Julie Delpy Talks About "Before Sunset"

2007-09-06 12:24:20 来自: 小七(SEP)

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Two strangers meet on a train, have an intense but short 14 hour relationship, and promise to reunite in six months. What happens nine years from that first meeting makes up the story of “Before Sunset,” the follow-up to writer/director Richard Linklater’s critically acclaimed 1995 indie, “Before Sunrise.”
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Linklater wrote the script for “Before Sunset” over a five month period but shot the film over a span of just 15 days. While “Before Sunrise” had breaks in the action, “Before Sunset” features long periods of the two characters talking to one another without any interruptions, a tough task for the two actors but one all felt was totally necessary in order to tell the story.

INTERVIEW WITH JULIE DELPY:

How was it to go back to this character after so many years?
It was lovely because what we get to explore in the first film, we didn’t get to explore some things that I still wanted to explore with this character. The luxury of being able to do that is amazing, but [there’s] a lot of work behind it. To be able to convince a company to give us money to do a sequel to something that is not a blockbuster is very hard to do.

Did you watch the first film to get back into character?
We knew the film pretty well. A lot of things had slipped our minds but we started writing the script in 2002 together. Two weeks before we shot the film, we watched “Before Sunrise.” We watched it together and had a great time doing that. We laughed and made fun of each other – what people do in watching themselves 10 years before. Then we said we really had to nail the second one because the first film is such a sweet, romantic film. And we had to do a different film so let’s not be afraid that they have grown, they have changed and it’s not so sweet and romantic, but it has taken another dimension that we need to explore and reach.

What were your writing contributions?
I’d say I wrote most of my dialogue, some of Ethan’s dialogue, and Rick [Linklater] wrote some of my and Ethan’s dialogue - and vice versa. We wrote the structure and story together. We came up with the concept together. We did bring a lot of writing to the script.

Does that mean there’s a lot of you in the character?
Well, isn’t everything people write autobiographical in some way? It’s definitely ideas I wanted to express that I wrote in another film that never got made. So you know what? I said, “Screw it. I’m going to write in this one.” Rick took bits of a piece I had written on modern society, that had nothing to do with the film, but he took an entire chunk and put it in the film.

How did you guys decide which character showed up for the reunion on December 16th?
Pretty quickly. She was the more romantic one in the first film it seems so it was more interesting to me that she was the one who didn’t show up. And she had grown to be a bit more cynical in the years. In a way, it’s like they shifted.

The takes are very long. Did you know every word or improvise?
We didn’t improvise a word. Everything was written and mapped out. Every gesture, every break in the dialogue, every moments where we look at each other – everything was written and rehearsed.

You sing three songs in this movie. Did you write them specifically for this film?
No, it was part of an album that came out in Europe and hopefully will come out here. I’m in discussion. It’s called “Julie Delpy.” I didn’t want to call it that but the label wanted my name on it. They thought it was easier to promote that way.

How has Ethan changed since the first film nine years ago?
I think he’s grown tremendously. I think he was a puppy in the first film – it really felt like that way. It’s true in your early 20s women have a certain maturity that I only realize now, and even as you get into your 30s. At the time, I thought he was a great person, but kind of sometimes immature a little bit. Now [he’s] totally not and our relationship is dynamic. Now we’re both immature.

Have you yourself changed in those nine years?
Actually, I was more grown up and serious then than I am now. And actually that’s part of growing up, becoming less serious about everything. I was so intense and I was suffering so much over anything and I was in pain constantly. Luckily I grew into having more a sense of humor. I think writing has been essential to me in feeling better.

2007-09-06 12:25:36 小七 (SEP)

From "Before Sunset"
Even without seeing the first movie, "Before Sunrise," audiences should be able to understand "Before Sunset." Did you have conversations about making that a reality?
That was a challenge we weren’t sure we achieved…but we tried our best in the writing, acting and directing to make sure it was not just a sequel, but also a film. For the people who know the first film, it gives something else and for the people who don’t, it’s just a film like any other film.
How old were you when you first started writing?
I was 9 when I started writing short stories. I never pursued [it] in a commercial way of publishing or making money. Now I am more because I’m going to direct a film I wrote, so I’m more into it.

I have to say doing “Before Sunrise,” the first film… I had written a script when I was 18 that a lot of people wanted to produce and a publisher wanted to publish as a book. I didn’t want to do that. I said no. I’ve written pages and pages of novels that I’ve erased from my computer – it’s really weird. Now I’m finally at peace with it and am able to put it out there. It’s taken me a long time.
I think “Before Sunrise” was the film that made me capable of writing again, because I quit for a few years, because we wrote some of the dialogue in the film and some of the scenes. To see, even if I didn’t get credited, but critics saying afterwards, “Oh I love that scene,” and I was like, “That was one I wrote or partly wrote,” it made me feel more comfortable with writing, so now I’m doing it. Now I’m afraid I’m going to have a block for a year after saying that.

Will you do another “Before” in nine years?
Well, we don’t want to do a sequel in nine years because we don’t want to have this mapped out pattern. If we feel like we really have something to say and people really want to hear something else, and explore and see more and go to other fields because we’d do something very different again, we will do it. But we’re not sure we’ll even do anything.

What’s the “Frankenstein” project you’re doing for television?
It’s a job I took right before this film and I’m there the first 10 minutes of the film so it’s a quick cameo…then I die. But it was very nice, lovely but it was basically a tiny cameo they asked me to do and I did it.

What’s the movie you wrote and hope to direct about?
Chris Hanley is producing – “American Psycho” – he’s a good indie producer and he optioned my film. It’s based on a true story based on Elizabeth Bathory who was a Hungarian countess in the 1600s. She became obsessed with eternal youth and started bathing in virgin’s blood. She killed about 400 girls. It sounds like a gothic [tale] but it’s more a drama. It’s more focusing on the psychology of human beings when they’re given power.

How did you find the story and why is it important for you to do it?
It’s a story I always heard of but never pursued before. Then I did historical research and I got fascinated by the story and the whole power trip around it. Yes, she might have killed all those people but maybe she might have not. That’s how I tell the story. At the time, the church and the people in power were trying to get rid of people they didn’t want – and that’s how I tell the story. That’s how the witches were burned and all that.

A lot of women were killed at the time because the men were busy at war - that’s all they knew [how] to do over three generations of wars - and they became less and less capable [of ruling] countries. The women started taking over in small castles – not the king or anything like that. In small areas, she’d rule the castle. The switching period is the Renaissance period when men realized they were losing control and that’s when the witch hunt thing started to get rid of women, more or less. Bathory might have been a victim to show to people that women cannot be powerful because they become crazy and kill people.

Why do you want to direct it?
I’m obsessed with certain traits of human nature. I’m obsessed with human beings, first of all, and the deepest qualities I explore in this film, [the] darker side and faults. Every character in the film has major, major flaws and terrible things they have about themselves. She is vain, obsessed with power, and cruel. One of the other characters is greedy, another is weak…I explore all the possible worst traits in human kind and I go very far with it. So it’s pretty dark. And I will play the leading role because I’m crazy.

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2007-09-08 21:21:07 stephanie (想在一瞬间变成天上半明半暗的云)

来来，好心人翻译一下

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2007-09-08 21:28:28 夏日呓.离静语 (瞎了狗眼聋了狗耳残了狗脑)

"I think he was a puppy in the first film – it really felt like that way."
太可爱了~

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2008-02-11 15:40:50 wanderingtim

回应一下楼上的楼上做个好心人。。。
连夜翻译出来的东西因为电脑突然死机只保存了少一半儿。。。
先帖上来一点儿剩下的等重新翻译完了在上。。

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来自Rebecca Murray, 您好莱坞电影的向导。

两个陌生人在火车上相遇，有了一段热烈但短至14小时的浪漫关系，承诺六个月之后重聚。第一次见面九年以后发生的事情构成了Before Sunset，这部由作家/导演Richard Linklater在1995年极为受欢迎的电影Before Sunrise的续集。

Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke和Linklater用了5个月的时间来写Before Sunset的剧本，却仅仅只用了15天就拍摄完成了整部电影。在Before Sunrise赢得表演上的突破的同时，Before Sunset也表现了两个角色之间谈话很久而不被打断的场景。这对于两个演员来讲是一件苛刻的任务，但对于讲这个故事来说却是十分必要的。

对Julie Delpy的采访：

多年之后回到这个角色感觉如何？
感觉很好。在第一部电影中我们没有能探索更多关于这个角色。能享受做这些事情简直太棒了。但有很多工作要做。对于一部并非大制作的电影来讲，要说服公司给我们钱来做这样一个续集是很困难的。

有没有通过看第一部电影来帮助你回到这个角色？
我们对这部电影很了解。许多想法从脑子里闪过，但我们是从2002年才开始一起来写这个剧本。在拍Before Sunset之前两周我们看了Before Sunrise。看的过程中我们很开心。我们大笑并且取笑彼此——就和人们在看10年前的自己时做的一样。然后我们觉得真的应该把第二部做出来，因为第一部是如此的美好和浪漫。我们必须做一部不一样的电影，所以我们不用担心他们成熟了，变了，没那么美好和浪漫了。我们要探索和达到的是其它的方面。

你分担了多少剧本？
我写了我自己大部分的对话，一些Ethan的，还有就是Rick(Linklater)写了我和Ethan的一些对话。我们一起构建了故事的结构，并且提出了整个故事的概念。我们的确为写这个剧本做了很多。

那是不是意味着这个角色里面有很多你自己的成分？
人们写的东西不都多多少少有些自传性质吗？这的确是我想要表达的观点，我把它写在另外一部电影里但那部电影没有做成。所以你知道么，我说“去他的，我会把它写在这部里面”。Rick用了一些我之前写的有关现代社会的东西，和这部电影没有任何联系，但是被全部放进了这部电影里面。

你们是如何决定在12月16号那天哪个角色没有前来赴约的？
很快就做出了决定。她(Celine)在第一部电影里是更浪漫的那一个，我觉得如果她是那个没有出现的人会显得更有趣。她在这些年里变得有点愤世嫉俗。从某种程度来讲，就像他们两个调换了一下位置。

镜头都非常的长，你们是事先背好了每句台词还是即兴创作的？
我们并没有即兴创作一个词。所有一切都是安排好的。每个手势，每个对话里的停顿，每个眼神的交流。所有一切都是写好并且排练过的。

在这部电影里你唱了三首歌。是你特地为这部电影而写的吗？
不，是在欧洲发行的一张专辑里的歌。当然我也希望能在这里发行。我被人们议论。专辑名字叫《Julie Delpy》。我不想这么叫但是唱片公司说这样更容易做宣传。
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2008-02-11 23:50:53 wanderingtim

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自九年前的第一部电影以来, Ethan有什么变化？
我觉得他成熟了许多。在第一部电影里他就是个傻小子，真的是这样。女人在二十几岁的时候的确有某种成熟的感觉，甚至到了三十几岁依然会有这种感觉，这点我到现在才明白。那个时候我觉得他是个了不起的人，但有时又有点不成熟。现在他已经完全像个大人了，而且我们的关系很好。

你自己在这九年之中有什么变化？
事实上我之前比现在更像大人更认真。但其实这也是一种成长——对一切都变得不那么执着。我之前十分激情澎湃，以至于我承受了这么多并且一直在痛苦之中。幸运的是我变得更有幽默感。写作对我来讲变得至关重要，可以让我好受一点。

即使没有看过Before Sunrise的观众都能看懂Before Sunset。你们之前有谈论过如何实现这个想法吗？
我们之前不确定是否完成了这个挑战。但我们在剧本、表演和导演上都竭尽全力来确保它不仅仅只是一个续集，同时也是一部电影。对于那些知道第一部电影的人来讲它表达了一些其它的东西，对于那些不知道的人来讲，它就和其它电影一样是一部独立的电影。

你是从几岁起开始写作的？
我9岁时开始写小故事。从来都不是为了要出版赚钱。现在我对写作更有兴趣，因为我可以把我写的东西导成一部电影。
我想说关于第一部的Before Sunrise，18岁的时候我就写了这个剧本，许多人想要做这部电影而且出版商也想将它出版成书。我不想这么做所以我说不。我从电脑里删掉了自己一页一页写的小说——这的确很奇怪。现在我终于对将它公之于众变得平静。这花了我很长时间。
我认为Before Sunrise让我能重新开始写作，因为我曾放弃过几年，然后我写了这部电影的一些对白和场景。尽管我没有被写进感谢名单里，但评论说“哦，我喜欢那个场景”,然后我就觉得那个是我写得或者部分参与的，这让我对写作这件事情的态度变得轻松许多，所以现在我还是在写。不过恐怕在说了这些之后我又会有一年的停滞。

九年之后你还会再做一部Before吗？
我们并不想在九年之后再做一部续集。因为我们不想让它变成一种既定的模式。如果我们认为真的有话要说，人们真的想知道一些其它的事情，为了一些更不一样的东西而试着去发掘其它方面的话，我们会做。但我们还不确定我们会不会做什么。

能谈谈你在Frankenstein中的角色吗？
就在这部电影之前我接了这份工作。我只出现在电影前十分钟里，所以它只是一个掠影。然后我死了。但是它很好很可爱，但它基本上是一个小角色，他们让我做，我就做了。

你想写想导的是怎样一部电影？
Chris Hanley正在制作的American Psycho。他是个出色的独立制作人，他选择了我的电影。这个故事是基于一个真实的人物——Elizabeth Bathory。她是个十七世纪的匈牙利女伯爵，为永葆青春而变得鬼迷心窍，开始在处女的鲜血里沐浴，杀了大约400个少女。这听起来像是一个中世纪的传说，但它更具戏剧性。它更把焦点集中在那些被赋予了权利的人类的心理。

你是怎么找到这个故事的？为什么把它拍成电影对你来讲如此重要？
这个故事我一直都有听说但从来没有去求证过。然后我做了一些历史调查并且开始沉迷于这个故事以及它带来的刺激体验。是的，她或许杀了那些人但或许她没有这么做。我就是这么讲这个故事的。那个时候，教会和权贵试图除掉他们不要的人。这就是为什么诸如火焚女巫这样的事情会发生的原因。
因为男人们都忙于战争，很多女人在那时被杀害。—— 他们变得越来越不能统治国家。女人开始代替国王等人接管小城堡。在一些小的领域开始了她们的统治。这个转换期是在文艺复兴时期，那时男人开始意识到他们正在失去控制权，也正是这时，捕杀巫女这样的事情发生了，或多或少的除掉了一些女人。
Bathory或许就是这样一个牺牲品，告诉人们女人不能拥有权利，因为他们会变得疯狂并且杀人。

你为什么想导这部电影？
因为我着迷于人类天性中某种特性，主要是因为我着迷于人类。在这部电影中我发掘最深的是人类的阴暗面和过失。每个角色都有明显瑕疵并且自身很可怕。她虚荣，被权利迷惑并且残忍。另外一个角色贪婪，还有一个脆弱……我发掘人类所有可能最坏的特性发掘得很深。所以这部电影非常黑暗。而且我会演主角，因为我疯了。

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2008-03-08 11:23:50 stephanie (想在一瞬间变成天上半明半暗的云)

很好～辛苦了

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2008-06-01 17:44:23 别叫我吃东西

我发掘人类所有可能最坏的特性发掘得很深。所以这部电影非常黑暗。而且我会演主角，因为我疯了。

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2008-06-15 16:59:43 sheep (因为无奈所以淡定)

太强了，谢谢楼主！

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2008-06-26 13:37:49 纳兰一一 (Make a wish~!)

翻译者都是天使~

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2008-09-15 02:15:57 cindy's cafe (囧栗~happy birthday to you)

I explore all the possible worst traits in human kind and I go very far with it. So it’s pretty dark. And I will play the leading role because I’m crazy.
确实够COOL的!

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2008-12-17 14:03:47 提卡尔庙宇 (我得好好活一辈子，但得先死一年)

辛苦了~~`

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2008-12-28 22:06:01 xisi

thank u

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