There's a great story about Buster Keaton
有个关于巴斯特基顿的很棒的故事
who religiously previewed all his comedies, you know?
他所有的喜剧片都会试映，你知道吧？
And took a picture out, I think it was called, "Seven Chances,"
比如说我记得有部叫《七次机会》的电影
and it was a wonderful reaction to the picture
试映的时候反响很好
and it didn't have a good ending.
电影没有一个完整的结局
It just sort of laid there at the end.
到最后有点松弛了
It was a great chase, with women chasing him
结尾一个大型追逐戏 很多女人在追赶基顿
because they were all brides, a wonderful scene.
因为她们都是新娘 所以场面很壮观
And it sort of petered out and that was it.
然后画面渐暗 电影就结束了
And the audience, and he felt something was wrong.
观众和他都感觉有什么地方不对劲
But, right toward the end of the scene
但是，就在这一幕快结束的时候
he's running away from these women
他在逃离那些女人
and he's running down a hill, and rocks got dislodged
他往山下跑 山上的石头开始松动
and rolled after him.
在他身后滚下来
There was a big laugh from the audience and that was it.
观众爆发出一阵大笑 这样才对了
And he said we're going to shoot a new ending.
于是他说 我们需要拍个新结尾
And he went back, and he shot for about a week
之后他回去又拍了一个礼拜
and he built an avalanche.
他制造了一场“雪崩”
He started with three rocks, and he built it to bigger
首先是三块石头 然后石头越来越大
rocks, and finally these huge boulders, you know
最后变成了巨石
the size of those cameras rolling down after him.
这些巨石朝着他滚过去
Well, it's one of the great sequences ever done.
这是史上最棒的镜头之一
Why did Keaton hit the skids?
基顿后来为什么事业走下坡路了呢？
That's one, seems to be one of the sad mysteries
这似乎是好莱坞令人悲伤的
of Hollywood.
谜团之一
Well, he was essentially a panto--
他本质上是一位
pantomime artist and when sound came along, they
默片演员 而当有声电影时代来临
the pantomime artist went out of business really.
默片演员们的事业都走向了末路
And also they were killed by, by something
同时他们也受到了一个全新事物的巨大冲击:
brand new, cartoons.
动画片
Guest: Chuck Jones, who directed most of the
查克·琼斯导演了很多成功的卡通片
great Bugs Bunny, Roadrunner cartoons
包括大多数兔八哥和BB鸟动画片
and he said he was totally influenced by Buster Keaton.
而他说他完全是受巴斯特·基顿的影响
伟大的巴斯特
Joseph Frank Keaton was born October 4th, 1895
约瑟夫·弗兰克·基顿在1895年10月4日
in Piqua, Kansas.
出生于堪萨斯州皮奎
He was the son of vaudevillians Myra and
他是杂耍喜剧演员米拉·基顿和乔·基顿的儿子
Joe Keaton who were a married comedy team
他们两个是一对喜剧演员夫妻组合
touring the country.
在全国巡演
That's how they happened to be in Piqua, Kansas
他们巡演经过堪萨斯州皮奎
a small farming community they were passing through
一个小农社的时候
when Myra went into labor.
米拉生下了基顿
He was born literally in a trunk.
基顿是真的出身于演艺世家
His parents were part of the Family Medicine Show
【注】家庭医药演出:美国十九世纪盛行的演出形式，艺人巡回演出并在间隙销售药品等物品
他的父母进行家庭医药演出
and he was considered part of the company
而他在11个月大时
at the age of 11 months.
就被当作是演出团队的一员了
He wandered on stage one day when they were doing
有一天 演员们在台上表演时
their act and bothered them.
基顿在舞台上乱走 给他们捣乱
And the audience thought it was funny.
观众们觉得很滑稽
By the time he was four years old
当他四岁的时候
little Joe Frank Keaton had actually become a star
小约瑟夫·弗兰克·基顿成了一个真正的杂耍剧团小明星
in Vaudeville, the youngest ever.
有史以来最小的
Buster was dressed exactly the same as
巴斯特和他的爸爸穿上一模一样的衣服
his father, Galway whiskers and the bit.
戴上一样的爱尔兰胡子
Joe Keaton would be on the top of the table doing his
乔·基顿站在桌子上完成他的各种杂技动作
various acrobatic maneuvers, and Buster would come up
巴斯特拿着笤帚在他后面
behind him with a broom, and he would sweep the broom
把笤帚扫过去
across, and knock him down.
然后把他撞倒
And so that's how that act began.
这个就是演出的开头部分
Famous as a human projectile his father used to
基顿小时候以人形炮弹出名
throw at his mother during their act now known as
他爸爸会在他们家的“基顿三人组”的表演中
the Three Keatons.
把他扔向他妈妈
The Three Keatons was considered one of the
“基顿三人组”在当时被认为是
roughest acts in Vaudeville at the time.
动作最暴力的杂耍喜剧表演
Were it not so funny, people would be appalled or against
如果不是因为它很滑稽 人们一定会投诉或者反对
at how Buster was treated on stage
巴斯特在舞台上被暴力对待这件事
but it was all pretty much an illusion.
但其实这种暴力只是视觉效果而已
They had a handle on him, like a suitcase.
他衣服上有个把手 就像个行李箱一样
They would throw him around the stage.
他们会把他在舞台上扔来扔去
Had a little handle on his back
他衣服背后缝了一个把手
so they could throw him better.
这样能更好地把他扔出去
In several states, his father was accused of child
在很多个州 他父亲被起诉虐待儿童
abuse since the act mainly consisted of little Joe
因为他们的演出内容主要是
being thrown everywhere imaginable on the stage
小基顿在舞台上被扔到各种地方
and once famously he even had an annoying heckler
有个很出名的事件是 他被扔到了一个
in the audience.
在观众席里吵闹的观众身上
I said, he would throw you into the audience?
我问基顿说 你爸爸会把你扔到观众席里啊？
He said the old man wasn't a bad guy.
他说，“我父亲也并不是一个坏人
He would
他在每次把我扔出去前
before he threw me.
都会先告诉我收紧屁股”
They were arrested numerous times
他们被拘留过几次
but managed to get around the law because as Buster put it
但每次都被释放 因为按巴斯特的说法
the law read that no child under the age of 16 shall do
法律规定16岁以下的孩子
acrobatics, walk wire, play musical instruments, trapeze
不能演杂技、走钢丝、乐器演奏、高空秋千
and it named everything.
还列举了各种其他表演
But none of them said you couldn't kick him
但是没有一条法律规定
in the face.
不能表演踢他的脸
Really it defies logic that Joe Keaton would want to
按照逻辑 乔·基顿也不可能
seriously or intentionally injure his son because Buster
故意想要自己的儿子受重伤
was the star of the act.
因为巴斯特是演出的主角明星
The Three Keatons, they were getting $750 a week
“基顿三人组“每周收入750美元
$250 of which were Buster's.
其中250美元都是巴斯特的
This was at a time when a child get an allowance of a
当时普通孩子们每周一般能拿到一枚5分硬币做零花钱
nickel a week, and here he's tooling around in his own car
而他在12岁时
at the age of 12.
就开着自己的车到处玩耍了
His father had taught him how to take a fall
不过 他的父亲教会了他怎样摔跤
however, as well as other acrobatics.
以及做一些其他杂技动作
And in fact out of over 10,000 performances
事实上 在一万多场演出中
little Joe only got hurt slightly twice.
基顿只受过两次轻伤
But, boy, did this kid love making people laugh.
但是 这个小孩特别喜欢逗人们笑
Every time he took a fall, they laughed
每次他摔跤 人们都会大笑
which is how he got his famous moniker.
他因此获得了那个有名的绰号
According to Buster's father Joe
按照巴斯特的父亲乔的说法
it was the famous magician Harry Houdini
著名的魔术师哈里·胡迪尼
a personal friend of the Keatons
也是基顿家的密友
after watching the kid fall down a flight of stairs
在看到六个月大的小基顿 从一段楼梯上滚落
unhurt at the age of six months who said
却毫发无损时
that's some buster your kid took.
他说，“这孩子真是个小克星（Buster）”
Now it may not have been Houdini who said it
这个词或许不是胡迪尼说的
but what the hell?
但又有什么关系呢？
Buster in those days was known to mean a fall.
那时 “Buster” 的意思是跌倒
Nothing could have been more appropriate.
没有比这更合适做绰号的了
Eventually, Buster Keaton took the funniest falls
最终，巴斯特·基顿把那些最有趣的跌倒动作都放进了电影
in pictures, a virtual symphony of them
在他的职业生涯中奏出了一曲
throughout his career.
跌倒的交响乐
Any way, back to that later.
我们先回到那之后
The Three Keatons, Myra, Joe, and Buster
基顿三人组的演出，玛拉，乔和小巴斯特
became one of the most famous acts in Vaudeville
成了杂耍团最有名的演出之一
repeatedly touring the country.
在全国反复巡演
And along the way, the act grew.
在这个过程中，演出团队也变了
The Three Keatons became the Four Keatons.
基顿三人组变成了基顿四人组
Then, the Five Keatons.
然后是五人组
But, in 1917, when Buster was 21 years old
但到了1917年，巴斯特21岁的时候
the Keatons' act broke up.
基顿一家的表演结束了
Our parents had to give up the Vaudeville act
我们的父母不得不放弃杂耍团的表演
and he set off to support us all.
他（巴斯特）开始赚钱养活我们所有人
Yeah, he was determined that Louise and
他决定让露易丝和我
I would get the schooling that he never had.
接受他从未接受过的教育
Buster goes to New York and gets a contract
巴斯特去了纽约
to appear in the Shubert Brothers annual variety show
签下了参加舒伯特兄弟年度演出的合同
in this case the Passing Show of 1917
1917年当时的演出是《往日重现秀》
booked to open at the Winter Garden Theater on Broadway.
预定在百老汇的冬季花园剧院开演
But, the Fates had a different idea.
但命运却另有安排
Walking down the Manhattan street
走在曼哈顿的街上
Buster runs into an old Vaudevillian pal of his who
巴斯特偶遇了他在杂耍团的一个老朋友
was accompanied by a tall, large man known all over the
同行的还有一个高高壮壮的男人
world as Fatty Arbuckle.
举世闻名的“大胖”阿巴克尔
As luck would have it, Roscoe Arbuckle a star since 1914
幸运的是，1914年就成了明星的罗斯科·阿巴克尔
was just beginning to make two-reel comedies for a guy
正准备为一个叫乔·申克的人
named Joe Schenck at the Colony Studio
【注】一卷胶卷时长约为10分钟，当时的喜剧短片大多为20分钟的双卷喜剧
制作一些双卷喜剧
on East 48th Street.
他的工作室在东48号街
Two reelers run about 20 minutes each.
每部双卷喜剧大概20分钟
Arbuckle says to Keaton, why don't you come over and watch
阿巴克尔对基顿说 为什么你不顺便过来
us make a couple of scenes?
看看我们拍摄呢？
And once he saw Fatty Arbuckle shooting
当他看到大胖的拍摄过程之后
he was changed.
他改变了想法
He knew what the future held for him.
他已经知道自己未来的道路通往何方
Buster falls in love with what he sees
巴斯特爱上了他所看到的
breaks his contract with the Shuberts
毁了他和舒伯特的合同
and starts working under Roscoe Arbuckle's direction
在罗斯科·阿巴克尔的指导下
for the Comique, they called it co-me-key
他开始为Comique电影公司工作（他们也叫它comekey）
film corporation, which was turning out a series of two-reel comedies.
这个公司产出了很多双卷喜剧
The very first screen appearance of Buster Keaton
巴斯特·基顿的银幕首秀
takes place in an Arbuckle short called "The Butcher Boy,"
是在1917年阿巴克尔的短片
released in 1917.
《屠夫男孩》里
“糖浆，谢谢”
“钱呢？”
“在桶子里”
In October of the same year, that's 1917
就在同年十月（1917）
Keaton and the entire Comique Company move across the
基顿和整个Conmique公司一起穿过了美国
country to make their films from then on in a town called
搬到加州一个叫长滩的镇上
Long Beach in California.
开始制作电影
The following year with World War I raging in Europe
第二年，一战的炮火在欧洲肆虐
Keaton is drafted into the army.
基顿应征入伍
He serves in France, mainly entertaining the troops.
他在法国服役 主要工作是给军队提供劳军演出
In World War I, he lost some hearing
在一战中，他的一只耳朵
in one of his ears.
失去了部分听力
He was not a soldier on the front line
他不是前线士兵
but maybe in training or something he was near
可能是在训练或者什么的、时候
a cannon or a gun that went off.
他正好靠近一门大炮或走火的枪
And that affected him for the rest of his life.
这影响了他的余生
Buster comes back in April of 1919 to continue his
巴斯特在1919年4月回到了美国
work with Arbuckle, from whom he learns a great deal about
继续和阿巴克尔一起工作 并向他学习如何导演电影
directing films since Arbuckle directs all his
因为阿巴克尔不仅执导了自己所有的电影
own work and enjoys mentoring his new pal.
并且也乐于指导他的新伙伴
Fatty Arbuckle had largely taught Buster Keaton
大胖阿巴克尔教了基顿
how to do film.
很多拍电影的东西
Buster Keaton had taken Fatty Arbuckle's camera
基顿拿走了大胖的摄像机
and taken it apart, and put it back together again
把它拆开，然后又重新组装起来
just to see how it worked.
只是为了弄懂它到底怎么工作的
And Fatty Arbuckle nearly killed him.
大胖差点杀了他
【Biu--】
The Fates entered the picture again in December of
命运的转机在1919年12月再次出现
1919, when Arbuckle is signed to a contract at Paramount to
那时阿巴克尔签了派拉蒙
star in feature length films.
来主演故事长片
In those days, remember, while features were considered the
那个时候 故事长片被看作是主要的作品内容
main attraction, shorts like Arbuckle's or Chaplin's
而像阿巴克尔或卓别林的短片
were a very popular and commercial addition to them.
则被看作是很受欢迎且很有商业价值的附加品
People would go out of their way to see these shorts
人们会特意跑去看这些短片
sometimes they could be the whole program.
有时甚至整个放映项目都是短片
So, Joe Schenck turns Comique over to Keaton
所以，乔·申克就把Comique公司交给了基顿
to direct and star in two-reel comedies to be
让他来执导和出演一些双卷喜剧
released through Metro.
然后通过Metro公司（米高梅前身）来发行
亲爱的朋友:我给你寄了一张巴斯特基顿的照片 这个有着一张悲伤脸庞的小家伙， 曾经跟我一起拍过电影 我已经决定让他来接我的班 继续拍双卷喜剧电影
Keaton sets up production at the old Charlie Chaplin
基顿在查理卓别林位于好莱坞的旧工作室
Studios in Hollywood, now named the Keaton Studios.
开始制作电影 工作室更名为基顿工作室
And so between 1920 and 1923, Buster Keaton directs
在1920年到1923年之间
writes, and stars in 19 quite popular two-reel comedies.
基顿自编自导自演了19部非常受欢迎的双卷喜剧
He first makes one called the "High Sign,"
他拍的第一部短片叫做《暗号》
a title referring to a ridiculous gesture which
这个名字是指一个滑稽手势
identified members of a gang.
用来辨认帮派成员
But, Buster isn't entirely satisfied with this short
但是巴斯特对这部短片不是非常满意
and doesn't release it until the following year.
直到第二年才发行
Before he could make another two-reeler, however
不过在他继续制作双卷喜剧之前
Douglas Fairbanks, at that time the king of Hollywood
道格拉斯·范朋克 当时的好莱坞之王
convinces Metro to star Buster in a feature
说服米高梅来让巴斯特主演一个故事长片--
his first starring role for "The Saphead,"
他首次担任主演的《呆子》
based on a Broadway hit.
这部电影改编自百老汇的大热剧目
Buster is good in the film, it helps to cement
巴斯特在这部电影中表现很出色
his identity as "The Great Stone Face,"
并巩固了他“冷面笑匠”的名声
but the picture is pretty badly dated today.
但这部电影在今天看来已经非常陈旧过时了
He has nothing to do with the behind-the-camera making
他没有参与这部电影的幕后制作
of the film, yet it adds luster to his reputation.
但还是因此获得了不少声誉
Right afterward, he creates his second two-reeler
这之后，他拍了他第二部双卷电影
titled "One Week," and that instead becomes the first
叫做《一周》 这反而成了巴斯特基顿出品发行的
release of a Buster Keaton Production.
第一部电影
In the plot, Buster and his new wife receive
在故事情节中 基顿和他的新婚妻子
a prefabricated house as a wedding present.
收到了一栋组装房屋作为新婚礼物
But, a jealous rival of Buster's changes the numbers
但他的情敌改写了盒子上的编号
on the boxes, resulting in a disastrous house.
使得组装的房子成了灾难
"One Week," boy, you can't beat "One Week."
《一周》是无法超越的
There's a great quote from Walter Kerr.
沃尔特·克尔有句名言
He said, seeing "One Week" is like that thing
他说 “观看《一周》就像看到
you never see:
你前所未见的东西
A garden at the moment of blooming.
一座百花盛开的花园
I was taken by his cinematic artistry.
我为他的电影艺术而着迷
I said this is like the first time that anyone tried this.
这是第一次有人做这种尝试
And then what a great gag with the train.
而且火车的笑点实在是太棒了
Keaton has said I always want an audience
基顿曾说过 我总是喜欢让观众以为他们猜到了我的想法
to out-guess me and then I double cross them.
然后再给他们一个意料之外
The short comedy receives excellent reviews
这些喜剧短片收获了许多盛赞的评论
and enthusiastic audiences.
和热情的观众
The Buster Keaton Company is on its way.
巴斯特基顿制片公司正如日中天
Three more shorts follow in 1920 including "Convict 13."
1920年他还拍了三部短片 包括《13号囚犯》
Now if there was one thing Buster Keaton loved
如果说巴斯特基顿有什么热爱的东西
it was mechanical inventions, as is apparent
那一定是机械装置发明
in this amazing scene from "The Scarecrow."
比如出现在《稻草人》里这奇妙的一幕
The Scarecrow (1920)
Keaton was really an inventor, an inventive guy.
基顿是一个真正的发明家，一个非常有创造力的人
He had an engineering mind that he turned
他有着工程师的思维
toward the business of making people laugh.
并把这一才能用来引人发笑
Outside in his backyard
在他的后院里
he had little railroad trains
有一些小的铁路模型
Lionel trains going everywhere.
莱昂内尔火车模型四处奔驰
In the corner, he had a picnic table and he would
他在角落里放了一张野餐桌
fix the hotdogs in the kitchen, put them in the
在厨房做好热狗
on the train, toot-toot, and send them out.
然后放进小火车 突突突地运出去
That was, that was him.
他就是这样一个人
And the third short of 1920 "Neighbors."
1920年《邻居们》是他的第三部短片
I do like watching that
我很喜欢这部
I've seen some of the footage of him and his dad.
我看过他和他父亲的一些片段
Buster's head is in the ground.
Neighbors(1920)
巴斯特的头陷在地里
And his dad is trying to pull him up.
他父亲试图把他拉起来
“我知道一个可以弄断他的脖子的更好办法”
“他是我儿子，我想怎么弄断他的脖子是我的自由”
It is fun watching those because you're like oh
这段看上去非常有趣 因为你会觉得
that's a guy messing around with his dad.
这个男孩在和他父亲玩闹
There's something very sweet about it
他们把对方打得屁滚尿流
them kicking the shit out of each other.
这里面有一种亲情的甜蜜
The following year, that's 1921
在接下来的1921年
Buster marries for the first time.
巴斯特开始了第一次婚姻
He and actress Natalie Talmadge tie the knot
他和女演员娜塔莉·塔尔梅奇
at Joe Schencks' estate on Long Island.
在乔·申科的长岛别墅结婚了
Schenck is married to Natalie's sister
申克的妻子是娜塔莉的姐姐诺玛·塔尔梅奇
popular actress Norma Talmadge
她是一个很火的女演员
so Buster is now his brother-in-law.
所以巴斯特成了申克的连襟
In that same year, Keaton releases a total
就在这一年
of six two-reelers.
基顿总共发行了六部双卷电影
"The Haunted House."
《鬼屋》
The Haunted House(1921)
"Hard Luck."
《倒霉》
被炒鱿鱼，被女友甩，他的运气到达了低谷……
只剩一件事情可以做--
The aforementioned "The High Sign."
之前提到的《暗号》
"The Goat."
《替罪羊》
"The Playhouse," a comic experiment of Buster's in
《剧院》是基顿的喜剧实验
which he plays every single role in the dream sequence.
他在梦境场景中扮演了所有的角色
The Playhouse(1921)
And finally, one of his absolute classic two-reelers
最后是他最经典的双卷电影之一的《船》
"The Boat," for which the toughest joke to achieve was
《船》中最难实现的笑点是
the instant sinking of the boat on its launch
船一下水就沉了
it just wouldn't go straight down.
但在拍摄现场 船总是不能直接沉下去
Which is the only way Buster thought it would be funny.
巴斯特觉得只有直接下沉才会有趣
Finally, Buster and his crew came up with an elaborate
最后 他和他的团队想出了一个精巧的滑轮系统
pulley system to drag the boat under the water.
来把船直接拖到水下
By now, the Great Stone Face has become a nickname as
在这时 “冷面笑匠”已经成为了观众非常熟悉的昵称
familiar to audiences as the pork pie hat he always wears
另一个观众很熟悉的是他常戴的平顶帽子--
the last thing to go underwater.
最后一件落水的东西
If I can show you this
我可以给你看看这个
this is a gift from Eleanor Keaton.
这是埃莉诺·基顿送我的礼物（基顿的最后一任妻子）
And she made me a hat, exactly the one
她送了我一顶帽子
that Buster would wear.
就是巴斯特会戴的这种
My head blew up before we shot this
拍这个之前我成了爆炸头
I had a bad sandwich.
我搞砸了
The boat itself is named Damfino
这艘船的名字叫做“Damfino”（音同"damn if I know(鬼才知道)"）
a name the members of the International Buster Keaton
国际巴斯特·基顿协会的成员现在把这个名字
Society have adopted for themselves, the Damfinos.
作为他们的官方称呼 The Damfinos
In the picture, the joke is paid off when Buster
在影片中 当基顿发出求救信号被询问船名的时候
S.O.S.'s and is asked the name of his boat.
笑点开始奏效
The boat itself is another of Keaton's wild
这艘船本身又是一个基顿疯狂的
mechanical inventions.
机械发明
One that is not exactly perfect.
一个并非十分完美的作品
He was born to be a silent movie comedian
他天生就是一个默片喜剧演员
because his face, his non-expressive face
因为他的脸 他毫无表情的脸
expressed so much.
表达的内涵却如此丰富
Buster had those big eyes though any way.
巴斯特有双大眼睛
Great legs too.
腿也很矫健
He had that blank face that you could sort of
他的冷面
paint your feelings onto.
使人能够投射自己的感受
The Great Stone Face.
伟大的石头脸
They called him that, the Great Stone Face
人们称他为“冷面笑匠”
but it was far from accurate.
但这并不准确
Buster's face had a great variety of expressions.
巴斯特的脸有很多种表情
His eyes alone told many emotions
他只用眼睛也能传达各种情感
he just didn't ever smile.
他只是从来不笑
He's got a mime's face, it's like Jean-Louis Barrault
他有张哑剧演员的脸
in Les Enfants du Paradis.
像《天堂的孩子》中的让-路易斯·巴劳特
That beautiful white face, Buster had that face.
有一张美丽苍白的脸 巴斯特也是这样
It just struck me in this way that this man could
我被这种表演方式打动了
do all these things without saying a word and without
他不用言语和表情就能表现一切
moving his face and you knew exactly what the story was.
让你明白是怎样的一个故事
Acting is in the eyes, not the face.
他用眼睛表演 而不是脸
It just shows you how little you have to do sometimes
他向你证明 要达到想要的效果
to sell something.
你需要做的事情其实很少
Don't try to sell it, just be natural.
不要刻意卖弄 自然就好
Buster Keaton always had that quiet tragedy
巴斯特基顿总是有那种安静的悲剧色彩
which is very, very funny.
同时又是十分有趣的
It's such a strange thing to watch the Fatty
看他在大胖阿巴克尔的电影里表演会有点奇怪
Arbuckle ones while, where he's still making big facial
那时他还做着夸张的面部表情
expressions, and, and doing all those sort of
用着那个时代特有的
tropes of the era.
表现方式
When you see that start to fade away
而当这些特征逐渐消失的时候
it was just effortless.
他简直毫无表演痕迹
“当你说这句话的时候，必须笑出来”
It's the stone face performance
“石头脸”的表演方式
It's not forcing you to laugh.
不是逼迫你去发笑
And for me that just made me laugh.
这让我发自内心地想笑
I just did "Spider-Man" and there was a very
我执导《蜘蛛侠》时
clear influence.
这对我影响很大
You know, "Spider-Man," other than having his eyes
你知道的 蜘蛛侠也只有眼睛能移动一点点
move just a little bit, he's stone face.
也是个石头脸
Here I have this character who has almost no expression
这个角色几乎没有表情
in his face, but there's so much personality you want to
但却要创造很丰富的个性
create, and so much humor that you want to bring out
还要利用身体
in the physicalities.
来制造很多笑点
So, I just went back and watched a bunch
所以我去回顾了很多
of Buster Keaton films.
基顿的电影
I use that as a baseline for so many "Spider-Man" moments.
我把这作为很多蜘蛛侠片段的参考标准
A total of seven popular Keaton two-reelers
共有七部很受欢迎的基顿双卷电影
are released in 1922, "The Paleface."
在1922年发行 《白面酋长》
The Paleface(1922)
"My Wife's Relations."
《我妻子的亲戚》
“他在这个家里撑不过一周”
"The Blacksmith."
《铁匠》
The Blacksmith(1922)
"Day Dreams."
《白日梦》
“我现在在金融区工作 我正在横扫整条街”
"The Electric House."
《电气化屋子》
The Electric House（1922）
And perhaps one of his most well-remembered shorts
然后或许是他最著名的短片--
"Cops" debuts.
《警察》隆重登场
There are a lot of amazing things about his
他的电影有许多奇妙的地方
film making, but more than anything for me the idea that
但最打动我的点是
he would be in these really heightened comic scenarios
在这些如此喜剧化的场景中
played incredibly seriously.
他始终表演得非常认真严肃
Such a fun aspect of comedy that heightens not only
在喜剧中，像这样有趣的一面不仅加强了幽默感
the humor, but also the stakes of every scene
也加强了每个场景的戏剧性
That thing in "Cops" where he grabs that car
在《警察》中，他抓住了汽车
and flies up, I mean that's, that's unreal.
然后飞了起来，这...这太超现实了
Even he couldn't explain it.
甚至连他自己也无法解释
I said was it the film speeded up?
我问是不是电影用了加速特效
He said no.
他说并没有
How he did that was superhuman.
他简直是超人
There were no tricks, he just did it.
并没有什么花招 他就是做到了
That would have jerked anyone else's arm off.
换个人的话 会把胳膊扯掉的
One of the things that always bugged me
当我还是个小孩的时候
about comedians when I was a little boy
有个关于喜剧演员的问题一直困扰我
because I really liked comedy
因为我真的很爱喜剧
I really liked comedians, was the fact that they
也真的爱喜剧演员 我的问题是
had to be weaker than the other males in the movie.
为什么喜剧演员在电影中非得显得比其他男性更弱呢？
They had to be infantile, they had to act like
他们不得不表现得幼稚
a blithering idiot, or they had to be cowards
像一个喋喋不休的白痴或是懦夫
or they had to be scared.
或者他们必须胆小
The joke is that Bob Hope is standing up
【注】喜剧演员鲍勃·霍普在电影《糊涂劫车案》中饰演胆小幼稚的男主角， 而反派杰西詹姆斯大胆勇猛
为什么是鲍勃·霍普来对抗
against Jesse James.
【注】喜剧演员鲍勃·霍普在电影《糊涂劫车案》中饰演胆小幼稚的男主角， 而反派杰西詹姆斯大胆勇猛
杰西·詹姆斯
That always bugged me.
这个问题总是困扰着我
Why do they have to be lesser than?
为什么他们要显得更弱呢？
Why can't they be males?
为什么他们不能更像男子汉？
Why can't they be masculine?
为什么他们不能更阳刚？
And Buster Keaton was that.
而巴斯特基顿是个真正的男子汉
And he would put himself against guys who were taller
他总是和比他个子高的人竞争
than him, so he always had a slight like height deficit.
所以看上去在身高上不占优势
He was a real exciting hero.
但他是一个真正振奋人心的英雄
That same year in 1922
就在1922年
he also does a parody of Western star William S. Hart
他模仿了西部片明星威廉姆·S·哈特
called "The Frozen North" and the satire is merciless.
在这部《冰封的北方》里 他进行了无情的讽刺
Hart always cried in his films
哈特总在自己的电影里哭
so of course Buster laid it on thick.
所以巴斯特自然就把它夸张化了
Buster said Bill Hart did not speak to me for two years
巴斯特说哈特看了这部电影后
after he saw that picture.
两年没和他说过话
Meanwhile, Buster's pal Fatty Arbuckle is tried tragically
与此同时 巴斯特的朋友大胖阿巴克尔
on charges of manslaughter.
也被起诉过失杀人罪 接受了悲惨的庭审
After three trials, Roscoe is exonerated
三次庭审后 大胖被证明无罪
but the scandal nevertheless utterly destroys his career.
但这桩丑闻还是彻底毁掉了他的职业生涯
To avoid any connection with this Arbuckle tragedy
为了避免与阿巴克尔的悲剧扯上关系
Schenck changes the Comique Film Corporation to
申克把Comique电影公司
Buster Keaton Productions.
改为了巴斯特基顿制片公司
His final two shorts are released in 1923
他最后两部短片发行于1923年
"The Balloonatic."
《气球》
And his last, "The Love Nest."
和最后一部《爱巢》
The Love Nest（1923）
In a way, Buster Keaton is
在某种程度上
the essence of movies.
巴斯特·基顿是电影的本质
He is one of the inventors of cinema.
他是电影的发明者之一
"Buster Keaton Remembered" is the book
这本书叫做《记住巴斯特·基顿》
I have it on my desk all the time because they were the
我一直把它放在桌子上
fathers of my, my industry, my art, my business.
因为我的产业 我的艺术 我的事业全都来源于此
The way they made movies
他们拍电影的方式
it's still the same way that you make movies basically.
和现在人们拍电影的方式基本上是一样的
They made the art form.
他们创造了这种艺术形式
He was such a great director.
他是一个非常伟大的导演
He puts himself in these impossible situations.
他把自己置于各种不可能的境地
It's definitely underplayed and therefore I think
这个处理方式很低调
it's more powerful.
因此它显得更有力量
For Keaton, cinema was important.
对基顿来说 电影很重要
It wasn't the camera nailed to the floor
不是固定在地板上或移动的卡车上
or nailed to the moving truck
的摄影机
it was jokes that worked because of the movie camera.
而是利用摄影机来让笑话生效
It was cinema itself that became the joke.
是影像本身使得笑话成立
I think a lot of my daring in terms of
我想我打破第四面墙的勇气
breaking the fourth wall came from Keaton
很大程度上来自于基顿
who when Sherlock Jr. pointed out that it's a movie
他在《福尔摩斯二世》里向观众指出 这就是在电影里
and I'm always pointing out somewhere in my films that
我也总是在我的电影里点明
we're making a movie.
“我们只是在拍电影”
Like when I did "Spaceballs."
比如在《太空炮弹》里
He did it.
“是他干的”
Buster has always been with me and always
巴斯特一直与我同在
will be with me.
也将永远与我同在
Our stunts always play in the wide, there's no fudging.
我们的特技总是摆在明面上 没有任何捏造
The guy doing the stunt is doing it for real and he felt
表演特技的人是货真价实地去做
very strongly about that and I feel very strongly
他也非常投入表演
about that.
我们也都感同身受
I've stole as many moves as I could from him.
我从他的电影里偷师了很多
Buster said you hit the ground with your hand as
巴斯特说当你往下落时用手触地
you're going down and it absorbs some of the impact
能化解掉一些冲击力
and it works.
这的确很有效
The influence that he had on me was that he could
他对我的影响在于
do all these insane stunts and do these crazy things
他用身体来做这些疯狂的特技
with his body, but at the same time he was never like
但同时他从来不会
pushing it in a performance.
显得用力过猛
Such control of his body, such agility.
像他这样的身体控制和灵活度
He was like a ballet dancer.
简直像一位芭蕾舞者
Incredible control of his body.
有着不可思议的身体控制力
Amazing stunts, really.
实在是非常精彩的特技
I think like nobody ever would dare.
我想没人敢这么做
He has no fear or he's crazy.
他无所畏惧 或者他疯了
He's really doing what you see which is true
你看到的都是他真实去做的
in almost all of his films.
基本上在他所有电影中都是这样
What you see is what you get and to me the best
所见即所得 对我来说
special effect in those films is Buster.
这些电影里最好的特效就是巴斯特自己
In that same year 1923
仍然是在1923年
Buster finally gets his long-time wish for film
巴斯特终于实现了他对电影的夙愿
and he starts to make his own feature films.
开始拍自己的故事长片
Already finishing two of them in that same busy 12-month
在这繁忙的十二个月里他完成了其中两部
period, over the next five years, Keaton conceives
随后的五年里 基顿又构思
directs, and stars in an additional eight feature
执导并出演了另外的八部喜剧
comedies, "The Ten" being the greatest work of his career.
这十部电影是他职业生涯最伟大的作品
There's no question that the films he made in the
他在二十年代拍的那些电影是他的杰作
20's are his masterworks.
这毋庸置疑
We will be coming back to these in detail
我们稍后会仔细地回顾
after a while.
这些电影
Following this extraordinary high point
在非凡的事业巅峰之后
Buster makes what he would call the biggest
基顿犯了他口中的
mistake of my life.
“我人生中最大的错误”
Joe Schenck convinces Keaton to sign with Joe's brother
乔·申克说服基顿和他哥哥尼克·申克签约
Nick Schenck at MGM, the biggest studio in Hollywood
尼克所在的米高梅是好莱坞最大的制片厂
and perhaps the most regimented.
或许也是管理最严格的
Both Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd advised him
查理·卓别林和哈罗德·劳埃德都强烈反对
very strongly not to give up his independence
劝他不要放弃自己的创作独立性
but unfortunately Buster trusts Joe Schenck.
但不幸的是 基顿相信了乔·申克
They were great friends
他们是很好的朋友
they were married to sisters, but Schenck really
还是连襟关系
made a deal with MGM.
但申克和米高梅达成了协议
A perfect storm follows.
一场大风暴随之而来
Buster is drinking too much, his marriage is falling apart
巴斯特开始酗酒，他的婚姻也破裂了
and sound comes in and takes over
随后有声电影出现
the picture business.
并占领了电影市场
The silent era is finished.
默片时代终结了
As Chaplin would say:
正如卓别林所说
Just when we got it right, it was over.
“就在我们终于把事情做对的时候，一切都结束了。”
Right before he did the
就在他为《船长二世》
that stunt on the facade for "Steamboat Bill Jr." they come
做那个一面墙倒塌的特效之前
up to him and said look, MGM just bought your rights
有人来找他说米高梅已经买下了你电影的版权
and he's going through all that with his wife.
他当时又在和妻子闹矛盾
He just got two terrible cases of bad news right
就在他完成这个可能有生命危险的特效之前
before you do a stunt that could take his life.
他同时得到了这两个坏消息
And he still did it.
但他仍然成功完成了特效
If it was an inch or a half an inch one way
如果出现了一英寸或者半英寸的偏差
or the other, he could have been killed.
他可能已经死于非命
He was feeling so down and so depressed
他感觉非常沮丧和消沉
that he didn't care.
以至于他什么都不在乎了
That bit might have been used more than any bit in
这一幕可能是世界影史上
the history of the world.
被借鉴最多的场景
We did that in "Jackass Number Two,"
我们在《蠢蛋搞怪秀2》里
we did an homage.
也做了致敬
Guy who rigged it said look, when you get on that spot
操纵墙面的人说 当你到了指定的地方
don't move, this is a 20-foot high steel wall
就不要动了 这可是20英尺高的钢墙
and then he said, "Action."
然后他喊:“开拍”
So I walk a couple steps and then someone
然后我走了许多步 听到有人喊
says cut, cut, cut.
“停，停，停”
I just walk off my mark.
我偏离我该站的地方了
- Oh shit.
-噢该死！
There was silence on the stage except for my
现场一片寂静 除了我九岁的女儿
nine-year-old daughter and she's like, daddy, you idiot
她大喊，“爸爸，你个傻子”
what are you doing?
“你在干嘛啊”
And that kind of loosened the vibe up.
这样气氛放松了一点
It was still funny, probably funnier.
这件事现在看来仍然很有趣 而且好像更有趣了
For all his own shorts and features except
除了《将军号》之外
for "The General," Buster never had a script.
基顿所有的短片和故事片都没有剧本
He and his people would come up with a good beginning
他和他的团队想出一个好的开场
and then figure out a satisfying finish.
然后讨论出一个满意的结局
As he used to say:
正如他曾经说过的
The middle would take care of itself.
“中间部分会自己出来的”
I heard him say that.
我听他说过这句
So many things happened on the spur of the moment.
很多事情都是一瞬间发生的
You see he would get an idea and just do it.
他有了灵感就会立刻去做
It allows for so much spontaneity
这给即兴创作留下了空间
and if you get gold, that could affect our story
如果你得到了好的灵感 可能会影响到我们的故事
and instead of going this direction
那么就不往这个方向发展
we could go that direction.
而是可以选择另外一个方向
In "Three Ages" when he takes that leap from one
在《三个时代》里
building to another that he was supposed to jump across
他本应从一栋大楼跳到另一栋
but he didn't make it, and so he leaves it in, right?
但他没有成功 所以他把这段留下了
He creates a whole wonderful sequence.
然后创造了一组非常精彩的镜头
At MGM, this was strictly unacceptable.
但在米高梅 这种创作方法是绝对不能被接受的
“既然你加入了，就得按我们的方式来”
Scripts were essential, everything spelled out
剧本是必不可少的 一切都要写清楚
hashed over, budgeted, scheduled to the hour.
要深思熟虑 编入预算 按小时安排日程
Buster lost all of his power.
巴斯特失去了所有的权力
He lost his freedom.
他失去了自由
They threw him into the meat grinder that was
他们把他扔进了这套
their production system.
制片系统的绞肉机里
Comedians like Buster were used to having the time to go out
像巴斯特这样的喜剧演员习惯花时间外出
shoot things, try them in front of an audience
拍摄 在观众面前尝试
re-shoot them, rethink the structure of the film
再重新拍摄 重新思考电影的结构
preview it again, et cetera, and that's not the way
再试映之类的 但在米高梅
they were set up at MGM.
他们的工作方式完全不同
Keaton was used to making films that cost two
基顿习惯于制作成本
three times what mainstream features were costing then.
是当时主流影片成本两三倍的电影
"Steamboat Bill" for instance, that's a film that cost
比如《船长二世》
nearly $500,000 to make.
这部电影花费了50万美元
The same year a Lon Chaney feature and Chaney
同一年朗·钱尼的故事片
was very popular with audiences at $175,000.
只花费了17.5万美元 也人气很高
Right with Buster's first movie at MGM
在巴斯特在米高梅的第一部电影
"The Cameraman," the difference is quite noticeable.
《摄影师》中 区别就非常明显了
Even his pork pie hat has been replaced with a far
甚至连他标志性的平顶帽子
more upscale version.
都被替换成了升级的版本
There are some good moments in the movie
电影中也有一些不错的片段
but the overall timing and construction are off.
但整体的时机把握和架构都不行
The Cameraman
His last silent film which he neither conceived nor
他的最后一部默片《困扰婚姻》既不是他自己构思
directed "Spite Marriage" has only one memorable sequence
也不是他自己导演的 只有一个令人难忘的镜头
and the studio wanted to cut it.
但工作室还想把它剪掉
Luckily they didn't succeed and Keaton scores one final
幸好他们没有成功 基顿得以创造了
slapstick classic as he tries to put his
他最后一个经典的棍棒喜剧桥段--
drunken wife to bed.
把喝醉酒的妻子扶上床
It is a routine he would repeat on stages throughout
在他的之后的职业生涯中
the rest of his career.
他多次表演这个桥段
spite marriage
In 1930, Buster stars in his first talking picture
1930年，巴斯特主演了他的第一部有声电影
"Free and Easy."
《逍遥自在》
All the boys with high blood pressure
“所有热血沸腾的男孩”
all the girls with too much flesh
“所有丰满性感的女孩”
your day has come at last.
“你们的好日子终于到来了”
Followed that same year by "Doughboys."
同年他出演了《步兵》
Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up.
“捡起来，捡起来，捡起来”
Neither of them is any good, but they are popular.
这两部都不是佳作 但都很受欢迎
When I first saw "Free and Easy" in 1969
当我1969年第一次看到《逍遥自在》的时候
I wrote that it was "depressingly bad and almost
我评论它“令人沮丧的糟糕”
perfectly calculated to destroy its star.
“被刻意设计用于毁掉它的男主角”
A dismal mess in which one can literally
“在这种惨淡的混乱中”
see Keaton drowning."
“你可以真实地看到基顿是如何沉没的”
Dog gone it, the man said I was a big comedian
“天哪 那个人说我是个伟大的喜剧演员”
and I was going to get a big contract
“我要签下一份大合同”
and everything is great.
“一切都很好”
Of course Buster had nothing to do with
当然基顿和这些电影的编剧和导演
the direction or scripts of these films
没有任何关系
nor with any of the ones released through MGM such
他在米高梅时期拍的所有电影都是如此
as "Parlor Bedroom and Bath," which by the way was
比如《客厅、卧室和洗澡 》
filmed partially at his Italian villa estate
这部电影部分拍摄于他位于贝弗利山庄
in Beverly Hills.
的意大利别墅
And includes a bit MGM recycled from that first
还包括一些米高梅从他的第一部短片
two-reeler of his "One Week."
《一周》中重复利用的片段
Or the three movies he made co-starring Jimmy Durante
而他和吉米·杜兰特共演的三部电影
they all date badly.
都非常糟糕
They're dreadful and you can tell
它们糟透了 你从片中能看出来
that he's unhappy.
他根本不快乐
I mean he seems miserable.
他似乎很痛苦
They don't realize like this guys is a genius
他们没有意识到这是个天才
you can't just slap him together with Jimmy Durante
不能把他和吉米·杜兰特凑到一块
in a, in some dopey movie.
来演这些愚蠢的电影
What's that?
这是什么
That's a kangaroo.
袋鼠
A what?
什么?
A kangaroo, a native of Australia.
袋鼠，澳大利亚土著
Oh.
噢
What's the matter?
怎么了
My sister married one of them.
我妹妹就嫁给了这么一个东西！
Buster was a very mild person
巴斯特是个非常温和的人
he didn't say much to defend himself ever, he just stewed.
他很少为自己辩解，只是自己焦虑不安
He blamed himself for anything that was wrong.
他为所有不顺的事而责备自己
I would say those sons of bitches treated you badly.
我和他说 那些混蛋对你太差了
Oh, they weren't so bad.
“哦，他们不是坏人”
They treated you bad-- nah.
可他们对你很差 --“没有”
He just lost his heart there.
他失去了信心
In 1932, Buster's wife Natalie divorces him and
1932年，他的妻子娜塔莉和他离婚
legally changes the last names of their two sons
通过法定程序更改了他们两个儿子的姓氏
from Keaton to Talmadge, which devastates him.
从基顿改成了塔尔梅吉 这让基顿崩溃了
First marriage which ended so badly.
第一次婚姻结束得太糟糕了
He said I wasn't the best husband in the world either.
他说“我也的确不是世界上最好的丈夫”
Said, what are you going to do when you walk into your
他说，“当你走进你的更衣室”
dressing room and there's a naked girl standing there
“看到一个裸体女孩站在这等着你
waiting for you?
你又能怎么办呢”
I said did that happen?
我问他这种事真的发生过吗
He said it happened all the time.
他说这种事一直在发生
The following year in 1933
接下来的1933年
Keaton is having more problems with alcohol
基顿酗酒更严重了
and after sending him to rehab a number of times
在被送去康复中心几次之后
where he met a young nurse named Mae Scriven
他遇到了一位年轻的护士 梅伊·斯克里文
and whom he eventually married, MGM mogul Louis B.
最终两人结婚了 而米高梅的路易·梅耶尔
Mayer, fed up with his drinking, fires him.
受够了他的酗酒问题 炒了他鱿鱼
It was one of the worst mishandlings of a
这是历史上对一个充满创造力的天才
creative talent in history.
最糟糕的错误处理之一
They, they wrecked him for years, MGM.
米高梅毁了他很多年
Abbott and Costello made their worst movies at
【注】Abbott and Costello，美国喜剧二人组， 20世纪40年代和50年代初期最受欢迎的喜剧团队
阿伯特和科斯特洛在米高梅拍了他们最差的电影
MGM, Laurel and Hardy made their worst movies at MGM
【注】Laurel and Hardy，由瘦小的英国演员斯坦·劳雷尔与高大的美国演员奥利弗·哈迪 组成的喜剧双人组合，在1920年代至1940年代极为走红， 他们演出的喜剧电影在美国电影的早期古典好莱坞时期占有重要地位
劳雷尔和哈迪也在米高梅拍了他们最烂的电影
Marx Brothers after Irving Thalberg's death made their
【注】Marx Brothers，是一队知名美国喜剧演员， 他们五人都是亲生兄弟 常在歌舞集耍、舞台剧、电视、电影中演出 他们在美国电影学会评选的百年最伟大男演员中排第20名
欧文·塔尔伯格死后 马克斯
worst movies at MGM.
也在米高梅拍了他们最糟糕的电影
The studio was just not a conducive place to make
这个制片厂
that kind of visual slapstick comedy.
不是那种制作视觉喜剧的好地方
The drinking increases
随着酗酒越来越严重
and after three years, Mae divorces Buster.
三年后 基顿再次离婚
This, plus many financial issues
这个加上很多经济困难
is finally too much for Keaton.
最终压垮了基顿
He suffers a nervous breakdown and is taken
他精神崩溃
to an Army hospital in a straight jacket.
被穿上拘束衣 送进了军队的医院
Newspaper reports of the day write that Buster
那天的报纸上写着
may never act again.
巴斯特可能再也无法表演了
At that time, he had made all of his great movies
那时他已经把他最好的电影都拍完了
he was in a low point in his life, and it's in the 30's
陷入了人生的低谷 那是三十年代
he had just made a movie in France which never
他刚刚在法国拍了一部电影 （《香榭丽舍之王》, Le Roi des Champs-élysées）
made it to the states.
但没有在美国上映
He was coming back on the ship
他乘船回来
some publicity people hooked him up it seems with Jack Pearl
好像是一些媒体人士 把杰克·珀尔介绍给了他
a great Vaudevillian, you know, fast talking
一个优秀的杂耍演员 擅长快嘴
Baron Munchausen, you know, he worked in accent
（他最出名的角色）拜伦·慕乔森 会模仿口音
and Keaton knew that stuff in and out.
而基顿也对这些有所了解
And they were sort of set up to do a patter duo.
他们组成了一个二人组合
My aunt Sophie.
我的索菲阿姨
In the middle of the ocean
你在大海中间
you got off to see your aunt Sophie.
下船去看你的索菲阿姨？
Yeah, so how did you get off?
那你怎么下去的？
I got off the boat, walked down
我下了船，走下去
and went over to see her.
然后去看她
Because Keaton would kind of go along with the
基顿的表演中规中矩
routine, but Keaton's heart wasn't really in it.
但他的心思并不在这上边
He looked tired, he wasn't really keeping the rhythm
他看上去很累 并没有真正保持好节奏
going and Munchausen's whole thing was yeah.
而慕乔森的表演方式又是咋咋呼呼的那种
And I tell you something
我跟你说
there was a mermaid, she was playing the piano.
有个美人鱼，她正在弹钢琴
Playing, she was teaching the fishes their scales.
她在教那些鱼对应的音阶
Why don't you say something?
为什么你不说点什么
And there was an anger between them.
然后他们之间互相发脾气
You know, I saw one fish tuning the piano.
我看到一条鱼在给钢琴调音
You know what kind of fish that was?
你知道是哪种鱼吗
I haven't the slightest idea, what?
我完全不知道，是什么?
And Munchausen, Jack Pearl just grabs him.
然后慕乔森 也就是杰克·珀尔一把抓住他
It's a chilling thing, Keaton looks to me like he's saying
这令人心寒 基顿看上去好像在说
what am I doing here?
我究竟在这做什么
Why am I acting like a feed to this Vaudeville comic?
为什么我要给这个杂耍喜剧演员当捧哏
After one entire year of total sobriety
在戒酒整整一年后
he took what he called his final drink.
他喝了他自称的“最后一杯酒”
He downed it and only rarely thereafter
喝完后 就很少再
fell off the wagon.
大量喝酒了
In his later years, he would drink a single glass of beer
在他晚年的时候 他每晚都喝一杯啤酒
every evening, just one, with no ill effects.
就一杯 没有任何不良影响
- Help, help!
“救命啊救命啊”
From 1934 through 1937
1934年到1937年
Keaton stars in 16 short comedies for a company called
他为一家叫做教育影业的公司
Educational Pictures.
主演了16部喜剧短片
He has very little to do with their construction or
他几乎没有参与这些影片的编导工作
direction, but certain Keaton moments shine through.
但的确有“基顿时刻”在其中闪耀
- Shh, be quiet.
“嘘，安静”
罪犯诱饵 (1937)
By now, he has conquered his problems with
这时基顿已经成功戒酒
alcoholism, yet one of his co-stars reports that between
但他的一位搭档说 在拍摄间隙
shots Buster would go into a corner of the set and cry.
基顿会躲到片场的角落里哭泣
In 1939, Columbia Pictures hires him to star
1939年 哥伦比亚影业请他
in 10 two-reel comedies.
主演10部喜剧短片
Again, he has no control over the pictures.
他对这些电影也同样没有控制权
# In a little Spanish town 'twas on a night like this #
【注】来自西部的害虫(1939) 这部似乎是基顿编剧
# 在一个西班牙的小镇 在这样的晚上 #
# Stars were peek-a-booing down 'twas on a night like this #
# 星星在窃窃私语 在这样的晚上 #
They all have flashes of Keaton magic
他们都闪耀着基顿的魔法之光
though little else.
虽然除此之外乏善可陈
Diehard Keaton fans are happy that they exist at all.
基顿的铁杆粉丝们觉得 这些电影能存在就很好了
But they are a far-cry from his 20's work.
但还是与他20年代的作品相去甚远
- Would you care to dance with me?
“你愿意与我共舞吗”
Would I?
“我可以吗？”
He would refer to all these pictures as "cheaters."
他把这些电影全都归为 “骗人的把戏”
From 1937 to 1950, Buster works intermittently for
从1937年到1950年
MGM as a gag writer and occasional director
基顿间歇性地为米高梅写喜剧剧本
of certain sequences.
偶尔导演一些片段
He helps Red Skeleton in remaking a couple of
基顿帮助雷德斯克尔顿
his own silent classics.
翻拍了很多自己的默片经典
- Major, after this, they'll probably make you a colonel.
糊涂英雄(1948) 改编自《将军号》
“少校，这之后他们可能会让你晋升上校。”
Oh, well I would rather that they made me a civilian.
“哦，我宁愿他们把我变成平民”
Suggests gags for the Marx Brothers and others.
为马克斯兄弟和其他人提供笑点的建议
Buster was so modest, he would always take me
巴斯特真的很谦逊
over to one side any time he had an idea.
每当他有新点子的时候总是把我叫到一边
He would say I think this would be a funny thing to do.
他会说 他认为这样拍会更有趣一些
And then I would go out and do it
然后我再出去尝试拍出来
but he always tried to make other people believe
他总是试图让别人相信这是我的主意
it was my idea, it was really Buster's.
但这些点子其实是来源于他的
His salary at MGM has gone from $3,000
他在米高梅的薪水从每周3000美金
a week to a weekly $100.
降到了每周100美金
You're only getting paid this much to work
你替他们工作只能拿到这么多工资
for them and you used to be one of the biggest
哪怕你曾经是整个制片厂
stars of the studio.
最闪耀的明星
And he says, well, if I'm worth more, they'll pay me more.
而他说，“如果我值得更多，那他们自然会给我更多”
Just kind of very down to Earth.
他真的非常低调实在
In 1940 Keaton marries for the last time
1940年 基顿最后一次结婚
to the lovely and loving Eleanor Norris.
新娘是可爱且善良的埃莉诺·诺里斯
They had met when she was a dancer at MGM.
他们相遇时 她是米高梅的一名舞蹈演员
She was just the warmest, most wonderful woman.
她是最温暖、最棒的女人
She was so important to his midlife
她对他的中年和晚年
and later years.
都非常重要
She saved his life, as far as I'm concerned.
我觉得是她拯救了基顿
She had that sort of forthrightness
她有那种直率
no b.s., tell it like it is kind of personality.
不说废话 有什么说什么的性格
And at the same time she would do absolutely anything
与此同时 她愿意做任何事情
to keep Buster's name out there
来让基顿在世上留名
Eleanor often plays the passed out wife in
埃莉诺经常扮演昏迷的妻子
Keaton's routine from "Spite Marriage" of putting
与基顿一起演《困扰婚姻》中
a drunken woman to bed.
将醉酒妻子抬上床的片段
They do this together all over the place
他们在各种地方表演这一段
including Ed Sullivan's popular TV show.
包括Ed Sullivan秀
It is a very happy marriage and continues
这是一段非常幸福的婚姻
for the rest of his life.
一直保持到基顿去世
Lie down, that's the best advice I can give you.
躺下 这是我能给你的最好建议
Want, want a spotlight so you'll photograph prettier?
想要聚光灯吗？这样拍出来更漂亮
There, that will bring out the sweat on his brow.
看 他额头上的汗出来了
I've got to sell her.
我必须得要把她卖了
In 1947, Buster performs for a season at the
1947年 基顿在巴黎的米德拉诺马戏团
Cirque Midrano in Paris.
演出了一个季度
He is a big hit there and returns numerous times
他在这里大受欢迎 并在接下来的几年里
over the next few years.
多次回来演出
Two years later, in 1949, at the age of 54
两年后的1949年
he returns to MGM in a supporting role to Julie Garland
54岁的基顿回到了米高梅 在音乐剧《美好的夏天》中
for the musical "In the Good Old Summertime."
为朱迪·加兰出演配角
He even writes and directs one sequence in the film.
他甚至编导了其中一幕
With Judy and co-star Van Johnson.
是朱迪和范·强生共演的
Oh, I beg your pardon, madam.
哦，对不起，夫人
Well, I never.
呃 我从没
Why don't you watch where you're going?
你为什么不看路呢
Here, I'll fix your hat for you.
我来帮你扶正帽子
No, that's not quite the right--
不，这不太对
Leave my hat alone.
别碰我的帽子
Here's your umbrella.
你的雨伞
I don't really know what happened.
我真的不知道怎么回事
Oh, here's your bag, madam.
噢 这是你的包 夫人
Oh.
噢
Oh, I beg your pardon.
不好意思
Heaven sakes.
我的天
Leave me alone.
离我远点
Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
哦 我真的很抱歉
Here's your hat.
您的帽子
Thank you.
谢谢
Something is missing.
少了点什么
-Where's my -Bird.
-我的 -您的鸟
-My bird. -Here's your bird.
-对 我的鸟 -您的鸟在这
Here we are, madam, I'm so sorry.
给您，夫人，真的很抱歉
What? -Wrong bird.
什么？-不是这只鸟
Look, here's my card, that's where I work, see?
您看，这是我的名片，这是我工作的地方
Now you go buy yourself whatever I've ruined
您去买我弄坏的东西
and I'll be glad to pay for it, all right?
我会付款的，好吗？
Thank you very much.
谢谢你
Goodbye.-Goodbye.
-再见 -再见
Wait a minute.
等等！
Hey!
嘿！
That same year, novelist poet film critic
同一年 著名的小说家、诗人、电影评论家
James Agee publishes in Life magazine his famous article
詹姆斯·艾吉在《Life》杂志上发表了
about the silent period titled Comedy's Greatest Era
他那篇关于默片时期的著名文章--《喜剧最伟大的时代》
in which Buster is heavily featured as being along with
在文中，巴斯特和卓别林、劳埃德
Chaplin and Lloyd, one of the three greatest comedy stars
被认为是当时最伟大的三位喜剧明星
of that time, Harry Langdon is the fourth.
哈里·兰登是第四
This leads to a weekly half-hour television show
随后有了一个每周半小时的洛杉矶电视节目
in Los Angeles called "The Buster Keaton Show."
叫做“巴斯特·基顿秀”
Nappy.
纳皮！（拿破仑的昵称）
Who are you?
你是谁
I'm Josephine.
我是约瑟芬（拿破仑的妻子）
Haven't we met someplace before?
我们以前在什么地方见过吗？
But of course, I am your wife.
当然了，我是你妻子啊
This in turn leads to other numerous
这又促成了更多其他的
TV commercials, industrial films
电视广告、商业电影
and television appearances.
以及电视节目
We've got a wild applause
掌声很热烈啊
are you a living American blonde?
你是一个美国金发女明星吗？
Did I hear the question
我听到的问题没错吧
are you a living American blonde?
你是一个美国金发女明星吗？
That's right.
是的，就是这个问题
No!
不是！
One down and nine to go, Mr. Kovac.
问完一个问题了 还有九个 科瓦奇先生
Buster Keaton was a God to me.
巴斯特·基顿是我的神
I heard about a commercial to be done in the style
我听说有个广告要拍成默片的风格
of a silent movie, and I knew I had to be in it.
我就知道我一定要参与
I was a keystone cop and there were about six of us
我扮演基斯顿市的警察 我们大约有六个人
chasing Buster.
在追巴斯特
Most of the actors are about 35 or 40 and he's like maybe
大部分演员都在35或40岁左右
late 60's and he outran us.
而他已经六十多岁 但他仍然比我们跑得快
He gave 100 percent to everything
他在镜头前所做的一切
he did on camera.
都倾注了百分百的心血
春光满古城 (1966)
Whether it was a cameo in a feature film.
无论是在故事片中客串
Pardon me, young woman, I'm sorry, but--
“对不起，年轻的女士，实在抱歉，但是--”
Oh, what a lovely baby.
“噢，多可爱的孩子”
Or a TV commercial, I've seen a lot of those.
或是出演电视广告，我看过很多
And they're all worth watching
它们都值得一看
because he always gives you something.
因为他总能给到你新东西
Simon Pure Beer presents Buster Keaton.
西蒙纯啤酒请您欣赏 巴斯特·基顿
He did a whole series for Northwest Orient.
他为西北航空做了一整个系列
- Give wings to your heart, fly Northwest to Florida
给你的心插上翅膀 乘西北航空飞往佛罗里达
enjoy champagne, filet mignon
飞行中畅享香槟、菲力牛排
or lobster tail in flight.
与龙虾尾
# Northwest Orient Airlines. #
西北航空公司~
All part of Northwest Imperial Service.
均属西北皇家服务公司
Only Northwest Orient Airlines flies to sunny
只有西北航空带您飞往
Florida, adventurous Alaska, romantic Hawaii
晴朗的佛罗里达、冒险的阿拉斯加、浪漫的夏威夷
Coast to coast, and to the mysterious Orient.
从东海岸到西海岸，再到神秘的东方
# Northwest Orient Airlines. #
西北航空公司~
He did a series for Alka-Seltzer.
他为胃苏打泡腾片拍了一个系列
Pardon me, Sir, have you made a New Year's resolution?
先生，您有什么新年计划吗？
Yes, always keep Alka-Seltzer handy.
是的，随身携带苏打泡腾片
He loved apparently the fact that he could do
他显然很喜欢像这样的工作
a day's work and walk away with $5,000 or $10,000.
工作一天就可以赚5000或者10000块
Everybody has fun at the circus.
每个人在马戏团都玩得很开心
Except me, I'm tired.
除了我，我太累了
Attention please, Bravo the lion tamer has
请注意 驯狮员Bravo
had a slight accident.
出了点小事故
Balloon man 13 has just volunteered
13号卖气球员自愿
to take his place.
接替他的位置
I did?
我有自愿吗？
Oh, the poor guy.
哦，倒霉的家伙
He's got an aching head, an upset stomach.
他头疼、胃痛
And a lion.
还要处理狮子
What you need is some Alka-Seltzer.
你需要苏打泡腾片
He was very active in television.
他在电视上非常活跃
I saw him on the "Ed Sullivan Show,"
我在Ed Sullivan秀里见到过他
I saw him on "Candid Camera."
【注】一个非常受欢迎且长期播出的美国真人秀节目 节目中通常会设置某种窘境让路人中套， 而隐藏在远处的摄像机会将整个过程拍摄下来
还有“真实摄影机”
"Candid Camera."
“真实摄影机”
"Candid Camera."
“真实摄影机”
"Candid Camera," which I was on myself I might add.
“真实摄影机” 我自己也出镜了
And they paid me $10.
他们给了我十美元
Allen Funt, Allen, God bless you
【注】《真实摄影机》Candid Camera的主持人
艾伦·方特，艾伦，愿上帝保佑你
I hope you're having fun up there ripping the angels off
希望你在上边玩得开心 逗那些天使们玩
son of a bitch.
你个混蛋
Now watch the pepper, the top will come off.
现在注意胡椒，上面的会掉下来
His wrist watch went in his soup.
他的手表掉进汤里去了
She's trying to hold it in.
她试图忍住不笑
It was fantastic and it was effortless.
这太棒了，他根本毫不费力
His timing just had that razor edge.
他的时机实在把握得太精准了
He's such a master at this, watch him very carefully.
他是这方面的高手，仔细看好了
You know, it's magic.
这是魔术
Oh, it's unreal.
简直不真实
Watch carefully, carefully.
仔细看，注意了
This is Your Life, you see a man who's used to
【注】1948年至1952年在NBC电台播出的美国现实纪录片系列。 在节目中，主持人会给客人带来惊喜，然后带他们回顾他们在观众面前的生活， 同事，朋友和家人会露面
在《你的一生》中 你看到这个
being quite stone faced, who's seemingly overcome by
曾经总是冷面的人 表露了他的情感
emotion, in a way that's pretty touching to see.
这看上去非常令人感动
Then later on when things got rough
之后情况变差了
you move in with your mom, into the first little house
你搬去和你妈妈一起住
that you had bought for her.
搬进一开始你为她买的小房子
Into your home comes a girl who has made friends with
有一位女孩来到你家和你的家人成为了朋友
your family, a girl who is to remove any possible remainder
她将消除了你生活中
of disappointment in your life.
所有阴霾
Here she is, Eleanor Norris, who became your devoted wife
有请埃莉诺·诺里斯 她16年前成为了您挚爱的妻子
16 years ago, Mrs. Keaton.
欢迎基顿夫人
Here is the pretty gal.
就是这位美丽的女士
Come on, sit here, by Buster.
来，坐到巴斯特旁边吧
I didn't even get my tie on.
我还没来得及打领带
I know.
我知道
Fix it up there, mommy.
搞定它吧，夫人
What have these years married to Buster meant, Eleanor?
和巴斯特结婚的这么多年意味着什么呢，埃莉诺
We've been very happy
我们非常幸福
of course we've had some lean times too.
当然也有过艰难的时候
But, Buster has been so happy he's wanted to go back to work
但是巴斯特很开心，他想回去工作
and I've been very proud of the way he's come
我一直为他选择复出
back into prominence.
而感到骄傲
You bet and America is happy to have him back.
没错，整个美国都为他的复出而开心
You developed an act so that Eleanor could appear with you
你演了一出让埃莉诺和你一起出现的戏
didn't you, Buster?
对吧，巴斯特？
Did you rehearse this?
你们这个是不是彩排过？
Completing this reunion of those nearest to you
继续和你最亲近的人重聚吧
here are your two sons.
欢迎你的两个儿子
From Reno, Nevada, your son Bob; from Los Angeles
从里诺过来的Bob，还有从洛杉矶过来的Jim
Jim, here's Bob.
这是Bob
And here's Jim.
这是Jim
Bob, you're a builder in Reno
Bob，在里诺当建筑工人
what do you say about this dad of yours?
你有什么想对你父亲说的？
Oh, he's always been a great guy to us, Ralph.
他对我们一直都很好
Wonderful.
太棒了
I thought of him in addition to his great skills
我觉得即便不考虑高超的喜剧技巧
as a comedian, as a terrific actor.
他也是非常优秀的演员
If he had turned his attentions as he did
如果他早就像后来会做的那样
sometimes later on to straight dramatic work
投入到纯粹的剧情类作品上
he would have done very well at it.
他一定会做得非常出色
You can keep dismissing them
你可以一直无视他们
striping them of all power, disgracing them
觉醒 (1954)
剥夺他们所有的权力，羞辱他们
and replacing them until the end of time and it still
到最后把他们全都换掉
won't get my overcoat back.
但我仍然无法拿回我的大衣
And when I protest, they'll still throw me into prison
当我抗议的时候，他们还是会把我关进监狱
because it's not they.
因为跟他们不是真正的人
They're just part of a machine
他们只是机器的一部分
a machine that was to give us so much happiness.
一个据说能给我们带来很多快乐的机器
This machine that reduces a broken heart to a number
这台机器把一颗破碎的心变成目录上的一个数字
in a catalogue that says a hungry child is nothing
这个目录说 一个饥饿的孩子
more than 26583-Y.
不过是编号26583-Y
- Stop him.
让他闭嘴
A machine that has forgot what kindness, warmth
这台机器已经忘记了善意、温暖
and pity means.
和怜悯的含义
When you say you care, you lie.
当你说你在乎的时候，你是在撒谎
You can't possibly care.
你根本不在乎
None of us can care, we've forgotten how.
没有人会在乎，我们已经忘记了如何在乎
In 1950, Buster is seen briefly in Billy
1950年，巴斯特在比利·怀尔德的
Wilder's savage Hollywood drama "Sunset Boulevard"
好莱坞电影《日落大道》中短暂出现
playing one of the uncharitably named waxworks.
扮演其中一个“蜡像”
The others around the table would be actor
桌上的其他人都是演员朋友
friends, dim figures you may still remember
你或许还能记得在默片时代
from the silent days.
他们模糊的身影
I used to think of them as her waxworks.
我曾以为他们是她的“蜡像”
One diamond.
方块
- One heart.
红桃
- Spade.
黑桃
Pass
过
Three no trump.
三无将
Pass.
过
Pass.
过
In 1953, he appears with Charlie Chaplin
1953年，他和查理·卓别林一起出演了
in a few scenes from Chaplin's "Limelight."
《舞台春秋》中的几个场景
For silent movie buffs it is a golden moment.
对于默片爱好者来说，这是个黄金时刻
I never thought we would come to this.
我从没想过我们会走到这一步
The one and only time these two giants of early
这是唯一一次
Hollywood appeared together.
早期好莱坞的两个巨星同时出现
That's a most extraordinary scene.
那是个非常特别的场景
I was in awe of them.
我很敬畏他们俩
I thought this is a man who's descended
我觉得这是来自另一个星球的人
I had tons of memorabilia of Keaton.
我有很多基顿的纪念品
And Eleanor, beautiful Eleanor
还有埃莉诺，美丽的埃莉诺
she's walking around and saying yeah I was with him
她走来走去，讲到
when he shot that, and yeah I was with him
“对 拍这部的时候我陪着基顿”
during "Limelight."
“拍《舞台春秋》的时候我也陪着他”
And so I was able to ask, I said how did Charlie
所以我正好能问问她
treat Buster?
查理对巴斯特怎么样
She said he treated Buster just like a, like a king.
她说他对待巴斯特就像对待国王一样
The last scene of the picture
电影的最后一幕
Buster had taken it on himself to see that
巴斯特亲自见证了
Charlie got the best shot he could possibly get
卓别林拍出了或许是他能拍出的
of his death scene.
最好的死亡场景
Charlie designed the shot, he's in the center of the
查理设计了这个镜头 他在画面中间
camera seemingly unconscious.
似乎失去了意识
He couldn't see the shot and there was no one there
他看不见镜头
to direct Charlie.
也没有人指导他
Buster he happened to be beside me.
巴斯特他正好在我身边
I wasn't aware of him until I heard whispering.
直到我听到有人在小声说话 我才注意到他
And as we're pulling back, I hear Buster saying
当我们正要退下的时候 我听到巴斯特说
don't move, Charlie, you're in the center of the shot
“别动，查理，你在镜头中央”
that's good.
“这样很好”
They were two geniuses collaborating
他们是两个天才
with each other.
相互合作
Out of the blue in 1957
1957年
Paramount buys the rights to Buster's life and they
派拉蒙出人意料地买下了基顿人生故事的版权
produce a bio pic starring Donald O'Connor titled
拍了一部由唐纳德·奥康纳主演的传记片
"The Buster Keaton Story," which has almost nothing at all
叫做《巴斯特基顿的故事》
to do with his real life story.
但其实电影几乎和基顿的真实经历一点关系都没有
But the $50,000 he had paid for these rights enables him
但是因此获得的五万美元
to buy his ranch in Woodland Hills, California
让他买下了在加州伍德兰希尔斯的农场
where he lived for the rest of his life.
他居住在这，度过了晚年
I'm Buster Keaton, vaudeville star
我是巴斯特·基顿，杂耍明星
where do you get a pass?
从哪里能拿到通行证？
- In there, studio manager's office.
在那里，工作室经理的办公室
Thanks.
谢谢
- Wait a minute, where's your pass?
等一下，你的通行证呢
I'm going inside to get it.
我正要进去拿啊
- You can't go in unless you got one already.
但你没有通行证是不能进去的
How can I--
那我怎么--
- Easy, if the studio wants you, they'll send for you.
别担心，如果工作室需要你，他们会找人给你的
- It's Oscar night in Hollywood.
欢迎来到好莱坞的奥斯卡之夜
In 1960, Buster is awarded a special Oscar from
1960年，巴斯特因投身电影四十多年的成就
the Academy celebrating his over 40 years in pictures.
而获得了奥斯卡终身成就奖
It is only proper that the people who made these
拍出这些电影的人也应该得到某种形式的奖励
pictures should also be rewarded in some fashion.
这样才是合理的
In 1964, he appears in a short film written by the
1964年，他出现在由爱尔兰先锋作家
Avant guarde Irish writer Samuel Beckett titled
塞缪尔·贝克特创作的
simply "Film," all shot in lower Manhattan.
一部名为《电影》的短片中 拍摄都在曼哈顿下城完成
Buster claims not to have a clue as to what the little
巴斯特说他对这部短片拍了什么
picture is all about, and some of his fans
毫无头绪
detest the short film.
一些他的粉丝也很讨厌这部短片
To this day it remains a controversial choice
直到今天 拍这部电影这对他来说
for him to have made.
仍然是一个非常有争议的选择
And the following year 1965, he stars in a short film
接下来的1965年
made for the Canadian National Railways
他主演了一部为加拿大国家铁路拍摄的短片
titled "The Railrodder."
叫做《时光列车》
It's like his 20th in silent short film.
这很像他在20年代拍的那些无声短片
He had a chance with that after all the years
在这么多年的工作室体制之后
of the studio system.
他终于又有了这样一个机会
It was just him and a young director
只有他和一个充满热情
who was enthusiastic.
的年轻导演
And they had the time and space
他们有充足的时间和空间
they had six or eight weeks, and they were
他们有六或八周
creating gags on the fly.
他们在飞机上创造笑点
And he's that same guy that he was in 1924.
他仍然是1924年那个熟悉的基顿
It's great that he had a chance to make one last film
他有机会在最后的电影中出演这样的角色
as that character.
实在太好了
- Standby.
准备
Okay, roll.
好的，开拍
There's also a documentary of its making
还有一部与此同时拍摄的纪录片
There's also a documentary of its making
巴斯特·基顿再出发（1965）
还有一部与此同时拍摄的纪录片
that was shot simultaneously containing some very
巴斯特·基顿再出发（1965）
其中有很多有趣又深刻的场景
that was shot simultaneously containing some very
其中有很多有趣又深刻的场景
interesting and revealing moments of Keaton
展现了基顿是如何
working out a gag.
想出笑点的
This is the shot of the bridge that we get.
这是那个关于桥的镜头
We get the valley like that and this
有个这样的峡谷
damn great big bridge.
还有座非常大的桥
Combined the two gags, the same thing.
把这两个梗合并吧 是一回事
I don't know, I put my brogue down, everything else
我不确定，我把我的鞋和别的都放下
now I wonder where I am?
现在我在想我到哪了
Out with the map, and once I get it spread, I'm helpless.
我把地图拿出来，一打开之后就手足无措
When out here, shot going across that trestle
这样之后再穿过那座高架桥
it's all the funnier.
会更有趣
I'm chasing them but fighting a paper at the same time.
我在追他们 但同时又在和报纸作斗争
- The director has decided against Buster's idea.
导演反对巴斯特的主意
Instead of being wrapped up in a map
基顿不是被包在地图里
Keaton crosses the bridge doing his laundry.
而是洗着衣服通过大桥
- What happened, didn't he tell you what
发生了什么，他没告诉你
he was going to do?
他要怎么拍吗
No, I didn't know, he shifted gags on me.
我不知道，他要改我的梗
There's still two other shots to complete
这组镜头里
the sequence, Buster.
还有两个镜头要拍 巴斯特
There's the long shot of the bridge with them going over.
有一个通过大桥的长镜头
That's the, that's the whole center of the gag is that
整个这段包袱的核心就是
long shot of the bridge.
大桥的长镜头
The bridge--
那座桥
The bridge is not your gag, the bridge is only suspense.
它不是笑点，它是用来制造悬念的
A thrill, there's no gag to the bridge at all.
是让观众紧张的，桥根本没有笑点
Doesn't mean a goddamn thing.
一点也不重要
It's only a dangerous place to be when there might be a
这是一个危险的地方
collision, that's the only thing that's, that's funny.
可能发生碰撞，这是唯一有趣的点
Well, I know the main reason they didn't want
我知道他们
you going over the trestle with all wrapped up in
不想让你裹着报纸过桥的
newspapers and things.
主要原因
Said it was too dangerous.
这实在太危险了
I said who suggested the gags?
我说的是谁想的这个点子？
I did, said I generally know what I'm doing.
是我，我知道自己在做什么
That is not dangerous, that's child's play
不管怎样，那并不危险，只是小孩子的游戏
for the love of Mike.
我的天
沙滩毯宾果 （1965）
But his most noticeable acting work here
但是在他演艺生涯的最后
at the end of his career was in a couple
他最引人注目的几部电影
of movies in the inordinately popular
是在60年代非常受欢迎的
teenage beach party series of the 60's.
青少年海滩派对系列电影里
Including "Beach Blanket Bingo" and
包括《沙滩毯宾果》
"How To Stuff A Wild Bikini."
《如何填充狂野比基尼》
- Bwana?
布瓦纳?
Sorry, I was on a house call.
对不起，我是来串门的
The young kids seemed to like old Buster
年轻的孩子们似乎很喜欢老巴斯特
but had not a clue of his storied past.
却对他过往的故事一无所知
Tell daughter to come here.
叫女儿过来
Daughter is real pro.
女儿是很专业的
They call her the witch's witch.
他们说她是女巫中的女巫
Frankie here wants to get back to beach where Dee Dee is
弗兰基想回到迪迪在的海滩
like right now.
就现在
Daughter, you good kid.
好孩子
He was working right up until the last
他一直工作到最后一刻
I mean he was dying when he made "The Scribe."
抄写员 (1966)
他是在拍摄《抄写员》时去世的
The director of that film told me that they had a
那部电影的导演告诉我
double on set and Keaton was appalled that
他们有一个替身演员 基顿对此感到震惊
he would be expected to use a double anywhere.
竟然有人觉得他可能需要使用替身
There were a couple of long shots where the double is
可以看到有一些长镜头里的确使用了替身
actually seen because he was terminally ill at that point.
因为当时他已病得很严重
He died in '66, February 1st.
他在1966年2月1日去世了
I was working on a television show in New York and my son
当时我正在纽约做一个电视节目
called and said, are you done?
我儿子打电话过来问我是否结束了
I said, no, we're not done yet.
我说，我们还没弄完
He said, oh, call me when you're done.
他让我结束后打给他
And I called him when I was done, I said, yeah, I'm done
结束之后我打电话找他
what's up?
问他发生了什么
He said, we lost our Buster.
他说，我们失去了巴斯特
He died standing up, you know?
他是站着死的，你知道吗?
He was a great bridge player, one of the greatest bridge
他是个很优秀的桥牌玩家
players in the world.
世界上最厉害的之一
For a long time, he supported himself by playing bridge
有很长一段时间
with a lot of the big guys at MGM.
他靠和米高梅的大人物打桥牌来维持生活
Louis B. Mayer and those guys who had dropped him
路易·B·梅耶还有其他抛弃了他的人
but they played bridge with him.
但他们仍然一起打桥牌
In his house, he had a little room which was
在他家里
set up for a card game.
有个用来玩牌的小房间
This last day, he was restless
最后一天，他有些焦躁不安
and he was playing badly.
牌玩得也很差
And he was standing up playing.
他站着在玩
And he sat down, and he was dead.
然后他坐下了，就这样走了
I did the eulogy for Stan Laurel
我在二月的某一天
one day in February.
为斯坦·劳雷尔念了悼词
Exactly a year later in February
一年后的二月又在同一座教堂
in that same chapel, I did the eulogy for Buster.
我为巴斯特念了悼词
And everybody was there except for Buster.
之前的人都在，只有巴斯特缺席了
In the Fall of 1965, just a few months before his
1965年的秋天，也就是巴斯特去世前几个月
death, Buster is honored at the Venice Film Festival for
他因整个职业生涯的贡献
his entire career with special mention of course
在威尼斯电影节上被授予终身成就奖
for those 10 priceless features he made in the 20's.
特别嘉奖了他在二十年代拍摄的十部无价之宝
And the first of these was titled "Three Ages,"
其中第一部叫做《三个时代》
in which Buster parodied D.W. Griffith's multi-epoch
在这部电影中，巴斯特模仿了D.W.格里菲斯
drama "Intolerance," sketching out the relationship
讲述多个时代的《党同伐异》
between Keaton, his beloved, and the villain
勾勒出基顿和他的心上人
always Wallace Beery, over three wildly different
以及总是由华莱士·比里饰演的反派之间的关系
time periods.
跨越了三个截然不同的时代
The stone age.
石器时代
Ancient Rome.
古罗马时代
And the then-current 1923.
和当时的1923年
However, the first feature of his to tell one continuous
不过，他首部讲述一个连续故事的剧情片
story was the brilliantly sardonic and uproariously
是非常精彩地表现了讽刺与滑稽的
funny "Our Hospitality," a mordent comic masterpiece
《待客之道》 一部非常幽默的喜剧杰作
inspired by the infamous Hatfield and McCoy feud
灵感来自臭名昭著的马凯和康菲尔之间的家族宿怨
with Buster the main target throughout.
巴斯特扮演主要的复仇目标
As soon as the family of the girl he's fallen for learns
当他爱上的女孩的家人得知
of his identity being the inheritor of the feud
他是世仇家族的继承人时
Buster becomes a walking target.
巴斯特成了移动的靶子
Of course this was in the days dominated by
当然这还是在人们都使用
single-shot handguns.
单发手枪的时代
Eventually, he figures it out
最终，他明白了真相
but also learns that the father told his sons that
也知道父亲告诉儿子
they couldn't kill him while he was actually
当他还是家里的客人时
a guest in their home.
他们不能杀死他
Again, Keaton relishes making fun of a dark
基顿喜欢用这种黑色幽默的谋杀情境
murderous situation.
来制造笑点
In fact, the beginning of the movie is played completely
事实上，电影的开头是非常直接
straight, and is very dramatically shot
非常戏剧化的镜头
worthy of D.W. Griffith.
可以和D.W.格里菲斯比较
No doubt Keaton decided to make this opening as dark as
基顿无疑是要让开头尽可能显得黑暗
he could in order to set up the very real danger for
以凸显出基顿扮演的角色身处险境
Keaton's character, which therefore helps to elevate
使得他出现在这一幕的时候
the humor once Buster arrives on the scene.
幽默感大大提升
Keaton also insisted on historical accuracy
基顿也坚持历史的准确性
starting with the ridiculous but true replica of an early
开头是一个非常可笑但是符合真实的火车复制品
train which actually combined elements from two of the
它实际上结合了最早的两种火车的元素
very first trains,one British, one American.
一个是英式、一个是美式
The finale features perhaps Keaton's most spectacular
接近尾声时可能是基顿最壮观的特技表演
stunt, as he saves his girl from the waterfall.
他从瀑布中救出了心上人
The girl is his then wife Natalie Talmadge.
这个女孩是他当时的妻子娜塔莉·塔尔梅奇出演的
Two classic Keatons are released in 1924
1924年有两部非常经典的基顿电影
"Sherlock, Jr." in which as a movie projectionist
在电影《福尔摩斯二世》中
he imagines himself in a picture he's projecting.
一个放映员想象自己进入了正在放映的电影中
With some amazing and innovative trick photography.
他使用了一些惊人的、新奇的摄影技巧
The dream sequence, it's an amazing feat today
梦境的一系列镜头，在今天看来仍然是惊人的壮举
and to think that he worked it out as beautifully
想到他在1923年就能如此完美地处理
as he did back in 1923 is just astonishing.
实在令人震惊
And one sequence that proves what an accomplished
有一组镜头证明了巴斯特是非常优秀
pool player Buster was.
的台球选手
The 13 ball has been established to have a bomb
其中13号球被放入了炸弹
in it, so Keaton manages superbly to avoid
因此基顿出色地避免了
hitting that ball.
击中那个球
Yeah, it was so sweet of him
对，他非常贴心
he left me his pool cue.
他把球杆留给我了
He was a shark.
是根鲨鱼台球杆
And it ties together.
连接在一起
Got his name on it.
上边刻着他的名字
Probably worth a lot of money by now.
大概现在非常值钱了
I would never let go of it.
但我永远不会让它离开我
It was also during this film that Buster
正是在这部电影中
suffered a serious injury.
巴斯特受了重伤
While nobody would argue that he had a fair share of damage
他在整个职业生涯中受过不少伤
throughout his career--
这是无可争议的
差点淹死 《待客之道》
脚踝骨折 《电气化屋子》
被大炮打晕 《将军号》
被打得眼眶发黑 《客厅、卧室和洗澡》
On "Sherlock, Jr.," however, Buster broke his neck and
然而在拍《福尔摩斯二世》时
didn't know it for years.
基顿脖子受伤，却多年没有发现
Water burst out and slammed Buster onto the tracks
水喷涌而出，将他击倒在铁轨上
causing the break, but you certainly couldn't tell
导致了骨头裂开
from the way he was moving, jaunty as ever
但你完全无法从他移动的样子里看出来
all done in one shot.
他像以往一样轻松地用一个镜头就搞定了
He had headaches for a while, but didn't
他有一阵子头痛
feel anything wrong.
但没有觉得有什么不对劲
Years later a doctor said to him
多年以后医生问他
when did you break your neck?
你什么时候摔断脖子的？
Buster said, never.
巴斯特说从来没有过
The doctor said, oh yes you did.
医生告诉他的确摔断了
Keaton hired Roscoe Arbuckle to co-direct under another
基顿雇了罗斯科阿巴克尔来一起导演
name because of the scandal.
由于丑闻，他得使用别的名字
Buster suggested Will B. Good
基顿提议用 威尔. B. 古德（谐音will be good，“会变好的”）
but Roscoe chose William Goodrich which was
但大胖选了威廉·古德里奇
his father's middle name.
他父亲的中间名
However, Buster found to his sorrow that Roscoe just was
然而，基顿悲伤地发现罗斯科
no longer the same guy.
已经不再像从前一样了
That same year, 1924, saw the release of another
就在1924年，基顿推出了另一部经典之作
Keaton classic, among his most popular features
这是他最受欢迎的作品之一
"The Navigator," which came about simply because one
《航海家》 这部电影能拍出来是因为
of his associates heard there was a certain
他的同事听说
large ship for sale.
有一艘大船要出售
What could Buster do with a ship?
巴斯特能用一艘船做什么呢？
He only created a comic masterpiece in which both
他创作了一部喜剧杰作
Buster and the girl he loves, who rejected his marriage
在电影中，巴斯特和拒绝了他求婚的心上人
proposal, end up alone through numerous coincidences
最终都到了一艘废弃的远洋班轮上
on a deserted ocean liner.
一起经历了许多巧合
One of the most memorable is the sequence that follows
其中最令人难忘的是接下来的情节中
they're both figuring out there is someone
他们都发现船上
else on the ship.
还有别人
Keaton brilliantly establishes his character's
基顿用一个夸张的开头 出色地将他的角色
hopelessly spoiled background in a superbly
--一个纨绔子弟
economical opening.
表现得很生动
“你愿意嫁给我吗？”
“当然不”
But there are a lot of gags you can do on a ship.
但在船上有许多可以发挥的段子
The following year 1925, Buster made a picture with
接下来的1925年
subject matter he wasn't particularly interested in
基顿拍了一部主题他并不是很感兴趣的电影
but Joe Schenck had bought the stage play for Keaton to
但乔·申克已经为基顿买下了这部舞台剧
film, and Buster felt obliged to give it his best shot.
让他去拍摄 巴斯特觉得有必要尽自己最大的努力
The picture "Seven Chances" isn't one of his finest
《七次机会》并不是他最好的电影
but it does contain one of Buster's most extraordinary
但它确实包含了巴斯特最非凡的创作之一
creations, the one with thousands of women chasing him
成千上万的女人追逐着他
and then an avalanche as we showed at the start.
还有我们最开始提到的雪崩
Here's a little more of that amazing sequence.
这里还有些更让人惊叹的镜头
Also released in 1925 was Buster's eccentric
同样在1925年上映的，是一部
love story between Keaton and a full-grown cow
讲述基顿和一头名叫棕眼睛的成年母牛之间
named Brown Eyes.
古怪的爱情故事
"Go West" is by no means his funniest film
《西行》绝对不是他最有趣的电影
but it's strangely touching, and the love between
但有一种奇异的动人之处
the two is palpable.
而且两者之间的感情是显而易见的
Eventually, the real Brown Eyes just followed Buster
最终，巴斯特走到哪
wherever he went.
棕眼睛就跟到哪
“给这头牛打个烙印”
In 1926 among Keaton's most hilarious and currently least
1926年发行了基顿最搞笑
known pictures was released.
且目前最不为人知的电影之一
"Battling Butler" is not so much a mistaken identity
《战将巴特勒》与其说是一出身份闹剧
farce as a comedy about a guy saying he's a famous
不如说是一部喜剧 它讲述的是一个人自称是著名职业拳手
prize fighter, they have the same name
（他和那位拳手恰好同名）
to impress the girl he's smitten with.
以引起心上人注意的故事
Of course Buster's character thinks he'll never have
当然，巴斯特的角色以为
to really fight to win the girl, but he does
他不必为了赢得女孩而真正对战 但他最后真的要打
and the first time he gets in the ring to be trained is one
他第一次进入拳击场接受训练的场景
of the funniest sequences.
是最有趣的镜头组之一
“把手举起来”
Near the beginning of "Battling Butler,"
在《战将巴特勒》接近开头的地方
spoiled rich kid Keaton tries to go fishing.
被宠坏的富家子弟基顿想去钓鱼
Or maybe shoot a duck.
或是打鸭子
And the single-shot sequence is a wonderfully
这些单镜头序列是由精心安排的梗
timed series of gags perfectly constructed.
组成的序列
And there was the first cut.
这里是第一次剪辑
Good evening, this is Orson Welles, and it's my
大家好，我是奥逊威尔斯
my great pleasure to introduce this evening
很荣幸今晚有机会来介绍
in this series of great silent films
在那些伟大的默片中
one of the great films of all time, one of my favorites
有一部是有史以来最伟大的电影之一 也是我最喜欢的电影之一
"The General" by and with Buster Keaton.
《将军号》，由巴斯特基顿自导自演
Released later in 1926 came
1926年
what many people today believe is
如今被许多人认为是基顿最好的电影
Keaton's greatest work.
《将军号》上映了
"The General" is a daring, beautifully photographed
《将军号》是一部十分大胆且摄影优美的
Civil War comedy.
内战主题喜剧
Was recently voted in a poll of film critics and
在最近的一项电影评论家和历史学家的投票中
historians at number 18 among all movies ever made.
这部电影排名史上最佳电影第18位
It was also the highest polling silent picture.
也是排名最高的默片
Very few films in all history ever equaled it.
历史上很少有电影能和它相提并论
Now the subject is certainly nothing
这个主题也许平平无奇
it's 100 times more stunning visually than
但它的视觉效果比《乱世佳人》
"Gone with the Wind."
还要惊人百倍
At the time of its release, however
然而，在它上映的时候
"The General" was not considered all that terrific
《将军号》没有受到这么高的评价
and indeed was harshly criticized by some
实际上甚至遭到了一些严厉的批评
who said it wasn't funny seeing men get killed.
有些人说 看到有人被杀死并不有趣
The Great Stone Face had made a dark comedy before
在黑色喜剧这个词存在之前
that phrase really existed.
冷面笑将已经拍出了一部黑色喜剧
The film was not a huge success either.
这部电影也不是特别成功
Nevertheless, Buster himself always referred to "The General"
尽管如此，巴斯特本人始终觉得《将军号》
as his best film.
是他最好的电影
Not only is it just a constantly hysterical film
这不仅是一部始终非常滑稽的电影
I am a big proponent of action cinema and it's one
我是动作片的大力支持者
of the great action movies.
这是非常伟大的动作片之一
He chose to play a Southern soldier because he
他选择扮演一个南方士兵
felt that audiences would not have as much sympathy
他觉得观众不会那么同情北方
with a Northern soldier, since they won the war.
因为他们赢得了战争胜利
He does a more lethal version of the cannon joke
制造了比《航海家》厉害得多的
from "The Navigator."
关于大炮的笑点
He also filmed what turned out to be the single
他还拍摄了默片历史上
most expensive shot in silent picture history.
成本最昂贵的一个镜头
Buster's last two independent features are strictly
巴斯特最后两部独立故事片
speaking of laughs perhaps his funniest of all.
严格意义上来说可能是他最好笑的电影
In 1927, "College" was released.
1927年，《大学》上映了
It was not a huge success, but it's hard to understand why
并没有取得巨大的成功，这让人很不解
because it is filled with hilarious sequences.
因为它全是滑稽的桥段
Harold Lloyd had had a huge success with "The Freshman"
哈罗德·劳埃德在1925年拍的《新生》非常成功
in 1925, a college story that featured some very funny
也是发生在大学的故事
material about football.
其中包括了一些关于橄榄球的有趣段落
Keaton took on very other possible sport.
而基顿选择了其他各种运动项目
Early in the movie, Buster tries to get a job as
在电影的一开始 巴斯特试图得到调制冷饮的工作
a soda jerk and watches the pro at his position.
于是旁观一位专业人士工作
He claims he can do as well.
他声称自己也能做得一样好
The resulting sequence is one of Keaton's tour de force
此后发生的段落也是基顿的
comedy routines.
经典喜剧桥段之一
In a later sequence, his classmates are giving him a
在随后的一段里 他的同学
hard time in a brilliantly constructed number.
用精心编排的一出戏给他出了一道难题
Buster's last independent feature was released in 1928
巴斯特最后一部独立制作的故事片在1928年上映
the extraordinary final year of the silent era
也是默片时代非同寻常的最后一年
and "Steamboat Bill, Jr." remains among his most
《船长二世》仍然是他最滑稽的
uproarious works.
作品之一
Climaxed by an amazing hurricane sequence.
一组惊人的飓风镜头将电影推向高潮
Basically, it's the story of a boy trying to impress his
这是一个男孩试图
long-lost father who takes an instant dislike to
给他很久没见面的父亲留下深刻印象的故事
almost everything about his unimpressive son
而父亲几乎对他那不起眼的儿子的任何事情都不喜欢
especially his hat.
特别是他的帽子
First get a new hat.
首先，去买新帽子
Buster even sneaks an inside joke into the midst of this
巴斯特甚至在这中间偷偷埋了个梗
by quickly hiding the pork pie hat already long
迅速地把他标志性的平顶扁帽
associated with him.
藏了起来
Of course, Buster is in love with the daughter of
当然，巴斯特爱上了富有的新汽船老板的女儿
the rich new steamboat owner who's actively trying to
而她父亲正试图
put Buster's old steamboat father out of business.
让巴斯特拥有老汽船的父亲破产
The daughter's father has banned Buster from ever
那位父亲禁止巴斯特
coming onto his boat.
上他的船
Buster's father insists that Buster stand up for himself
巴斯特的父亲则坚持让他捍卫自己的权利
and get right onto his girlfriend's boat.
直接上女友的船
This leads to one of the funniest sequences
这引出了这部阳光灿烂、结构优美的
in this final sunny, beautifully constructed
默片杰作中最有趣的一幕
silent masterpiece, his tenth in five years.
这是他五年来的第十部电影
And so ended the great Keaton decade.
就这样，基顿伟大的十年结束了
His independence, his marriage, silent movies
他的独立，他的婚姻，他的默片
everything he had achieved was forgotten.
他所有的成就都被遗忘了
And pretty soon, he fell prey to the country Gore Vidal
很快，他就成了戈尔·维达尔所说的
referred to as the United States of amnesia.
“健忘症美国”的牺牲品
But back in 1965, the year before Keaton passed away
但是回到1965年，基顿去世的前一年
the Venice Film Festival gave a tribute to the great Buster
威尼斯电影节向伟大的巴斯特致敬
and he received the longest standing ovation
他得到了威尼斯电影节历史上
in the history of this Italian festival.
最长时间的起立鼓掌
For more than 10 minutes, the applause rolled on
掌声持续了十多分钟
Buster was moved to tears.
巴斯特热泪盈眶
He couldn't believe that anyone would care about
他不敢相信还会有人关心
these movies that he had made so long ago.
他在很久以前拍的这些电影
Eleanor was telling me he didn't understand it
埃莉诺告诉我，他不能理解
it was 50 years after he made these films and they were
他拍这些电影已经50年了
being appreciated like they were just opening
它们就像刚刚上映一样受到人们的赞赏
for the first time and he didn't get it.
他不懂是为什么
It's amazing how timeless he is and how that
他是如此经得起时间考验，令人惊叹
type of physical comedy will never be unfunny.
那种肢体喜剧永远不会变得无趣
It was funny then, it's funny now
当时看很有趣，现在看很有趣
it will be funny in 100 years.
到100年后也仍然会很有趣
And how many filmmakers can you say that about?
又有多少电影制作人能做到这个呢？
They remembered him, he said
他说，人们会记住他的
and yes he will indeed never be forgotten.
是啊，他确实永远不会被忘记
终