1977年,一个七岁的男孩手里握着父亲沉甸甸的摄像机。
In 1977, a seven-year-old boy held his father's heavy camera.
那是一台有些年头的超八毫米家庭胶片摄像机。
It was a vintage Super 8 millimeter home film camera.
这个小男孩的名字叫克里斯托弗·诺兰。
The small boy's name was Christopher Nolan.
看完星球大战后,他想拍属于自己的太空大战。
After seeing Star Wars, he wanted to film his own space battles.
他用自己的动作玩偶,还让弟弟乔纳森出演。
He used his action figures and cast his little brother Jonathan.
布景是用黏土、面粉、鸡蛋盒和卫生纸筒搭起来的。
The sets were made of clay, flour, egg boxes, and toilet rolls.
在NASA工作的叔叔给他寄来了真实的火箭发射画面。
His uncle at NASA sent him real footage of rocket launches.
克里斯托弗说:“我对着屏幕重拍了那些画面,以为没人会发现。”
Christopher said, "I re-filmed them off the screen, thinking no one would notice."
他是红绿色弱,但直到做了检查才知道。
He is red-green colorblind, but he only found out from a test.
他说:“在我看来,我能看到全部的色彩。”
He says, "As far as I'm concerned, I see a full spectrum of color."
他的周末都花在剪接胶片上。
He spent his weekends cutting and gluing strips of film.
几年后,他将只用周末的时间,拍出一部六千美元的长片处女作。
Years later, he would shoot his first feature on weekends for six thousand dollars.
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