2008/04/05

秋水伊人 Les Parapluies de Cherbourg


Director:Jacques Demy
Country/year:France, West Germany /1964
Actor:Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel
喜度:★★★★★★★★★

終於看了秋水伊人,雖然劇情是如此通俗狗血(沒有你我會死之類的blahblahblah),但色調如此的鮮明飽滿、場景如夢似幻、青春少女凱薩玲丹妮芙欲語還休、含羞帶嬌般地吟唱,還有那份帶有遺憾的愛,淡淡地在雪地裡逝去...在在還是有想落淚的慾望。Mince alors, j'ai envie de pleurer!

"I'll wait for you"這首世界經典名曲,太催淚,就算不太甘願落淚,還是會被逼出幾滴在眼眶裡打轉。很巧的是,剛剛看日劇loss time: life第8集,居然也剛好大量運用這遺憾處處催淚名曲,果然經典就是經典,演繹錯失與遺憾十分細膩,樂聲稍一飄入,因悔恨帶來的微微酥麻感,便滿布全身。經過今天電影與日劇的轟炸,此生再也難以忘懷如斯優美傷感動人旋律。

又,不可輕忽亞美尼亞人!前兩天同事(某亞美尼亞小胖)才介紹我一位揚名全世界的亞美尼亞裔法藉歌手Charles Aznavour(啊啊阿,我真的不認識,沒想到他居然有演楚浮的槍殺鋼琴師,我只認識Serge Gainsbourg這種緋聞八卦一堆的),結果,噹噹噹...此作曲者Michel Legrand又是一個亞美尼亞裔法藉,真是不可小覷他們的藝術成就。(吾人由於對亞美尼亞籍同事的愛恨情仇,所以對這國家稍微有點微詞。)




The final scene


作曲者Michel Legrand現場表演

2008/04/04

being on my own


Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.

From:Keri Russell

My sentiments exactly.

2008/04/01

對自己負責即可

或許某些人擁有悲情的命運是因為悲劇般性格造成。面對這樣的友人,靜靜地陪伴傾聽,待曲終人散後,努力把自己抽離負面消極的能量,好好掌握自己的人生的向度,對自己負責就好。

2008/03/30

Thong/Flip-flop人字拖的英文及法文

Thong [countable]
1 a long thin piece of leather used to fasten something or as part of a whip
2 [usually plural] American English a type of shoe that covers the bottom of your foot, with a strap that goes between your toes to hold it on your foot as you walk [= flip-flops]
3 a piece of underwear or the bottom half of a bikini that has a single string instead of the back part

"Thong" est en effet (normalement) "string"...

thong also used to mean flip-flop, until the "other" thong became popular about 20 years ago... Now you will always assume un string if you hear thong in AE. Except for your grandmother, who still walks on the beach with her thongs on her feet!

2008/03/27

got to have courage!

It's been ages since I started to work after leaving the school, I felt dull and bored.
I know for real I shoud've made some changes from sheer boredom.
Yup, my first step is turning my care-for-nothing attitude to being a bit more active goes towards what may come to me in life.

2008/03/23

我的火星小孩 Martian Child


年份/國家:2007/USA
喜度:★

偶爾和家人一起看電影時,還是會選擇好萊塢電影,畢竟他們已經習慣差不多的模式,要他們看有時石破天驚的外語片,有點要求太高XD,總之就是被一貫的行進方式制約,看有點不太一樣的電影會暈眩接著投降。但,這部實在太差,雖然已經有概要的輪廓在心中運行,還是有點期待有點新意迸發。

看完之後,直覺自己浪費時間,約翰庫薩克(John Cusack)這幾年到底在做什麼?orz劇情是個普通無趣,他跟那個小孩也完全沒有化學作用,我不知道他到底對那個小孩那麼好幹嘛?orz口口聲聲說愛,是應映劇情般地做作不堪嗎?至少我完全感受不到所謂的愛,好造作。小孩的與眾不同,應該要在學校裡與同學相處間強調,可惜劇情只是略微帶過,所以觀眾怎麼可能會有同理心去感受?不要把觀眾當笨蛋!

2008/03/11

女侍情緣 Waitress


Director:Adrienne Shelly
Country/year:USA/2007
Actor:Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Adrienne Shelly
喜度:★★★★★★★☆

這部深得我心,就似帶點苦澀焦味的派中嚐出一抹香甜那般的清新好滋味。

雖然梗有點老,但機智幽默字字珠璣的對白,令人回味再三哪!
Jenna是個備受控制欲老公家暴的餐廳女服生,偷偷存錢希冀開創新生活,沒想到再一次意外被丈夫灌醉後發生關係,因而懷了小孩,這對想離家遠走高飛實現夢想的她,無疑是雪上加霜。好險有同事的友情,與婦產科醫生突然降臨的愛情/激情?還有熟客的人生經驗加持才讓她從壓抑窒礙感及憤世嫉俗中面對真正的自我,最重要的是,孩子讓她變得強壯,當下有勇氣去切斷囤積已久剪不斷理還亂重重結繩。

「I'm saying, my whole life I spent lost. If a sign said "go this way." I'd go the other way. Time after time after time. I turned the wrong corner, made the wrong choice, went the wrong way, like a chicken without a head. This life will kill you. I'm saying, make the right choice; Start fresh. It's never too late, Start fresh. I know you are. I was just dreaming a little for you. Because, all my dreams is gone. 」
--(Andy Griffith)《Waitress》。

以上是熟客的人生經驗談,我想他真正要表達的是,It's never too late, Start fresh. There is always a second chance in your own life if you really want it by heart. So once in your life time, just follow your heart, let it lead you.

人生總是敗多於成,但夢想讓人不顧失敗,一再嘗試,人因而偉大。
感謝Adrienne Shelly創造了一部讓我在麻木消極度日還能重新檢驗自己的電影,同時也惋惜她的英年早逝,嘆!(1966-2006)


Quincy Coleman - Baby Don't You Cry (The Pie Song)

When the world is gray and bleak
Baby don't you cry
I will give you every bit of love that's in my heart
I will bake it up into a simple little pie…

Baby don't you cry
Gonna make a pie
Gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle
Baby don't be blue
Gonna make for you
Gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle.
Gonna be a pie from heaven above
Gonna be filled with strawberry love
Baby don't you cry
Gonna make a pie
And hold you forever in the middle of my heart.

Baby here's the sun
Baby here's the sky
Baby I'm your light and I'm your shelter
Baby you are mine
I could freeze the time
Keep you in my kitchen with me forever
Gonna be a pie from heaven above
Gonna be filled with strawberry love
Baby don't you cry
Gonna make a pie
And hold you forever in the middle of my heart.

Gonna bake a pie from heaven above
Gonna be filled with butterscotch love
Gonna bake a pie from heaven above
Gonna be filled with banana creme love

Baby don't you cry
Gonna bake a pie
Hold you forever
Hold you forever
And hold you forever in the middle of my heart.