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《挖掘者》七日連載最終篇:誰才是真正的挖掘者?
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《挖掘者》七日連載最終篇:誰才是真正的挖掘者?

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《挖掘者》七日連載最終篇探討誰才是真正的挖掘者,從導演伊納利圖十年尋找敘事方法,湯姆克魯斯挑戰極限角色,到演員們在角色與關係中的深度探索,指出挖掘者可能不只是石油或故事,而是人類控制世界、證明自身正義甚至在自我造成的混亂中成為救世主的慾望。影片今日在台上映,提供2D、IMAX、Dolby Cinema及Dolby Vision Atmos版本。

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《挖掘者》是導演伊納利圖耗時十年創作的電影,由湯姆克魯斯主演,講述石油大亨迪格在生態災難中的掙扎與救贖探索。連載系列訪問了導演、主演及其他演員,探討創作過程與角色詮釋。

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〔記者許世穎/台北-倫敦連線專訪〕《挖掘者》七日連載來到最終篇,前六天從「阿湯哥」湯姆克魯斯的角色挑戰、導演阿利安卓崗札雷伊納利圖花費10年的創作歷程,到里茲阿邁德、桑德拉惠勒、約翰古德曼、傑西普萊蒙等演員眼中的拍攝現場,拼湊出這部電影的不同面貌。而把所有訪談放在一起看,最後反而會浮現一個很有意思的問題:誰才是真正的「挖掘者」?

導演阿利安卓崗札雷伊納利圖(左)曾表示,《挖掘者》是他在片場笑最多次的一次拍片經驗。(華納兄弟提供)

表面上,答案當然是阿湯哥飾演的迪格,他是掌握龐大資源與政治影響力的石油大亨,也是整場生態災難的核心人物。當自己一手造成的危機逐漸失控,他必須想辦法掌控局勢,更要證明自己才是能夠拯救人類的人。

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然而,當導演與演員們談起這部電影的創作過程,「挖掘者」似乎又不只是角色名稱,而逐漸變成一種創作狀態:每個人都在不停往下挖,試圖找到更深一層的答案。

最早開始挖掘的,其實是導演伊納利圖,這個人物從《神鬼獵人》之後就一直跟著他,前後花了10年才真正走上銀幕。但他花費的時間並不是單純用來寫一個劇本,而是在尋找自己究竟要怎麼說這個故事。

導演阿利安卓崗札雷伊納利圖(右二)盛讚湯姆克魯斯在《挖掘者》的演出,甚至讓他看到奇蹟。(華納兄弟提供)

伊納利圖曾形容,那不是一個劇本,也不是一部電影,而是一個持續不斷、一直跟著他的執念;他知道迪格是誰、知道他如何說話、如何生存,真正困難的卻是找到「正確述說它的方法」。因此,《挖掘者》從一開始就不是一個先決定類型、再按照類型完成的作品,而是他一路挖掘,直到找到真正想拍的樣子。

接著挖下去的是阿湯哥。演藝生涯超過45年的他,幾乎已經嘗試過各種角色與表演方式,卻仍然把迪格形容為「最具挑戰性的角色」。原因不只是人物外型與個性,而是這個角色要求他同時掌握節奏、語言、身體、空間、鏡頭與情緒,幾乎把他過去累積的表演能力全部拉到同一場演出裡。

伊納利圖甚至形容,在一場集結數百名臨演的大型戲中,阿湯哥就像帶動整場舞蹈的人,「如果湯姆失敗,一切都會崩塌」,其他演員則像圍繞著他的衛星,而阿湯哥就是那顆太陽。這不只是導演對主演的高度肯定,也說明了這部電影的表演結構:所有人物都有自己的位置,但最後都必須進入迪格所掀起的失控世界。

湯姆克魯斯對於演出《挖掘者》直呼是生涯一大挑戰。(華納兄弟提供)

迪格在電影裡挖掘的是石油,從資源中累積財富,再把財富轉化成權力,進一步試圖控制敘事,最後甚至想從自己造成的災難裡挖出一條逃生路。伊納利圖則一直往故事更深處挖,阿湯哥往角色更深處挖,里茲往人物與創作方式更深處挖;桑德拉則在迪格與妹妹艾瑪的關係裡尋找不只是立場對立,而是兩個人為何都相信自己正在做對未來有意義的事情。

阿湯哥自己也不願意把電影或藝術硬塞進某個固定類型,他曾說,外界或許總想把作品歸進某個分類、某個框框,但「那不是這部電影,也不是我看待人生的方式,更不是我們看待藝術的方式」。於是,《挖掘者》才會同時存在災難、政治、荒謬、黑色幽默、家庭關係與人物情感,卻不需要被其中任何一個標籤完全定義。

因此,「誰才是真正的挖掘者」到了最後,或許已經沒有唯一答案。是迪格,因為他不停從世界掠取資源與權力;是伊納利圖,因為他花了10年挖掘一個始終揮之不去的人物;是湯姆,因為他把45年的表演經驗全部帶進角色,甚至努力讓觀眾忘記他原本是誰;也是每一名演員,因為他們都在自己的位置上,不斷往角色、關係與場景更深處探索。

而這也可能是《挖掘者》最有意思的地方。迪格真正挖掘的或許不只是石油,伊納利圖真正挖掘的也不只是故事。他們一路挖下去的,其實是人類想控制世界、想證明自己正確、甚至想在自己造成的混亂裡成為救世主的慾望。

電影裡,一個男人拼命想從災難中找到出口;電影外,一名導演花了10年尋找最適合說出這個故事的方法,一群演員則花了數月甚至更久,反覆尋找一場戲最好的版本,所有人都在挖。

最後,真正留下來的問題或許不是「誰才是挖掘者」,而是──當所有人一路往下挖,最後究竟會找到答案,還是找到自己?

《挖掘者》今天(2日)正式在台上映,包括2D、IMAX、Dolby Cinema及Dolby Vision Atmos版本同步推出。

~《挖掘者》七天連載,全文完~

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