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@ 50179 日本恐怖片
A: 你看了美國拍的《午夜凶鈴2》嗎？聽說票房很不錯啊！
nǐ kàn le Měiguó pāi de《 Wǔyèxiōnglíng ér》 ma? tīngshuō piàofáng hěn bùcuò a!
Have you seen the American film ''The Ring 2?" I hear it's doing really well in theaters.
B: 是嗎？《午夜凶鈴》不是日本恐怖電影的代表作嗎？怎麼美國也開始跟風了？
shì ma?《 Wǔyèxiōnglíng》 bù shì Rìběn kǒngbù diànyǐng de dàibiǎozuò ma? zěnme Měiguó yě kāishǐ gēnfēng le?
Really? Isn't ''The Ring" the quintessential Japanese horror movie? Why is America also jumping on the bandwagon?
A: 早開始了。自從《午夜凶鈴》開始流行後，日本恐怖片就越來越受到西方人的歡迎。之前美國已經成功翻拍了《午夜凶鈴1》和日本另一部恐怖大片《咒怨》。
zǎo kāishǐ le. zìcóng《 Wǔyèxiōnglíng》 kāishǐ liúxíng hòu, Rìběn kǒngbùpiānr jiù yuèláiyuè shòudào xīfāngrén de huānyíng. zhīqián Měiguó yǐjīng chénggōng fānpāi le《 Wǔyèxiōnglíng yī》 hé Rìběn lìngyībù kǒngbù dàpiān《 Zhòuyuàn》.
It's been going on for a long time. Ever since ''The Ring" got popular, Japanese horror movies have been increasingly popular in the West.
B: 真可惜，我一部也沒有看過。其實我一直不明白為什麼那麼多人喜歡看恐怖片，更不明白為什麼《午夜凶鈴》會那麼流行。
zhēn kěxī, wǒ yī bù yěméiyǒu kàn guo. qíshí wǒ yīzhí bù míngbai wèishénme nàme duō rén xǐhuan kàn kǒngbùpiānr, gèng bù míngbai wèishénme《 Wǔyèxiōnglíng》 huì nàme liúxíng.
The Americans have already successfully remade ''The Ring" and another Japanese horror film, ''The Grudge."
A: 說實在的我看的恐怖片也不算多，沒有太多的發言權。不過據我瞭解，有別於好萊塢依賴特效和血腥暴力的做法。日本恐怖片除了製造視覺恐怖，還利用故事和角色來製造心理恐怖，讓人從心底裡感到毛骨悚然。
shuōshízàide wǒ kàn de kǒngbùpiānr yě bù suàn duō, méiyǒu tài duō de fāyánquán. bùguò jù wǒ liǎojiě, yǒubiéyú Hǎoláiwù yīlài tèxiào hé xuèxīng bàolì de zuòfǎ. Rìběn kǒngbùpiānr chúle zhìzào shìjué kǒngbù, hái lìyòng gùshi hé juésè lái zhìzào xīnlǐ kǒngbù, ràng rén cóng xīndǐ lǐ gǎndào máogǔsǒngrán.
What a shame, I haven't seen a single one. Actually, I've never really understood why so many people love horror movies. And I really don't get why ''The Ring" is so popular.
B: 天啊，光聽起來就夠可怕了。很多女孩子都不敢看那些陰暗恐怖的畫面。可奇怪的是有些人偏偏是越不敢看越想看。據說很多恐怖片根本沒有什麼值得回味的故事情節，只有血腥和誇張的可怕畫面。看這些恐怖片到底有什麼意義呢？
, guāng tīng qǐlai jiù gòu kěpà le. hěn duō nǚháizi dōu bùgǎn kàn nàxiē kǒngbù de huàmiàn. kě qíguài de shì yǒuxiērén piānpiān shì yuè bùgǎn kàn yuè xiǎng kàn. jùshuō hěn duō kǒngbùpiānr gēnběn méiyǒu shénme zhíde huíwèi de gùshì qíngjié, zhǐyǒu xuèxīng hé kuāzhāng de kěpà huàmiàn. kàn zhèxiē kǒngbùpiānr dàodǐ yǒu shénme yìyì ne?
To be honest I haven't seen too many scary movies, either. So I don't have the right to say all that much. But as far as I can see, the difference is in the fact that Hollywood depends on special effects and blood and guts. Japanese movies not only create visual creepiness, they also use plot and perspective to create psychological terror, so that you feel chilled to the bone.
A: 可能這種恐怖氣氛能潛意識激發人的某些心理祕密，並且帶來恐懼。恐怖片中的各種懸念也能使觀眾深迷其中不能自拔。日本的恐怖片還體現了非常鮮明的日本民族特色和東方神祕主義的傳統。片中的主角通常都是秀麗或妖豔的女子，既美麗又恐怖，她們在表現出殘忍和邪惡的同時，也有令人同情和惋惜的一面。日本恐怖片中的邪惡力量往往暗示了人內心的黑暗，所以儘管沒有令人作嘔的血腥畫面，卻能讓人感到精神上的恐懼和慌亂。純粹是一種心理上的折磨，應該說這才是真正意義上的恐怖。
kěnéng zhèzhǒng kǒngbù qìfēn néng qiányìshí jīfā rén de mǒuxiē xīnlǐ mìmì, bìngqiě dàilái kǒngjù. kǒngbùpiānr zhōng de gèzhǒng xuánniàn yě néng shǐ guānzhòng shēnmí qízhōng bùnéng zìbá. Rìběn de kǒngbùpiānr hái tǐxiàn le fēicháng xiānmíng de rìběn mínzú tèsè hé dōngfāng shénmìzhǔyì de chuántǒng. piàn zhōng de zhǔjué tōngcháng dōu shì xiùlí huò yāoyàn de nǚzǐ, jì měilì yòu kǒngbù, tāmen zài biǎoxiàn chū cánrěn hé xié è de tóngshí, yě yǒu lìng rén tóngqíng hé wǎnxī de yīmiàn. Rìběn kǒngbùpiānr zhōng de xiéè lìliang wǎngwǎng ànshì le rén nèixīn de hēiàn, suǒyǐ jǐnguǎn méiyǒu lìngrénzuò ǒu de xuèxīng huàmiàn, què néng ràng rén gǎndào jīngshén shang de kǒngjù hé huāngluàn. chúncuì shì yīzhǒng xīnlǐ shang de zhémo, yīnggāishuō zhè cái shì zhēnzhèng yìyì shang de kǒngbù.
Whoa, just hearing about it is scary enough. Lots of girls don't even dare to watch such dark, scary stuff. But the weird thing is for some people, the less they dare to watch a movie, the more they want to watch it. I've heard that lots of scary movies don't have a memorable plot, just gore and exaggerated, scary scenes. What's the point of watching those kinds of movies?
B: 我覺得恐怖片是一個很特別的電影種類，它靠離奇的故事情節和音樂取勝，觀眾明明知道這些電影有可能將你嚇得靈魂出竅，仍然欲罷不能。
wǒ juéde kǒngbùpiānr shì yī ge hěn tèbié de diànyǐng zhǒnglèi, tā kào líqí de gùshi qíngjié hé yīnyuè qǔshèng, guānzhòng míngmíng zhīdào zhèxiē diànyǐng yǒu kěnéng jiāng nǐ xià de línghún chūqiào, réngrán yùbàbùnéng.
Maybe that kind of scary atmosphere can subconsciously stimulate the secrets in people's hearts and create terror. The suspense in scary movies can also envelop the audience. Japanese movies also display very distinctive traditions of Japanese and Eastern mysticism. The stars are often pretty or coquettish girls, both beautiful and scary. While they are often cruel and evil, they can also make people empathize and feel sorry for them. The power of the evil in Japanese movies hints at the darkness in people's hearts. So even though they aren't so gory that you want to puke, the movies can make people feel fear and unease in their spirit. It's unadulterated psychological torture. We should say that it is terror in the truest sense of the word.
A: 沒錯。恐怖片著重的主要是壓抑和恐懼的氣氛。而日本恐怖片在這方面就特別突出。所以看完電影后，過了很長時間還會後怕。
méicuò. kǒngbùpiānr zhuózhòng de zhǔyào shì shì yāyì hé kǒngjù de qìfēn. ér Rìběn kǒngbùpiānr zài zhè fāngmiàn jiù tèbié tūchū. suǒyǐ kànwán diànyǐng hòu, guò le hěn cháng shíjiān hái huì hòupà.
I think scary movies are a truly special kind of movie, that rely on bizarre plots and music to get thrills. The audience clearly knows that the movie might scare them silly, but they can't stop watching.
B: 雖然你自稱看的恐怖片不算多，可是你對恐怖片還是很有自己的見解。聽說香港電影界最近也很熱衷於拍恐怖片，你看過嗎？
suīrán nǐ zìchēng kàn de kǒngbùpiānr bù suàn duō, kěshì nǐ duì kǒngbùpiānr hái shì hěnyǒu jiànjiě. tīngshuō Xiānggǎng diànyǐngjiè zuìjìn yě hěn rèzhōng yú pāi kǒngbùpiàn, nǐ kàn guo ma?
That's right. The thing scary movies emphasize most is an atmosphere of oppression and terror. And Japanese movies are outstanding on this point. So even a long time after watching the movie, you will still be creeped out.
A: 香港的恐怖片基本上都是鬼片。可能因為文化傳統的緣故，亞洲恐怖片涉及到鬼怪的內容比較多。香港恐怖片也有自己的特色。
Xiānggǎng de kǒngbùpiānr jīběnshang dōu shì guǐpiānr. kěnéng yīnwèi wénhuàchuántǒng de yuángù, Yàzhōu kǒngbùpiānr shèjí dào guǐguài de nèiróng bǐjiào duō. Xiānggǎng kǒngbùpiānr yě yǒu tèsè.
You say you haven't seen that many scary movies, but you still have your own views about them. I've heard that Hong Kong is making a lot of scary movies these days. Have you seen any?
B: 聽你這麼一介紹，我也有點想去看看日本恐怖片到底有些什麼過人之處了，有機會也推薦幾部給我欣賞吧。
tīng nǐ zhème yī jièshào, wǒ yě yǒudiǎnr xiǎng qù kànkan Rìběn kǒngbùpiānr dàodǐ yǒuxiē shénme guòrénzhīchù le, yǒujīhuì yě tuījiàn jǐ bù gěi wǒ xīnshǎng ba.
Hong Kong scary movies are basically all ghost films. Maybe for cultural reasons, lots of Asian scary movies deal with ghosts. Hong Kong horror movies have their own special characteristics.
A: 沒問題。
méiwèntí.
Hearing you talk about them, I'm half tempted to go and see what exactly it is that sets Japanese horror films ahead of the rest. If you get a chance, recommend a few for me, ok?
No problem.
Key Vocabulary
代表作 dàibiǎozuò master work
翻拍 fānpāi to remake (a film)
發言權 fāyánquán the right of speech
血腥 xuèxīng bloody
毛骨悚然 máogǔsǒngrán to be totally terrified
令人作嘔 lìngrén zuòǒu to make people nauseous
恐懼 kǒngjù to fear
靈魂出竅 línghúnchūqiào the soul has left the body
欲罷不能 yùbàbùnéng unstoppable
壓抑 yāyì oppressive
見解 jiànjiě views
熱衷於 rèzhōng yú to be fond of
過人之處 guòrénzhīchù to surpass
代表作 dàibiǎozuò master work
代表作 dàibiǎozuò master work
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