近日电影《魔兽》导演邓肯·琼斯接受外媒The Daily Beast采访的一篇文章引起了不小的争议,很多媒体将文内有关电影剪辑剪掉40分钟的原因推到了“政治正确”之上,然而导演真的是这么说的么?让我们重新回顾下这篇采访吧。
与此次传言有关的内容,在采访的最后,现摘录如下:
Alas! When Jones whittled down his 2 hour and 40 minute cut to the final runtime of just over two hours, “we weren’t able to keep it in the cut。 But somehow, maybe, I’ll just sneak it into the Twitterverse… he did a Warcraft-medievally version of his single, and it’s just brilliant。 Unfortunately I was the only one who thought it was hilarious。”
琼斯将2个小时40分钟的电影剪到只剩2个多小时,他说:“那段必须被剪掉,不过或许我会偷偷放到Twitterverse上……我认为那段很有趣,但是很可惜只有我自己这么认为。”
Warcraft viewers can read into the film’s broader themes, from the violent protectionism of the human heroes to the fervent, religiously-motivated warmongering of its Orcs。 British-born Jones is “a green card holding resident” who chuckles at the timing of opening Warcraft in the middle of a heated presidential election year dotted by the brash aggression of Donald Trump。
观众们可以通过《魔兽》看到更多的东西,从暴力主义的人类英雄到人类英雄的暴力保护主义,到狂热的,受到宗教驱使的好战兽人。魔兽电影能在大选年上映点缀唐纳德·特朗普的傲慢行径,对此,在英国出生的“绿卡持有者”琼斯十分开心。
“Congratulations, democracy!” he laughed, pointing out that he sees stronger parallels between the desperate plight of the Orcs—who are fleeing a dying planet that’s been ravaged by a power-hungry dark evil—and Europe’s current immigration crisis。
“民主万岁!”他笑着说,并指出那些为了逃离被恶魔毁灭的星球而处于绝望边缘的兽人与欧洲的难民危机十分相似。
“To be honest, in some ways rather than America, [Warcraft speaks to] what’s going on in Europe as far as communities trying to find new places to live—that’s also, unfortunately, kind of timely as well,” he offered。 “You’re going to paint me as some card-carrying liberal! But there is a resonance。 And there’s certainly enough things that feel a reality to them that they add a believability to them。”
“老实说,相较于美国,《魔兽》讲的正式欧洲现在正发生的事,难民寻找新的生存之处,这也是凑巧了。”他说,“你让我看起来像个自由党了!不过确实会引起共鸣,而且对他们来说有太多地方看起来太真实了,增加了可信度。”
其实稍微阅读一下很容易明白,剪辑和政治影射是两个话题。
首先导演提到了剪辑的问题,并坦言剪掉的部分除了自己大家都不喜欢。随后又趁机调侃了美国大选。对于这点,经常关注导演推特的玩家会发现,邓肯·琼斯十分热衷于调侃美国总统候选人唐纳德·特朗普。随后由政治话题进一步引申,提到了最近欧洲一直持续增温的难民问题。
其实随着欧洲难民问题持续发酵,《魔兽》电影的推广再次将十多年前那段兽人入侵的故事摆到玩家面前时,两者的相似之处是难以逃避的问题,热衷于政治(热衷于调侃特朗普)的导演对于这点自然也无法做到视而不见。
倘若仅仅因为电影剧情与难民问题的巧合而不得不削减片长的话,这部电影恐怕根本就无法上映了。
至于媒体转载时是如何将正常的影片剪辑和难民问题牵扯到一起就不得而知了。