Three films that influenced me
影响我的三部电影
When I was a kid, I wasn’t interested in the cinema at all. I was crazy about the theatre, and I dreamed of going to see Shakespeare in Stratford. I wanted to be in the theatre; that was my only ambition.
当我还是个孩子的时候,我对电影一点都不感兴趣。我对戏剧很着迷,我梦想去斯特拉特福德看莎士比亚。我想待在剧院里;这是我唯一的抱负。
I saw the classic Italian film Bicycle Thieves in the late 1950s, when I was in my late teens. At that time, I had left school and was heading towards an unsuccessful career as an actor and theatre director. The film had a big effect on me. It made me realise that cinema could be about ordinary people and their everyday dilemmas rather than just stars, riches, or silly adventures. I began to see cinema in another light beyond the usual Hollywood nonsense.
在20世纪50年代末,那个我的少年时代即将结束的时候,我观看了那部经典的意大利影片《偷自行车的人》。那时候,我已经离开学校,正要走上那条最终失败的当演员和戏剧导演之路。这部电影对我影响很大。它让我意识到,电影可以是关于普通人和他们的日常困境,而不仅仅是明星、财富或愚蠢的冒险。我开始用另一种眼光看待电影,而不是通常的好莱坞式的胡言乱语。