Did Michael hope Ghosts would break out as big as Thriller? Michael是否希望Ghosts和Thriller一样造成轰动？ Michael always seemed to hope to make something that would be huge. He thought big, because his whole life seemed to be surrounded by magnitude. I don’t know what his hopes were in terms of comparing it with Thriller, but I know he thought it would be very special. Michael总是希望创作出伟大的作品。他的想法很宏大，因为他整个人生的规模都超越 常人。我不知道他是否要把Ghosts和Thriller相提并论，但他的确希望这是部很特别 的作品。 Ghosts and Thriller see him as a charismatic, playful “monster”. Do you think he kept having fun with that reputation, even when the media turned on him? Ghosts和Thriller中把他描绘成一个有魅力的、爱嬉闹的“怪物”。 你觉得他是否认为这种名声很有趣，甚至是媒体拿这个来刺激他的时候？ He was very playful with that image, though as the press got meaner, he was definitely hurt by it, and pulled back and became more reclusive. But though we were friends, it wasn’t like I saw him all the time. A couple years could go by without seeing or speaking with one another, but when we did, we always had a good time. 他会用那样的形象开玩笑，但当媒体变得更刻薄时，他也确实会受伤，然後变得更 退缩、更隐世。我们虽然是朋友，也并不常见面。可能几年过去我们没见面或说话， 但见面时，我们总是相处愉快。 Where were you when you heard he’d died? What did you immediately think and feel? 你听到他死讯时人在哪里？你当时想到什麽？感受如何？ I was driving in my car when I heard on the radio that he’d been found unconscious and had been rushed to the hospital. I was stunned, of course, like everyone. Then, about an hour or so later, when I heard it rumored that he had died, I just couldn’t believe it. It took a couple of days for it to sink in. Maybe it was inevitable, I don’t know. I just know that he was fragile, sensitive, and an incredibly sweet and generous guy. It broke my heart, just like it broke the world’s. And I really felt for his kids, who are terrific and unspoiled in a way you wouldn’t imagine. At least, they were when I last saw them a couple of years ago. 当时我正在开车，听到广播说他被人发现失去知觉并被送到医院。我吓呆了，跟其他 人一样。然後，约一个多小时之後，当我听到传言说他已经去世了，我几乎无法相信。 过了几天才意会过来。也许这件事是无法避免的，我不知道。我只知道，他是个脆弱， 敏感且无比贴心大方的人。这让我心碎，就像全世界也为他心碎。而我也为他的孩子们 感到不舍，你无法想像他们是多棒的孩子，一点都没有被宠坏。至少，在我几年前最後 一次见到他们时是这样的。 As someone who knew him, what’s your reaction to the 24/7 speculation and media coverage? 作为一个认识他的人，你对於媒体24小时不停报导各种臆测的反应是？ I don’t know, I hate to speculate. I know he had his demons, fears, fragility. I really wasn’t exposed to the drug usage or any of that stuff. It was not that intimate a relationship. All I know is that he was someone I liked a lot, and was privileged to know and work with, and I miss him. Even though I hadn’t seen him in a couple of years, it always seemed like we’d be getting together again soon to talk about movies, and laugh and joke and have fun. It makes me so sad that it won’t ever happen again. 我不知道，我讨厌去臆测。我知道他有他自己的心魔、恐惧、和弱点。我真的不知道 他用药或其他的那些事情。我们两个的关系还没有那麽亲近。我只知道他是我很喜欢 的一个人，我有幸认识并和他一起工作的人，我会想念他。即使我和他已经几年没见了， 我总是有感觉似乎不久後我们就会聚在一起谈论电影、一起笑闹和玩乐。这让我感到 很悲伤，因为不会再有这一天了。 Did you see the loneliness and sadness claimed to have been his constant companion? 你曾见识到他所说的长年伴随他的孤寂和忧伤吗？ One of my earliest meetings with him was in New York, where he had a penthouse apartment in the Trump Towers. He was so very lonely. He’d take me to the window and point down at Fifth Avenue below and tell me he’d give anything to be able to just walk down there and go into the shops, but he couldn’t. I went out to visit him in Orlando, and was surprised to find that I was the only one, other than staff, that was around with him. There was nobody but us for a couple of days. I don’t think he had a lot of close friends, people who didn’t want something from him. 我和他最早的几次会面在纽约，他位在Trump Towers的阁楼公寓。他非常、非常寂寞。 他会带我到窗前，指着下面的第五大道说，他愿意放弃所有，只为换得在路上行走、 进入商店的自由，可他却怎样也不能。我也曾去Orlando看他，然後惊讶的发现，除了 工作人员之外，我是唯一在他身边的人。没有其他人，只有我们，就这样过了两天。 我想他没有很多亲近的朋友，那种不想从他身上获取些什麽的朋友。 Your enduring memory of him will be…? 你印象最深的关於MJ的回忆是？ Making him laugh. When Michael laughed, when you got to him for more than just that giggle behind the hand, it was a sight to see. He just loved to laugh, and it was fun to tease him gently. Maybe one of my favorite memories was on the set of Ghosts; we’d finish a take, and if I wanted another, I’d put on Bullwinkle’s voice and say, “This time for sure!” The first time, he just laughed and laughed and laughed. Then he’d keep asking, even after the good takes: “Mick, do Bullwinkle!” That’s how I like to remember him. 逗他笑。当Michael笑的时候，当你让他不只是用手捂住嘴的科科笑时，那真是值得一看。 他真的很喜欢笑，而且开他玩笑很有趣。我想我印象最深的一段回忆就是在Ghosts拍摄 现场；我们拍完了一个镜头，要拍下一个时，我会假装Bullwinkle（一个卡通人物）的 声音说“就是这一次了！”第一次的时候他只是笑啊笑啊笑。然後他会一直要我学， 即使是已经OK了，他还是会叫我说︰“Mick，学Bullwinkle！”这是我想记住关於他的 回忆。 Will Ghosts get a DVD release now? Ghosts现在会发行DVD吗？ I hope so. It was hugely expensive, and never released in the United States. He paid for it out of his own pocket, too. So I don’t know who owns it. But I think people would love it. It changed a lot from the time that I worked on it to the time it was finished, but it’s quite an accomplishment. I’d love to see it available. The only copy of it I have was one I came across in a music store in Hong Kong, on the old VCD format. It deserves better. 希望如此。制作Ghosts耗费钜资，且从未在美国发行。他是自掏腰包来支付这部影片的。 而我也不知现在是谁拥有版权。但我想观众会喜欢它的。从我参与制作到完成，这部影片 已经不是它原来的样子了，但它的确是部伟大的作品。我乐见它被上市发行。我仅有的一 份拷贝是我某次经过香港的一家唱片行时买的，是旧的VCD格式。它值得用更精致的格式 被发表。 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 可是过了一年还是没消息 到底Ghosts何时会出DVD啦??? --

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