Carwyn James

今天看的纪录片是Carwyn，威尔士的橄榄球传奇人物，一个饱受内心精神折磨的人。

"A man past 50 asks himself: what the hell am I doing here? A man past 50 sees clearly the people and community that shaped his life."

这句话不是Carwyn说的，而是编剧借扮演Carwyn的演员之口说的。片子开头字幕: evidence shows that Carwyn kept a diary, but no one has seen it. The film is an imagination of the diary. 影片一半基于真实的采访——主人公的哥哥、队友、老师、同事、记者；一半是虚构的场景——只能依稀看见半个脸的"Carwyn"徘徊在黑暗的走廊里，在昏暗的旅馆里停笔咳嗽、饮酒啜泣。虚实结合，历史场景靠表演再现，是为drama documentary.

Carwyn之于威尔士就好象马拉多纳之于阿根廷。片子结束后，angela说"if you go into a bar here in Wales, everybody knows Carwyn James. When our first child was born, my husband said, let's call him Carwyn."

Carwyn死在阿姆斯特丹一家旅馆的浴缸内。官方说是死于心律衰竭。Carwyn生前患有牛皮藓（Psoriasis），笼罩着同性恋的疑云。

*关于片子中几处镜头处理：

交代村子全景的几个叠加在一起的静景长镜头: "You need to be confident in these shots. It's like photos piled together, with one after another. You absolutely know that these wide shots do their job-- to show the scenery of the village. Young film makers often worry that steady wide shots aren't enough, and they try to pan or zoom. It requires a director's confidence." -- Angela

那些喜欢长镜头的导演：杨德昌、侯孝贤、贾樟柯、阿巴斯、还有法国的那些新浪潮们。但是要拍纪录片用长镜头用得好真不容易，特别是电视纪录片，长镜头会让人视觉疲劳啊。

移动镜头： 被采访的人物出场时，他们安静地坐在屋子里，摄像机从屋外像蛇一样匍匐着慢慢地进入屋子，镜头平稳地移动、深入，最后呈现人物的一个全景，采访的声音率先进入画面。然后切入人物面部的特写，进入采访。