Feature 32:41 First the book, then the director, and only then the money The “pen pal” years with Kei Ishikawa Bringing in Kore-eda’s Bunbuku and the UK’s Number 9 Films (Living) Script first, casting second Why Ishikawa: seeing Traces of Sin at the ICA, and a director who could talk directly to an international crew 8|Nagasaki in Suburban Tokyo, a Dream in Polish Tones 40:43 A Polish cinematographer and post-production team: Cold War mist and quiet violence Memory is a dream, so it doesn’t have to be accurate Today’s Nagasaki is unrecognisable, so the city was rebuilt with green screen and CGI Child actors can’t shoot at night: day-for-night, with stars and moon added in post Practical limits that became the best creative choices 9|Release Timing as a Form of Respect 45:37 Japan: after the August memorials for the atomic bombings and the war’s end UK: March, clear of BAFTA and Oscar season France: an autumn release, building on festival buzz 10|Producing Is Like Parenting: Loneliness and Celebration 49:16 The hardest part is financing: numbers leave no room for dreams The loneliness of not sharing that stress with the team The most precious moment, Cannes: meeting people in person after years online “You’re already pregnant, so you have to give birth” Why he never rewatches his own films 【关注我们】 欢迎在评论区聊聊你看完《远山淡影》的感受:你更喜欢小说的暧昧,还是电影给出的答案?也可以把你感兴趣、希望我们讨论的话题发到我们的邮箱: 📮riluohuimian@163.com 如果这期节目触动了你,请订阅、转发,或在各大平台留下你的想法。每一次互动,都是我们继续探索的动力。 感谢收听,日落再会! 在小宇宙查看该单集文稿