[新聞] 李安就少年派11項奧斯卡提名接受採訪

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1.李安是被助理通知入圍11項,當時在睡覺
  (他當時在洛杉磯,可能還沒天亮)
2. 李安會參加奧斯卡頒獎典禮

Ang Lee on the Digital Characters Who Can’t Argue Back
By JEREMY EGNER
“Life of Pi,” the sweeping 3-D fantasy based on the 2001 international
best-selling novel, defied many Oscar predictions by netting 11 nominations,
second only to Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln.” In addition to the expected
showing of “Pi” in the technical categories and a best picture nod, the
film about shipwreck survival, religious wonder and a ferocious digital tiger
named Richard Parker also drew a best directing nomination for Ang Lee.


Phil Mccarten/Reuters
Ang Lee
Mr. Lee has been up for an Oscar before — and won for 2005’s “Brokeback
Mountain” — but this year he made the cut while some expected names — Ben
Affleck (“Argo”), Kathryn Bigelow (“Zero Dark Thirty”) and Quentin
Tarantino (“Django Unchained”) — were left off of the list.

“I feel really blessed,” a groggy Mr. Lee said by phone from Los Angeles on
Thursday morning. “We didn’t know how the movie was going to play.”

The director, whose eclectic credits include martial arts fables (“Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon”), classic period drama (“Sense and Sensibility”) and
superhero tales (“Hulk”), discussed his nomination and “Life of Pi” in a
phone interview. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.

Q.
How did you find out about the nominations?

A.
My assistant woke me up. The phone rings and I hear heavy breathing before he
can speak, so I guessed we might get more than we expected. And he just said
“11, 11.”

Q.
What were some of the trickiest aspects of bringing the book to life?

A.
Oh, everything. Water’s hard, as is making a believable digital tiger. And
then we have an unknown boy [Suraj Sharma] playing the lead.

Q.
Did that bring any special challenges?

A.
I feel like directing him’s like waking him up, reminding him what he used
to know in a past life. Very easy to work with; very reliable. For the last
three months we shot nothing but him. Never got sick, never got injured,
never melted down.

Q.
After “Pi” and “Hulk,” you have lots of experience working with the fully
imagined CGI characters. Is it more fun to direct actors who can’t argue
with you?

A.
It’s tedious, though [laughs]. They don’t argue with you but they also don’
t give you anything. You have to create everything. Everything has two sides.


Q.
Did you hear from people when they heard you were working on “Life of “Pi”?

A.
Yeah. The book of course is the Bible and people have their own
interpretations and bring their own ideas. But when you’re struggling with a
water scene for 12 hours overnight and nothing works and no shots get done,
you’re not gonna worry about the philosophy [laughs]. You’re just gonna try
to get the damn thing to work.

Q.
The film is visually striking. Did you have any models in mind?

A.
I spent a year pre-visualizing the ocean part. Every animal we had had a
model or hero — a real animal for us to learn from, to observe for realism.
Making them act like an animal and not injecting the human wishful thinking,
that’s the hard part. It takes lots of observations — you have to let the
animal teach you what to do instead of just making the digital thing work for
you.

Q.
Are you going to the Oscar ceremony?

A.
Yeah sure, I always do.

Q.
You’ve received plenty of honors already so—

A.
Am I jaded? No. You can’t get cynical about approvals and recognitions,
particularly for your team. It’s a good thing. And as I get older, maybe I
try to enjoy it a bit more.

Q.
What do you think you will remember most about making this movie?

A.
Struggling with water.

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※ 編輯: twyes1688       來自: 58.115.128.22        (01/11 07:49)
推 milvus:water 到底是多討厭XDDD
推 essendo:他拍片四年半都漂在水上,難怪會怕XD
推 airflow:也不是說討厭啦 就記憶最深的是和水奮戰哈
推 DialUp:"you have to let the animal teach you what to do
→ DialUp:instead of just making the digital thing work for you."
→ DialUp:超喜歡這句！這是理查帕克深植我心的原因啊！
推 kzzoz80:安安水上漂