Variety: 'Nanjing' China's most expensive pic

Christian Bale 在 2011/12/16 即將在中國首映的『金陵十三釵』

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上週才說 Bale 幾個未來可能會參與的計畫，今天 Variety 又報導了 Christian Bale 今年年底會在中國上映的『金陵十三釵』的消息。主要的目的是談到這部電影是中國影史以來製作成本最高的電影。呃... 我對數字沒興趣，更沒興趣聽張偉平在那邊「剃」，沒打算翻譯整篇報導。

我知道這邊有幾位中國來的朋友翻牆來到我這個小地方參觀，但請恕我講真話。（還好喜歡張藝謀電影的大部分都是看不懂中文的歐美人士）打從我在電影院中看了『十面埋伏』而大笑了之後，我一直不是太喜歡張藝謀過度華麗卻無內容的電影，他近年的電影壓根就是「金玉其外，敗絮其內」的寫照。張藝謀這部片最好給我好好把劇本搞好！不要弄壞了 Christian Bale 的名聲。（淚）

好啦，回題。我擷取了下面大家有興趣的 Christian Bale 部份翻譯囉。我要深呼吸... 冷靜翻譯不要被張藝謀給弄壞情緒。不然就是想想他當年『一個都不能少』帶給我的感動也好。

翻譯開始！

Source: Variety

『金陵十三釵』是十六年的張藝謀電影事業中最高成本的電影。拍片成本為人民幣六億（約 9300 萬美金），這也是創造了第一次與好萊塢巨星合作的經驗。（註：以下只要有引號的都是張偉平的話）

「邀請 Bale 的目的是我們要瞄準海外市場，而他的影迷在中國正慢慢地增加中。他是第一個在中國電影中拍片的好萊塢大明星。」

對總是希望快速且所有都能夠符合他們需求的中國電影人來說，整個協商過程是段險峻的學習過程。（註：因為是美國人的角度談論此事，所以不免會有些主觀的意見在這邊。事實為何我不清楚）

「我們花了兩年的時間學習好萊塢的規矩，像不該同時間與其他明星協商就是個規則。如果一名演員需要三到四個月的時間考慮審視劇本，那整個決策過程就會非常的漫長。他們每個都是專業的演員，他們的標準也都很高。」

Bale 花了五個月的時間研讀並評估劇本。

「他非常地忙碌，他的檔期都滿載，他可以選擇想到哪邊去賺錢，他根本不需要來到中國與我們拍一部中國電影。但因為他喜歡這個故事，而且他還給了我們很多劇本相關的建議（註：Bale 好像偷偷地很喜歡參與劇本方面的事務），他的建議給了我們很多的靈感。」

張藝謀與 Bale 的合作讓張偉平驚喜不已，他對於 Bale 的專業給予了相當多的褒獎。

「我們（中國）的演員實在應該與這些好萊塢演員學習，真的有很多需要學習。」
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與 Bale 相關的原文如下：

"Heroes of Nanjing" is Zhang's biggest-budget film in 16 years in the business, he said, with a budget of 600 million yuan ($93 million), but it's also his first time to work with a major Hollywood star.

"Inviting Bale to be in the film is mainly targeted at the foreign audience, although he is getting more and more famous in China. He's the first Hollywood superstar to act in a Chinese movie," said Zhang.

The negotiation process was a steep learning curve for the Chinese filmmakers, who are used to doing things quickly and on terms that suit them rather than the stars.

"It took two years as we had to follow Hollywood rules, such as not negotiating with other stars at the same time. If each one needs 3-4 months to consider the script, it's already a long time. They are all professional actors, they have very high standards with the script," he said.

Bale took five months to read and evaluate the script.

"He is so busy, his schedule is fully booked, and he can make money everywhere he wants. He really has no need to come to China, to do a Chinese film with us. But he loved the story, and he also gave us a lot of suggestions on the script, which inspired us a lot," said Zhang.

The level of cooperation between Bale and Zhang Yimou was amazing, he said, and the helmer has paid strong tributes to Bale's professionalism.

"Our actors really need to learn from those Hollywood actors. There are a lot of things to learn," said Zhang.