The Making of Catwoman

The Making of Catwoman

CAT-TALE

Halle Berry: Patience Phillips is a woman who is very intelligent, very talented. She just doesn’t really know that yet.
Denise Di Novi: She does 1)graphics² and advertising³ for a cosmetics⁵ company.
Sharon Stone: Laurel Hedare is the wife of a man, who owns this cosmetic⁴ company called Hedare Cosmetics, and they make this product called “Beauty” which is just a cream that makes you never ever age.
Lambert Wilson: He’s very tough, pretty ruthless. I don’t think he has many 2)redeeming⁶ factors about him. She (Patience) will have to bring the new designs directly to the factory, where they’re going to go straight into printing. This is how she overhears...
(scenes from “Catwoman”)
George Hedare: I can 3)live with it being 4)addictive⁷, but these side effects from the long-term studies...I can’t live with turning people into monsters.
Halle Berry: She’s ultimately killed, and the breath of life has been breathed into her by this beautiful mild cat, and she’s reborn, 5)anew, as Catwoman.
(scenes from “Catwoman”)
Ophelia: You are a catwoman. Fierce independence, total confidence, inhuman⁸ reflexes.
Halle Berry: She now has powers no one dreams exist. She’s got the powers of a big cat. She has special cat vision, she’s a 6)stealthy fighter, she looks very much like who she used to be, but inside, her mentality⁹ and her thought process is totally different. By the end of the movie, we hope we’ll present a character that has sort of learned how to control the 7)duality of this new personality, which in turn, makes for a 8)well-rounded woman, which we all, I think 9)strive to be.

CAT-SUIT

Denise Di Novi: One of the most fun things about doing this movie, and the most exciting, is that we wanted to create a new Catwoman costume.
Halle Berry: Every Catwoman costume, over the years, has been different. There’s been no two women who’ve worn the same costume.
Edward McDonnell: We wanted to distinguish ourselves enough from previous 10)incarnations of Catwoman that we felt like we were unique.
Angus Strathie: We wanted a sense of 11)contemporary, urban texture¹⁰ to her, and she’s all leather. We were reluctant to give her a head to toe body suit, so it was all about showing as much skin as possible, as well as giving her enough protection to be the warrior¹¹.
Halle Berry: Being able to see the back of the costume and see the 12)spine¹², sort of how the ribs¹³ are, sort of the muscles and the 13)sinewiness is really what she’s all about. Instead of having her all covered up this time, you actually get to see some of that.
Denise Di Novi: Cats need their paws, so we had open toes. That’s great for jumping and fighting.

CAT-WRANGLING

Denise Di Novi: Cats are not easy to train. Our trainers were fantastic, luckily for us, because we had a lot of very complex things that these cats had to do.
Boone Narr: When we first got involved in this movie, everyone approached us says, “Oh, cats can’t be trained. You can’t do this. We’re going to CGI this cat.” Well, the director and the producers came out to our ranch¹⁴ and we showed them some trained cats and went, “Maybe you could do a small portion of the film, and then we can 14)intermix it with 15)CGI cats.” Ninety-nine percent of this movie is real cat.

CAT-FIGHTING

Sharon Stone: Catwoman and I start “16)whooping” each other’s tails. I do kind of the basic, just pounding the crap out of her.
Pitof: Catwoman is not the Japanese fighter or Kung fu fighter, so I wanted to bring something different for her.
Denise Di Novi: A lot of the stuff that Halle does in the movie is based on actual cat movements.
Halle Berry: I worked with Anne Fletcher—she’s our 17)choreographer¹⁶—and now I call her “cat specialist.” That should be on her resume.
Anne Fletcher: ...18)picked up on Catwoman’s movement to be exactly like a cat. He didn’t want to stretch from the reality of that. He (director) wanted to see how far the human body could act like a cat.
Halle Berry: I watched hours and hours of video tape.
Denise Di Novi: And we would see these cats leaping from eight stories or doing figure eights in mid-air, and say, “How do they do it?” You know, it’s 19)supernatural. Recreating that with the female human body was fantastic. 
Halle Berry: I studied “20)Capoeira”—it’s a Brazilian form of martial¹⁷ arts.
Pitof: It comes from the observations of animals. It’s very feline¹⁸. It’s very low to the ground. They use the hand, the foot. To me it was really the start point to figure what could be the Catwoman type of fight.

CAT-WORD

Lambert Wilson: It’s a great combination of action, a great love story, a superb woman.
Denise Di Novi: The myth of transformation¹⁹, self-21)empowerment, finding out who you really are—your voice and your power—Catwoman really represents that.
Halle Berry: She’s feeling her power and understanding and discovering what it’s like to be a powerful woman in the world, and what that means.   

注释：
1) graphic¹ [5^rAfik] n. 平面造型艺术作品
2) redeeming [ri5di:miN] a. 补偿的
3) live with 口语中指“忍受（不愉快的事）”
4) addictive [E5diktiv] a. 上瘾的
5) anew [E5nju:] ad. 重新，再
6) stealthy [5stelWi] a. 偷偷的；秘密的
7) duality [dju:5Aliti] n. 二元性，两重性
8) well-rounded a. 全面的
9) strive [straiv] v. 努力，奋斗
10) incarnation [7inkB:5neiFEn] n. 具体化，化身
11) contemporary [kEn5tempErEri] n. 现代人
12) spine [spain] n. 脊骨
13) sinewiness [5sinju:nis] n. 筋肌发达，强健有力
14) intermix [7intE5miks] v. （使）混杂
15) CGI: Computer Graphics Interface，计算机图形接口
16) whoop¹⁵ [hu:p] v. 高声叫喊，呐喊
17) choreographer [7kCri5C^rEfE] n. 舞蹈指导
18) pick up（用五官）听到，看到
19) supernatural [7sju:pE5nAtFErEl] a. 超自然的，神奇的
20) Capoeira [7kB:pE5weirE] n. 卡泼卫勒舞（一种源于非洲把民间舞蹈和自卫动作结合在一起的巴西舞蹈）
21) empowerment [im5pauEmEnt] n. 能够

走进城市童话：《猫女》的台前幕后

猫传说

哈莉·贝瑞：佩兴丝·菲利普斯是个非常聪明、富有才干的女人。只不过她自己还没真正意识到这点。
丹尼丝·迪诺维：她为一家化妆品公司做平面设计和广告。
莎郎·斯通：劳蕾尔·哈黛是一家化妆品公司——“哈黛化妆品公司”老板的妻子，他们制造出一种产品叫“佳人”，那是一种使你永葆青春的面霜。
兰伯特·威尔逊：他很粗暴，冷酷无情。我不认为他有很多可取之处。她（佩兴丝）必须把新的设计图案直接送去工厂印刷。这时她无意中听到……
（电影《猫女》中的场景）
乔治· 哈黛：我能忍受它令人上瘾的特性，但长期研究结果显示，这些副作用……我无法忍受将人变成怪物。
哈莉·贝瑞：最后她被杀死，而这只美丽温柔的猫将生命气息吹入她的体内，她复活了，成为猫女。
（电影《猫女》中的场景）
奥费利娅：你是一个猫女。极其独立，完全自信，身手异常敏捷。
哈莉·贝瑞：现在她拥有别人做梦都想不到的能力。她拥有一只大猫的力量。她有着独特的猫的眼力，她是秘密斗士；她外表看来很像过去的她，但内里，她的智力和思维能力已焕然一新。在电影结尾，我们希望我们将展现出这样一个形象：她知道如何控制这种新的双重性格；反过来，这种新性格也造就了一个全能的女人。我想，这是我们所有人努力的目标。

猫服装

丹尼丝·迪诺维：制作这部电影最有趣、也最令人兴奋的事情之一，就是我们想创造一套新的猫女装束。
哈莉·贝瑞：这些年来，每一套猫女装束都各不相同，没有哪两个女人穿过同样一套服装。
爱德华·麦克唐奈：我们要设计出足以将我们与以往的猫女形象区分开来的服装，这样我们会觉得，我们是独一无二的。
安格斯·斯特拉西：我们要她具有一种当代都市气质。她将全身着皮装。我们不愿意给她从头到脚套上连体紧身装，因此全部问题就在于尽可能地暴露，同时提供足够的防护使她成为斗士。
哈莉·贝瑞：这身服装能让人看到猫女的后背，即脊背，看到猫女的肋骨、肌肉以及筋肌的样子。这次她没有被全身包裹起来；实际上你能看到身体的某些部分。
丹尼丝·迪诺维：猫儿们需要用它们的爪子，因此我们露出脚趾。那非常有利于跳跃和打斗。

猫训练

丹尼丝·迪诺维：要训练猫是不容易的，我们的训练员们棒极了；这对我们来说很幸运，因为我们需要猫儿们去做很多非常复杂的事情。
布恩·纳尔：起初我们参与到这部电影里时，每个和我们商量这事的人都说，“哦，猫是没法训练的。你们没法做到这点。我们将用电脑制作这只猫。” 唔，导演和制片人来到我们的农场，我们给他们展示了几只受过训练的猫，他们说，“也许你们可以替这部电影做一小部分工作，然后我们将它与电脑制作的猫合成起来。”实际上，这部电影有百分之九十九用的都是真正的猫。

猫打斗

莎郎·斯通：猫女和我开始大打出手。我做一些基本的动作，只是不断向她重击。
皮托夫：猫女不是日本武士，也不会武功，所以我要给她带来一些与众不同的东西。
丹尼丝·迪诺维：哈莉在电影中所做的动作大部分是以真实的猫的动作为基础的。
哈莉·贝瑞：我和安妮·弗莱彻一起工作——她是我们的舞蹈指导，现在我叫她“猫专家”。她应该在自己的履历表上加上这一条。
安妮·弗莱彻：皮托夫想要猫女的动作猫味十足。他（导演）并不想脱离现实，而是想看看以人类之躯来演猫到底能有多像。
哈莉·贝瑞：我看了很多个小时的录像带。
丹尼丝·迪诺维：我们可以看到，这些猫从八层楼上往下跳，或是在半空中做“8”字形；我们会问，“它们怎么做到的？”你知道，这是非常不可思议的。女性身体对那些活动的再现真是妙不可言。
哈莉·贝瑞：我学会了卡泼卫勒——一种巴西武术。
皮托夫：它源于对动物的观察。它非常像猫，贴近地面。他们手脚并用。对我来说，这的确是一个出发点，借此可以塑造猫女的打斗方式。

猫宣言

兰伯特·威尔逊：这是一部融合出色的动作、一个绝妙的爱情故事，一个完美的女人的电影。
丹尼丝·迪诺维：转变的神秘，自我的崛起，发现自己的真面目——你的声音，你的力量——《猫女》确实表现了这个主题。
哈莉·贝瑞：她感觉到她的力量，理解并发现：一个力量强大的女人在这个世界将是怎样的，和那意味着什么。

1 graphic   

adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的

参考例句：

• The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

2 graphics   

n.制图法，制图学；图形显示

参考例句：

• You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
• Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。

3 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

4 cosmetic   

n.化妆品；adj.化妆用的；装门面的；装饰性的

参考例句：

• These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
• Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品，所以请尽情微笑吧！

5 cosmetics   

n.化妆品

参考例句：

• We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
• Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。

6 redeeming   

补偿的，弥补的

参考例句：

• I found him thoroughly unpleasant, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. 我觉得他一点也不讨人喜欢，没有任何可取之处。
• The sole redeeming feature of this job is the salary. 这份工作唯其薪水尚可弥补一切之不足。

7 addictive   

adj.(吸毒等)使成瘾的，成为习惯的

参考例句：

• The problem with video game is that they're addictive.电子游戏机的问题在于它们会使人上瘾。
• Cigarettes are highly addictive.香烟很容易使人上瘾。

8 inhuman   

adj.残忍的，不人道的，无人性的

参考例句：

• We must unite the workers in fighting against inhuman conditions.我们必须使工人们团结起来反对那些难以忍受的工作条件。
• It was inhuman to refuse him permission to see his wife.不容许他去看自己的妻子是太不近人情了。

9 mentality   

n.心理，思想，脑力

参考例句：

• He has many years'experience of the criminal mentality.他研究犯罪心理有多年经验。
• Running a business requires a very different mentality from being a salaried employee.经营企业所要求具备的心态和上班族的心态截然不同。

10 texture   

n.(织物)质地；(材料)构造；结构；肌理

参考例句：

• We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
• Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。

11 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

12 spine   

n.脊柱，脊椎；(动植物的)刺；书脊

参考例句：

• He broke his spine in a fall from a horse.他从马上跌下摔断了脊梁骨。
• His spine developed a slight curve.他的脊柱有点弯曲。

13 ribs   

n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 )；（船或屋顶等的）肋拱；肋骨状的东西；（织物的）凸条花纹

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。

14 ranch   

n.大牧场，大农场

参考例句：

• He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
• The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。

15 whoop   

n.大叫，呐喊，喘息声；v.叫喊，喘息

参考例句：

• He gave a whoop of joy when he saw his new bicycle.他看到自己的新自行车时，高兴得叫了起来。
• Everybody is planning to whoop it up this weekend.大家都打算在这个周末好好欢闹一番。

16 choreographer   

n.编舞者

参考例句：

• She is a leading professional belly dancer, choreographer, and teacher. 她既是杰出的专业肚皮舞演员，也是舞蹈设计者和老师。 来自辞典例句
• It'stands aside, my choreographer of grace, and blesses each finger and toe. 它站在一旁，我优雅的舞蹈指导，并祝福每个指尖与脚尖。 来自互联网

17 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。

18 feline   

adj.猫科的

参考例句：

• As a result,humans have learned to respect feline independence.结果是人们已经学会尊重猫的独立性。
• The awakening was almost feline in its stealthiness.这种醒觉，简直和猫的脚步一样地轻悄。

19 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。