ストーリー : 5年の刑期を終え、晴れて刑務所を出所したデビー・オーシャン(サンドラ・ブロック)。かつて“オーシャンズ”を率いたダニー・オーシャンを兄に持つ、生粋の強盗ファミリーの一員だ。出所早々、刑務所の中で考え抜いたプランを実行に移すべく、デビーの右腕となるルー・ミラー(ケイト・ブランシェット)と共に、個性豊かな犯罪のプロたちに声を掛け、“オーシャンズ”を新結成する。集まったのは、いずれも一流の才能を持ちながら、冴えない生活を送っている、ハッカー、スリ師、盗品ディーラー、ファッションデザイナー、宝飾デザイナーといった面々。彼女たちのターゲットは、世界最大のファッションの祭典“メットガラ(the Met Gala)”~毎年5月の第一月曜日の夜、NYメトロポリタン美術館で開催される、世界中の600人以上ものセレブが集うチャリティーイベント~でハリウッド女優ダフネ・クルーガー(アン・ハサウェイ)が身に着ける1億5000万ドルの宝石!しかし、そこには網の目のように張り巡らされた防犯カメラに加え、屈強な男たちという世界一厳しいセキュリティが立ちはだかる。たった1秒の狂いが命取りになる。しかも、この祭典の模様は世界中に生配信される予定となっていた。世界中が見守る前で宝石を盗み取るという前代未聞かつ型破りな犯罪!果たして、その計画は成功するのか…?そして、その裏に隠された更なるデビーの思惑とは…?
※雨傘運動とは 1997年、中国に返還された香港は「特別行政区」(正式名称:中華人民共和国香港特別行政区)となった。「香港特別行政区基本法(香港基本法)」には「一国二制度」に基づく「高度な自治」が認められ、将来、1人1票の「普通選挙」で行政長官を選ぶことができるとされたが、2014年に中国の全国人民代表大会常務委員会は、共産党が支持しない候補を選挙から排除する仕組みを導入する「8.31決定」を下し、民主主義的な普通選挙の道が閉ざされる。「8.31決定」の撤回、「真の普通選挙」の実施を求め、香港の金融街・中環(セントラル)を占拠する「オキュパイ・セントラル」が計画された。大学では授業ボイコットが行なわれ、黄之鋒(ジョシュア・ウォン)ら若者による組織「学民思潮」は、政府本庁舎前で抗議活動を展開する。9月28日、「オキュパイ」が当初予定の中環ではなく、金鐘(アドミラルティ)で開始、銅鑼湾(コーズウェイベイ)、旺角(モンコック)などの街を占拠。数万人におよぶ学生・市民は、催涙弾で鎮圧しようする警察に、雨傘で抵抗した。「雨傘」が“市民的不服従”(※良心に基づき従うことができないと考えた特定の法律や命令に非暴力的手段で公然と違反する行為)の象徴とし、「雨傘運動」と呼ばれるようになった(論者によっては、「雨傘革命」とも言う)。市民たちは手を挙げて警察に立ち向かい、平和主義を貫いた。しかし、成果を得ないまま占拠を続ける運動に対して、徐々に市民からの反発も強まり、11月後半からは警察による排除が始まり、12月15日に79日間に及ぶ「雨傘運動」は終了した。金鐘の占領区に残ったバリケードには、「It’s just the beginning/まだこれからだ」というメッセージが残されていた。
──ニューヨークでの撮影を楽しみましたか? 最高でした。私がこの脚本を初めて読んだのは10年位前のことですが、アランはハリウッドでの仕事を諦めた後にこれを書いていました。彼は車を売ったお金でトライベッカのある場所で夏を過ごし、この最後の脚本を書いたのです。その後は街を去って映画とは別の仕事を探すつもりでした。この脚本は彼のキャリアに火を付けました。ですからこれはニューヨークにまつわるニューヨークで生まれた脚本です。ニューヨークへの憧れであり、ニューヨークの物語であり、そして実際にニューヨークで制作されました。 実は私が脚本を読んだ4~5年後、企画に進展があり制作に向けた資金集めがされていました。すると『The Only Living Boy and New York』(原題)という別バージョンの脚本が作られていて、それはシカゴを舞台にした広告会社の役員の話でした。私は“いったい何が起きたんだ?”と驚きました。従来の脚本の重要な点は失われて台無しになっていました。作品の特徴が全て壊されていたのです。私は過去のファイルからオリジナルの脚本を取り出して言いました。“私たちの原点はこの脚本だ。シカゴではなくニューヨークの話だ。これこそが映画化されるべき脚本なのだ”とね。
Scott Menzel:You are a Hollywood legend. What is it about this movie and this character that spoke to you?What made you want to do this? Jeff Bridges:Well, it’s a great story, for one thing. It’s the kind of movie that I love to be involved in. I’m a big fan of the movies myself. I love movies that surprise you, you know, where the filmmakers are headed in one direction and you think you’ve got each of these characters figured out and pigeonholed, but they all kind of bloom in their own unique ways. This script and this story is no exception to that. It has all those elements. Then meeting with our director, Marc Webb, finding out what his approach to making the movie, and then as the cast fell together, all of those elements made it a pretty easy decision to jump on board.
Scott:Did you have any reservations coming on-board this project, knowing that this was the make or break project for screenwriter Allan Loeb?It said in the press notes that he was actually going to give up screenwriting entirely if this movie didn’t get made. Jeff Bridges:I know. I love that. I just read that story this morning. No, I didn’t know about that. I just read the script without knowing anything about who wrote it or anything, and loved the script. It takes time to get your stories made sometimes. I’ve had wonderful luck with first time filmmakers and first time writers, so that didn’t bother me at all.
Scott:You’ve been in so many different projects, from TV shows, to independent movies, to big budget movies. What is the struggle going between all those different types of projects? Jeff Bridges:Well, I don’t know about the struggle. I’m glad that we have these big tentpole movies. Have they gotten up to $300 million yet?I don’t know, but these giant tent-pole movies. I’m glad we have those.
Scott:Well, you were in Iron Man. That’s pretty big movie. Jeff Bridges:Yeah, and I’m glad they have the movies like Tangerine, where it’s all shot on an iPhone, and I’m glad they have the mid-range, like this movie. There’s all different but I’m so happy that Amazon is making films in this budget range. I think we started to miss that, you know, recently, with just the block of big tent pole movies and the very low-budget. Now, we’re getting this style movie. I’m really happy about that.
Scott:You’ve done so many different types of genres and have worked with so many people. Is there something that you really want to do in terms of genre, or someone you really want to work with you that you haven’t worked with already? Jeff Bridges:Not really. I don’t operate that way, thinking, “Oh, I got to play George Washington.” I don’t have that. It’s more of a counter puncher. I kind of resist going to work unless there’s a story like this one that kind of reels me in …
Scott:Got you. Jeff Bridges:… that I can’t help but do because it’s such a great offer or opportunity.
Scott:What was it like working with Marc Webb?You said you worked with a lot of directors. While he isn’t exactly new and up and coming. He did have a small film with 500 Days of Summer, and then he did the two Spider-Man movies. What was it like working with him? Jeff Bridges:He’s my favorite kind of director to work with, a guy who has a real strong vision about how he’d like to see it. At the same time, he’s very open to get the ideas from all of the people that he’s assembled around him to help tell the story. I found him wonderful to work with. The environment he created on the set was very relaxed. Out of that relaxation comes, I think, the best work.
Scott:Your character talks a little bit in the beginning of the movie, and I think it’s kind of an interesting thing about the film in general, is that it talks a little bit about how New York has changed over the years. Since you’ve been around to New York and LA, how do you feel that New York and LA have changed over the years? Jeff Bridges:Everything’s changing, man. All the towns are getting more crowded. You know. It’s just the way it goes.
Scott:Yeah. All right. Well, thank you very much. It was awesome meeting you. Thank you so much. Jeff Bridges:Nice to meet you as well. Nice shirt by the way. I dig it.
Kate Beckinsale on The Only Living Boy in New York :
Scott Menzel:You’ve been in so many different films and taken on so many different genres and character types. What was it about Allan’s portrayal of Johanna in this movie that really spoke to you and made you want to do it? Kate Beckinsale:I loved the script. I thought the script was beautiful, and I love the fact that it’s about flawed human beings just sort of trying to bumble through as best they possibly can. When I first read the script, there was a slight opacity to Johanna, and Allan and Marc both said to me that they were a bit confused and they weren’t sure. I felt really clear about what I wanted for her, and what I wanted her to be. She’s not the sort of person who’s a mistress or the sort of person who has affairs with a father and a son, which is such a kind of extreme thing to do. I don’t think anyone sets out to do. Almost certainly. She’s not a sociopath. I think everybody in the movie is at a point in their life where they’re a bit at sea, and so is she. I wanted to make sure she wasn’t just this kind of mysterious femme fatale. She was genuinely someone who’s really seeking kind of love and is being thwarted because she’s having an affair with a married man. But the souls aren’t always clean. You know what I mean? Yet, throughout the movie, she’s the one that sort of exposes truth everywhere. It was important to me that there wasn’t a bad guy in the movie. You don’t feel that Pierce is a bad guy. You know you understand his situation. You don’t necessarily morally approve, but you understand it. You can see why he’s in it. You can see why she’s there. You can see why Callum is. Everybody’s just vulnerable, and I thought that was really lovely.
Scott:Was there any point, when reading this script and learning about this character and how complex it she was, where you were like, “I don’t know if I can do this”?Was there a certain scene that was left out?Were there any struggles, I guess wrapping your mind around this character? Kate Beckinsale:No, I think that, as I said, she was a little bit more opaque originally, and what was great was that Marc and Allan were so ready to have an actual female come in and sort of … and work with them. So I had a kind of week or two before the shooting where we sort of workshopped it a lot, writing, and it was a lovely creative thing to get to do with the two of them.
Scott:Working with so many actors over the years, what was it like working with this cast, in particular? Kate Beckinsale:It was heaven. It was one of those movies where you just didn’t want it to end. It was just one of those really lovely ones where everybody was so in love with the project and so committed, and you know Jeff Bridges is just the coolest person in the whole world and just warm and lovely. So is everyone, actually. So you know Marc really creates this very kind of tender set where he’s very uncynical, and he’s quite vulnerable himself so he sort of brings that out of everybody, which is a lovely thing.
Scott:In a lot of ways I feel like this movie, just like so many movies, is a love letter to New York. It criticizes the city for changing and like how it’s all about the hipsters now and all that stuff. What’s your favorite movie or love story that takes place in New York? Kate Beckinsale:Gosh. I don’t know. I mean I’m a big Breakfast at Tiffany’s fan, I have to say. That was when I first kind of was like, “Oh, wow. I have to get there.”
Scott Menzel:Yeah, I think that’s a great one to go to. The movie in a lot of ways reminded me of a Woody Allen movie and then of course the third acts, which changes things a bit. Kate Beckinsale:There are whiffs of The Graduate and then there’s a few kind of movies in there, I think.
Scott:Yeah, I can see that. Well thank you. Very nice talking to you. Kate Beckinsale:Very nice talking to you.
Kiersey Clemons on The Only Living Boy in New York :
Scott Menzel:I was first introduced to you as an actress at Sundance for Dope and I loved that movie. Since then it’s been so incredible watching your career grow. Kiersey Clemons:Thank you.
Scott:What was it about this character and this film that really spoke to you and made you want to do it? Kiersey Clemons:She was relatable to me and I think there was a lot of honesty of what it means to be that age and how you feel about people.
Scott:Were you aware of the story behind the screenwriter wanting to make this movie prior to being a part of it? Kiersey Clemons:The story behind Allan?
Scott:Yeah. Kiersey Clemons:Which one?
Scott:The story about how this was going to be his make or break film. He was going to leave Hollywood and not write another movie, if this one didn’t get made. Because being a part of something like that, there must have been pressure to that. Kiersey Clemons:No, there is no pressure, especially once you know Allan. You’re just like, “Okay.” No, there is no pressure. I think he’s just really excited to get the movie made and I think the best way to satisfy him in making this movie was to just be passionate about Mimi and do the best that I can, and loan a little bit of Kiersey to the character. Yeah, you can’t focus on that other stuff. That sounds terrifying when you say it like that.
Scott:Working with this cast, I know you mainly just start alongside Callum, right?What was it like?Was it intimidating working on a film with Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Bridges, and all these people in the cast? Kiersey Clemons:It wasn’t necessarily intimidating. I didn’t have any scenes with Pierce and Jeff, but being around them I think it was a bit like, at first you’re like, “Oh, whoa. Hello.” But, I enjoyed watching them do what they do, and how they interact with the crew and everyone that they’re working with and loving what they do still. Yeah.
Scott:Do you think this movie’s important for people for the lost twenty-somethings to see because everyone in this movie seems lost and is ultimately looking for answers? Kiersey Clemons:I think you’re always looking for answers and if you think that you have it all figured it out than you’re annoying. You don’t know anything and nobody wants to be friends with you.
Scott:True. True story. Kiersey Clemons:No one wants to talk to that guy, who’s like, “I got it all figured out.” Like, “Okay.”
Scott:You’ve worked on so many different projects now, TV, small movies, big movies. What’s the differences or the struggles going back and forth between TV, indie film, big budget film? Kiersey Clemons:TV is so exhausting. So much work goes into making a TV show and I think people think the other way around. TV is so draining, but it’s really satisfying at the end to see it all come together as is a movie. I think there’s really big differences in making small movies and then giant movies, and who you’re satisfying, whether you’re satisfying a studio head or if you’re making a movie to satisfy yourself, and, of course, the world that’s going to see it. Obviously, I prefer that one. I would just love to make movies like this forever. Yeah.
Scott:Last question. Since the movie takes place in New York and New York is such an iconic place for movies to take place in, what’s your favorite movie that takes place in New York, or is based around New York? Kiersey Clemons:Favorite movie … Oh, man. Now I’m stressed out. Give me an option.
Scott:Wall Street. Kiersey Clemons:No.
Scott:Any Woody Allen movie. Kiersey Clemons:Can I say American Psycho?
Scott:Sure. That’s a great movie. Kiersey Clemons:Yeah.
Scott:There’s nothing wrong with that. American Psycho is a great movie. Kiersey Clemons:Yeah. That’s not what I was thinking I was going to say. I was going to go with something that was a bit more romantic, but American Psycho is really … I was going to say satisfying. Okay, cut.
Scott:Well, thank you very much. Kiersey Clemons:Thanks.
Scott:Really nice meeting you.
▼ Interviews with Jeff Bridges, Kate Beckinsale, Kiersey Clemons, about The Only Living Boy in New York [MIH TV(=MadeinHollywoodTV)-2017/08/08 公開 YouTube] :