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大導(dǎo)弗朗西斯.科波拉：大導(dǎo)演的另一片天

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Master filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola relaxes in the grounds of his vineyard in California. He appears to be a man very much at peace with himself. An Oscar winner who is responsible for a series of films that have consistently been voted as being among the best ever to be made, to describe him as a living legend is no exaggeration. Born in Detroit in the year the Second World War started, a childhood illness left him bedridden for long periods.

電影大師弗朗·科波拉在他位于加州的葡萄園里休憩。他看起來相當(dāng)平靜悠然。身為奧斯卡得主的他，所拍的話多電影都一再被選為史上最佳片。因此，稱他為活生生的傳奇一點(diǎn)都不為過。他在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)的那一年出生于底特律，兒時(shí)曾經(jīng)因病臥床許久。

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, DIRECTOR AND VINTNER5

導(dǎo)演兼釀酒人弗朗西斯.科波拉

I don't think I was a very extraordinary person, certainly a very extraordinary kid. I, if anything, I had a good imagination, and I was just in love with science and girls. And that brought me to theater.

我不認(rèn)為自己非常特殊，小時(shí)候也一點(diǎn)都不特別。如果要說我有什么特點(diǎn)，就是豐富的想象力，而且我熱愛科學(xué)和女孩子。我就是因此踏入了戲劇這一行。

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During the '60s, he teamed up with6 a man who was going to have a long-lasting impact on his future plans. Alongside George Lucas, he set up film company American Zoetrope. The Godfather won three Oscars and is generally regarded as one of the greatest films ever. Coppola is quick to acknowledge the impact the film had on the rest of his life.

20世紀(jì)60年代期間，他與一個(gè)人合作，而且這個(gè)人對(duì)他未來的規(guī)劃產(chǎn)生了深遠(yuǎn)的影響。這個(gè)人就是喬治·盧卡斯，他們兩人共同成立了美國西洋鏡這家電影公司?！督谈浮?注 1)贏得三項(xiàng)奧斯卡獎(jiǎng)，并且被公認(rèn)為史上巨作之一?？撇ɡ敛恢M言這部電影對(duì)他后續(xù)人生造成的沖擊。

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, DIRECTOR AND VINTNER5

導(dǎo)演兼釀酒人弗朗西斯.科波拉

That project really changed my career to something very different than (美語表達(dá)方式，等同于different from what ) I would have imagined. I never would have thought of myself as, you know, kind of a more Hollywood or industry film director, or certainly not at that level of success.

導(dǎo)演兼釀酒入弗朗西斯·科波拉拍攝那部電影對(duì)我事業(yè)的改變超乎我的想象。我從沒想過自己會(huì)成為好萊塢或商業(yè)電影的導(dǎo)演，至少從沒想過會(huì)達(dá)到這么成功的程度。

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The Godfather was the first film in a trilogy. completed over almost two decades. For a lot of directors, it would represent an unsurpassable body of work, but Coppola had another masterpiece up his sleeve. An iconic scene from one of the greatest films of all times, set to the music of Wagner's Ride of the Valkyriesl, Apocalypse Now was an epic movie set during the Vietnam War. It was the film that nearly destroyed Francis Ford Coppola's fledgling career. Filming, which started in 1976, took the better part of three years to complete and ran into immediate financial difficulties. Against all the odds, the movie was completed. It was hailed as a masterpiece and went on to win numerous awards.

《教父》是-套三部曲當(dāng)中的第一集，整部影片歷經(jīng)將近二十年才完成。對(duì)于許多導(dǎo)演而言，這么一整部的作品想必已是無可超越的一大成就。不過，科波拉卻還有另一部經(jīng)典之作。這幕經(jīng)典的畫面取自電影史上的一部偉大巨作，配樂是瓦格納歌劇《女武神的飛行》，《現(xiàn)代啟示錄》(注2)是一部史詩電影，故事背景為越戰(zhàn)。這部片幾乎毀掉了科波拉才剛起步的電影事業(yè)。這部電影的拍攝工作始于 1976年，花了將近3年才大功告成，并隨即遭遇到財(cái)務(wù)困難。不過，盡管困難重重，這部電影終于還是制作完成，結(jié)果被贊譽(yù)為經(jīng)典之作，并且獲獎(jiǎng)逛逛。

Alongside his first loves-family and film-Coppola has slowly been developing a new passion. In California's Napa Valley, ,he has his own vineyard, which has established quite a reputation.

除了自始至終熱愛的家庭與電影之外，科波拉也逐漸培養(yǎng)出一個(gè)新的愛好。在加利福尼亞州納帕谷，他擁有自己的葡萄園，目前已頗有名氣。

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, DIRECTOR AND VINTNER5

導(dǎo)演兼釀酒人弗朗西斯.科波拉

I realized then about, I don't know 15 years ago, that the movie business wasn't really a business, that it was a crazy activity in which you might have a lot of success one year, but you couldn't bank on16 it. And the wine business was really like every year you could do better than you had done the year before, and you could predict it.

我差不多在 15年前了解到，拍電影其實(shí)算不上是真正的事業(yè)，而是一種瘋狂的舉動(dòng)。你也許會(huì)有一年大獲成功，但是你不能完全靠它。葡萄酒這個(gè)行業(yè)則是真正可以一年比一年進(jìn)步，而且具有可預(yù)測(cè)性。

And I said, jeez, you know, that's... this is like a job. This is like a real job, and maybe I could use that to subsidize my own film, and I could be an artist, because how can you be an artist unless you have a day job? Oddly enough, the god of wine and the god of drama is the same god-Bacchus.

所以我說，哎呀，這…這才算是一份工作，一份真正的工作。說不定我可以利用這項(xiàng)事業(yè)資助我自己的電影，這樣我就可以當(dāng)個(gè)藝術(shù)家。畢竟，如果沒有全職工作，怎么當(dāng)?shù)昧怂囆g(shù)家呢?巧的是，酒神和戲劇之神同樣都是巴克斯。

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The vineyard has helped Coppola finance his latest film, Tetro, a saga of family fortunes. He both wrote and directed it.

這個(gè)葡萄園資助了科波拉的新作《泰特羅》，一部描寫家族興衰的電影。這是他自編自導(dǎo)的作品。

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, DIRECTOR AND VINTNER5

導(dǎo)演兼釀酒人弗朗西斯.科波拉

Well, when I was young, I wanted to write and direct little personal films, or, you know, in those days, in the late '50s and '60s, we had the inspiration of all the great films coming from Europe and also from Japan. And that was the era that made us-many of my colleagues, myself-want to make films, you know films like Fellini or Antonioni or Truffaut. And these usually were personal, written from the lives of the person making the film, rather than the project that was just made to, you know, be a successful mystery or a successful caper 1 film or whatever the genre.

我年輕的時(shí)候就想自編自導(dǎo)個(gè)人化的小型電影。你也知道，在20世紀(jì)50年代末期和60年代期間，歐洲和日本的許多杰作都為我們帶來了大量的啟發(fā)。就是因?yàn)樯钤谀莻€(gè)時(shí)代，我的許多同行和我自己才會(huì)開始想要拍電影，好比說費(fèi)里尼、安東尼奧尼及特呂弗(注3)這些導(dǎo)演的作品。那些電影都非常個(gè)人化，源自導(dǎo)演自己的人生經(jīng)驗(yàn)，不像那些為了賣座而拍出來的懸疑片或犯罪片等類型片。

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Coppola is a man who is very happy in his own skin. He has achieved professional greatness and much personal happiness. Underpinning all the success is a love of filmmaking.

現(xiàn)在的科波拉非常安然自得，他在專業(yè)方面已達(dá)成了崇高地位，個(gè)人生活也過得相當(dāng)快樂。他一切成功的基礎(chǔ)，就是對(duì)拍攝電影的熱愛。

英語單詞注釋

1. vintage adj. (葡萄酒)上等的，最典型的，古色古香的

2. iconic adj.象征性的;代表性的

3. vineyard n. 葡萄園

4. bedridden adj. 臥床不起的;長期臥床的

5. vintner n. 葡萄酒商，釀酒人

6. team up with與……合作

7. acknowledge v. 承認(rèn);認(rèn)知

8. trilogy n. 三部劇;三部曲

9. unsurpassable adj. 不能超越的

10. masterpiece n. 杰作;名著

11. Valkyrie n. 女武神瓦爾基里(來自北歐神話，專司挑選及引導(dǎo)勇敢戰(zhàn)死的靈魂)

12. epic n. 史詩;史詩般的作品

13. fledgling adj. 剛開始的;無經(jīng)驗(yàn)的

14. hail v. 贊揚(yáng) …是;譽(yù)為;擁立

15. reputation n. 名譽(yù);聲望

16. bank on依靠……獲利;指望

17. subsidize v. 資助;補(bǔ)貼

18. Bacchus n. 巴克斯(羅馬神話中專司酒、豐饒、戲劇的神袱，在希臘神話中稱為Dionysus )

19. finance v. 資助;提供資金

20. saga n. 長篇故事;家世小說;英雄故事

21. caper n. 不法活動(dòng);犯罪行動(dòng)、計(jì)劃(搶劫等)

22. genre n. (文藝作品的)類型

23. underpin v. 支撐;加固