就馬田史高西斯導演的《雨果的巴黎奇幻歷險》及佐治梅里愛的《月球旅行記》而言:首先,我認為史高西斯導演主要希望透過戲中有關電影歷史的描寫表達「電影與 夢之關係」。
《雨》一戲講述佐治梅里愛這位著名的電影人物,史高西斯導演卻非選擇以平 庸、沈悶及資訊導向的歷史記錄片形式講述梅里愛,而是選取以二零零七出版之繪本 小說《雨果的秘密》(原名:The Invention of Hugo Cabret、作者:Brian Selznick)改編 成科幻冒險類型電影、借主角雨果在巴黎火車站的奇遇,表達梅里愛作品對電影歷史 的重要性及喜愛;《雨》的主角雨果設定是一位愛修理機械、堅持尋找真相與夢想的 少年、而另一位主角伊莎貝拉亦期待冒險的種種未知。從《雨》一戲電影類型、人物 設定已顯然可見史高西斯串連電影與夢想、夢幻之意向。
戲中亦不乏提及主角雨果之夢境。例如:雨果跳下路軌執拾心形鑰匙、自己化成梅里愛的畫畫機器人等、穿插虛實;史高西斯有意營造梅里愛即使遭到盧米埃爾兄 弟拒絕販賣攝影機,卻仍堅持不懈地以機器人部件改裝、達成利用流動影像拍攝如《月球旅行記》等故事的夢想。
《雨》中以描述到歷史上首部電影《火車進站》放映時,許多觀眾誤以為畫面內的火車會衝出銀幕、撞向自己而躲在椅子下,可見電影為當時的觀眾製造了如夢境 般真實的新形式藝術體驗;雖然登月及太空對當時人類而言是夢幻地遙不可及,但梅里愛卻以電影創作《月球旅行記》,將人們登月及太空旅行的夢想一一在銀幕上「實 現」,見史高西斯認為電影與人的夢想環環相扣。
此外,我認為史高西斯導演亦以《雨》一戲帶出電影「不設時效性」的詮釋。
史高西斯導演在《雨》中除描述主角雨果沈醉追尋機器人畫出《月球旅行記》 之秘密與梅里愛的關係、更虛構電影史學家 René Tabard 一角。René 雖不是當時觀看 《火車進站》、《月球旅行記》等經典電影先鋒之作的觀眾群,但他卻因兒時曾觀摩
梅里愛在片場拍攝而迷上研究電影歷史,收藏梅里愛曾使用的攝影機及電影拷貝,更 出書介紹電影歷史人物。可見,雖在戰後,人們經歷過種種殘酷及現實之催殘而對梅 里愛的電影興趣短暫漸減;但長遠而言,經典電影沒因時代久遠而過時、反可經得起 考驗,使如 René 等人深深迷上,釋出史高西斯對電影時效性的看法。
不論是《雨》電影或真實而言,梅里愛都因戰後電影潮減弱,導致破產、片場 倒閉、百部作品拷貝淪為廢物,他花盡心力忘記電影成就,即使雨果向他展示《月》 的畫稿,只得到憤怒和失望的趕離。梅里愛選擇委身火車站建立看似與電影毫無關係 的玩具雜貨店、有點自卑的隱姓埋名,甚至使 René及大眾誤以為自己已在戰時辭世, 見梅里愛對自己電影不再受歡迎而感到沮喪。但實情是,有不少人如雨果兩父子及 René十分賞析他,被重新發現後更被任命為電影學院的教授,故不見梅里愛因而不再 受重視。所以,我們可延伸並得出史高西斯導演認為好的電影、好的創作人不受時間 限制的結論。
而就我個人而言,我認為兩片令我有堅持不懈和保持創新的體悟。
《雨》一片中,各人不斷突破難關,並沒有輕易放棄,如:雨果父親因火災離 世,雨果仍父親留下的筆記本無間斷的研究、四處尋找零件修復機器人,亦沒因被 Mama Jeanne 的打發而放棄向梅里愛重提電影;滑稽的車站巡警——古斯塔夫雖左腳在 戰爭中受傷而不良於行,裝有輔助裝置,但亦沒有因而放棄四處奔波的巡警工作,更 鼓起勇氣向花店店員 Lisette 示愛;更顯而易見的梅里愛,沒有因盧米埃爾兄弟拒絕販 賣攝影機而放棄拍攝念頭等。種種電影虛構情節、真實史實叫我反思,不論是團隊溝 通或技術執行,在電影製作的過程必定會遇到大小難關,但若然輕易放棄、打消念 頭、甚至在製作過程中發悔氣定必無補於事,更只會使作品效果欠佳、偏離創作理 念。所以或許堅持不懈、尋求解決方案以突破難關,確是作為電影學生的一大要素。
安分守己、一成不變的只是製作,不是創作。梅里愛起初為魔術師,擁有自己 的劇場和團隊,他發現到流動影像後想到以此為創新的魔術呈現方式,令當時的觀眾 眼前一亮,更利用電影獨有的 Montage 技術拼湊片段成不少原來魔術不能做到的效 果,突破原有藝術表演形式;梅里愛更突破當時《火車進站》一類電影的紀錄寫實形 式,採取舞台式演出和置景開創敘事式電影,可見其善假於物、創新突破的精神。對 我而言,此正正能提醒自己於電影創作過程,提醒我們籍仍是學生身分時可摒棄固 執、嘗試突破創新,絕不怠於創作。
《雨》中咖啡廳店主 Madame Emile 一角有一句對白:「做事得在適當時機完成,沖泡 咖啡如是、製作電影亦如是」。默默靜候適當時機,創作和製作,揉合影像與夢想。
As for “Hugo’s Adventures in Paris” directed by Martin Scorsese and “A Trip to the Moon” by George Méliès Comment: First of all, I think Director Scorsese mainly hopes to express “movie and film” through the description of film history in the play The Relationship of Dreams”.
The film “Hugo” tells about George Méliès, a famous movie character. Director Scorsese chose not to tell Méliès in the form of a mediocre, dull, and information-oriented historical documentary but chose a picture book published in 2007 The novel “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” (original name: The Invention of Hugo Cabret, author: Brian Selznick) is adapted into a science fiction adventure movie, using the adventures of the protagonist Hugo at the Paris train station to express the importance of Méliès’ works to film history and Love; the protagonist Hugo of “Hugo” is set to be a teenager who loves to repair machines and insists on finding the truth and dreams, and the other protagonist Isabella is also looking forward to adventures in the unknown. From the film genre and character setting of “Hugo”, it is obvious that Scorsese intends to connect movies with dreams and dreams.
There are also many references to the dream of the protagonist Hugo in the play. For example, Hugo jumped off the rails to pick up the heart-shaped key, into Méliès’ painting robot, interspersed with fiction and reality; The younger brother refused to sell the camera, but he still persevered in refitting with robot parts to achieve the use of moving images to shoot such The dream of stories like A Trip to the Moon.
When “Hugo” was described as the first movie in history, “The Train Into the Station”, many viewers mistakenly thought that the picture was
The train inside will rush out of the screen, crash into itself, and hide under the chair. It can be seen that the movie created a dreamlike environment for the audience at that time.
A real new form of art experience; although landing on the moon and space were unattainable for human beings at that time, Mei
However, Liai used the movie “Travel to the Moon” to “realize people’s dreams of landing on the moon and space travel” on the screen.
Now”, see Scorsese believes that movies and people’s dreams are closely linked.
In addition, I think Director Scorsese also used the scene “Hugo” to bring out the interpretation of the movie “timeless”. In “Hugo”, director Scorsese not only described the protagonist Hugo’s obsessive pursuit of the relationship between the robot and the secret of “Travel to the Moon” drawn by a robot but also fictionalized the role of film historian René Tabard. Although René was not in the audience who watched the avant-garde classics such as “A Train In” and “A Trip to the Moon” at the time, he was Méliès was obsessed with researching film history while filming on the set. He collected the cameras and film copies used by Méliès and even published a book introducing film historical figures. It can be seen that although after the war, people experienced all kinds of cruelty and reality, their interest in Méliès’ films temporarily declined; Fascinated by René et al, Scorsese unleashes his views on the timeliness of the film.
Whether it is the “Hugo” movie or in reality, Méliès went bankrupt, the studio closed down, and hundreds of copies of his works became waste due to the weakening of the post-war movie boom. He tried his best to forget the film achievements, even if Hugo showed him ” month, only to be driven away with anger and disappointment. Méliès chose to commit himself to the train station to build a toy grocery store that seemed to have nothing to do with the movie. He kept his anonymity with a bit of inferiority and even made René and the public mistakenly think that he had passed away during the war. feel depressed. But the fact is that many people, such as Hugo, his father and son, and René, admired him very much. After being rediscovered, he was appointed as a professor at the film academy, so he did not see Méliès and was no longer valued. Therefore, we can extend and draw the conclusion that Director Scorsese believes that good movies and good creators are not limited by time.
And I think the two pieces give me the experience of perseverance and innovation.
In “Hugo”, everyone kept breaking through difficulties and did not give up easily. For example, Hugo’s father passed away due to a fire. Hugo still kept his father’s notebook to study continuously, searched for parts to repair the robot, and did not give up because of Mama. Jeanne was dismissed and gave up mentioning the movie again to Méliès; the funny station patrolman——Gustav, although his left foot was injured in the war and was unable to walk, was equipped with assistive devices, but he did not give up his patrol job because of this, More courage to show love to the flower shop clerk Lisette; more obvious Méliès, did not give up the idea of shooting because the Lumiere brothers refused to sell the camera, etc. Various fictitious plots and real historical facts in the film made me reflect. Whether it is team communication or technical execution, I will encounter difficulties in the process of film production. It doesn’t help, and it will only make the work less effective and deviate from the creative concept. So maybe persistence and finding solutions to break through is a big part of being a film student.
It is only production, not creation, that keeps one’s law and remains the same. Méliès was originally a magician with his theater and team. After discovering moving images, he thought of using this as an innovative way of presenting magic, which amazed the audience at that time. It reduced the effect that magic could not achieve before, and broke through the original form of artistic performance; Méliès even broke through the documentary and realistic form of films such as “The Train Into the Station” at that time and created a narrative film by adopting stage performances and setting scenes, which shows that its goodness lies in The spirit of innovation and breakthrough. For me, this is just a reminder to myself in the process of film creation, reminding us that when we are still students, we can abandon stubbornness, try to break through and innovate, and never slacken in creation.
There is a dialogue in the corner of the cafe owner Madame Emile in “Hugo” : “Things must be done at the right time, such as brewing coffee, and making movies.” Waiting silently for the right time, creating and producing, blending images and dreams.