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我一直都相信世上没有“绝对的圣人”或“十足的恶棍”。2009年4月在美国上演的纪录片《泰森》向公众讲述了美国著名拳击手迈克·泰森——一个被视作“野兽”的男人一些不为人知的故事,也还了世界一个真实的泰森——他黯淡的童年,他焦躁的青春期,他辉煌的拳坛生涯,他奢靡的私生活,他的暴戾,他的孤独还有他的善良……影片没有为泰森套上“圣人”的光环,抑或“恶棍”的骂名,而是像一双手轻轻地抚慰片中的主角;又像一个宽容的局外人,叙述一段有血有泪的悲情往事……
——Mac
Tyson is our deepest, most intimate encounter yet with Mike Tyson—a guided tour through his2)checkered life with the former 3)prizefighter acting as his own 4)narrator. With the filmmaker, James Toback, the famous and at times infamous Tyson gets to tell his complicated, uneasy life story his way. But though this movie tells us much about Tyson, it reveals infinitely more about our own internal contradictions.
We also destroy the things we love, repeat mistakes and dance like 5)Muhammad Ali around the truth in our most 6)candid moments. It’s just that Tyson does it more 7)spectacularly—or8)disastrously than most.
Caught in the 9)primeval glare of a man who admits he’d visualize punching holes through his opponent’s heads, we’re 10)riveted. This is our one-on-one with the 11)Minotaur, the monster, Iron Mike. But as Tyson spills everything beyond the camera, he becomes inconveniently human. And that’s what makes James Toback’s film so powerful. We’re as moved as we are appalled.
We 12)feel for the shy, 13)asthmatic kid who was robbed and beaten up in the 14)mean streets of Brooklyn. We tear up at his account of Cus D’Amato, the 15)hard-bitten, 16)soft-centered coach who took him out of 17)juvie and into the 18)ring. D’Amato turned him pro. Gave him self-esteem. But never lived to see Tyson become world champion at 20. Who could not be moved at the way Tyson 19)stifles sobs as he tells this story?
Yet, what do we do with the Tyson who served three years in jail for the rape of Desiree Washington? (He calls her a “20)wretched 21)swine of a woman.”) Who chewed off a portion of 22)Evander Holyfield’s ear in that infamous 23)title 24)bout? (Holyfield 25)head-butted him illegally, so he got mad. He 26)blacked out, too.) Who claims he was 27)burning up with 28)gonorrhea—after a 29)liaison with a 30)hooker—when he won the 31)WBC title? And what are we to 32)make of this utterance: “My insanity is my only sanity” ?
This man’s a nightmare when the mood hits.
Toback is clearly in Tyson’s camp. The only negative 33)testimony from the 34)aggrieved women in his life amounts to a 35)Barbara Walters interview in which then-wife Robin Givens describes Tyson as manic, depressive, abusive, scary. (“I can’t believe Robin Givens was saying all those lies about me.” Tyson says.)
As for Tyson’s 36)indiscretions, assaults and 37)imbroglios, we’re to see them as part of a redemptive arc. Tyson’s been lost ever since his beloved mentor passed away, forever 38)slithering on the 39)slippery slope between his best and worst impulses. Hence the downward 40)spiral of 41)predatory 42)womanizing, drug and drink 43)binges and 44)licentious spending. Hence his inevitable losses and stumbles. Hence everything. He’s turning things around. Proud father of six kids. Looks forward to a grandchild. Toback slices and stylizes these bits in his own way, inserting 45)archival 46)footage from the ring and combining 47)split-screen images of the subject’s 48)hulking presence with audio track that overlaps and repeats Tyson’s 49)intermittently self-aware words.
We want to believe Tyson has 50)come to terms with his mistakes; that he’s a changed man. What we get, instead, is a distressing glimpse into the soul of a haunted, angry, bitter man whose inability to truly grasp his role in the equation of his mistakes has caused 51)untold tragedy to himself and many around him. For all his 52)candor, 53)lurid honesty and tortured self-analysis, Tyson reveals only one thing: There are few things more54)fraught with 55)myopia than our own reckoning of ourselves.
And as he mentions his rising debts over and over again, we wonder: Did he recently arrive at this moral 56)epiphany in his life, or does this 57)art-house howl of the heart help the debt-strapped former heavyweight in other ways? Tyson draws no conclusion about the former heavyweight champion who’s as famous for his 1992 rape conviction, except that he’s a 58)potent puncher and a damaged man.
Attached to our negative impressions, however, there’s always a 59)nagging 60)asterisk. We realize this movie isn’t about the redemption of Mike Tyson. It’s about his 61)incontestable hopelessness—an extreme version of our own. Tyson remains as62)poignantly human as he is mortifying. He affects us, despite everything.
影片《泰森》让我们前所未有地走近迈克·泰森,深入了解他。片中,这位前职业拳击手亲自担当旁白者,带我们回顾他迂回的人生路程。与制片人詹姆斯·托拜克合作,这位闻名遐迩也曾一度臭名昭著的拳王泰森得以用他的方式讲述他复杂而曲折的一生。然而,尽管这部片子告诉了我们很多关于泰森的事,但其实它更多地反映出我们每个人内心的矛盾面。
我们也毁坏我们珍爱的东西,重蹈覆辙,就是在最真我的时刻也像拳王穆罕默德·阿里那样还绕着真相躲闪。泰森只是做得更极端——或者是说比大多数人都做得更惨烈。
他承认自己曾想象用铁拳打穿对手的脑袋,他那怒目中闪现的原始的冲动震慑了我们。这是我们与“人身牛头怪”、“巨兽”、“铁人迈克” (编者注:这三个都是泰森的外号)的一对一接触。但当泰森于镜头外倾吐一切时,他人性的一面才好不容易显露出来。而这正是詹姆 斯·托拜克的电影其震撼所在。在惊骇的同时,我们也被打动了。
听他说到自己小时候在布鲁克林贫民区那些穷街陋巷遭劫并被打得鼻青脸肿时,我们对当时那个害羞且患有哮喘病的孩子的同情油然而生。听他讲述恩师古斯·达马托这位内柔外刚的教练把他从少管所领出来并带他走上拳击擂台的故事时,我们都感动得流泪。达马托一手将他训练成专业拳手,并让他自信起来。但当泰森二十岁在世界拳坛封王时,古斯·达马托却未能看到那一天。在泰森抑制着啜泣讲述这段经历时,谁能不为之动容?
然而,我们又该如何看待一个因强奸蒂希尔·华盛顿而入狱三年的泰森?(他称她是“卑鄙的贱女人”)一个在一场臭名昭著的冠军争夺中咬下对手伊万德·霍利菲尔德部分耳朵的泰森?(霍利菲尔德违规用头顶撞他,所以他被激怒了。他后来也因为头部受到撞击而昏厥了)一个在获得WBC冠军时声称自己在搭上一名妓女后备受淋病煎熬的泰森?我们要怎样解读这个言论:“疯狂是我唯一的清醒状态”?
这个人情绪一发作,就很可怕。
托拜克显然是站在泰森一边的。片中唯一一段对他的负面指证来自他生命中一位愤愤不平的女子——他当时的妻子罗宾·吉文斯。她在接受芭芭拉·沃尔特斯采访时,形容泰森狂躁而抑郁,常口出恶言而让人恐惧。(“我无法相信罗宾·吉文斯会这样诽谤我。”泰森说。)
对于泰森的狂妄轻率、暴力行为和是非纠葛,我们将在影片中看到它们是其救赎过程中的一部分。自从他深爱的恩师去世以后,他就迷失了方向,游走在至善与至恶两种极端的本性之间。从此,他沉湎于女色,滥用药品,狂欢暴饮,挥霍无度;事业上他无可避免地连连遭遇滑铁卢,踯躅不前;所有不好的事都降临到他头上。然而,他正在改邪归正。他现在是有六个孩子的骄傲的父亲,而且快要荣升成为外祖父了。托拜克用自己的方式剪切组合这些片段,将泰森往年在拳击场上比赛的录像资料处理成连续镜头,用作背景资料穿插在影片中,表现主角那气势逼人形象的分画面和音乐混合在一起,其中不时回响的是泰森的自我剖白。
我们想要相信,泰森已经反省了自己曾经犯下的错误,他已改过自新。然而,令人悲哀的是,透过影片,我们只是瞥见一个备受折磨、愤怒而心怀怨恨的人——他无法真正认识到自己对所犯错误中理应要承担的责任,而他所犯的这些错误给自己和身边许多人造成无尽的灾难。在他直白、赤裸裸而又痛苦纠结的自我分析中,泰森只传递了一个信息:自己反思自己,最是充满短视。
而且,由于他一再提到自己债台日渐高筑,我们不禁想:他是最近对自己的人生有所顿悟呢,还是这部低成本,反映其内心世界的影片在某种程度上帮助了这位债务缠身的前重量级拳击手?对这位因在1992年被判强奸罪名成立而闻名的前重量级拳击冠军,《泰森》一片没有作任何定论,而只是展现了他作为一个强悍拳手和一个受挫的男人的形象。
然而,伴随着影片留给我们的负面印象的是一个挥之不去的小标注。我们意识到,这部电影并非是关于迈克·泰森的救赎。影片讲述的是他那不可否认的绝望——我们极端的时候也会这样。现在的他尽管在克己苦行,但依旧进行着痛苦的人性挣扎。不管怎么样,他触动了我们。
——Mac
Tyson is our deepest, most intimate encounter yet with Mike Tyson—a guided tour through his2)checkered life with the former 3)prizefighter acting as his own 4)narrator. With the filmmaker, James Toback, the famous and at times infamous Tyson gets to tell his complicated, uneasy life story his way. But though this movie tells us much about Tyson, it reveals infinitely more about our own internal contradictions.
We also destroy the things we love, repeat mistakes and dance like 5)Muhammad Ali around the truth in our most 6)candid moments. It’s just that Tyson does it more 7)spectacularly—or8)disastrously than most.
Caught in the 9)primeval glare of a man who admits he’d visualize punching holes through his opponent’s heads, we’re 10)riveted. This is our one-on-one with the 11)Minotaur, the monster, Iron Mike. But as Tyson spills everything beyond the camera, he becomes inconveniently human. And that’s what makes James Toback’s film so powerful. We’re as moved as we are appalled.
We 12)feel for the shy, 13)asthmatic kid who was robbed and beaten up in the 14)mean streets of Brooklyn. We tear up at his account of Cus D’Amato, the 15)hard-bitten, 16)soft-centered coach who took him out of 17)juvie and into the 18)ring. D’Amato turned him pro. Gave him self-esteem. But never lived to see Tyson become world champion at 20. Who could not be moved at the way Tyson 19)stifles sobs as he tells this story?
Yet, what do we do with the Tyson who served three years in jail for the rape of Desiree Washington? (He calls her a “20)wretched 21)swine of a woman.”) Who chewed off a portion of 22)Evander Holyfield’s ear in that infamous 23)title 24)bout? (Holyfield 25)head-butted him illegally, so he got mad. He 26)blacked out, too.) Who claims he was 27)burning up with 28)gonorrhea—after a 29)liaison with a 30)hooker—when he won the 31)WBC title? And what are we to 32)make of this utterance: “My insanity is my only sanity” ?
This man’s a nightmare when the mood hits.
Toback is clearly in Tyson’s camp. The only negative 33)testimony from the 34)aggrieved women in his life amounts to a 35)Barbara Walters interview in which then-wife Robin Givens describes Tyson as manic, depressive, abusive, scary. (“I can’t believe Robin Givens was saying all those lies about me.” Tyson says.)
As for Tyson’s 36)indiscretions, assaults and 37)imbroglios, we’re to see them as part of a redemptive arc. Tyson’s been lost ever since his beloved mentor passed away, forever 38)slithering on the 39)slippery slope between his best and worst impulses. Hence the downward 40)spiral of 41)predatory 42)womanizing, drug and drink 43)binges and 44)licentious spending. Hence his inevitable losses and stumbles. Hence everything. He’s turning things around. Proud father of six kids. Looks forward to a grandchild. Toback slices and stylizes these bits in his own way, inserting 45)archival 46)footage from the ring and combining 47)split-screen images of the subject’s 48)hulking presence with audio track that overlaps and repeats Tyson’s 49)intermittently self-aware words.
We want to believe Tyson has 50)come to terms with his mistakes; that he’s a changed man. What we get, instead, is a distressing glimpse into the soul of a haunted, angry, bitter man whose inability to truly grasp his role in the equation of his mistakes has caused 51)untold tragedy to himself and many around him. For all his 52)candor, 53)lurid honesty and tortured self-analysis, Tyson reveals only one thing: There are few things more54)fraught with 55)myopia than our own reckoning of ourselves.
And as he mentions his rising debts over and over again, we wonder: Did he recently arrive at this moral 56)epiphany in his life, or does this 57)art-house howl of the heart help the debt-strapped former heavyweight in other ways? Tyson draws no conclusion about the former heavyweight champion who’s as famous for his 1992 rape conviction, except that he’s a 58)potent puncher and a damaged man.
Attached to our negative impressions, however, there’s always a 59)nagging 60)asterisk. We realize this movie isn’t about the redemption of Mike Tyson. It’s about his 61)incontestable hopelessness—an extreme version of our own. Tyson remains as62)poignantly human as he is mortifying. He affects us, despite everything.
影片《泰森》让我们前所未有地走近迈克·泰森,深入了解他。片中,这位前职业拳击手亲自担当旁白者,带我们回顾他迂回的人生路程。与制片人詹姆斯·托拜克合作,这位闻名遐迩也曾一度臭名昭著的拳王泰森得以用他的方式讲述他复杂而曲折的一生。然而,尽管这部片子告诉了我们很多关于泰森的事,但其实它更多地反映出我们每个人内心的矛盾面。
我们也毁坏我们珍爱的东西,重蹈覆辙,就是在最真我的时刻也像拳王穆罕默德·阿里那样还绕着真相躲闪。泰森只是做得更极端——或者是说比大多数人都做得更惨烈。
他承认自己曾想象用铁拳打穿对手的脑袋,他那怒目中闪现的原始的冲动震慑了我们。这是我们与“人身牛头怪”、“巨兽”、“铁人迈克” (编者注:这三个都是泰森的外号)的一对一接触。但当泰森于镜头外倾吐一切时,他人性的一面才好不容易显露出来。而这正是詹姆 斯·托拜克的电影其震撼所在。在惊骇的同时,我们也被打动了。
听他说到自己小时候在布鲁克林贫民区那些穷街陋巷遭劫并被打得鼻青脸肿时,我们对当时那个害羞且患有哮喘病的孩子的同情油然而生。听他讲述恩师古斯·达马托这位内柔外刚的教练把他从少管所领出来并带他走上拳击擂台的故事时,我们都感动得流泪。达马托一手将他训练成专业拳手,并让他自信起来。但当泰森二十岁在世界拳坛封王时,古斯·达马托却未能看到那一天。在泰森抑制着啜泣讲述这段经历时,谁能不为之动容?
然而,我们又该如何看待一个因强奸蒂希尔·华盛顿而入狱三年的泰森?(他称她是“卑鄙的贱女人”)一个在一场臭名昭著的冠军争夺中咬下对手伊万德·霍利菲尔德部分耳朵的泰森?(霍利菲尔德违规用头顶撞他,所以他被激怒了。他后来也因为头部受到撞击而昏厥了)一个在获得WBC冠军时声称自己在搭上一名妓女后备受淋病煎熬的泰森?我们要怎样解读这个言论:“疯狂是我唯一的清醒状态”?
这个人情绪一发作,就很可怕。
托拜克显然是站在泰森一边的。片中唯一一段对他的负面指证来自他生命中一位愤愤不平的女子——他当时的妻子罗宾·吉文斯。她在接受芭芭拉·沃尔特斯采访时,形容泰森狂躁而抑郁,常口出恶言而让人恐惧。(“我无法相信罗宾·吉文斯会这样诽谤我。”泰森说。)
对于泰森的狂妄轻率、暴力行为和是非纠葛,我们将在影片中看到它们是其救赎过程中的一部分。自从他深爱的恩师去世以后,他就迷失了方向,游走在至善与至恶两种极端的本性之间。从此,他沉湎于女色,滥用药品,狂欢暴饮,挥霍无度;事业上他无可避免地连连遭遇滑铁卢,踯躅不前;所有不好的事都降临到他头上。然而,他正在改邪归正。他现在是有六个孩子的骄傲的父亲,而且快要荣升成为外祖父了。托拜克用自己的方式剪切组合这些片段,将泰森往年在拳击场上比赛的录像资料处理成连续镜头,用作背景资料穿插在影片中,表现主角那气势逼人形象的分画面和音乐混合在一起,其中不时回响的是泰森的自我剖白。
我们想要相信,泰森已经反省了自己曾经犯下的错误,他已改过自新。然而,令人悲哀的是,透过影片,我们只是瞥见一个备受折磨、愤怒而心怀怨恨的人——他无法真正认识到自己对所犯错误中理应要承担的责任,而他所犯的这些错误给自己和身边许多人造成无尽的灾难。在他直白、赤裸裸而又痛苦纠结的自我分析中,泰森只传递了一个信息:自己反思自己,最是充满短视。
而且,由于他一再提到自己债台日渐高筑,我们不禁想:他是最近对自己的人生有所顿悟呢,还是这部低成本,反映其内心世界的影片在某种程度上帮助了这位债务缠身的前重量级拳击手?对这位因在1992年被判强奸罪名成立而闻名的前重量级拳击冠军,《泰森》一片没有作任何定论,而只是展现了他作为一个强悍拳手和一个受挫的男人的形象。
然而,伴随着影片留给我们的负面印象的是一个挥之不去的小标注。我们意识到,这部电影并非是关于迈克·泰森的救赎。影片讲述的是他那不可否认的绝望——我们极端的时候也会这样。现在的他尽管在克己苦行,但依旧进行着痛苦的人性挣扎。不管怎么样,他触动了我们。