我眼中的戛納電影節

⊙ By Roger Bastoni

翻譯：丁一

我眼中的戛納電影節

THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL IN MY EYES

⊙ By Roger Bastoni

翻譯：丁一

戛納電影節每年五月在法國的戛納舉行。在電影節七十年的歷史里，有一個人為電影節的明星服務超過五十年，體會著電影節的種種變化。他就是戛納巴里爾·馬杰斯迪克酒店的禮賓員Roger Bastoni。

I was born in Cannes. I’m a local. I pass by in front of the house where I was born every morning on my way to work. My two sons are both1)concierges. One of them is my assistant here at the Majestic. I’ve always known the Majestic and always had lots of respect for the image of the Majestic. It’s a family group; it’s a family-managed hotel.

Mr.2)Marcello Mastroianni, when he used to come to the Majestic, loved Italian soccer. And every morning was an early wakeup, and he would take great pleasure to have coffee with me. So this is just about how Mr. Mastroianni was standing when we came down in the morning, early morning, to chat a little bit with us and, above all, talk about soccer.

The story is of somebody, who is today, one of the biggest producer [sic] in the movie industry. In those days, maybe 25 years ago, maybe he didn’t have the means to stay in a3)luxury hotel. This was the little corner. He was asleep in the morning because at 4 o’clock he didn’t have anywhere to go, so he would come here, eventually go to sleep, and around 7∶30 in the morning I will [sic] come to him and say, “It’s time to go.”

I had the possibility to spend two or three minutes to talk with the DeNiros, and, at the same time, to realize that those people are basic people, very kind.

It’s less frequent now. Stars now today, when they come, they come for working purposes. It’s a 24-hour business when they come. They come and go and they are so well surrounded that we don’t have to deal too much with them.

It’s grown bigger. My first film festival was 1965, which is centuries ago. Of course it was a kind of a, not a family affair, but something like that. Just the star [sic], the people, a little bit of the market, not many media, because in those days travelling was not quite the same.

The main4)mission’s to satisfy every need of our5)clients, and they vary from the simplest thing, just to have a newspaper in the morning, like flying across the world, or maybe wanting a ticket for the next World Cup Final in Brazil. How did I go to get the World Cup ticket? I did go with difficulties, ’cause tickets are not6)available anymore, so, your resource [sic], your knowledge of people will help you7)tremendously.

◆ Cannes International Film Festival 戛納國際電影節：

創立于1939年，第一屆在1946年舉辦。它是當今世界最具影響力、最頂尖的國際電影節之一，與威尼斯國際電影節、柏林國際電影節并稱為歐洲三大國際電影節，參演的影片來自世界各地，最高獎是“金棕櫚獎”。從1952年起，戛納電影節每年定在五月中旬舉辦，為期12天左右。

1 concierge [?k?nsI?e??] n. 接待員，禮賓員

2) Marcello Mastroianni 馬塞洛·馬斯楚安尼，意大利演員，曾三次獲奧斯卡最佳男主角獎提名，是上世紀六七十年代世界影壇的優秀演員。

3) luxury [?l?k??rI] adj. 奢華的，豪華的

4) mission [?mI?(?)n] n. 使命，任務

5) client [?klaI?nt] n. 顧客，客人

6) available [??veIl?b(?)l] adj. 可用的，可得到的

7) tremendously [trI?mend?slI] adv. 非常地

我就出生在戛納，是本地人。我每天早上來上班都會經過我出生的房子。我的兩個兒子也是禮賓員，一個是我在馬杰斯迪克酒店這里的助手。我一直都知曉這家酒店的大名，向來對其形象尊重有加。馬杰斯迪克酒店是家族生意，這是一家由家族經營的酒店。

馬塞洛·馬斯楚安尼先生以前經常到馬杰斯迪克酒店來，他熱愛意大利足球。每天一醒來，他會很高興地與我一起喝咖啡。這里就是馬斯楚安尼先生每天一大早下來時站的地方，他會與我們聊一會兒，聊得最多的當然是足球。

還有個故事，講的是當今電影界最了不起的制片人之一。在那個時候，大概25年前，他也許沒有錢住豪華旅館。就在這個小角落里，他在早上四點因為無處可去，就溜到這兒來，然后還睡著了。到了七點半左右，我就會來叫他：“該走了。”

我曾有機會與德尼羅夫婦聊上幾分鐘，那讓我意識到這些都是普通人，很友善。

現在這種機會比以前少了，因為當今的明星到這里來，他們純粹是為了工作。他們到這里來，24小時都在工作。他們來來往往，被人簇擁著，所以我們不太與他們打交道。

電影節的影響比以前大多了。我第一次為電影節服務是在1965年，感覺像是好幾百年前的事了。當然，當年的電影節有點像……并不是說它真是什么合家歡活動，但確實有那種感覺。來的都是明星，各式人等，營銷方面的人少。媒體來的不多，因為那個時候的旅行與現在不可同日而語。

我主要的工作職責就是要滿足客人的每一個要求。這些要求五花八門，簡單的如早上要份報紙，也可能是飛到地球的另一邊，或者是要一張巴西世界杯決賽的票。我怎么去找一張世界杯的門票？我克服了重重困難，因為那時票已經賣完了，因此你的各種資源、你掌握的人脈就會幫上大忙。