百年50部英文烧脑电影赏析:[36]Silent Hill 寂静岭

Rose（Radha Mitchell）and her husband, Christopher Da Silva（Sean Bean）, are concerned about their adopted daughter, Sharon（Jodelle Ferland）, who has been sleepwalking while calling the name of a town, “Silent Hill” Desperate for answers, Rose takes Sharon to Silent Hill. As they approach the town, she is pursued by police officer Cybil Bennett（Laurie Holden）. A child appears in the road, causing Rose to swerve and crash the car, knocking herself unconscious. When she awakens, Sharon is missing, while fog and falling ash blanket the town.

Rose wanders the empty streets of Silent Hill looking for her daughter and instead encounters monsters. Rose meets a woman named Dahlia Gillespie（Deborah Kara Unger）who speaks of her own daughter, Alessa, being abused by the townspeople and, upon seeing a photo of Sharon in the locket around Rose's neck, claims that Sharon is Alessa. Rose returns to her car and runs into Cybil, who arrests her. After they discover that the road leading out of town leads to a fracture，they pair up to search the town.
Meanwhile, Christopher also simultaneously scours the town, shown to be abandoned and without mist and falling ash, with the assistance of officer Thomas Gucci（Kim Coates）. Christopher discovers documents revealing that the town was abandoned after a coal seam fire thirty years ago, along with a photograph of Dahlia's daughter, who bears a strong physical resemblance to Sharon. Told to stop investigating under threat of incarceration, he returns home.
Rose and Cybil meet Anna（Tanya Allen）, a woman who leads them to a local church for refuge. As they approach it, Anna is killed by the monster Pyramid Head（Roberto Campanella）. In the church, Rose and Cybil discover a cult, headed by a woman named Christabella（Alice Krige）, Christabella tells Rose about a demon, who knows Sharon's whereabouts. After convincing Christabella to help them locate the demon, Rose and Cybil are taken to a local hospital. There, Christabella also sees the photo of Sharon in Rose's locket and, seeing the likeness between Sharon and Alessa, condemns Rose and Cybil as witches. Cybil allows herself to be captured by the townspeople in order for Rose to escape and descend into the hospital basement. There, Rose encounters a burned Alessa on a bed and a being in the form of a girl who strongly resembles Sharon.
In a flashback, Rose discovers that Silent Hill had a long history of witch burnings, stemming from the cult's beliefs. Thirty years prior to Rose's arrival, Alessa was stigmatized for having been born out of wedlock by an unknown father; her schoolmates bullied her, while the adults made no effort to protect her. Dahlia agreed to Christabella's suggestion that she allow the cult to “restore innocence” in Alessa. When not allowed to follow Alessa into the ritual, Dahlia realized that they intended to kill her daughter and ran to the police. Alessa was ritually burned, but in the midst of the ritual, a fire accidentally burst out.
When Dahlia returned with the police, Alessa was badly burned, but alive. While in the hospital, Alessa's pain and rage caused her “dark” side to manifest in the form of a duplicate of herself, who refers to itself as the darkness inside Alessa. Alessa then pulled the townspeople into a world of “dark” dreams, corrupted by the injuries that were inflicted on her body. Rose learns that Sharon is the manifestation of Alessa's remaining innocence and goodness. After the flashback, Rose is told that she must aid Alessa in her revenge by granting her entry into the church and that Christabella will soon find Sharon and attempt to bum her as well.
Rose enters the church after Cybil has just been immolated by the townspeople, and Sharon is about to suffer a similar fate. She confronts Christabella with her knowledge of the truth, attempting to convince the cult that they are in denial of their own fate. Christabella stabs Rose, causing her blood to drip onto the church floor. The blood serves as a portal, which Alessa rises out and proceeds to kill Christabella and the townspeople, leaving Dahlia, Rose, and Sharon the only survivors.
Rose and Sharon return home; though they are in the same room as Christopher, who has also returned home, they cannot see each other, because Sharon and Rose are dead.
罗丝（拉达·米契尔饰）和她的丈夫克里斯托弗·达·希尔瓦（希恩·宾恩饰）正担心他们收养的女儿莎伦（祖蒂·弗兰饰），莎伦梦游时经常叫喊一个小镇的名字——“寂静岭”。迫切想要找到源由，罗丝带着莎伦来到寂静岭。当她们接近城镇时，受到了警官希比尔·班尼特（劳瑞·侯登饰）的追踪。有一个孩子出现在路上，导致罗丝掉转方向撞车，失去了知觉。当她醒来时，莎伦不见了，浓重的雾霭覆盖了这座城镇。

罗丝在寂静岭空旷的街道上徘徊寻找她的女儿，却遇到了怪物。罗丝遇到了一个叫达利亚·吉尔斯皮（黛博拉·卡拉·安格饰）的女人，她说起她自己的女儿阿勒莎被镇上的市民虐待，在看到罗丝脖子上的项链里莎伦的照片后，她声称莎伦就是阿勒斯。罗丝回到她的车里，撞见了希比尔，被其逮捕。在他们发现出城的道路断裂后，结伴搜索这个城镇。

与此同时，在警官汤姆斯·古奇（金姆·可兹饰）的协助下，克里斯托弗也在急切地搜寻这座城市，没有雾霭降落的被废弃的城市。克里斯托弗发现的文件显示，三十年前这座城市在煤层火灾后已被废弃，他看到达利亚女儿的照片和莎伦极其相似。在监禁的威胁下，他被告知立即停止调查，返回家里。
罗丝和希比尔遇到了安娜（唐亚·艾伦饰），那个女人领着她们到当地教堂避难。当她们靠近教堂时，安娜被怪物金字塔头领（罗伯特·凯姆帕尼拉饰）给杀了。在教堂里，罗丝和希比尔发现了一个邪教组织，为首的是一个叫克里斯塔贝拉（爱丽丝·克里奇饰）的女人。克里斯塔贝拉告诉罗丝有一个恶魔，知道莎伦的下落。在说服克里斯塔贝拉帮助他们找到那个恶魔之后，罗丝和希比尔被送到了当地医院。在那里，克里斯塔贝拉也看到了在罗丝的项链里的莎伦照片，看到莎伦和阿勒斯是如此的相像，谴责罗丝和希比尔是女巫。为了能让罗丝逃跑，希比尔任由镇上的人们抓住了她，罗丝潜入了医院的地下室。在那里，罗丝遇见了躺在床上的被烧伤的阿勒斯，一个样貌酷似莎伦的女孩。
在一个闪回中，罗丝发现寂静岭有着悠久的女巫横行的历史，这源于邪教的理念。在罗丝到来的30年之前，阿勒斯被诬蔑为不知道父亲是谁的私生女，她的同学欺负她，而大人们没有作出任何努力来保护她。达利亚同意了克里斯塔贝拉的建议，她让邪教组织为阿勒斯“恢复清白”。当达利亚未被允许参加阿勒斯的仪式时，达利亚意识到他们打算杀了她的女儿，于是跑向警察局。阿勒斯在仪式中被烧伤了，在仪式过程中，一场大火意外地烧了起来。
当达利亚和警察一块返回来时，阿勒斯已被严重烧伤了，但还活着。在医院里，阿勒斯的痛苦和愤怒使她的黑暗面开始显现，她复制了另一个自己，把她当作阿勒斯内在的邪恶部分。之后阿勒斯饱受身体上的伤痛侵扰，把镇上的人们拉进了“黑暗”之梦。罗丝了解到，莎伦就是阿勒斯留下来的天真和善良的显现。闪回之后，罗丝被告知她必须帮助阿勒斯复仇，让她进入教堂，而克里斯塔贝拉很快就会发现莎伦，并企图也烧死她。
就在希比尔刚刚被镇上的人们杀死献祭后，罗丝进了教堂，莎伦就要遭受同样的命运。她用自己对真理的认识面对克里斯塔贝拉，试图说服邪教，他们是在否定自己的命运。克里斯塔贝拉刺向罗丝，她的血滴在了教堂的地板上。血液变成了人口，阿勒斯现身，杀死了克里斯塔贝拉和市民，只剩下达利亚、罗丝和莎伦，她们成了仅有的幸存者。
罗丝和莎伦返回家园；虽然她们和也已回家的克里斯托弗同在一个屋檐下，但他们却无法看到对方，因为莎伦和罗丝已然死去。

townspeople［'taunzˌpi:pl］n. 市民；镇民；城里生长的人
locket［'lɔkit］n. 小盒；小盒式吊坠
resemblance［ri'zembləns］n. 相似；相似之处；相似物；肖像
incarceration［inˌkɑ:sə'reiʃən］n. 监禁；下狱；禁闭
demon［'di:mən］n. 恶魔；魔鬼；精力充沛的人；邪恶的事物
stigmatize［'stigmətaiz］vt. 诬蔑；玷污；给……打上烙印
ritual［'ritjuəl］n. 仪式；惯例；礼制
manifest［'mænifest］vt. 证明；表明；显示
重点掌握
■ …they pair up to search the town.
我们都知道，pair作为不及物动词解时，有“成对；配对；组成一对”的意思，所以文中pair up是“（使）成搭档；（使）成对手”的意思，比如：I paired up with a very efficient young man in carrying out this task. 我跟一个很得力的年轻人一同执行这项任务。另外，pair up还有“把……配成对子；（使）组成对”的意思，比如：It took half an hour to pair the shoes up. 花了半个小时才把这些鞋一双一双地配成对。

Sean Bean Interviewed by Duncan Bowles
What drew you back to Silent Hill, having done the first film?
Well, I had a good time on it the first time around and it was a good set up there, good production. Samuel Hadida, he was the one that kind of drove it along, drove it through and he was very enthusiastic about the prospect of a Silent Hill follow up. But as I said, I had a good time on the first one, so I thought well why not? I've enjoyed it, I like the premise of it, I like the character, it's exciting, it's unusual and so I just went over and got on with it and that was about six years since the last one. I'm not very familiar with the games... I am now, with the following that the game has got, quite a cult following it seems.
I thought the first Silent Hill was very faithful to the spirit of the games, so has that remained for the sequel?
Yes it has, you know as I say I'm not that familiar with the games, but I think that they wanted to keep the authenticity and the spirit of Silent Hill the game, so it kind of runs along parallel with that, so I think the fans and anyone for that matter, but particularly fans, will be pleased with that I think they were pleased with the last one and this one is really gonna squeeze everything it can out of it, this time director has got some really juicy, shocking, jump out your seat moments. 在拍完第一部之后，是什么吸引你重新考虑《寂静岭》？
嗯，第一次接触它我就很开心，这是一个很好的开端，这是一部很好的作品。塞缪尔·哈迪达，属于那种一直伴随《寂静岭》制作的人，一路走下来，他对《寂静岭》续集的前景很有信心。但正如我所说，拍第一部时我很开心，所以我想为什么不呢？我很喜欢它，喜欢它的场景，喜欢这个角色，很令人兴奋，这是不寻常的，所以我就坚持挺过来了。距离上一部片子（指《寂静岭》），大概有六年了。我对游戏并不熟悉……现在的我，随着游戏得到喜爱了，显得很狂热。
我觉得《寂静岭》的第1部非常忠实于游戏的精神，所以续集还会如此吗？
是的，你知道正如我所说，我不是很熟悉游戏，但我认为他们想保持寂静岭游戏的真实性和精神，因此它有些要和游戏齐头并进的感觉。因此我认为要顾及影迷和其他相关的人，但尤其是影迷要满意。我想他们对我的上一部作品还是满意的，这一部作品真的是要绞尽脑汁才可以得到，这次导演真的动了很多脑筋，令人震惊，不能自己。

真实的寂静岭是美国西弗吉尼亚的一个湖边小镇，曾经还真有过一个名为哈瑞的男子同当地警方在这里寻找失踪的妻女和女警希比尔的事情。
为保持寂静岭游离在现实和幻境之间的诡异感，小镇建筑全是以游戏设定为基础搭建的实景。
由于采用纯电脑特技制作的预算会超过5000万美元的限定额度，因此《寂静岭》中的CG特效只集中运用于塑造整个气氛的牵引因素——弥漫的浓雾上。
造型师为女主角罗丝设计了大约100种不同的造型。罗丝在影片开始以一种柔和明亮的形象出现，随着影片的推进，女主角的色彩逐渐灰暗，并变为最终的血红。这种变化是如此微妙以致让人几乎无法察觉。