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[情報] Mick Garris談MJ被遺忘的Ghosts (2)

看板KingofPop (麥可傑克森 - Michael Jackson)作者ulcer (someone in the dark... )時間15年前 (2010/09/13 22:50)推噓7(7推 0噓 7→)

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Did Michael hope Ghosts would break out as big as Thriller? Michael是否希望Ghosts和Thriller一樣造成轟動？ Michael always seemed to hope to make something that would be huge. He thought big, because his whole life seemed to be surrounded by magnitude. I don’t know what his hopes were in terms of comparing it with Thriller, but I know he thought it would be very special. Michael總是希望創作出偉大的作品。他的想法很宏大，因為他整個人生的規模都超越常人。我不知道他是否要把Ghosts和Thriller相提並論，但他的確希望這是部很特別的作品。 Ghosts and Thriller see him as a charismatic, playful “monster”. Do you think he kept having fun with that reputation, even when the media turned on him? Ghosts和Thriller中把他描繪成一個有魅力的、愛嬉鬧的“怪物”。你覺得他是否認為這種名聲很有趣，甚至是媒體拿這個來刺激他的時候？ He was very playful with that image, though as the press got meaner, he was definitely hurt by it, and pulled back and became more reclusive. But though we were friends, it wasn’t like I saw him all the time. A couple years could go by without seeing or speaking with one another, but when we did, we always had a good time. 他會用那樣的形象開玩笑，但當媒體變得更刻薄時，他也確實會受傷，然後變得更退縮、更隱世。我們雖然是朋友，也並不常見面。可能幾年過去我們沒見面或說話，但見面時，我們總是相處愉快。 Where were you when you heard he’d died? What did you immediately think and feel? 你聽到他死訊時人在哪裡？你當時想到什麼？感受如何？ I was driving in my car when I heard on the radio that he’d been found unconscious and had been rushed to the hospital. I was stunned, of course, like everyone. Then, about an hour or so later, when I heard it rumored that he had died, I just couldn’t believe it. It took a couple of days for it to sink in. Maybe it was inevitable, I don’t know. I just know that he was fragile, sensitive, and an incredibly sweet and generous guy. It broke my heart, just like it broke the world’s. And I really felt for his kids, who are terrific and unspoiled in a way you wouldn’t imagine. At least, they were when I last saw them a couple of years ago. 當時我正在開車，聽到廣播說他被人發現失去知覺並被送到醫院。我嚇呆了，跟其他人一樣。然後，約一個多小時之後，當我聽到傳言說他已經去世了，我幾乎無法相信。過了幾天才意會過來。也許這件事是無法避免的，我不知道。我只知道，他是個脆弱，敏感且無比貼心大方的人。這讓我心碎，就像全世界也為他心碎。而我也為他的孩子們感到不捨，你無法想像他們是多棒的孩子，一點都沒有被寵壞。至少，在我幾年前最後一次見到他們時是這樣的。 As someone who knew him, what’s your reaction to the 24/7 speculation and media coverage? 作為一個認識他的人，你對於媒體24小時不停報導各種臆測的反應是？ I don’t know, I hate to speculate. I know he had his demons, fears, fragility. I really wasn’t exposed to the drug usage or any of that stuff. It was not that intimate a relationship. All I know is that he was someone I liked a lot, and was privileged to know and work with, and I miss him. Even though I hadn’t seen him in a couple of years, it always seemed like we’d be getting together again soon to talk about movies, and laugh and joke and have fun. It makes me so sad that it won’t ever happen again. 我不知道，我討厭去臆測。我知道他有他自己的心魔、恐懼、和弱點。我真的不知道他用藥或其他的那些事情。我們兩個的關係還沒有那麼親近。我只知道他是我很喜歡的一個人，我有幸認識並和他一起工作的人，我會想念他。即使我和他已經幾年沒見了，我總是有感覺似乎不久後我們就會聚在一起談論電影、一起笑鬧和玩樂。這讓我感到很悲傷，因為不會再有這一天了。 Did you see the loneliness and sadness claimed to have been his constant companion? 你曾見識到他所說的長年伴隨他的孤寂和憂傷嗎？ One of my earliest meetings with him was in New York, where he had a penthouse apartment in the Trump Towers. He was so very lonely. He’d take me to the window and point down at Fifth Avenue below and tell me he’d give anything to be able to just walk down there and go into the shops, but he couldn’t. I went out to visit him in Orlando, and was surprised to find that I was the only one, other than staff, that was around with him. There was nobody but us for a couple of days. I don’t think he had a lot of close friends, people who didn’t want something from him. 我和他最早的幾次會面在紐約，他位在Trump Towers的閣樓公寓。他非常、非常寂寞。他會帶我到窗前，指著下面的第五大道說，他願意放棄所有，只為換得在路上行走、進入商店的自由，可他卻怎樣也不能。我也曾去Orlando看他，然後驚訝的發現，除了工作人員之外，我是唯一在他身邊的人。沒有其他人，只有我們，就這樣過了兩天。我想他沒有很多親近的朋友，那種不想從他身上獲取些什麼的朋友。 Your enduring memory of him will be…? 你印象最深的關於MJ的回憶是？ Making him laugh. When Michael laughed, when you got to him for more than just that giggle behind the hand, it was a sight to see. He just loved to laugh, and it was fun to tease him gently. Maybe one of my favorite memories was on the set of Ghosts; we’d finish a take, and if I wanted another, I’d put on Bullwinkle’s voice and say, “This time for sure!” The first time, he just laughed and laughed and laughed. Then he’d keep asking, even after the good takes: “Mick, do Bullwinkle!” That’s how I like to remember him. 逗他笑。當Michael笑的時候，當你讓他不只是用手捂住嘴的科科笑時，那真是值得一看。他真的很喜歡笑，而且開他玩笑很有趣。我想我印象最深的一段回憶就是在Ghosts拍攝現場；我們拍完了一個鏡頭，要拍下一個時，我會假裝Bullwinkle（一個卡通人物）的聲音說“就是這一次了！”第一次的時候他只是笑啊笑啊笑。然後他會一直要我學，即使是已經OK了，他還是會叫我說︰“Mick，學Bullwinkle！”這是我想記住關於他的回憶。 Will Ghosts get a DVD release now? Ghosts現在會發行DVD嗎？ I hope so. It was hugely expensive, and never released in the United States. He paid for it out of his own pocket, too. So I don’t know who owns it. But I think people would love it. It changed a lot from the time that I worked on it to the time it was finished, but it’s quite an accomplishment. I’d love to see it available. The only copy of it I have was one I came across in a music store in Hong Kong, on the old VCD format. It deserves better. 希望如此。製作Ghosts耗費鉅資，且從未在美國發行。他是自掏腰包來支付這部影片的。而我也不知現在是誰擁有版權。但我想觀眾會喜歡它的。從我參與製作到完成，這部影片已經不是它原來的樣子了，但它的確是部偉大的作品。我樂見它被上市發行。我僅有的一份拷貝是我某次經過香港的一家唱片行時買的，是舊的VCD格式。它值得用更精緻的格式被發表。 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 可是過了一年還是沒消息到底Ghosts何時會出DVD啦??? -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 61.231.148.115