刁亦男

当中国导演刁亦男开始拍摄他的第三部作品——《白日焰火》（BlackCoal，ThinIce）时，他的目标是拍出一部讲述普通人故事的侦探悬疑片。

When Chinese director Diao Yinan began shooting his third feature film , his goal was to make a detective story involving ordinary people .

刁亦男毕业于中央戏剧学院，他的另外两部电影《制服》（Uniform）和《夜车》（NightTrain）也很有名。

Mr. Diao , a graduate of China 's Central Academy of Drama , is also known for his two other films , ' Uniform ' and ' Night Train . '

ChinaMagicFilm刁亦男说，希望为观众呈现一部与众不同、富有新意的电影。刁亦男在北京接受了《华尔街日报》的专访，谈到自己如何为了吸引投资而修改剧本、在国际上拿奖对中国观众的影响以及他对阅读的热爱。

Mr. Diao sat down with the Journal in Beijing to talk about reworking his script in order to secure investment , the impact of international awards on Chinese audiences and his love of reading .

刁亦男：会的，因为中国艺术片导演的能力很强。

Yes , because Chinese directors of art-house films are very capable .

刁亦男：发呆、和朋友打牌、读书。

Stare in a daze , play poker with friends and reading .

刁亦男：在向审查人员提交电影之前，我并没有考虑这个问题。

I did not think about censorship until I submitted the film to the censors .

刁亦男：起初，我想写一个精神状态不正常的男人。

At first , I wanted to write about a man in an irrational mental state .

刁亦男：很多国内观众看这部电影只是因为它得了大奖。

Many of the local audiences are watching the film simply because it won big awards .

刁亦男：超出我的预期。

It went beyond my expectations .

刁亦男：对艺术的追求。

The pursuit of art .

凭藉《白日焰火》，刁亦男取得了迄今为止事业上的最大成功。

With ' Black Coal , Thin Ice , ' Mr. Diao has found his greatest success yet .

刁亦男：这部电影刚刚在柏林获奖时，我没有想到票房会这么高。

Right after the film won in Berlin , I did not expect it would earn so much .

导演刁亦男上周六领取了这一奖项。他花了差不多10年的时间写剧本。

Director Diao Yinan , who accepted the award for the film on Saturday , spent nearly a decade writing the screenplay .

刁亦男：爱情包含许多东西，不仅仅是说我爱你，约会，然后结婚。

Love encompasses a lot & it is not only about saying ' I love you , ' dating and getting married .

刁亦男：当人们在现实生活中挣扎或者在孤独时被情感所折磨，他们就会犯罪。

Crime is what people carry out when they struggle in life or are tortured by their feelings when they are lonely .

刁亦男：爱情包含许多东西，不仅仅是说“我爱你”，约会，然后结婚。

Love encompasses a lot -- it is not only about saying ' I love you , ' dating and getting married .

刁亦男上世纪80年代末毕业于北京中央戏剧学院文学系。毕业后他从事编剧工作，后来开始自己当导演。

Mr. Diao graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing in the late 1980s with a major in literature , and he worked as a screenwriter before turning his attention to directing .

在该片摘夺柏林电影奖之前，刁亦男说：如今中国的变化很大，我当时就想拍一部描绘当代中国生活的侦探悬疑片，创作一部真正代表新现实的影片。

' China today is greatly changing , ' Mr. Diao noted prior to Berlin . ' I wanted to make a detective film depicting life in contemporary China ' and to ' create a true representation of our new reality . '