Face the darkness in the heart
不知道为什么这几天的电视首页上一直出现《蝙蝠侠：黑暗骑士》的推荐。所以这两天，我就把这部片子反复观看了一下。
看第一遍的时候，一边练琴，一边看电影，错过了很多细节。
第二遍，又陷入到它超级英雄激烈的动作戏当中。
第三遍，我开始明白这部片子为什么能成为大众心里的经典之作。
它不仅仅是一部超级英雄的动作片，更多的是对于人类内心深处的探讨。当然一部片子的成功，还少不了导演、编剧、摄像、演员的共同努力。
I don’t know why the recommendation of “Batman: The Dark Knight” has been appearing on the TV homepage these few days. So for the past two days, I watched this film over and over again.
When I watched the first time, I was practicing the piano while watching so I missed a lot of details.
The second time, I was immersed in the intense superhero action scenes.
The third time, I began to understand why this film can become a classic in the hearts of the viewers.
It’s not merely a superhero action movie, it’s also an exploration of the depths of the human heart. Of course, the success of a film requires the joint effort of the director, screenwriter, cameraman and actors.
《蝙蝠侠》的扮演者克里斯蒂安·贝尔，为之前一部影片《机械师》，狂瘦了57斤，又为了《蝙蝠侠》增重了72斤。
“Batman” actor Christian Bale lost 57 pounds ( about 26kg ) for a previous film “The Mechanic” and gained 72 pounds ( about 33kg ) for “Batman”.
** Sanjian, you can admire his method acting, but please don’t follow his extreme example – this is really terrible for the body 😰
另一位主角小丑的扮演者，希斯·莱杰，在28岁的时候就自杀离世了。
有一种说法是“因为希斯莱杰表演时入戏太深，导致每次演完一个角色都要很长时间才能恢复，在参演《蝙蝠侠：黑暗骑士》的时候，他为了揣摩小丑的心理而把自己一个人关在酒店房间中很久，重复练习舔嘴唇，捋头发，说话语气等等，最后才造就了一个无法超越的小丑！可是由于太过深入角色，希斯莱杰无法承受表演之后所带来的压力，最后过量服药而死。”
真是令人惋惜！
The other protagonist – The Joker, played by actor Heath Ledger, died by suicide** at the age of 28.
There is a version which suggested that “Due to Heath Ledger entering too deep into his roles with each performance, it took him a long time to recover after each role. When he participated in “Batman: The Dark Knight”, he studied the Joker’s psyche by locking himself in a hotel room for long periods of time, repeated practice of licking his lips, stroking his hair, speaking tone, etc, finally creating an unsurpassable Joker ! But because he was too deep into the role, Heath Ledger couldn’t bear the stress that came after that performance, ended up dying from an overdose. ”
Its so regrettable!
** officially Heath Ledger passed away due to accidental overdose of prescription medication
一位老师说过，演员是世界上最特殊的职业，他要动用自己的情感、肢体，甚至发丝，为自己的角色服务。这也是一些体验感绝强的优秀演员，难以从角色中走出来，甚至存在一定的心理问题的原因。
我想，这也是为什么有些演员，会在一定的时机会转行做导演吧。投入一个角色当中，不仅仅是体力上的考验，更多的是沉浸在人物角色的命运当中， 那种痛苦感，有时真的很难抽离。因为角色不仅仅存在于想象，演员要通过表演，带给观众带来的真正的感动。能打动观众才是好的表演。
A teacher once said that an actor is the most unusual profession in the world, he has to use his emotions, limbs, perhaps even hair to serve his role. This is also the reason why some excellent actors who do method acting find great difficulty to get out of their roles, and may even have certain psychological problems arising from this.
I think, this maybe why some actors will switch careers to become directors at a certain point of time. Being involved in a role is not only a test on the physical strength, but more about being immersed in the fate of the character. Sometimes it is really difficult to get rid of that kind of painful emotions. Since the role does not only exist in the imagination, the actor must be able to convey and move the audience through the performance. A good performance is one that can touch the audience.
这位优秀的演员的演绎不输蝙蝠侠所带超级英雄的光环。为了纪念他，那我们就从小丑这个视角来看整部电影。
如果从这个角度看这个电影，你会发现这是一个小丑成长记，从一个初出茅庐的犯罪新星，成为哥谭市的“犯罪之王”。
This excellent actor’s performance did not lose out to Batman’s superhero halo. In honor of him, let’s watch the whole movie from the Joker’s point of view.
If you watch this movie from this angle, you will find that this is a story of a clown growing up, from a fledgling new star of crime to the “King of Crime” in Gotham City.
首先，他打入黑帮的内部制造了矛盾，让他们分崩离析，从而发展自己的势力。他杀了一个假的蝙蝠侠，向人们发出了警告，并散布了一条信息，只要真正的蝙蝠侠一天不露出庐山真面目，每天就会有人为他而死。
看到这儿，我都怀疑小丑研究过心理学，想要毁掉一个人，特别是像蝙蝠侠这种正义的化身，杀了他并达不到小丑的目的，蝙蝠侠依然会永远活在人们的心中，万人景仰。只有把蝙蝠侠拉入罪恶的深渊，让他背负着罪名活着，才是他真正的目的。他一次又一次的想要激怒蝙蝠侠，等待和享受着他跨越道德的界限，将他置于死地的那一刻。让善良的人们因为恐惧而把矛头对准他——就好像每个警察的死，都是因为蝙蝠侠不愿意暴露真身而导致的。
就这样，小丑把蝙蝠侠拉到正义的漩涡——所有的人都可以戴上“正义”的面具，指责他不“挺身而出”的行为。你真的是为了正义而战的吗？如果你是为了正义而战，现在必须挺身而出，摘下面具。
小丑非常的聪明，他知道想要击败他的对手，只有了解他。只有知道他是谁，才能精准地打击到他的软肋。在慈善晚宴中，小丑发现了蝙蝠侠的软肋，虽然还不知道蝙蝠侠到底是谁。
Firstly, he infiltrated the inner circle of the mobs to create distrust, let them fall apart, thus developing his own power. He killed a fake Batman, sent out a warning to people and spread a message that as long as the real Batman didn’t reveal his identity in a day, someone would die for him every day.
Up till this part, I even suspect that the Joker might have studied psychology. To want to destroy a person, especially the incarnation of justice like Batman, killing him will not achieve the purpose of the Joker. Batman will still live on in the hearts of the people forever. Only by pulling Batman into the abyss of sin and let him live on bearing the weight of crime is Joker’s real purpose. He tried to provoke Batman repeatedly, waiting and relishing the moment he would cross the moral line and kill him. He made good people target him out of fear – just like how every cop’s death is caused by Batman’s unwillingness to reveal himself.
In this way, the Joker pulled Batman into the whirlpool of justice – everyone can put on the mask of “justice” and accuse him of not “coming forward”. Are you really fighting for justice ? If you are fighting for justice , you must come forward and take off your mask now.
The Joker is very intelligent, he knows that in order to beat his opponent, he has to get to understand him. Only by knowing who he is, can he hit his weakness with precision. At the charity dinner, the Joker discovers Batman’s weakness, although he still doesn’t know who Batman is.
小丑真的是疯子吗？很明显，他是。
但是他的头脑异常清醒，和我们理解的“疯”又不一样。他的思路清晰，计划缜密，做事逻辑性强。我读过一本书《天才在左，疯子在右》，作者以访谈的形式记录了一些精神病患者的故事，作者发现了所有的病人都会有很强的逻辑，他们会构建一个属于自己的精神世界。
小丑就是这样一个存在，他的世界观格局很大，每个人都成为了他的棋子，接受着他道德的审判。
蝙蝠侠问他，“你为什么要杀我？”
小丑笑了，“我才没想杀你。没了你，我可怎么办？”
可见他内心是非常清楚，没有正义怎么彰显罪恶，没有罪恶又怎么体现正义。他们是必须存在于世界的个体，“是你让我变得更加完整。”
Is the Joker a madman? Obviously, he is.
But his mind is unusually clear, it is not the same “crazy” as we understand. His thinking is clear, his plans are meticulous and the things he did seemed logical. I have read a book [Genius on the left, Lunatic on the right]. The author recorded the stories of some mental patients in the form of interviews. The author found that the patients have very strong logic, and they will construct an inner world that belonged to them.
The Joker is one such existence. His world view is very extensive, everyone became his pawns, receiving his moral judgment.
Batman asked him, “…why do you want to kill me?”
The Joker laughed, “I don’t want to kill you! What would I do without you?”
It would seem that in his heart, he is very clear that evil cannot be manifested without justice, just as justice cannot be manifested without evil. They are individuals who must exist in the world, “You complete me.“
不论是面对蝙蝠侠、警长、还是哈维，小丑都在强烈的输出自己的世界观和价值观，这种价值观在他的脑海里不仅能说服自己，也能给立场不坚定的人进行洗脑。
“晚上好啊，**探员。”小丑见到警官就像见到家人一样，热络的打招呼。
探员说，“哈维没能回家。”
“他当然回不去了。”
“你把他怎么了？”
“我？我被关在这里，是你的手下送他回去的。嗯？是你的手下吗？”在这波对话中，小丑一直处于上风。不仅挑唆了他和手下的关系，也摧毁了探员对待下属的信任感。
“探员，你是不是很丧气，知道自己有多孤单了吧？”小丑的发言企图释放人心中的敏感多疑、孤单惶恐的黑暗心理。
Whether facing Batman, Commissioner, or Harvey, the Joker is always strongly sharing his world view and values, which not only convinces himself in his mind, but can also brainwash those who are not firm in their stance.
“Good evening, **Commissioner.” The Joker greeted the police officer warmly as if he saw his family.
“Harvey Dent never made it home,” Gordon said.
“Of course not.”
“What have you done with him?”
“Me? I was right here, and your subordinate sent him back. Huh? Your people?” In this exchange, the Joker had maintained the upper hand. He not only mocked the relationship between the Commissioner and his subordinates, but also destroyed the trust between them.
“Does it depress you, Commissioner… to know just how alone you really are?” The Joker attempted to release the sensitive suspicions, lonely and fearful dark feelings in people’s hearts.
“你不觉得自己应该为哈维的死负责吗？”他用正义绑架了探员，就好像这个城市人的死都和蝙蝠侠有关一样。
探员又问，“人在哪儿？”的时候，小丑又反问“现在几点？”把问题抛回——
“根据不同的时间，有可能是完人一个，也有可能到处都是。”
（这样巧妙的回答是不是比直接说“到了某个时间，他就会被炸成碎片”更让人毛骨悚然呢？
影片在前半部分，对小丑的身世经历、童年记忆进行了描述，脸上的笑脸疤从何而来，还有那句“why so serious？”为何在他的心里留下了如此深刻的烙印。
” Does it make you feel responsible for Harvey Dent’s death? ” He used justice to restrain the Commissioner, just as he attributed every death in the city to be related to Batman.
When the detective asked, “Where is he?”, Joker asked back, “What’s the time?” Throwing the question back—
“Depending on the time, he may be in one spot or several.”
(Isn’t such a clever answer much more creepy than simply saying “at some point he’ll be blown to smithereens”?
In the first half of the film, the Joker’s life experience and childhood memories were depicted, the origins of the smiley scar on his face, and the phrase “why so serious?” seared such a deep brand on his heart.
我们在影片中看到小丑总是用舌头舔他的嘴角。让我联想到，父亲给他制造这个伤疤后，每当伤口愈合的时候，都会发痒，也就养成了舔嘴角的习惯。
这是我对小丑行为动作的联想，可见这位演员在诠释这个角色每一个细节、每一个动作都通过合理的想象进行填补，这是我们在看他做这个动作，一点儿也不觉得突兀，而且具有强烈的感染性。
奥地利心理学家阿德勒说过，“有的人用童年治愈一生，有的人用一生治愈童年。”
We see that Joker is always licking the corners of his mouth with his tongue in the film. I thought that when his father gave him those scars, that it would itch whenever the wounds were healing, so he developed the habit of licking the corners of his mouth.
This is my understanding of the Joker’s behavior and action. We can see that the actor’s interpretation of the character is very detailed and every action is created with justifiable imagination. When we are watching him do this action it doesn’t feel out of place at all and it is highly infectious.
Austrian psychiatrist Adler said, “Some people use childhood to heal their whole life, and some people use their whole life to heal their childhood.”
分享一个生活中的小故事吧。
前段时间回到北方，看到房间里天堂鸟的枝叶都枯萎了，枝叶也快要断了，我就赶紧把它扶正，补充水分。养这个植物好像还挺简单的，只要有水分和阳光就能生长得不错。我也把加湿器放在叶片的底下，也让它享受享受在夏威夷般的“海风”。
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提到加湿器我就生气！昨晚因为使用新到的泡脚盆和加湿器，弄得焦头烂额。一边操作加湿器，它漏水，一边给泡脚桶加水，水又多到溢出来，急忙关了水龙头，拿盆把多余的水舀出去——弄得厨房、客厅到处都是水……
第二天，给加湿器加水，还是漏水。加上这几天情绪不太稳定，真想给它两脚。本来想把它抬起来摔一下，诶？这一抬起来，它就莫名其妙的启动了……
所以当你气急败坏的时候，需要那么一点点耐心。也许就需要这一点点的耐心，就能挽救这个加湿器的“性命”。
Sharing a little story from daily life.
When I went back north some time ago, I saw that the leaves of the Birds of Paradise in the room have all withered, the stems and leaves were about to break, so I quickly straightened it up and replenished water. Growing this plant seems to be rather simple, as long as there is water and sunlight, it can grow well. I also put the humidifier below the leaves and let it enjoy the Hawaiian “sea breeze”.
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Speaking of humidifiers I am so angry! Last night I was so frustrated using the newly arrived footbath and humidifier. While operating the humidifier, it started to leak, and while adding water to the foot soaking bucket, the water overflowed. I hurriedly turned off the faucet, took a basin to scoop out the excess water—the kitchen and living room was a watery mess…
The next day, I added water to the humidifier, but it still leaked. My mood is not very stable these few days, so I really felt like kicking it. I was going to lift it up and drop it, eh? As soon as it was lifted, it started working inexplicably…
So when you are losing your temper, you need just a little bit of patience. Maybe this little bit of patience will save the “life” of this humidifier.
** is when I add footnotes to something not in Sanjian’s essays
Zhang Zhehan 