访谈录 2014-01-04&01-06 “蝙蝠侠”克里斯蒂安·贝尔炮轰奥斯卡：奖项虚伪

 American Hustle¹ is one of the must-see movies of the year, generating all kinds of Oscar buzz. It’s packed with Oscar winners like Jennifer Lawrence and star Christian² Bale. He sat down with Josh to talk all about that.

It is fair to say Oscar winner Christian Bale is having a good month. He has not one but two Oscar buzz-worthy³ films. All right now, the dark drama Out of the Furnace and American Hustle, his second go-around with the fighter director David O. Russell. It just opened this week and of course, it means more of Christian Bale to love, figuratively and literally⁵. Take a look.

I felt like we had a secret, just the two of us. You know, like that thing when you just wanna be with the one person all the time? And you feel like the two of you understand something that nobody else gets? I can just tell her everything about myself. And I never had anybody like that in my life before. I felt like finally I can truly be myself, without being ashamed, without being embarrassed. 

A beautiful shot, beautiful capturing of a fascinating relationship. So great to have Christian here with us today and we should say a fictionization of the ABSCAM Sting of the 1970s. So everybody can run to GOOGLE right now and just jump right in. I was struck by something that we saw Amy Adams, your co-star say about Irving, the character you play, “Never met more a more charming character than your Irving.” This is a man who really wanted to improve his own life, not just swindle. 

Right. It’s what David and I really found to be fascinated about the piece. He’s looking at it as dreamers. You know that when you have a sense of our dreams, reinvention of ourselves. That’s really what we liked about these characters. 

The reinvention of the characters themselves, but also the actors playing them. He said that one of his personal favourite things to do here was to see his stable if he will, the Bradley’s, the Jennifer Lawrence’s and you and Amy disappeared into some new characters. 

Yeah, we were doing something radically⁶ different. I’ve got a great fun as for Irv. He’s one of the most consummate⁷ con⁴ artists of our time, but you got this crazy comb-over and like who do you think he’s kidding, you know, it’s like one ear throwing a lifeline to the other ear, you know. But it’s this great contradiction that you get in good character. 

But somebody prepares, obviously, as you do, is there a joy there, is there a private joy there in descending⁸ into the lives of the characters you’ve gonna play? 

Oh, definitely. I really love having a job where I get really to investigate and meet with really fascinating people.

What is the trauma⁹ on you body at this point your life of the characters that you’ve inhabited, particularly Irv?

I’ve sometimes gone, you know, possibly a little too far, but it all felt, actually appropriate at the time with body, you know, weight loss and weight gain, and obviously, that’s the case with Irv. I saw him with this kind of rolling ball of momentum¹⁰ and quite rotund and so I wanted to achieve that. 

And I would imagine it’s that makes it all the more fun, all the more challenging. 

Yes, it does. 

American Hustle, so incredibly worthy it. Christian Bale.

Thank you very much.

Congratulations. Real pleasure having you here. 

And American Hustle is in theatres nationwide right now.

1 hustle   

v.推搡；竭力兜售或获取；催促；n.奔忙(碌)

参考例句：

• It seems that he enjoys the hustle and bustle of life in the big city.看起来他似乎很喜欢大城市的热闹繁忙的生活。
• I had to hustle through the crowded street.我不得不挤过拥挤的街道。

2 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

3 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。

4 con   

n.反对的观点，反对者，反对票，肺病；vt.精读，学习，默记；adv.反对地，从反面；adj.欺诈的

参考例句：

• We must be fair and consider the reason pro and con.我们必须公平考虑赞成和反对的理由。
• The motion is adopted non con.因无人投反对票，协议被通过。

5 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

6 radically   

ad.根本地，本质地

参考例句：

• I think we may have to rethink our policies fairly radically. 我认为我们可能要对我们的政策进行根本的反思。
• The health service must be radically reformed. 公共医疗卫生服务必须进行彻底改革。

7 consummate   

adj.完美的；v.成婚；使完美 [反]baffle

参考例句：

• The restored jade burial suit fully reveals the consummate skill of the labouring people of ancient China.复原后的金缕玉衣充分显示出中国古代劳动人民的精湛工艺。
• The actor's acting is consummate and he is loved by the audience.这位演员技艺精湛，深受观众喜爱。

8 descending   

n. 下行 adj. 下降的

参考例句：

• The results are expressed in descending numerical order . 结果按数字降序列出。
• The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain. 登山者先停下来确定所在的位置，然后再下山。

9 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

10 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。