Aaron Sorkin directed 'The Social Network,' which tells the story of Facebook's creation.
艾伦·索金曾执导《社交网络》,讲述Facebook的诞生。
Sixteen years later, he releases a new film, 'The Social Reckoning.' It looks at how the company became what it is today, especially its role in the rise of extremism and division.
十六年后,他推出新片《社交清算》,聚焦这家公司如何变成现在的样子,尤其是它在极端主义和分裂崛起中的作用。
The film will be released by Sony on October 9 and is seen as one of the most timely movies this fall.
影片将于10月9日由索尼发行,被视为今年秋季最具时效性的电影之一。
Sorkin said he hesitated at first. The Social Network is widely seen as one of the best American films of this century, and that cast a long shadow.
索金说,他最初犹豫过,因为《社交网络》被广泛视为本世纪最好的美国电影之一,阴影很大。
But later he met Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen and Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz. He felt this was a great story, and not doing it just out of fear was not a good reason.
但他后来遇到Facebook举报人弗朗西斯·豪根和《华尔街日报》记者杰夫·霍维茨,觉得这是个很棒的故事,不做只是因为害怕,那不是好理由。
The film stars Madison as Haugen, Jeremy Allen White as Horwitz, and Jeremy Strong as Zuckerberg.
影片由米奇·麦迪森饰演豪根,杰里米·艾伦·怀特饰演霍维茨,杰里米·斯特朗饰演扎克伯格。
Sorkin started thinking about this film around 2019, when he wrote a column in The New York Times. In it, he blamed Facebook for "crazy lies injected into the water system."
索金大约在2019年开始构思这部电影,当时他在《纽约时报》发表专栏文章,指责Facebook为“被注入水系统中的疯狂谎言”负责。
Zuckerberg responded by quoting a line from Sorkin's old film "The American President."
扎克伯格引用索金旧作《美国总统》中的台词回应。
Sorkin said he could not let it go after reading that. He believed the people around Mark must have known the difference between unpopular opinions and lies.
索金说,他读到后一直耿耿于怀,认为马克身边的人不可能不知道不受欢迎的观点和谎言的区别。
Sorkin first wanted Jesse Eisenberg to play Zuckerberg again, but Eisenberg clearly said he didn't want to be tied to that role anymore.
索金最初想请杰西·艾森伯格再次饰演扎克伯格,但对方明确表示不想再和这个角色混为一谈。
Strong offered himself for the part, and Sorkin described it as "like replacing Joe DiMaggio with Mickey Mantle."
斯特朗主动请缨,索金形容这“就像用米奇·曼特尔替换乔·迪马乔”。
Sorkin said Strong's performance was excellent, and during filming he received emails from Strong every night defending Zuckerberg.
索金说,斯特朗的表演非常精彩,拍摄期间每晚都收到斯特朗为扎克伯格辩护的邮件。
Sorkin said he has never met Zuckerberg and doesn't pretend to know his thoughts, only reverse-engineering from the results.
索金表示,他从未见过扎克伯格,也不假装了解他的想法,只是根据结果逆向工程。