喜欢宫崎骏吗?那你也可以看看这位导演的作品!-CHINADAILY-八卦帝

喜欢宫崎骏吗?那你也可以看看这位导演的作品!

CHINADAILY 日韩男星 2021-07-18 11:50:30 558

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暑假来了，一大波动画片也来了。有一部片子画风清新，将我们历史书上所熟知的英国政治家克伦威尔(English statesman Oliver Cromwell)和爱尔兰灰狼灭绝的历史结合到一起，以瑰丽而大胆的想象进行童话式的演绎，讲述了女权和自由的故事。

这部影片就是《狼行者》（Wolfwalkers），是爱尔兰国宝级动画工作室卡通沙龙第五部获得奥斯卡提名的影片，也是被誉为爱尔兰“宫崎骏”的导演汤姆•摩尔（Tomm Moore）的新作。

因为爱尔兰全国银幕数仅约460块。这部影片被引进中国后，在内地1万多块屏幕上放映时，摩尔颇为开心。

摩尔出生于爱尔兰小城基尔肯尼 (Kilkenny)。《狼行者》的灵感正是来源这座小城17世纪时的传说。几年前，这位导演曾来过上海，他在腿上纹上了汉字，对中国动画也能娓娓道来。对他而言，能安静地坐下来，用上一整天时间画画，是世界上最美好的事情了。

Tomm Moore, hailed by some foreign critics as the best animator working with hand-drawn animation after the Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki, has seen his latest directorial effort Wolfwalkers wow Chinese audience with its bold imagination and exquisite hand-drawn paintings.

As the fifth film produced by the Irish studio Cartoon Saloon that has gained an Oscar nomination, Wolfwalkers has been released in domestic theaters on July 3, obtaining 7.8 points out of 10 on the popular review aggregator Douban.

The new movie is a fantasy set in 17th-century Ireland. It is the final of director Tomm Moore's Irish folklore trilogy — the first was The Secret of Kells in 2009, and the second Song of the Sea in 2014.

Robyn Goodfellowe, the young daughter of a wolf hunter, travels with her father to Kilkenny, a city in the country's southeast as England is conquering Ireland. Under the command of England's Lord Protector, the city starts hunting down wolves, but things go awry when Robyn encounters a red-haired girl named Mebh who can transform into a wolf when she falls asleep.

Moore, who co-directs alongside his childhood friend Ross Stewart, says the film is inspired by local legends in Kilkenny, in which he grew up and where Cartoon Saloon studio is located.

"It was really exciting for us to remember these old stories that had almost died out, and it was also really nice for our international team of artists to rediscover the town where they live and work," says Moore, 44.

After about 80 animators gathered, Moore says they reviewed Irish history in the 1650s when the powerful English statesman Oliver Cromwell tried to bring Ireland under control in what was reckoned to be one of the most aggressive phases of tensions between England and Ireland that spanned 800 years.

"He (Cromwell) saw the country as wild, and he wanted to bring it under control to prove to the other people in England that he was a powerful leader," Moore says. "So he was quite ruthless with the local people (in Ireland), and also cut down a lot of the forests.

"He eliminated wolves from Ireland at this time. The extinction of the species really made a big impact on Irish people because we lost a connection that we had with the woods and the land. It was a very aggressive time in Irish history."

Despite taking place in the darkest of times, the film unfolds through a poetic perspective to showcase the lush woods of Ireland, accompanied by some lighthearted moments.

Another highlight of the film is the two heroines, Robyn personifying a civilized life restrained by secular doctrine, and Mebh, a wild spirit yearning for freedom.

"One of the most important things to say about Mebh is that she's very influenced and inspired by the voice actor Eva Whittaker, who did her voice in English," Moore says. "She brought a lot of her personality to it."

In the film, Cromwell, based on the eponymous real historical figure, orders wolves eradicated because he wants to convert the woods into farmland. "There is a modern parallel," Moore says, sensing that modern audiences will relate to a story that looks at the relationship between humankind and nature.

"When we were coming up with the idea and talking about the destruction of the forests, we didn't imagine that during the production we would see Australia on fire, California on fire and Brazil destroying the rainforests. I think this is going to affect all of us. Even the film story is something that happened in Ireland a long time ago. We hope it won't be too late before other parts of the world can save their forests."

Because of the pandemic, Moore was unable to attend China’s premiere, but he talks enthusiastically of a trip he made to Shanghai earlier, when a Chinese producer suggested that he tattoo the ancient Chinese characters representing inner freedom on one of his legs.

"We had great Chinese partners on this movie who helped fund the project and really supported us. I would really like to come back and work with them again, and see China in a little bit more detail."

Citing some of the Chinese animated films that impress him most, such as Big Fish and Begonia (2016) and Over the Moon (2020), Moore says the high quality was striking.

He wants to continue to work with Chinese partners, and he says they are now working on a movie based on the Irish Children's TV series Puffin Rock. The movie will add a new character, a golden bird called Phoenix, designed to give it a Chinese connection.

For Moore, the key to producing a successful animated film is teamwork. "There's still so much to explore, and it's just a pleasant way to make a movie spending your day drawing."

记者：徐帆