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The Endless Summer
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9/6/2009

杨千桦 - 每当变幻时

怀缅过去常陶醉
一半乐事一半令人流泪
梦如人生快乐永记取
悲苦深刻藏骨髓
韶华去四季暗中追随
逝去了的都已逝去
啊  常见明月挂天边
每当变幻时  便知时光去

怀缅过去常陶醉
想到旧事欢笑面常流泪
梦如人生试问谁能料
石头他朝成翡翠
如情侣你我有心追随
遇到半点风雨便思退
啊  常见红日照东方
每当见夕阳  便知时光去

如情侣你我有心追随
遇到半点风雨便思退
啊  常见红日照东方
每当见夕阳  便知时光去

 
又是半夜被收音机的某曲惊醒,不过此次感觉已经太遥远陌生了。这个节奏跳脱吉他轻松的版本褪去了许多小时候听的那个原版的悲情,不知道谁唱的歌谁作的曲谁作的词,听完就又睡去。白天想起,google之,居然是卢国沾的词,我以为这位大侠的作品只会和以前的香港电视剧主题曲有关,那都是很“豪情万丈”的东西,我意向中会跟林敏聪,林振强,或者刘以达这些怪人有关。细味其词,依然是那些年代较之盛产老生常谈概括人生的又一上品,其中“梦如人生”真值得反过来思考一下,而这四字是因为押运而睿智还是睿智又押运就无必根究。再说杨千桦版本,适合这种年代吧,好让后生稍有机会从娱乐中接近这些老土的文字艺术,挑杨千桦演唱一毛病,我比较不喜欢“情侣”那的处理。
7/4/2009

MGMT - Time to pretend

I'm feeling rough, I'm feeling raw, I'm in the prime of my life.
Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives.
I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin, and fuck with the stars.
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars.

This is our decision, to live fast and die young.
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun.
Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can we do.
Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute.

Forget about our mothers and our friends
We're fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend

I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms
I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world
I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home
Yeah, I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone.

There's really nothing, nothing we can do
Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew.
The models will have children, we'll get a divorce
We'll find some more models, everything must run it's course.

We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end
We were fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
 
这些年来我远离了这些听觉探索,到2009年,终于首次被这张专辑感动。
这还有一首老土当时兴:MGMT - Kids
12/12/2008

达明一派 - 马路天使

叱吒于漆黑街中
身躯傲然随处碰
在眼中 在半空
是赤色的霓虹
尖声高呼于风中
孤单骤然全失踪
让困扰 让理想
尽扫一空
沿路眼中的追综
与讥讽
已失作用
让每刻青春
与街灯
每晚重逢
长夜里天使在欢笑在呼叫让分秒让一切忘掉了
闹着在路中乱跳
长路里充满是圈套是苦恼或许会是警告谁料到
望着夜雾 任意抛开 每个劝告
黎明渐到谁愿意谁愿意 谁愿意看到
深宵海边的低温
安抚着孩童的心
没困扰 没理想
是丧失的灵魂
警车哀哭的声音
催迫着游离的心
乱去闯 乱去等
没有变更
 
印象中只记得这首歌很节拍很动听,某日抓来一听痕痒得不了,再细心洞悉几回,带着目光失焦精神恍惚的我飞驰夜街中,吉他音效编曲这么出色。80年代的作品,这是儿时所不能体会青春即将老去的心。
11/6/2008

The Hollies - Long Cool Woman in A Black Dress

Saturday night I was downtown
Working for the FBI
Sitting in a nest of bad men
Whiskey bottles piling high

Bootlegging boozer on the west side
Full of people who are doing wrong
Just about to call up the DA man
When I heard this woman singing a song

A pair of 45's made me open my eyes
My temperature started to rise
She was a long cool woman in a black dress
Just a 5-9 beautiful tall
With just one look I was a bad mess
'Cause that long cool woman had it all

I saw her heading to the table
Well a tall walking big black cat
When Charlie said I hope that you're able, boy
Well I'm telling you she knows where it's at
Well then suddenly we heard the sirens
And everybody started to run
Jumping under doors and tables
Well I heard somebody shooting a gun

Well the DA was pumping my left hand
And she was holding my right
Well I told her, "Don't get scared
'Cause you're gonna be spared"
Well I'm gonna be forgiven
If I wanna spend my living
With a long cool woman in a black dress
Just a 5-9 beautiful tall
With just one look I was a bad mess
'Cause that long cool woman had it all
Had it all, had it all, had it all...
 
 
墨西哥电影《Amores perros》(英译:love is a bitch)取此曲为配乐,一听那摇摆的吉他,周六晚上溜达市中心寻欢作乐做坏事的架势,立即就陶醉其中……
The Hollies是成立于60年代的英国乐队,至今他们还在继续。
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7/31/2008

The Cure - Fascination Street

Oh it's opening time
Down on Fascination Street
So let's cut the conversation
And get out for a bit
Because I feel it all fading and paling
And I'm begging
To drag you down with me
To kick the last nail in
Yeah! I like you in that
Like I like you to scream
But if you open your mouth
Then I can't be responsible
For quite what goes in
Or to care what comes out
So just pull on your hair
Just pull on your pout
And let's move to the beat
Like we know that it's over
If you slip going under
Slip over my shoulder
So just pull on your face
Just pull on your feet
And let's hit opening time
Down on Fascination Street

So pull on your hair
Pull on your pout
Cut the conversation
Just open your mouth
Pull on your face
Pull on your feet
And let's hit opening time
Down on Fascination Street
 
Thanks for ifeel.cc:
disintegration
4/9/2008

《Azuloscurocasinegro》(译名:深蓝即是黑/Dark blue almost black)

不得不摘录这部电影中文简介的第一句话,表达得迷迷糊糊又些许玩味——“深蓝即是黑是一种心灵的状态,对未来的不确定,一种颜色:我们通常不太能够辨别颜色,而且主要是靠光线、媒介和情绪来判断。
 
西班牙的生活剧伦理片似乎都有种节奏明快,情绪复杂但叙述得平稳流畅的特质。《深蓝即是黑》便是典型,多线程的开篇,小节交错行进,快速引导观众认识各个主要人物,下手娴熟不见冒失。Jorge一出场就释放出年轻人多有的反抗力量,纵火烧垃圾桶让父亲追出几条街,说一番不甘于现状想要跳出的话,却让父亲气得中风倒地。随后的七年间他默默地承担起照顾无法自理生活的父亲的责任,也难逃收垃圾和大厦看门人的低微活。当出身的卑微和生活的重担在七年时间里让青春的刚硬消融,Jorge穿着的一身收垃圾工人制服也难以在他面容上察觉一丝不合适的尴尬感。他言语平静,并不等于他满心真诚接受这一切,青梅竹马但不门当户对的女朋友Natalia使他拘谨自卑,虽然她从不嫌弃过他,Jorge依然利用看门人工作较多的空闲时间考取了工商管理学士学位,可惜命运仍然牢牢地抓紧了他,无数的求职信件和多次的应聘面试都无法取得经理职位,或如他那位蹲大牢的哥哥Antonio所判断的,是因为Jorge不会说谎。会不会说谎反映一种为人处世的态度,是否找些东西来欺骗自己同样,它们都极大地干扰人们的命运。
 
电影最主线的故事在于哥哥Antonio在监狱里认识了坐冤狱的女子Paula,由于监狱暴力导致paula迫切想要怀孕以转到孕妇牢房过些稍好的日子,Antonio却因生理问题不能生育,而爱情让他请求Jorge帮忙令Paula怀孕;另一边重要的副线,Jorge天台好友Israel发现自己的父亲喜欢男人,出招阻挠继而到对自己是否同性恋的探索。情况似乎变得复杂起来,段落巧妙的编排与平缓的气氛使得故事依然以一种让人们舒适的姿态延续着,无奈的感觉在那套橱窗后深蓝得几近黑色的西装上象征性地得以体现,它每出现一次就打折一次直至半价还是无人问津,人们不需要的东西自己想要却得不到;幽默也轻盈得悄悄经过而几乎不为人洞悉,两次的用垃圾桶砸橱窗镜头给观众开了一个玩笑。
 
命运只是不由得意愿一路前驱,故事通篇没有厌世的痕迹,没有爆发性的发展,没有悲壮的转折,到结局平静得也没有升华到一个像样的结局,就如你的生活中许多事还未有答案。深蓝即是黑,是难以界定的不确切状态,还是一种随遇而安的将就态度?反正人必须一步步将人生中的琐事变成问题抑或不是问题,然后归纳问题本身作出选择。最后Israel与父亲达成共识了,Antonio放下夺爱之恨了,Jorge面试时说谎了,结束也是开始,接受一些改变一些,人生才值得。
 
dark blue almost black
1/7/2008

Marketa Irglova & Glen Hansard - if you want me

ONCE OST
 
Are you really here or am I dreaming
I can’t tell dreams from truth
For it’s been so long since I have seen you
I can hardly remember your face anymore
When I get really lonely and the distance calls its only silence
I think of you smiling with pride in your eyes a lover that sighs
If you want me satisfy me
If you want me satisfy me

Are you really sure that you believe me
When others say I lie
I wonder if you could ever despise me
You know I really try
To be a better one to satisfy you for you’re everything to me
And I do what you ask me
If you let me be free
If you want me satisfy me
If you want me satisfy me
 
once
10/25/2007

Donny Hathaway - Someday We'll All Be Free

Hang onto the world as it spins, around.
Just don't let the spin get you down.
Things are moving fast.
Hold on tight and you will last.
Keep your self-respect your very bright.
Get yourself in gear,
Keep your stride.
Never mind your fears.
Brighter days will soon be here.
Take it from me someday we'll all be free (Yeah)
Keep on walking tall, hold you head up high.
Lay your dreams right up to the sky.
Sing your greatest song.
And you'll keep, going, going on.
Take it from me someday we'll all be free
(Hey) Just wait and see someday we'll all be free. (Yeah)
Take it from me, Someday we'll all be free.
(It won't be long) Take it from me someday we'll all be free.
Take it from me, take it from me, take it from me.
 
真正的自由是什么样的境界,挣脱掉身心的促博,那将是超脱出喜形于色而由心的快乐,我能想像。
everything but the girl-back to mine
9/25/2007

mansun - until the next life

Oh, don't throw me away
Am i weak for saying that i needed you
'cos we were always acting out some drama
I had to fill this inbetween with something...

Until the next life
Don't throw it all away
Now i wish that i could go and do it all again
Until the next life
Don't throw it all away
Now i wish that i could go and do it all again

Time, time does not change
Time has never dealt an easy hand to you
Your grave is dug before they cut the cord on you
Now you're battered, bruised in all your glory...

Until the next life
Don't throw it all away
Now i wish that i could go and do it all again
Until the next life
Don't throw it all away
Now i wish that i could go and do it all again

And there's more important things in life than tv
And while all of england's staring at the screen
'cos there's never been chameleons that change things
So don't regret a single thing you mean
Don't regret a moment, a single thing you'd die for
Don't regret a moment, a single thing you mean

Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na
Even in your darkest moment (na na na na na na na na)
I will be here watching (na na na na na na)
Over you (na na na), over you (na na na)

Stop changing the world
You said you only want to change the nation
Those idiots who love to spark confusion
They don't regret a single thing they mean

Until the next life
Don't throw it all away, yeah

Everybody hurts if you look closely
So come and put your hands up if you're guilty...

Until the next life
Don't throw it all away
Now i wish that i could go and do it all again
Until the next life
Don't throw it all away, yeah
9/12/2007

《cast away》(中译:荒岛余生)

这样的中文片名和相关的简评会容易让阅片无数的大侠不屑一顾,不过tom hanks主演的电影总得一看,导演编剧名单上虽然没有他的名字,但我总相信他不仅仅是作为一名演员去影响一部电影。剧情简介不说了,大家都会联想起《鲁滨逊漂流记》(其实这比《鲁》凄惨不少),我就挑一些电影的伏笔和细节安排。
 
1,电影开头叫dick bettina的地方的女主人mrs. peterson寄包裹给远在莫斯科的丈夫,但很明显她的丈夫在那边正和某女子干柴烈火中;而片末chuck在十字路口遇到的女子应该正是这位mrs. peterson了,不过正如电影末段的气氛一样,4年多过去一切都已物是人非了,她可能已经不用peterson这个姓了,因此也正如整部电影带出来的希望一样,chuck站在荒茫的十字路口对着dick bettina的方向微笑。这个伏笔真是深远,电影几处在未拆封的包裹、木筏的“风帆”和车尾出现过的天使翅膀图案,也正都是来源于这个mrs. peterson。印着此图案的包裹就像被chuck称呼为wilson的排球和女友kelly送的怀表的作用一样,象征着他生存下去的信念和精神支柱。
 
2,当chuck最后拼死在海上漂浮的期间,三次出现座头鲸。只有第一次伴随着座头鲸的歌声在镜头里面出现了它们的样子;第二次是当chuck发现丢失了wilson前;第三次是轮船出现前。这第二、三次都不见其形,仅仅是听到它们的歌声随即画面表现它们浮上水面呼吸而喷溅海水到chuck面上,导致弄醒了他,如此一来只第一次的出镜用意就很明显了。
 
3,有些看客会认为chuck获救后较详细的交代片段是画蛇添足,这种看法未免太故作高深了。其后的一些片段正好交代了在岛上生活的人物心理伏笔,呼应了电影的主题,恰恰是反hollywood式老套的。这并不冗长的结尾不会腐蚀你对此电影的思考。
 
4,我还以为之前未有交代的送给kelly的礼物会有什么悬念设置……
 
5,有关一直未拆开的包裹里面是什么,网上说官方公布出来的惊喜是——太阳能防水卫星电话。这电影简直是为fedex做广告,快递员职业操守高,赴汤蹈火在所不辞。
 
我也需要dr. wilson。
8/31/2007

《cashback》(中译:超市未眠夜)

片头缓缓有序地展现歌剧式音乐,Ben的独白,然后用慢镜表达Suzy气得七窍生烟而歇斯底里的面孔,就已经将人的思绪吸引到电影中来。女友发疯似的谩骂夹随着她随手抓来的瓦杯和宜家台灯在慢镜中砸来,是何其值得细心欣赏的艺术,而如果你已经在这刻暗暗地笑了,那么你已经在赞美它。

在美术学院就读的Ben与女友Suzy"和平分手"之后,青春所带来难以开解的症结和悔恨之魔天天折磨着他,使他辗转反侧夜夜无眠,他像许多经历过少不更事的孩子一样,凌晨翻看前女友的照片嘴角微微一笑,忽然又有种狠心付之一炬的冲动,手却请在空气中,照片里有美好的回忆;更居然还笨驴般忍不住打电话给前女友根究在床上自己和她的新男友比较起来怎么样!于是每天多出来8个小时的无聊时光,他决定到夜班超市打工,如他所谓的用时间换取现金,但生命能这么轻易就放过你吗?一个简单的动作使命运之潮不可预知地袭来。Ben在超市遇到各式神佛,每个家伙极端化迥异的个性特征都像摔坏过脑袋一样,笑料层出。当然他也遇到她,Sharon,一个面容苍白文静且惧怕看到钟表的收银员,这个相对正常的女生有着逃离寂寞的梦想,正好与Ben平静而专注的眼神有了交汇。Ben学习他们打发无聊的方法,更学会了独门武功让时间静止,或者说学会了幻想让时间静止好使他能观察人们,要怎么认为这二者是观众的意愿。在这个冻结的世界里,他给夜半前来购物的女顾客宽衣解带,注视她们的胴体,描画她们的每一条曲线和皱褶,在这个学画的男生眼里,丰乳肥臀仿佛散落一地的青豆,是美丽又庄严的静物艺术。而Sharon,在她毫不知情下,才是他画了几百遍仍丝毫不感到厌倦的主角。

电影本身拼凑着不少的俗套,比较那段浓缩至十七八分钟屡获大奖的短片前身而言。就以爱情为主线的故事来说,它平庸,看看中文片名所引导的,像是真的有意恶搞《西雅图未眠夜》,到结局它还是老土地告诉你,只要认真对待,失之交臂的事总是可以避免的。老土得要死,可是结局老土而又浪漫得让人脸红,不失为过皆因停止的雪花是美丽的,但依然寂寞,因为没能分享。《CASHBACK》更精彩的在于融洽的音乐,细腻的独白,还有唯美的画面风格化的镜头运用,英式幽默如果还能让你会心一笑,那么片中几回出现的宏大弦乐就不能忽视。它冠冕堂皇地述说着美和发现美,但它迎合着隐喻着天下男性对性的心思,不低俗同时也不高尚,描绘出正统文化之外生活的思考。片中停滞的超市立即就让人想起英国乐队radiohead的《fake plastic trees》的MV,不过它比MV多出了些让观众跟随Ben一起意淫的部分。

Ben的独白也许能填补一些朋友多年来再没有拿起过书本的遗憾,絮絮道来如愚蠢过后的大切大悟带给人们阅读一样的安静和乐趣。以下是片尾的一段:“很久以前,我就想知道爱是什么。只要相信,爱无处不在。你会看到它的美含苞欲放,藏在你生命的瞬间里。如果你不停下来,专心去留意它的存在,那么很可能就会与之擦肩而过了。”对,它像结局一样老套,但你专心留意它的字里行间像专心留意你的生活细碎了吗?

8/22/2007

《singing in the rain》(中译:雨中曲)

好几年前听到一张杂锦CD里面的一曲singing in the rain,很容易就猜到那来自美国某部经典的歌舞剧,歌者声音圆润饱含感情,雨中的欢快表露无遗。
 
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo...
I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun's in my heart
And I'm ready for love
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with the rain
I've a smile on my face
I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
Just singing
Singing in the rain
Dancing in the rain
Dee-ah dee-ah dee-ah
I'm happy again
I'm singing and dancing in the rain
I'm dancing and singing in the rain...
 
在两位男主角gene kelly和donald o'connor先后辞世的今天,我才首次观看这部1952年的电影,的确歌舞片段是吸引所在,好几段歌舞立即就翻看一次,两人的踢踏舞各有特点,看得我这种未见过世面的人直发呆。故事中对hollywood演艺圈的讽刺收放有度,并不尖锐而显得滑稽。女主角debbie reynolds至今仍健在,偶尔会出演一些大妈的角色。
 
以下地址为大众汽车GOLF GTI将gene kelly在雨中歌舞的片段改成breakdance的电视广告片段:
 
 
8/4/2007

MUSE - Citizen Erased

Break me in, teach us to cheat
And to lie, cover up
What shouldn't be shared
And the truth's unwinding
Scraping away at my mind
Please stop asking me to describe

For one moment
I wish you'd hold your stage
With no feelings at all
Open minded
I'm sure I used to be so free

Self expressed, exhausting for all
To see and to be
What you want and what you need
The truth's unwinding
Scraping away at my mind
Please stop asking me to describe

For one moment
I wish you'd hold your stage
With no feelings at all
Open minded
I'm sure I used to be so free

For one moment
I wish you'd hold your stage
With no feelings at all
Open minded
I'm sure I used to be so free

Wash me away
Clean your body of me
Erase all the memories
They will only bring us pain
And I've seen, all I'll ever need
7/13/2007

Blur - Essex Dogs (Thurston Moore's Mix)

酷热下午在工地里面游走,我最爱的夏天,什么事都没发生。
6/24/2007

《big fish》(中译:大鱼)

一直听人介绍这部电影,下载了几个月今晚终于勉强收拾心情静心观看。首先是导演Tim Burton,这家伙执导过的电影从来没有过一部是老老实实地忠于现实的,他的电影世界始终带着奇幻色彩,好几部成人(现实)童话,例如大名鼎鼎的《剪刀手爱德华》和较为新近的《查理和巧克力工厂》等等。本电影主角Ewan McGregor,此人正是《迷幻列车》钻马桶的瘾君子,他还出演过《黑鹰堕落》,还有我近来看过比较喜欢的《生死停留》,他在本片饰演青年时期的父亲,因为他在《迷幻列车》的形象太深刻了,所以我总是有种很奇怪的感觉,此片中的角色相对太憨厚了。

电影充斥着光怪陆离的场面,但前半部依然让我呵欠连连,因为如威尔(电影中的儿子角色)对白所言,那些故事是哄5岁孩子睡觉的;随后儿子与父亲的接触,那些疑幻疑真的经历变得精彩和感人起来,查找影评有这一句话:“虽然从这些讲述中威尔发现其中包含了很多的修饰,但却比自己从前认为的要真实得多,它们只是父亲要保留过去的激情和诚实的一种方式而已。”父亲的童话,儿子的写实从起初的冲突到最后的融合,这过程充满着人生的寓意,难怪有人说每一次看都会悟到些许。

这绝对是一部值得思考的电影,“如果不是和自己的爱人一起去看,那么就找一个自己想爱的人”,这又是一句很有趣的概括。太多的人受现实所奴役的时候,为什么不能带给自己一点童真,为什么处处与心底的向往较劲?

我暂时心态不好,未能看到更多。
6/11/2007

radiohead - creep

When you were here before
Couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry

You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You're so fuckin' special

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin' here?
I don't belong here

I don't care if it hurts
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul

I want you to notice
when I'm not around
You're so fuckin' special
I wish I was special

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin' here?
I don't belong here, ohhhh, ohhhh

She's running out again
She's running out
She run run run run...
run...

Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so fuckin' special
I wish I was special

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin' here?
I don't belong here

I don't belong here...
 
终于,我又得变态起来。
5/27/2007

the smashingpumpkins - cherub rock

Freak out
And give in
Doesn't matter what you believe in
Stay cool
And be somebody's fool this year
'cause they know
Who is righteous, What is bold
So I'm told
Who wants honey
As long as there's some money
Who wants that honey?
Hipsters unite
Come align for the big fight to rock for you
But beware
All those angels with there wings glued on
'cause deep down
We are frightened and we're scared
If you don't stare
Who wants honey
As long as there's some money
Who wants that honey?
Let me out
Let me out
Let me out
Let me out
Tell me all of your secrets
Cannot help but believe this is true
Tell me all of your secrets
I know, I know, I know,
Should have listened when I was told
Who wants honey
As long as there is some money
Who wants that honey?
Let me out
Let me out
Let me out
Let me out
 
 
“为说新愁强赋词”。
honey, money... i am wearing my personality away, where is my nature soul? what was that tiring and keeping for? 
4/30/2007

the cure - pictures of you

i've been looking so long at these pictures of you
that i almost believe that they're real
i've been living so long with my pictures of you
that i almost believe that the pictures are
all i can feel

remembering
you standing quiet in the rain
as i ran to your heart to be near
and we kissed as the sky fell in
holding you close
how i always held close in your fear
remembering
you running soft through the night
you were bigger and brighter and wider than snow
and screamed at the make-believe
screamed at the sky
and you finally found all your courage
to let it all go

remembering
you fallen into my arms
crying for the death of your heart
you were stone white
so delicate
lost in the cold
you were always so lost in the dark
remembering
you how you used to be
slow drowned
you were angels
so much more than everything
hold for the last time then slip away quietly
open my eyes
but i never see anything
if only i'd thought of the right words
i could have held on to your heart
if only i'd thought of the right words
i wouldn't be breaking apart
all my pictures of you

looking so long at these pictures of you
but i never hold on to your heart
looking so long for the words to be true
but always just breaking apart
my pictures of you

there was nothing in the world
that i ever wanted more
than to feel you deep in my heart
there was nothing in the world
that i ever wanted more
than to never feel the breaking apart
my pictures of you
 
 
引用一位网友的话,
这个世界很简单,简单到了人只需要适应就可以生存得很好,
这个世界很复杂,复杂到了人必须摒弃自己的个性去被同化。
the love life of hanging on, and hanging on again.
4/8/2007

geroge michael - jesus to a child

Kindness in your eyes, I guess you heard me cry
You smiled at me like jesus to a child
I'm blessed, I know heaven sent and heaven stole
You smiled at me like jesus to a child
And what have I learned from all this pain?
I thought I'd never feel the same about anyone or anything again
But now I know when you find love, when you know that it exists
Then the lover that you miss will come to you on those cold, cold nights
When you've been loved, when you know it holds such bliss
Then the lover that you kissed will comfort you when there's no hope in sight

Sadness in my eyes, no one guessed or no one tried
You smiled at me like jesus to a child
Loveless and cold with your last breath, you saved my soul
You smiled at me like jesus to a child
And what have I learned from all these years?
I've waited for you all those years, and just when it began he took your love away
But I still say when you find love, when you know that it exists
Then the lover that you miss will come to you on those cold, cold nights
When you've been loved, when you know it holds such bliss
Then the lover that you kissed will comfort you when there's no hope in sight

So the words you could not say, I'll sing them for you
And the love we would have made, I'll make it for two
For every single memory has become a part of me
You will always be my love
Well, I've been loved, so I know just what love is
And the lover that I kissed is always by my side
Oh, the lover I still miss was jesus to a child

此种感悟可以是刹那的恍然触觉,可以是年月的缓慢洗礼。尔虞我诈甜言蜜语谁是谁非充斥空气,你不会提醒自己记得呼吸,但呼吸从未停止过。排斥心理让我形容偏激,但“尽早学会珍惜”此一句一直就告诫着我,珍视眼前的一切今天尤其深刻。甜腻而又苦涩的传入耳朵,这种无论是情感的释放与接收,对于我而言彷佛都不是好事,而值得唾弃,犹如顾影自怜和爱上自己的悲情一样,是界乎于幼稚与成熟之间更一文不值的思考?我要怎么做?你又在选择什么?反正我不会轻言放弃……

3/29/2007

paul oakenfold - amsterdam

paul oakenfold玩的越来越重,此曲在06年专辑《a lively mind》中还算残留点飘渺。
3/14/2007

《the thin red line》(中译:细红线)

2006.11.10
这是我第二次观看这部电影,这次我感受到它更多的内涵。第一次看完,我头脑内期望的某个方向是空白的,但我又接受了一些难以言状的;第二次看,在每一个细节里我都读懂了更多,无论从主题到电影的各种表现技术,它的境界超越了许许多多的电影,我让它成为我心目中最重要的电影之一。优质的传统战争片也是我的喜好,它们以震撼的战争场面,真实严谨的武器、其他装备和效果来表现是值得肯定的,但不应该拿它们来跟《the thin red line》作比较。

片中不时会出现的各种动物,仰视角度观看的植物,还有在疯狂场面中和缓的背景音乐都足够让人玩味,而最引人沉思的,是几个角色贯穿整篇的精辟游离的独白。或许单看我这些的描述,大家可能会想到是电影故作深沉的文艺表现。这样的话,你就尝试去看它,你不会认为那些呆滞和疯狂的画面的对比是卖弄。

《Sommer vorm Balkon》(中译:阳台前的夏天)

2006.9.10
影片节奏轻快,仿如它在那一刻间的迷惘之后突然而多次跳转出来的背景音乐一样,顷刻间的轻快,又突然人物或画面的定住,多少的玩味,所以这郁闷的基调居然让人自然而然地笑出来,充斥整个故事。如果要跟人描述这一个故事,可能你会想它根本不算是一个故事,就像电影告诉你的,生活在继续,仅仅是两个德国中年女人的生活。

《Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind》(中译:美丽心灵的永恒阳光)

2006.10.25
中文译名其实有三个,但我还是选择了比较别扭的直译的这个,片名其实是片中出现过的一段名言摘录。
本片应该定位为科幻/爱情片,主角是Jim Carrey(占基利)和kate winslet(琪温丝莉),这是占基利继《楚门的世界》之后主演的第二部非喜剧类影片,我觉得他这次比《楚》的表现更好;因《铁达尼号》而为人熟知的肥大娘琪温丝莉在此片中瘦了不少,我一开始几乎认不出来。这对组合看上去比较神奇,各自都能演绎出现实中能找到性格矛盾的人。

这又是把有关记忆与现实作为主要材料的电影,加之两位主角,我无理由不尝试去了解。这类电影都有以下的若干共通点,它频密的镜头转移为了表达主角混乱的记忆和奇幻的梦境,整个幕后制作能够胜任这些,他们当然也能在关乎时间前后的细节,和剧情安排上让观众看得晕头转向,除非你投入电影中认真观看。第一次看,会因为忽略一闪而过的重要线索而让我感到这部电影太多的旁支错节,累赘感。反正我当天就看了第二次,我有生以来首次在一天内把同一部电影看了两次。第二次看,反而看出了许多被干净利落剔除了的多余部分,因为正常的成人都能明白。之前感到的某些旁支错节,其实是感情的积累,同样是重要的记忆。

无论痛苦与快乐,记忆何其珍贵,它也让你尽早学会珍惜。

《beautiful people》(中译:美丽战争)

2005.10.24
哈哈哈!!!这个乱七八糟的故事!今晚有幸看到这部有趣的电影,网上供下载的许多网站都把它归入喜剧一类,我现在都迷惑了,管它!电影十分有趣,故事发生在英国伦敦四个处于不同社会地位的家庭还有三个分别来自威尔士、塞尔维亚和克罗地亚的家伙,他们的背景抄到一起来是何其冲突、严肃,但电影中的荒谬的黑色幽默时时让我忍俊不禁。说实在我真的不了解93年世界杯英国与荷兰的赛事,甚至近代克族和塞族还有波斯尼亚的战争背景,更别说古代大不列颠岛与周围威尔士、苏格兰、爱尔兰这一堆地名之间的恩怨,反正结局是喜剧式的,但愿人们能够如剧中那个小混混一样,最终明白生命是美丽和值得珍惜的。

《28 days later》(中译:惊变28日)

2004.2.23
虽然看到网上许多批评的影评,但我们明白那是相对《迷幻列车》和《海滩》而言的,像音乐上的,the chemical brother的《come with us》……像每次考试满分的表弟突然这次98分一样,需要被责备的,因为前作已经好得不能再好。《惊变28日》在芸芸电影作品里面还是上乘之作。
电影使用DV拍摄,粗造与写实的感觉让孤独与惊悚变得更深刻,电影许多亮点可以圈点,我很是记得电影有两个色彩绚丽画面——汽车经过的花田(用了虑镜把花朵处理得像透过凹凸不平的玻璃看过去一样,不知道是什么用意)和布满公寓天台的塑料桶子。
我很喜欢四人在阳台拿着收音机商谈的一幕,高高站在死寂的城市上空,远处的像末日一样的黄昏和薄云,彷佛整个世界就这个角落尚存一点安心,是去是留……
至于配乐,你不能忘记其中一首brit-pop递进式地,像逐渐地挤压出你的肾上腺素,孕育着血腥的力量。

我们看到的DVD应该还有一些删除片段,未被采用的结局,和另一段漫画表达的分支剧情以及导演为它们所作的解说