上周六去看了危機倒數,今年奧斯卡最佳影片,是描述駐伊拉克美軍一支三人小組的拆彈部隊每天出生入死拆除詭雷炸彈的實戰生活,恐怖份子無所不用其極,炸彈或是埋在路中,或是車上,甚或縫在人的屍體內,而拆彈高手總能在緊張的倒數計秒中化險為夷.

該片攝影手法極佳,編劇也好,從拆彈人的日常生活點滴讓人窺知其內心世界.沒看這片,還不知駐伊美軍承受這麼多苦難---當然,誰叫老美當初要打伊拉克 ?

回來查資料,這片的英文名字怪異, The Hurt Locker是啥東西 ?網路上一大堆解釋,最後看到此片導演凱薩琳畢格羅接受訪問時的答覆,應該算是最正確的答案:

她說,這名詞是駐伊美軍的俚語,意指最痛苦的地方, 拆彈人如果拆彈失敗,就會被炸得粉身碎骨.

下面是一位老兵的解釋,也很有典故,新兵受訓時會被教官關禁閉,塞進一個像置物櫃大小的空間,猛揮老拳,或是被幾人蒙住毯子挨揍....

Hurt locker is a term used in Basic Training! When a young recruit was out of line, (back in the day when physical contact was allowed) the Drill instructor literally slammed you into a full size locker where he would hit you repeatedly. You couldn't get out or move to resist. No longer allowed by the drill instructors and the other recruits, "Blanket parties" were started. This was where fellow recruits would throw towels over you at night while asleep and hit you with fists, or laundry nets full of soap bars.