vol.99 对谈《远山淡影》制片人石黑裕之:东京郊外的长崎,与波兰色调的梦日落烩面

vol.99 对谈《远山淡影》制片人石黑裕之:东京郊外的长崎,与波兰色调的梦

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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

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