美国国家公共电台 NPR Political Subtext In Wes Anderson's 'Isle Of Dogs' Is More Bark Than Bite
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：2018年NPR美国国家公共电台3月
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Wes Anderson's new animated 1 puppet movie is called "Isle 2 Of Dogs." I'm saying that carefully because if you say "Isle Of Dogs" quickly, it comes out sounding a lot like I love dogs. And of course I only feel OK about dogs, but Wes Anderson really likes them. Critic Bob Mondello says the director is also fond of movie classics.
BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE 3: Filmmaker Wes Anderson makes contraptions as much as he makes movies, little cinematic worlds that look as if they've been conceived as dollhouses and that operate by their own peculiar 4 rules. Think "Fantastic Mr. Fox" or "The Grand Budapest Hotel." And then think again because this one is, well, more so. It asks you to imagine a Japanese city where dogs have been banned after an outbreak of snout fever. The mayor, a dead ringer for "Seven Samurai" star Toshiro Mifune...
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ISLE OF DOGS")
KUNICHI NOMURA: (As Mayor Kobayashi, speaking Japanese).
MONDELLO: ...Has exiled all dogs to an offshore 5 garbage dump that's a dead ringer for the one in Pixar's "Wall-E." It's called Trash Island, and it's populated entirely 6 by dogs - hungry, grouchy 7 dogs.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ISLE OF DOGS")
EDWARD NORTON: (As Rex) I don't think I can stomach any more of this garbage.
BOB BALABAN: (As King) Exactly.
BILL MURRAY: (As Boss) Same here.
JEFF GOLDBLUM: (As Duke) Took the words out of my mouth.
MONDELLO: An on-screen note says that while human speech won't be translated, all barking will be rendered in English - helpful when, say, dogs approach a bag of fresh garbage, spoiling for a fight.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ISLE OF DOGS")
NORTON: (As Rex) Wait a second. Before we attack each other and tear ourselves to shreds 9 like a pack of maniacs 10, let's just open the sack first and see what's actually in it. It might not even be worth the trouble.
(CROSSTALK)
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) I'm not sure.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) Maybe.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) All right.
NORTON: (As Rex) A rancid apple core, two worm-eaten banana peels, a moldy 11 rice cake, a dried-up pickle 12, a tin of sardine 13 bones, a pile of broken egg shells, an old smushed-up rotten gizzard with maggots all over it.
BRYAN CRANSTON: (As Chief) OK, it's worth it.
MONDELLO: That last voice is Bryan Cranston, top dog among the film's best-in-show vocal 14 talent - Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Edward Norton.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ISLE OF DOGS")
CRANSTON: (As Chief) You're Rex. You're King. You're Duke. You're Boss. I'm Chief. We're a pack of scary, indestructible alpha dogs.
MONDELLO: Indestructible to a point - the mayor has decided 15 to rid even Trash Island of dogs, a plan that has his 12-year-old ward 8, Atari, desperately 16 crash landing a turbo prop 17 plane on the island...
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ISLE OF DOGS")
KOYU RANKIN: (As Atari, speaking Japanese).
MONDELLO: ...To save his exiled pooch Spots.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ISLE OF DOGS")
RANKIN: (As Atari, speaking Japanese).
MONDELLO: The visual style for all this is a mix of retro robotics, origami, 19th century Japanese woodcuts, 20th century model train sets and something I'm hesitant to call pup-petry (ph), but I kind of can't resist - handmade hounds surrounded by trash detailed 18 enough to make you want to stop the stop-action entirely so you can examine, say, a doggie crate 19 mountain or a hideout constructed of cast-off sake bottles or the sheen of a former show dog's once-silky coat. As voiced by Scarlett Johansson, Nutmeg...
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ISLE OF DOGS")
SCARLETT JOHANSSON: (As Nutmeg) Will you help him...
MONDELLO: ...Is Lady to Chief's Tramp.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ISLE OF DOGS")
JOHANSSON: (As Nutmeg) ...The little pilot?
MONDELLO: And Chief is Bogie to her Bacall.
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CRANSTON: (As Chief) Why should I?
JOHANSSON: (As Nutmeg) Because he's a 12-year-old boy. Dogs love those.
MONDELLO: For all the sly movie jokes and intricate visuals, the one thing this film isn't is cutesie. These mutts are scruffy 20 critters who absolutely look like they've been living on a trash heap. They have matted fur, fleas 21, scabs from fighting.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ISLE OF DOGS")
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As character) Sheesh, Igor, I think he chewed your ear off.
MONDELLO: There's also a political subtext that's unusual for Wes Anderson - an anti-science government hiding the findings of its own scientists, a militaristic leader trying to tamp 22 down student protests - nothing dogmatic, more bark than bite perhaps. But it's there. On the other paw, you can enjoy the film just for its laid-back vocals 23, toybox visuals and quirky haikus that never descend 24 into - forgive me - doggerel 25. In case I've not made it clear, I love "Isle Of Dogs." I'm Bob Mondello.
- His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
- We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。
- He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
- The boat left for the paradise isle of Bali.小船驶向天堂一般的巴厘岛。
- His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
- We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。
- He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
- He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
- A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
- A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
- The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
- His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
- Grouchy people are always complaining for no reason.满腹牢骚的人总是毫无理由地抱怨。
- Sometimes she is grouchy, but all in all she is an excellent teacher.有时候她的脾气很坏，但总的来说她还是一位好老师。
- The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
- During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。
- Peel the carrots and cut them into shreds. 将胡罗卜削皮，切成丝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I want to take this diary and rip it into shreds. 我真想一赌气扯了这日记。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
- Hollywood films misrepresented us as drunks, maniacs and murderers. 好莱坞电影把我们歪曲成酒鬼、疯子和杀人凶手。 来自辞典例句
- They're not irrational, potentially homicidal maniacs, to start! 他们不是非理性的，或者有杀人倾向的什么人！ 来自电影对白
- She chucked the moldy potatoes in the dustbin.她把发霉的土豆扔进垃圾箱。
- Oranges can be kept for a long time without going moldy.橙子可以存放很长时间而不腐烂。
- Mother used to pickle onions.妈妈过去常腌制洋葱。
- Meat can be preserved in pickle.肉可以保存在卤水里。
- Every bus arrives and leaves packed as fully as a sardine tin.每辆开来和开走的公共汽车都塞得像沙丁鱼罐头一样拥挤。
- As we chatted,a brightly painted sardine boat dropped anchor.我们正在聊着，只见一条颜色鲜艳的捕捞沙丁鱼的船抛了锚。
- The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
- Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
- He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。
- A worker put a prop against the wall of the tunnel to keep it from falling.一名工人用东西支撑住隧道壁好使它不会倒塌。
- The government does not intend to prop up declining industries.政府无意扶持不景气的企业。
- He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
- A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
- We broke open the crate with a blow from the chopper.我们用斧头一敲就打开了板条箱。
- The workers tightly packed the goods in the crate.工人们把货物严紧地包装在箱子里。
- Despite her scruffy clothes,there was an air of sophistication about her.尽管她衣衫褴褛，但神态老练世故。
- His scruffy appearance does not reflect his character.他邋遢的外表并不反映他的性格。
- The dog has fleas. 这条狗有跳蚤。
- Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas. 除非要捉跳蚤，做事不可匆忙。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Then I tamp down the soil with the back of a rake.然后我用耙子的背将土壤拍实。
- Philpott tamped a wad of tobacco into his pipe.菲尔波特往烟斗里塞了一卷碎烟叶。
- Also look out for soaring vocals on The Right Man. 另外，也可留意一下《意中人》中的那高亢的唱腔。
- Lazy bass line, lazier drums, lush violins, great piano and incomparable vocals. 懒惰的低音线，较懒惰的鼓，饮小提琴，棒的钢琴和无比的声音。
- I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
- We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。