《少年时代》：埃拉·科尔特兰的银幕成长记

作为当今美国影坛最成功的独立影人之一，理查德·林克莱特拍过各种题材的电影，但他的拿手好戏当属他对“时间”这个概念的把玩。他最为人熟知的电影要数“爱在”三部曲—《爱在黎明破晓前》（Before Sunrise，1995年）、《爱在日落黄昏时》（Before Sunset，2004年）和《爱在午夜降临前》（Before Midnight，2013年）。电影里只有男女主角在不断讲话，限时一天，其特别之处在于每两部作品之间恰好相隔九年，而且主角不变。如此大胆的尝试恐怕只有他和两位主演（伊桑·霍克和朱丽·德尔比）才能做到。

今年，林克莱特又带来了一部关于“时间的流逝”的作品—《少年时代》。这次，导演又做出了惊人之举，他花了整整12年来拍摄这部讲述一个男孩成长历程的电影。在今年第64届柏林电影节上，这部心血之作在一片好评中拿下了柏林电影节银熊最佳导演奖。

作为该片主角，这段不平凡的经历对他有何影响？我们请来埃拉·科尔特兰亲自谈谈他的感想。

Ellar Coltrane may seem like any other normal 19-year-old， but hes the furthest thing from it. For the past 12 years—since he was seven—Ellars been acting in filmmaker Richard Linklaters groundbreaking[开创性的] movie Boyhood. Nothing like this has ever been done before， so its totally changed the game. And after seeing himself grow up right before his own eyes， hes changed as well.

Boyhood follows Ellars characters life as he goes from a little boy to an adult， showing all of the ups and downs[盛衰，沉浮] families have over such a long period of time. Along with his sister（played by the directors daughter Lorelei Linklater） and parents （played by Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette）， this film gives us the closest look into all the crazy things that happen while growing up. It should come as no surprise that， with 12 years of work under their belts[在以往的经历中]， the actors really did become something of a real-life family.

Ellar was cast[指定角色] for the project when he was six years old， but he had no idea what he was in for. “My memories from the beginning are pretty vague[模糊的]. I remember the audition[試镜] process[过程] a little bit and I have scattered[分散的] memories from the first year of filming，” Ellar says. “Its more hitting me now， kind of in the aftermath[后果] of the first few times I saw it. It really dawned on[开始被理解] me how crazy it all was. Growing up， both of my parents were artists and worked on all kinds of bizarre[奇异的] projects. It didnt seem that strange to me I guess， but as a six-year-old， theres no way to understand how long 12 years is when youve only been alive half that long， but also how an experience can affect[影响] and define[定义] you.”

Since the movie was only filmed for around three days each year， Ellars real life took the main stage and he didnt need to think about the process very often. “The long nature of the project allowed a lot of us to become very lost in the artistic[艺术的] process and forget about the end goal of it being a movie and people watching it，” Ellar says.

Last fall， the longest scheduled[预定的] film shoot in history wrapped[杀青]， and Ellar was finally able to see the finished project. And it changed everything. “Ive undergone more physiological[生理的] and emotion development in the past six months than I have in the past six years，”he says. “The first couple times I watched， it was hard to really think much. There were so many emotions and curiosity[好奇心] that had been building up for so long. Everyone as a teenager struggles with self-identity[自我认同] and feeling real and important and valid[真实的， 正当的]. We feel really disconnected from ourselves and everyone around us， and to see all these little parts of myself（that） taken out of context might be embarrassing or awkward[难为情]， but seeing it all put together like that is very comforting[令人鼓舞的]. Its terrifying， but its actually proof that Im real. I dont know a world where I didnt work on Boyhood， so I dont know the person I would be if I hadnt. In a lot of ways， this film defines who I am.”

So what do you do after filming a movie for the past 12 years？ Take on the world of art head-on， of course.“I want to keep acting and Im interested in filming， visual arts[视觉艺术]—everything. I want to go to school， I think thats next，” Ellar says. “Ive found that being lost in art and the process of creation is really the only thing that gives me solace[安慰]， so I want to go wherever that takes me.”

埃拉·科尔特兰看上去和其他19岁男孩一样，但其实远非如此。自7岁起，这过去12年来，埃拉·科尔特兰一直在导演理查德·林克莱特那部具有开创性意义的电影—《少年时代》中担任主演。这是史无前例的事，完全改变了游戏规则。在亲眼看着自己的成长历程之后，埃拉也改变了。

《少年时代》跟踪记录了埃拉这个角色从一个小男孩长大成人的生活，展示了一家人在一段如此漫长的时间里经历的所有酸甜苦辣。影片中的人物还有这个角色的姐姐（由导演的女儿罗蕾莱·林克莱特饰演）以及父母（由伊桑·霍克和帕特里夏·阿奎特饰演）。这部电影让我们近距离地看到成长过程中发生的一切疯狂事。在经过12年的合作之后，这帮演员在现实中真的有点像一家人了，这也不足为奇。

埃拉六岁时便被选中出演该片，但他当时还不知道自己将面对什么。“我对刚开始的记忆相当模糊，只是隐约记得一点试镜的过程，对从第一年起的拍摄也只有零星记忆，”埃拉说。“在最初几次看过这个片子之后，现在我的印象比较深刻了。我开始明白这一切是多么疯狂。我的父母都是艺术家，总是参加各种稀奇古怪的项目，我是在这样的环境下长大的。我猜对我而言这事可能也没有那么奇怪，但是，对一个只有6岁的孩子来说，当你的人生只有12年的一半那么长的时候，你不可能明白12年到底有多久，也不可能明白一段经历可以如何影响和塑造你。”

由于电影每年只拍摄大约三天，所以埃拉的真实生活才是主舞台，而他也不必经常去想拍电影的事。“这部电影的拍摄历时之久，让我们很多人迷失在这个艺术创作的过程中，而忘了它的最终目标是一部供人们观看的电影，”埃拉说。

去年秋天，这部史上拍摄周期最长的电影杀青，埃拉终于能够看到成品。它改变了一切。“在过去半年里，我经历了比过去六年来更多的生理和情感上的成长，”他说。“头几次看的时候，我很难真正去想很多。这么久以来，我心中累积了许多情感和好奇。每个十几岁的年轻人都要经历一番挣扎，寻求自我认同，渴望感觉到自己是真实、重要以及被认可的。我们觉得与自己以及身边所有人都有一种隔离感。看到从自己生活中截取出来的这些片段，可能会令人觉得尴尬或难为情，但是，看到所有这些小碎片像这样放在一起，却又令人感到无比欣慰。它很吓人，但它其实也证明了我是真实的。我所知道的世界只有一个，就是我拍摄了《少年时代》的这个世界，所以，我不知道如果我没有拍这部片子，我会是什么样子。这部电影从很多方面定义了我是谁。”

那么，在过去用12年拍摄了一部电影之后，接下来你会做些什么事情呢？当然是迎头迈向艺术世界了。“我想继续演戏，我对电影、视觉艺术等都很感兴趣。我想上学，那应该是下一步，”埃拉说。“我发现在艺术和创作过程中浑然忘我是唯一能够给我慰藉的事，所以我想追随它，到它引领我去的任何地方。”

一块吧

Son： “Dad， give me a dime.”

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Son： “I guess youre right， dad. Give me a dollar， will you？”

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