2005-02-13 18:20:35牛頭犬
《尋找新方向》Sideways
我實在想不出來,究竟還有誰,能夠比編導亞歷山大潘和吉姆泰勒,更完美地拍出一部關於「Loser」的電影,從《風流教師霹靂妹》Election、《心的方向》About Schmidt,到這部《尋找新方向》,他們倆的功力簡直已經如臻化境。
同樣改編自當代美國小說,亞歷山大潘和吉姆泰勒近乎隨心所欲地將原著的故事情節,變成了他們拿手的絕妙好戲,讓故事的主角:一個渴望成為作家的中學老師,在這趟品酒之旅中,一步一步地落進他們的殘酷陷阱,剝卸他用以自我保護的憤世忌俗,以及他用以逃避醜惡生活的風花雪月,讓他赤裸裸地被迫露出醜態、被逼入窘境、直往悲情深淵裡掘墳墓...
不過,在《尋找新方向》中,我們似乎也可以看到,比起以往的尖酸銳利、不留餘地,這對搭檔變得態度更為從容而且寬宏了些。他們捨去了熟悉的第一人稱畫外音,不再以笑裡藏刀的「音畫對照」來戳刺他們的角色,也不再刻意地讓每個人都露出可悲的滑稽相。於是他們的幽默變得較清淡不辣口,他們的人物也變得與觀眾更親近了些。而那無比迷人結尾的輕柔撫觸,更直讓人暖到心崁裡去(這倒是看他們電影非常難得的體驗)。
或許又加上了從原著中援引過來的一些動人文字,佐以亞歷山大潘凝視的、眺望的鏡頭,以及加州酒鄉靜謐溫暖的氣氛,讓影片又更多了幾分雋永與安適。
或許《尋找新方向》(真是個毫無魅力的爛片名,擺明了是不想吸引觀眾來看)也像是一瓶醇酒,剛入口時,似乎有些平淡、有點澀口,但在空氣裡晃晃,在嘴裡輕輕含著,溫熱一會兒,它便漸漸變得滑潤、清香、豐富而且完滿起來,而且還會讓你帶著一點醺醺然的陶醉,舒服地放下酒杯,回味無窮...
其實本來並不想寫這部電影的感想,寫這篇的目的只是想推薦大家去看這部我非常非常喜歡的電影,並和大家分享電影中非常迷人的一段話,希望大家能撥空去看,也希望大家喜歡這段文字:
Wow, this is really starting to open up, what do you think? I started to appreciate the life of wine, that it's a living thing, that it connects you more to life. I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing. I like the think about how the sun was shining that summer and what the weather was like. I think about all those people who tended and picked the grapes. And if it's an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. I love how wine continues to evolve, how if I open a bottle the wine will taste different than if I had uncorked it on any other day, or at any other moment. A bottle of wine is like life itself - it grows up, evolves and gains complexity. Then it tastes so fucking good.
同樣改編自當代美國小說,亞歷山大潘和吉姆泰勒近乎隨心所欲地將原著的故事情節,變成了他們拿手的絕妙好戲,讓故事的主角:一個渴望成為作家的中學老師,在這趟品酒之旅中,一步一步地落進他們的殘酷陷阱,剝卸他用以自我保護的憤世忌俗,以及他用以逃避醜惡生活的風花雪月,讓他赤裸裸地被迫露出醜態、被逼入窘境、直往悲情深淵裡掘墳墓...
不過,在《尋找新方向》中,我們似乎也可以看到,比起以往的尖酸銳利、不留餘地,這對搭檔變得態度更為從容而且寬宏了些。他們捨去了熟悉的第一人稱畫外音,不再以笑裡藏刀的「音畫對照」來戳刺他們的角色,也不再刻意地讓每個人都露出可悲的滑稽相。於是他們的幽默變得較清淡不辣口,他們的人物也變得與觀眾更親近了些。而那無比迷人結尾的輕柔撫觸,更直讓人暖到心崁裡去(這倒是看他們電影非常難得的體驗)。
或許又加上了從原著中援引過來的一些動人文字,佐以亞歷山大潘凝視的、眺望的鏡頭,以及加州酒鄉靜謐溫暖的氣氛,讓影片又更多了幾分雋永與安適。
或許《尋找新方向》(真是個毫無魅力的爛片名,擺明了是不想吸引觀眾來看)也像是一瓶醇酒,剛入口時,似乎有些平淡、有點澀口,但在空氣裡晃晃,在嘴裡輕輕含著,溫熱一會兒,它便漸漸變得滑潤、清香、豐富而且完滿起來,而且還會讓你帶著一點醺醺然的陶醉,舒服地放下酒杯,回味無窮...
其實本來並不想寫這部電影的感想,寫這篇的目的只是想推薦大家去看這部我非常非常喜歡的電影,並和大家分享電影中非常迷人的一段話,希望大家能撥空去看,也希望大家喜歡這段文字:
Wow, this is really starting to open up, what do you think? I started to appreciate the life of wine, that it's a living thing, that it connects you more to life. I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing. I like the think about how the sun was shining that summer and what the weather was like. I think about all those people who tended and picked the grapes. And if it's an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. I love how wine continues to evolve, how if I open a bottle the wine will taste different than if I had uncorked it on any other day, or at any other moment. A bottle of wine is like life itself - it grows up, evolves and gains complexity. Then it tastes so fucking good.