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背景簡介：
| The Irish romance Once may be a musical, but it is miles away from the traditional Hollywood idea of people bursting into song. The movie's two main characters are not given names, and they are listed in the credits as Guy and Girl. Glen Hansard (frontman for indie rock band The Frames) plays the Guy, a street musician who is playing for change when he meets the Girl (Marketa Irglova), an immigrant from the Czech Republic. The pair immediately bond over their shared love of music (he is a guitarist, and she plays the piano), and the film chronicles their tentative relationship. Both are weighed down by plenty of baggage: his songs are fueled by a painful breakup, and she is a young mother who left her husband behind in her native country. |
愛爾蘭愛情電影《曾經》稱得上是一部音樂片，但它與傳統的好萊塢音樂片有很大不同，因為影片中的角色不會突兀地唱起歌來。這部電影的兩個主角沒有具體的名字，在演職員表中列出的角色名稱是“男人”和“女孩”。 Glen Hansard（獨立搖滾樂隊The Frames的主唱）飾演的“男人”是一個在街頭賣唱的音樂家，他遇到的這個“女孩”（ Marketa Irglova 飾）是從捷克移民過來的。同樣懷著對音樂的熱愛，兩人很快相知相契，他彈吉他，她彈鋼琴，劇情就隨著他們若即若離的關系向前發展。兩人都被現實瑣事所拖累，他歌曲的靈感來源于一段失敗的感情；而她是一個年輕的母親，丈夫還留在祖國沒有一起移民過來。 |
| Like the independent favorite Before Sunrise, Once is a simple, sweet drama that doesn't rely on an elaborate plot. With its use of digital video and handheld cameras, Once matches its spare visual style to its intimate mood. Each moment feels stolen from real life, and the story is at once familiar and fresh. Driven more by music than by dialogue, Once features a stirring soundtrack of heartfelt indie rock sung by Hansard and Irglova. Songs continue to be performed in a real-world, diegetic fashion, often in their entirety, as when the Girl rehearses her lyrics for one of the Guy's songs (which she entitles "If You Want Me"), singing to herself while walking down the street, or when at a party, people perform impromptu (including "Gold", performed by a trio featuring guitarist Hansard singing harmony). |
和深受歡迎的獨立影片《愛在黎明破曉時》一樣，電影《曾經》的劇情簡單、甜蜜，不以情節設置精巧取勝。影片運用數字視頻和手提攝像機，表現出樸素而不加渲染的視覺風格，以此營造親密溫馨的情緒氛圍。電影中的每時每刻都仿佛是從真實生活中截取出來的，整個故事立刻讓人感到親切和鮮活。在電影《曾經》中，情節的推動更多憑借音樂而不是對話完成，Hansard與Irglova傾情演繹的多首獨立搖滾歌曲貫穿全片，振奮人心。片中的歌曲從頭到尾都以真實的劇情聲呈現，比如：女孩嘗試著為男人的一首歌填詞（她把這首歌命名為《If You Want Me》），在街上邊走邊唱；還有在一次聚會中，人們即興演奏（其中一首歌叫做《Gold》，由三人樂隊演奏，吉他手Hansard配唱。） |
| Hansard and Irglova wrote all but one of the songs featured in the film. The movie won the World Cinema Audience Award for a dramatic film at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Hansard and Irglova began dating while making the film Once. In 2009 Hansard said that he and Irglova were no longer romantically linked, and that they are now "good friends." |
除了一首歌之外，影片中出現的所有歌曲都是由Hansard和Irglova創作的。電影《曾經》在2007年的圣丹斯電影節上榮獲國際影片單元最受觀眾喜愛的劇情片大獎。男女主演Hansard和Irglova在影片拍攝期間開始約會。但在2009年，Hansard宣布他與Irglova不再是戀人關系，但兩人仍是好友。
（China.org.cn 李瀟 譯）
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