Michael Clayton

昨晩は、映画『Michael Clayton』のDVDを借りて見ました。久々の大ヒット！面白かった～。4日間の出来事を凝縮したストーリーなんだけど、ジョージ・クルーニーの演技が秀逸だった。彼の、これまでのどの映画より、繊細な心理描写があちこちにちりばめられてました。

Last night I rent a DVD of Michael Clayton which was a huge hit! It was so great. The story is about four-day events but it's non-stop. Especially George Cloony's performance was superb. I know he is a great actor but probably his performance in Michael Clayton depicts subtle expressions of the protagonist best in a convincing manner.

なんでも、この映画監督が脚本も書いてて、2年がかり（？）で練りに練った作品とか。DVDのボーナス・フィーチャーでは、各シーンにどれだけ神経を使って撮影したかを説明してる。

I learned that the movie director also wrote the script and spent two years (maybe he said longer) to launch the shooting project. The special feature section in the DVD includes comments by the director, saying how much they spent time to come up with the best way for shooting each scene.

映画の中で、弁護士が自殺に見せかけて二人の殺し屋に殺害されるシーンがあるのだけど、その無機質で機械的な殺し屋たちの職人技にヒヤッとさせられる。慣れた手つきで無駄な動きが一つもないプロの技とはこのこと、というような手さばき。

There is a scene in which a lawyer is killed by two assassins. They set up the murder scene, so that it looks like it's a suicide. Their execution is so smooth and mechanical. Such a flawless movement made me feel my heart go in a flop sweat. They are pro for sure.

後で、監督のコメントを聞くと、この殺し屋役の二人の役者さん、このシーンを1ヶ月かけて練習したとか！あと、人を一人担いで靴下脱がして、というような重労働のシーンのため、体育会系の役者さんを二人選んだとか（一人はダンサーでもあるらしい。もしやゲイ？）。だから、彼らの動きがあんなに機敏だったんだなぁ。二人とも身体鍛えてそうで、実は主演のジョージ・クルーニーよりも僕の中では注目度が高かった二人でした・・・。

In the feature section, the director said that the two actors who played assassins trained for this scene for a month! This murder scene requires them to carry a heavy man and take off his sock, etc., so the director chose these really athletic actors (one of them is also a dancer. Could he be gay?). That's why their movement was so agile. Both of the actors looked very athletic, and honestly I was more drawn to them than to Cloony...

その二人の役者さんというのは、この二人：

These are the two actors:

彼は次のジェームス・ボンドになれるかも。
He might be able to become next James Bond. He's got that look.
Terry Serpico

彼はちょっとご年配だけど、過去の役者暦を見ても、刑事役が多そう。
He's a bit older. He has played quite a few roles as a detective.
Robert Prescott

今晩はついにオスカーの授賞式だ。果たしてMichael Claytonはいくつ受賞するのか？！

Tonight we will have the Oscars on television. How many prizes is Michael Clayton going to win?!