Paradoxically, Mr Alfredson has managed to keep the book's slow, cerebral mood while at the same time speeding up the narrative about agents and double agents.

自相矛盾的是，阿尔弗·莱德森一边试图保留书中缓慢而费脑的气氛，同时又加快了有关特工和双面特工们的叙事。

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At a time when abstraction was still new, Bauhaus artists worked towards a universal visual language, one that was based on geometry and devoid of narrative.

在抽象主义还处于先锋阶段时，包豪斯的艺术家已经在用通用的视觉语言了，这种语言基于几何学，没有任何的叙述。

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Nolan exemplifies the best kind of filmmaking, unchained from the laws of time, space and even gravity, but never from the most basic rules of narrative.

诺兰凭本片为电影制作树立了最佳典范：既从时间、空间，乃至万有引力的自然法则中跳脱而出，又从未偏离基本的叙事法则。

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Story has the infinite power to connect us across time and space, and frame the human narrative by transcending borders, cultures, boundaries, and barriers.

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