domenica 25 dicembre 2011

Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island (2010) - Dialogo sulla violenza.

Quello che segue è il "Violence Speech" tratto dalla sceneggiatura (da pagina 107, stesura 2007, non definitiva) di Shutter Island, film (2010) di Martin Scorsese, screenplay di Laeta Kalogridis, basato sul romanzo omonimo (tradotto in Italia "L'isola della paura") di Dennis Lehane.

Lo trovo un dialogo molto interessante, composto da battute che possono sfondare la quarta parete ed essere contestualizzate agli ampi dibattiti sulla violenza nel mondo contemporaneo.
Riporto la versione originale, di facile comprensione.

Questo il link da cui poter prendere in prestito la sceneggiatura del film (non definitiva, 3 ottobre 2007): http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=2vneaucjli.

In fondo al post, potete trovare il video (in italiano) del dialogo da me proposto.





EXT. PROMOTORY -- DAWN


The sun is PEEKING over the edge of the water as Teddy claws himself over the lip of the promontory. He ROLLS onto the rocky earth, PANTING, exhausted.


Slowly, painfully, he gets to his feet.


EXT. COMPOUND -- MORNING


Teddy walks, bone-weary, up the steep road toward the Main GATE of the compound --


-- and a JEEP comes roaring down the road, screeches to a stop beside him.


THE WARDEN is driving. He looks Teddy over with a smile.


WARDEN
There you are. We've been wondering 
when you'd show up.

He leans over, opens the passenger door. Warily, Teddy gets in. 
The Warden starts DRIVING again, toward the compound.

TEDDY
Nice to finally meet you.

WARDEN
Taking a leisurely stroll, were we?

Up close, the Warden's pale skin and dark hair are even more PRONOUNCED -- his skin is baby-soft, his eyes bright blue.
He's DISTURBING looking, like a child in a man's body.

TEDDY
Just looking around.

WARDEN
Did you enjoy god's latest gift?

TEDDY
I'm sorry?

WARDEN
God's gift. The violence. When I 
came downstairs and saw a tree in my
living room, it reached for me like 
a divine hand.
(confiding)
God loves violence.

TEDDY
I Hadn't noticed.

WARDEN
Sure you have. Why else would there
be so much of it? It's in us, what 
we are -- we wage war, we burn
sacrifices, we pillage and plunder
and tear at the flesh of our brothers.
And why? Because God gave us
violence, to wage in his honor.

Teddy glances at the Warden -- there's something weird about him, something WRONG. It's like talking to one of the INMATES.

TEDDY
I thought God gave us moral order.

WARDEN
(scoffing)
There is no moral order as pure as 
this storm.. there is no moral order
at all.. There's only this: can my
violence conquest yours?

Teddy looks away.

TEDDY
I'm not violent.

WARDEN
(a snort)
You're as violent as they come. I know,
because I'm as violent as they come.

The Warden drives past the gate, into the compound.

WARDEN (CONT'D)
Cawley thinks you're harmless. That
be can control you. But I know
different.

TEDDY
You don't know me.

WARDEN
Oh, but I do. Kind, we've known
each other for centuries.

He BRAKES the jeep in front of the HOSPITAL, turns, ears in close to Teddy --

WARDEN (CONT'D)
If my teet sank into your eye right
now, could you stop me before I
blinded you?

For the first time, Teddy looks straight back at the Warden.

TEDDY
(quietly)
Give it a try.

WARDEN
(whispering)
That's the spirit.





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