Face to Face with the Leading Roles:
Keanu Reeves, Carrie－Anne Moss and Laurence Fishburne talk about the Matrix Revolutions in this interview．
Keanu Reeves
Is it bittersweet to be sitting here and talking about this final installment of The Matrix?
K．R．: Bittersweet? Where's the bitter part? I had a great time! Some of the best days of my life were making these films. It's really exciting that Revolutions is coming out.
How did Neo influence you? Here＇s a character that just pushes it to the brink and you do the same．
K．R．: It's lovely to play Neo. He's a man who is conflicted but also Neo is a pretty honorable guy. He's also loved, and to be in love with Trinity is one of the greatest things to play.
What is it like working with Carrie－Anne Moss?
K．R．: Oh, she's absolutely amazing. We kind of partnered up. What is so remarkable is the way she looks at life and tries to understand herself and others emotionally. She's funny and beautiful and talented.
This film, with the rise of the machines is exploring a fear of technology． How do you view technology?
K．R．: I don't even own a computer. I don't post on the Internet and I don't have a secret identity. No e-mail.
Why do you think the Matrix films are so popular?
K．R．: Because they rock! There is so much movie on the screen. There's ideas, there's Kung Fu, there's interesting relationships. I think that they are ethical and moral. I enjoy and respect and feel that from the filmmakers. I think the acting and the relationships that you see in the films, the editing and the music, the style and the content is just really unique. They are great! Get some popcorn, sit down and watch The Matrix. It's cool!
Carrie－Anne Moss
How bittersweet is it that we are sitting here talking about this final episode?
C－A．M．: It is pretty bittersweet, that's a good word for it. I have had time to grieve it's passing, (laughs) because it has been a while, and now I am in a celebratory state.
How did this experience change you as a person?
C－A．M．: It changed me completely. In playing her (Trinity) it's a deep question and profound for me. I was asked to do stuff that was really challenging for me and sometimes scary. For instance, riding a motorcycle or hanging on a wire after breaking my leg. In the beginning I thought that I was going to get fired because I was just scared and green. I asked myself, 'how did I get this job?' I became more confident. Creating Trinity gave me a sense of myself.
How emotional was it to film your final scenes with Keanu?
C－A．M．:It was emotional and beautiful and so many things. It's a heavy thing. It's deep and it's beautiful to have been part of it for so long. It's pretty spectacular.
Do you think die－hard Matrix fans are going to be satisfied with Revolutions?
C－A．M．: I think that it really makes you think even more and it explains so many things from the first one. In the first one I felt like my eyes were open and in this one I feel like my eyes are opened even further and my heart is open watching it.
Lawrence Fishburne
Morpheus has really evolved from the first movie till now． Can you describe how he＇s changed?
L．F．:Well. He's dark, mysterious, all-powerful and all-knowing in the first. He's a superhero in the second one. In Revolutions, he's just human.
Lawrence, you said that the role of Morpheus was destiny for you． Can you elaborate?
LF: I see the Wachowski Brothers. Cut to we're working and doing a movie and at the end they presented me with a gift of a beautiful rendering of Neo and Morpheus. On the back Larry (Wachowski) wrote, 'I had a dream about a man who wore mirrored sunglasses and spoke in riddles and when I met you and heard your voice I knew that you were that guy.' So that's the deal.
In this movie you are the believer． Do you have something in your life that you really believe in?
LF: I have this unshakeable faith. I believe in myself, I believe in God. I believe in my children. I believe in the goodness that is in human beings. I believe in many, many things that I cannot prove. I believe that there's the world of the seen and the world of the unseen.
同主角面对面：
在以下的访谈中，基努·李维斯，加丽·安妮·莫斯和劳伦斯·费希伯恩将讨论“矩阵革命”。
基努·李维斯
问：坐在这儿讨论“黑客帝国”的最后一部续集，您是否有亦苦亦甜的感觉？
答：“亦苦亦甜”？哪一部分是苦？我开心极了！我这一生中一部分最美好的时光就是在拍这几部电影中度过的。“革命”即将上映，真是令人激动。
问：扮演尼奥对你有何影响？这个人物玩得可够心跳的，你也一样。
答：扮演尼奥确实令人愉快。他这个人有些矛盾，可是，他又是一个相当可敬的人。他也被爱着，而同崔妮蒂的恋爱戏是我所演的最最开心的戏之一。
问：同加丽·安妮·莫斯合作感觉如何？
答：哦，她绝对表现惊人。我们似乎有缘演对手戏。她的非凡之处在于她的人生观，她总是努力地从感情上去理解自己和别人。她风趣，美丽，有才华。
问：这部电影通过机器的崛起探索了（人类）对技术恐惧的主题。你如何看待技术？
答：我甚至连电脑都还没有呢。我不上网发帖子，我没有秘密身份，没有E-mail。
问：你认为“黑客帝国”系列电影何以会如此火爆？
答：因为它们动感十足。银幕上充满了好电影的一切要素。有思想，有功夫，有精彩的人物关系。我认为它是有伦理，有道德的。我欣赏和尊重它的伦理道德，我也从电影制作者身上感受到了这一点。我认为你在这些电影中所看到的表演和各种人物关系，以及电影的剪辑、音乐、风格和内容实在是独一无二的。它们太棒了！去买些爆玉米花，然后坐下来好好看一场“黑客帝国”吧，感觉酷毙了。
加丽·安妮·莫斯：
问：我们现在坐在这儿讨论“黑客帝国”的最后一部续集，这是多么的苦甜交集呀！
答：是有点苦甜交集。这个词倒是恰如其分。我有时为它成为过去而感到悲伤，（笑）因为毕竟我参与了那么久，但现在我在庆幸（我参与其中了）。
问：这一次经历对你个人的改变有何意义？
答：它使我完全变了一个人。在演她（崔妮蒂）的角色时，这对我来说是一个很深很难的问题。我被要求做一些对我来说极具挑战性的表演，有时甚至令人恐惧。例如，骑摩托车，或者在摔断了腿之后吊在一根钢丝上。刚开始时，我曾经想自己会被炒掉，因为我又害怕，又无经验。我问自己：“我怎么会得到这份工作的？”我（后来）变得更自信了。创造崔妮蒂这个角色也给了我自己一种自我的感觉。
问：请问在你同基努演最后那几场戏时你的感情有多投入？
答：那几场戏确实感情丰富，美妙无比，一言难尽。这确实是重头戏，很有深度，能这么长时间参与其中真是太美了。确实很棒。
问：你认为“黑客帝国” 的那些铁杆影迷们会对“母体革命”满意吗？
答：我想这部续集确实能使你思考更多的东西，而且它也解释了第一集中的许多悬念。观看第一集时，我就感到大开眼界；而观看这部续集时，我不仅感到更加大开眼界，而且连心窍也大开了。
劳伦斯·费希伯恩
问：墨菲斯这个角色从第一集到现在确实有很大的发展。你能描述一下他的演变吗？
答：在第一集里，他长得黑，神秘，无所不能，且无所不知。第二集里，他是个超级大英雄。而在“母体革命”这一集里，他只是个普通人。
问：劳伦斯，你曾经说过你命中注定要演墨菲斯这个角色，你能详细解释一下吗？
答：我见了沃卓斯基兄弟。长话短说吧，我们正在一起合作拍一部电影。在合作完成时，他们送给我一份礼物——有尼奥和墨菲斯这两个精彩角色的剧本。在剧本的背面拉利（沃卓斯基）写道：“我想像有这样一个男人，他戴着反光的太阳镜，张口就说谜语；而当我见到你，听到你说话的声音时，我就知道这个角色非你莫属。”于是这件事就一锤子敲定了。
问：在这部电影中你是一个信念坚定的人。在你的人生中你有什么自己真正信仰的东西吗？
答：我确实有这种坚定不移的信念：我相信自己，我信仰上帝。我相信我的孩子们。我相信人性的善良。我相信很多很多我不能证明的事情。我相信有一个我们看得见的世界，还有一个我们看不见的世界。
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3． lottery n． 彩票
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