《少年時代》：埃拉·科爾特蘭的銀幕成長記

作為當今美國影壇最成功的獨立影人之一，理查德·林克萊特拍過各種題材的電影，但他的拿手好戲當屬他對“時間”這個概念的把玩。他最為人熟知的電影要數“愛在”三部曲—《愛在黎明破曉前》（Before Sunrise，1995年）、《愛在日落黃昏時》（Before Sunset，2004年）和《愛在午夜降臨前》（Before Midnight，2013年）。電影里只有男女主角在不斷講話，限時一天，其特別之處在于每兩部作品之間恰好相隔九年，而且主角不變。如此大膽的嘗試恐怕只有他和兩位主演（伊桑·霍克和朱麗·德爾比）才能做到。

今年，林克萊特又帶來了一部關于“時間的流逝”的作品—《少年時代》。這次，導演又做出了驚人之舉，他花了整整12年來拍攝這部講述一個男孩成長歷程的電影。在今年第64屆柏林電影節(jié)上，這部心血之作在一片好評中拿下了柏林電影節(jié)銀熊最佳導演獎。

作為該片主角，這段不平凡的經歷對他有何影響？我們請來埃拉·科爾特蘭親自談談他的感想。

Ellar Coltrane may seem like any other normal 19-year-old， but hes the furthest thing from it. For the past 12 years—since he was seven—Ellars been acting in filmmaker Richard Linklaters groundbreaking[開創(chuàng)性的] movie Boyhood. Nothing like this has ever been done before， so its totally changed the game. And after seeing himself grow up right before his own eyes， hes changed as well.

Boyhood follows Ellars characters life as he goes from a little boy to an adult， showing all of the ups and downs[盛衰，沉浮] families have over such a long period of time. Along with his sister（played by the directors daughter Lorelei Linklater） and parents （played by Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette）， this film gives us the closest look into all the crazy things that happen while growing up. It should come as no surprise that， with 12 years of work under their belts[在以往的經歷中]， the actors really did become something of a real-life family.

Ellar was cast[指定角色] for the project when he was six years old， but he had no idea what he was in for. “My memories from the beginning are pretty vague[模糊的]. I remember the audition[試鏡] process[過程] a little bit and I have scattered[分散的] memories from the first year of filming，” Ellar says. “Its more hitting me now， kind of in the aftermath[后果] of the first few times I saw it. It really dawned on[開始被理解] me how crazy it all was. Growing up， both of my parents were artists and worked on all kinds of bizarre[奇異的] projects. It didnt seem that strange to me I guess， but as a six-year-old， theres no way to understand how long 12 years is when youve only been alive half that long， but also how an experience can affect[影響] and define[定義] you.”

Since the movie was only filmed for around three days each year， Ellars real life took the main stage and he didnt need to think about the process very often. “The long nature of the project allowed a lot of us to become very lost in the artistic[藝術的] process and forget about the end goal of it being a movie and people watching it，” Ellar says.

Last fall， the longest scheduled[預定的] film shoot in history wrapped[殺青]， and Ellar was finally able to see the finished project. And it changed everything. “Ive undergone more physiological[生理的] and emotion development in the past six months than I have in the past six years，”he says. “The first couple times I watched， it was hard to really think much. There were so many emotions and curiosity[好奇心] that had been building up for so long. Everyone as a teenager struggles with self-identity[自我認同] and feeling real and important and valid[真實的， 正當的]. We feel really disconnected from ourselves and everyone around us， and to see all these little parts of myself（that） taken out of context might be embarrassing or awkward[難為情]， but seeing it all put together like that is very comforting[令人鼓舞的]. Its terrifying， but its actually proof that Im real. I dont know a world where I didnt work on Boyhood， so I dont know the person I would be if I hadnt. In a lot of ways， this film defines who I am.”

So what do you do after filming a movie for the past 12 years？ Take on the world of art head-on， of course.“I want to keep acting and Im interested in filming， visual arts[視覺藝術]—everything. I want to go to school， I think thats next，” Ellar says. “Ive found that being lost in art and the process of creation is really the only thing that gives me solace[安慰]， so I want to go wherever that takes me.”

埃拉·科爾特蘭看上去和其他19歲男孩一樣，但其實遠非如此。自7歲起，這過去12年來，埃拉·科爾特蘭一直在導演理查德·林克萊特那部具有開創(chuàng)性意義的電影—《少年時代》中擔任主演。這是史無前例的事，完全改變了游戲規(guī)則。在親眼看著自己的成長歷程之后，埃拉也改變了。

《少年時代》跟蹤記錄了埃拉這個角色從一個小男孩長大成人的生活，展示了一家人在一段如此漫長的時間里經歷的所有酸甜苦辣。影片中的人物還有這個角色的姐姐（由導演的女兒羅蕾萊·林克萊特飾演）以及父母（由伊桑·霍克和帕特里夏·阿奎特飾演）。這部電影讓我們近距離地看到成長過程中發(fā)生的一切瘋狂事。在經過12年的合作之后，這幫演員在現實中真的有點像一家人了，這也不足為奇。

埃拉六歲時便被選中出演該片，但他當時還不知道自己將面對什么。“我對剛開始的記憶相當模糊，只是隱約記得一點試鏡的過程，對從第一年起的拍攝也只有零星記憶，”埃拉說。“在最初幾次看過這個片子之后，現在我的印象比較深刻了。我開始明白這一切是多么瘋狂。我的父母都是藝術家，總是參加各種稀奇古怪的項目，我是在這樣的環(huán)境下長大的。我猜對我而言這事可能也沒有那么奇怪，但是，對一個只有6歲的孩子來說，當你的人生只有12年的一半那么長的時候，你不可能明白12年到底有多久，也不可能明白一段經歷可以如何影響和塑造你。”

由于電影每年只拍攝大約三天，所以埃拉的真實生活才是主舞臺，而他也不必經常去想拍電影的事。“這部電影的拍攝歷時之久，讓我們很多人迷失在這個藝術創(chuàng)作的過程中，而忘了它的最終目標是一部供人們觀看的電影，”埃拉說。

去年秋天，這部史上拍攝周期最長的電影殺青，埃拉終于能夠看到成品。它改變了一切。“在過去半年里，我經歷了比過去六年來更多的生理和情感上的成長，”他說。“頭幾次看的時候，我很難真正去想很多。這么久以來，我心中累積了許多情感和好奇。每個十幾歲的年輕人都要經歷一番掙扎，尋求自我認同，渴望感覺到自己是真實、重要以及被認可的。我們覺得與自己以及身邊所有人都有一種隔離感。看到從自己生活中截取出來的這些片段，可能會令人覺得尷尬或難為情，但是，看到所有這些小碎片像這樣放在一起，卻又令人感到無比欣慰。它很嚇人，但它其實也證明了我是真實的。我所知道的世界只有一個，就是我拍攝了《少年時代》的這個世界，所以，我不知道如果我沒有拍這部片子，我會是什么樣子。這部電影從很多方面定義了我是誰。”

那么，在過去用12年拍攝了一部電影之后，接下來你會做些什么事情呢？當然是迎頭邁向藝術世界了。“我想繼續(xù)演戲，我對電影、視覺藝術等都很感興趣。我想上學，那應該是下一步，”埃拉說。“我發(fā)現在藝術和創(chuàng)作過程中渾然忘我是唯一能夠給我慰藉的事，所以我想追隨它，到它引領我去的任何地方。”

一塊吧

Son： “Dad， give me a dime.”

Father： “Son， dont you think youre getting too big to be forever begging for dimes？”

Son： “I guess youre right， dad. Give me a dollar， will you？”

兒子：“爸爸，給我一毛錢。”

父親：“兒子，你不認為自己漸漸長大，不應該總是一毛一毛地要錢嗎？”

兒子：“爸爸，我想你說得對。給我一塊錢，好嗎？”