Canadian documentary says "Let's hate Toronto"
我们一起讨厌多伦多
TORONTO (Reuters) - The dislike of Canada's biggest city, Toronto, in the rest of the country runs so deep that a filmmaker has made a documentary about it.
"People in Toronto are soulless, one-eyed corporate zombies（生性乖僻的人）," Joey Keithley, of the Vancouver punk band D.O.A., says in the film, "Let's All Hate Toronto."
The 73-minute film, which premieres at Toronto's Hot Docs documentary festival next week, follows a character called Mister Toronto, who embarks on（从事）a cross-Canada trip brandishing（挥舞）a sign that reads "Toronto Appreciation Day" and steels himself for the onslaught（冲击）.
His tour leads from Newfoundland on the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific city of Vancouver, where feelings against Toronto -- usually acknowledged as the country's financial centre and the cultural capital of English Canada -- run deepest of all.
"There is something different (about hating Toronto). People are more passionate about it," filmmaker and co-director Albert Neremberghe said in an interview.
"People have a grudging（吝啬的）respect for New York outside of the city, and have a grudging respect for London. But people outside of Toronto don't have that for Toronto, they really don't."
Neremberg, who is from Montreal, got the idea for the film from a 1956 publication with the same name as the movie.
He said collective dislike of a city is not unique to Canada, and said he might like to make similar films on other countries' love-hate relationships with major cities.
Note:
加拿大一位电影摄影者拍摄了一部纪录片，名为《我们一起讨厌多伦多》。本片长达73分钟，主角名叫多伦多先生，手举写着“欣赏多伦多日”的牌子在加拿大各个地方接受大家的反击。朋克乐队D.O.A还在影片中说：“多伦多人冷漠无情，是独眼的行尸走肉。” |
