Lee Isaac Chung on Minari & Telling His Story in Film | The Daily Show

Thank you so much, Trevor.

非常感謝，Trevor。

So good to be with you.

很高興能和你在一起。

Um, let's start with congratulations.

嗯，我們先來祝賀一下。

Your film has been nominated for six Academy Awards, which is-- I mean, it's huge to be nominated for one, but this is six in some of the most prestigious享有聲望的 categories ever.

你的電影獲得了六項奧斯卡提名，這——我是說，獲得一項提名就已經很了不起，但這可是六項，而且是在一些最負盛名的類別中。

And what makes it even more impressive令人印象深刻的 is, just a few years ago, you were thinking about quitting filmmaking so you could get a "real job."

更令人印象深刻的是，就在幾年前，你還在考慮放棄電影製作，去找一份“正經工作”。

That's right.

沒錯。

Uh, yeah, you know, I-I told myself, by the time I hit 40, if-if nothing's happening, I have to really grow up and-and, uh, take on a responsible負責的 job.

呃，是的，你知道，我告訴自己，等到四十歲時，如果還沒什麼起色，我就必須真正成熟起來，找份負責任的工作。

So, for me, that was becoming a professor.

所以對我來說，那就是成為一名教授。

Uh, and I signed on to become a professor, and I had a few months to write a script.

嗯，我簽約成為教授，只有幾個月時間寫劇本。

And this was kind of, like, my last swing搖擺 at it, basically.

這基本上算是我的最後一次嘗試了。

Hey, man, it was-- it was your last swing, but it was o-one of the most amazing swings.

嘿，夥計，那是你最後一次揮擊，但那是一次最精彩的揮擊。

'Cause you s-- y-you know, you swung for the fences -and you hit the ball out of the park.

因為你——你知道，你是全力一擊，而且把球打到了場外（大獲成功）。

Thank you so much.

非常感謝。

Um, everybody agrees that, um...

嗯，大家都同意，呃……

Minari, some people-- obviously, Minari, when they say it in English-- will go, "It is...

《米納裡》，有些人——顯然，當他們在英語中說它時——會說：‘它是……'

just..."

只是……

It's-it's a film that connects with everybody, and it's a story that everybody understands and yet is uniquely yours.

這是一部能引起所有人共鳴的電影，這是一個人人都能理解卻又獨一無二的故事。

Because you tell the tale of a Korean family trying to integrate結合 into rural Arkansas and the journey that follows.

因為你講述了一個韓國家庭試圖融入阿肯色州農村的故事以及隨之而來的旅程。

And, on the surface, it seems like, "Oh, this is gonna be one of those sad stories that's-- it's just heartbreaking令人心碎的 and..."

表面上看，似乎會讓人覺得：‘哦，這將是那種令人心碎的悲傷故事……'

it's just-- it's an everything story.

但它實際上是一部包羅永珍的故事。

Some of the scenes will make you want to cry.

有些場景會讓你想哭。

Some of the scenes had me laughing so hard that you-you want to pause暫停 the movie just so you can finish laughing at what's going on.

有些場景讓我笑得停不下來，甚至想暫停電影，好讓自己笑完剛才發生的事。

Thanks so much, Trevor.

太感謝了，Trevor。

Yeah, I mean, it's-it's been wild to see people really connecting with this.

是啊，說實話，看到人們真的被這個故事打動，感覺真的很奇妙。

'Cause I-I just wanted to tell an honest story.

因為我只想講一個真實的故事。

Uh, my-my main audience觀眾 for this, I was thinking about my daughter.

呃，我創作這部作品的主要受眾，我想到了我的女兒。

Uh, she's seven years old right now.

她現在七歲了。

But I was thinking about the type of film I want to leave behind for her i-if, uh, she's gonna even just be reading the script劇本 alone.

但我當時在想，如果她將來只是獨自閱讀劇本，我希望留下什麼樣的電影。

I didn't know if I was even gonna be able to make this film.

我甚至不知道能不能拍成這部電影。