• 时隔9年拍的一个完整的故事,连续起来看很美妙。特别是日落之前开篇的那首歌,巴黎的小酒馆,阳光洒落的街角。今晚再重温,再看了豆瓣上的评论。说9年前Jesse 和Celine的维也纳一夜是艳遇实在是恶俗了。每个人都有要重复把电影倒回去的场景,我就喜欢日出中他们在唱片店试音室听那首歌,还有互相想看又不敢看的尴尬。

     世界范围内的影迷,炽热的链接在一起,讨论了电影中每个小细节,包括Celine猫的名字,Celine和Jesse 的星座。火车,旅途,欧洲,心有灵犀的对话然后音乐之都的一夜,9年后看似彼此人生已成定局后的重聚。关于爱情,男女,世界和人生的谈话。电影知道总有一个细节是会击中那些所谓浪漫主义情怀文艺青年一根软肋。

    memory is beautiful when you do not need to deal with the past.

          Now, we are together ,Sitting outside in the sunshine. But soon we’ll be apart .And soon it’ll be night at noon.  Now, things are fine .The clouds are far away, up in the sky .But soon, I’ll be on a plane .And soon, you’ll feel the cold rain. You promised to stay in touch when we part .You promised before I left that you’ll always love me .Time goes by and people cry .And everything goes too fast. Time goes by and people cry .And everything goes too fast.
    9年后,这首歌唱的是真实。爱情开始于某个瞬间,但是否会永远持续下去。得不到所以永远渴望?Celine的爱情观和疑虑和不确定至少代表了一部分人或者说我心中的想法,只是如果那天我们也坐在布达佩斯开往维也纳的火车上,是否能遇到Jesse?

  • 2008年7月29日

    2008-07-29

    今天是平凡的新一天.

    a.这是小蚊子让我晒书房,好吧.....虽然觉得很不搭,椅子上的塑料包也很猥琐....
    b.昨天萝卜告诉我IELTS作文评分难度又加大了,苦闷的很。
    c.Patrick Dempsey的新片made of honor实在很cliche.
    d.我想看Mama Mia!Preview 中用了ABBA的Dancing Queen,虽然又是借助了希腊小岛美景还有 Pierce  Brosnan,Colin Firth还有Meryl Streep的chick-flick,不过我就喜欢chick-flick。
    f.我又开始听Joan Baez,那首Diamonds And Rust 真是美好呐。

  • Discovery

    2008-07-12

    探索频道的旅行与探险系列,充分验证了某种情况下,生活还是在别处 。

    勇闯天涯 多好啊,下载:http://sfile.ydy.com/bbs/attachment.php?aid=65051

    看到西雅图,激动死了,下载:http://sfile.ydy.com/bbs/attachment.php?aid=65054

  •                                  资料图片:影片《阳光小美女》精彩海报(4)

        'A real loser is somebody that's so afraid of not winning that he doesn't even try'said grandpa to Olive ,the youngest daughter of the family, who's on the way to the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant in CA with her entire family, where mom and dad quarrel over trivial things and dad's 9 steps to success which is obviously not working for him, her brother Dwayne hasn't talked to anybody in 9 months to keep his vow of silence to pull off his pilot dream and says he hates everybody, Frank uncle who's homosexual and has just committed an unsuccessful suicide, and grandpa ,who's addicted to doobie ,talks 'fuck' all the time.

    That is the movie of the year 2007 .It's not a little edgy or subversive like a road movie, but it IS about on the road and the change. If their lives already suck like their bus, which they have to repeatedly push to start the engine and run to catch up with it, it's the time they did the same thing to their boredom and discontent. I just love the scene that they are all stuck in that small bus when they take the detour down to CA. Feelings are exposed to the air in that small space and on that bumpy trip, which offers an excellent chance for the pent-up emotions.

    Things do change a lot on that trip. Grandpa died the day before they arrived at their destination. He just crashed and never woke up. Dwayne found he's color blind ,which means he can't play a jet. But at least, he is talking. But when Olive did the dirty dance taught by grandpa and got mocked,mom, dad, brother and uncle, they all got on the stage and did the dance and laughed. That's the moment of the saying : For the better of worse, we are family.

    Frank said:' the writer , the loser in all love affairs ,gay, who spent his whole life writing novels nobody ever reads ,is still probably the greatest writer after Shakespeare. Anyway, when he got down to the end of his life and decided that all the year he suffered are the best years of his life ,they made who he was. And all the years he was happy ,you know, were total waste, he didn't learn things.'

    Then Dwayne said:'Life is one fucking beauty contest after another. If I want to fly, I will find a way to fly. Fuck that color blindness .Fuck that Air Force Academy! '

    Then they went back home, refreshed ,changed and happier.

    This is kind of like déjà vu to me and reminds me that movie Amelie Poulain,but there's no angel-like Amelie to rescue them from their agony or misery. But there does exist the power and love of family to accompany you through those suffering days.

     

  • 秘密的生活

    2007-08-20

    忙着带家教的事情,若干天了.没想到由原来说好的辅导高中语法变成直接帮助那个姐姐辅导雅思作文和制定计划.那个姐姐说三个月攻雅思,她有点找不着北.其实我也有点找不着北了.

    懒得上来写字,昨天更新了校内上的日志,所以今天上来记录一下最近的生活.

    电影挑轻松的看.<<Charlie and the Chocolate Factory>>&<<The Simpsons>>

    书.女性好友借来的华裔美国女作家邝丽莎的<<Snow Flower And The Secrect Fan>>,关于女书还有女性友谊.

    音乐,老的旧的翻出来听,最近最爱的两张专辑.大米的9和Antony&The Johnsons<<I'm a bird now>>

    12.jpgI am a Bird Now

     

    and the coming friends get-together:

    with Andy

    with Felix &Denny

    祝自己在剩下的夏天里宁静好梦.

    "...I love your depression and your double chin..."---<<The animals were gone>>

    http://www1.blogolb.com/NUpload/2006/11/05/200611050838428189304.mp3

  • Half Nelson

    2007-05-26

    在Patrick Dempsey,Matthew Fox,lost Grey’sAnatomy CSI finale之后决定暂时告别美剧时光.相当怀念不用BT下电影,去小店淘碟的时光,将零花钱奉献出去后,一个人闷在房里,惊心动魄,生死离别,种族歧视,人性关怀,流泪或是傻笑.看了太多肥皂剧,对着本本看电影失去了当初DVD机前的快乐.找点独立文艺小品来看,如果有一天仅将电影作为娱乐,被动的被"强奸"意志,思考.那回会是惨淡人生的开始.选择在电影中思考,选择挑战.在戏里的人生,在人生的舞台剧.Ryan Gosling 最近很06奥斯卡战线作品完全攻略--《半个纳尔逊》

    06奥斯卡战线作品完全攻略--《半个纳尔逊》

    喜欢的说,这部不能错过.在时光上看到关于他的影评,相当精彩与你们分享.  一部注定票房不高,只能在美国艺术院线放映,但是影评人喜欢的电影。毒品、迷失、怀旧、种族偏见、幻灭虚无、身份的矛盾等元素搀杂的主题,一直在摇晃的镜头,略显晦暗的色彩,机锋暗藏的剧情,欲言又止的背景,微妙含蓄的语境,都成就了它小众的口味,量身定做一般等待着影评人的拍案叫好,呵呵,这么说并不代表我就在嘲讽这部小众的文艺电影,相反,颇为见喜。 一个在日间用历史来教会非裔社区的学生独立思考,课后带领女孩们打篮球,在学生心中能力超强,和蔼友善的白人老师丹尼尔·邓恩,对教书有着激情和创造力,热爱学生,不遵循官方教学大纲,笃信黑格尔的辩证法,认为历史的本质由相反力作用而成,他鼓励学生思考和分析历史以及自己周围世界的运作法则,使纸面枯燥历史变得生动有趣,学生成了维持他的生活的维生素,在夜间他却变成了幻灭空虚,颓废迷茫,不可救药的瘾君子;一个拥有因毒品而支离破碎家庭的早熟且自我保护的非裔女学生德蕾,父亲缺席,哥哥因贩毒入狱母亲因繁重的工作无法照看她,她喜欢打篮球,戴棒球帽,骑自行车,吃棒棒糖,她因自我保护而显得冷漠而泰然,早熟而另类。丹想帮助他,却没办法提出任何有用的建议。一次篮球比赛后,德蕾发现了丹吸毒的秘密,这促使两个都被毒品折磨的筋疲力尽的人逐渐靠近,结下了一段超越了寻常师生关系的友谊,他们彼此的生活都发生了变化,他们的关系超越社会阶层、种族、性别、年龄差异,建立于共同危机的认同感。两个脆弱的生命,都在寻找着依托,寻找可以相信的东西,是某种意义上的相依为命,处于特殊时空的彼此理解和帮助。偶有暧昧朦胧,却并非“洛丽塔”,关系独特而隐藏着悬念和张力。  丹实际上弥补了德蕾缺席的“父亲”角色,激发了女孩懵懂的爱意,编导却扼杀了其的发展可能:德蕾在家对镜学成人化妆,却同时交织着丹与女同事在家做爱的镜头。而与此对照的,德蕾超越年龄的早熟自若,和丹与年龄不符的情绪化对照,成为了后者的安抚剂。于是“师生关系”出现一种反讽的微妙逆转,而德蕾成长所需的正面的成人引导,丹无法提供,弗兰克也是一样。 弗兰克是德蕾哥哥的贩毒搭档,自认为有责任照顾她,如给些零用钱,帮她找回失窃的自行车,自然,也让德蕾帮他卖海洛因,这种利用,其实没有善与恶的是非判断,只是生存使然。丹和弗兰克,德蕾的两个“父亲”,清楚彼此的弱点,警惕和敌视彼此对德蕾的影响。直接交锋,引出了种族话题。 弗兰克对丹的质问与轻蔑:“白人永远是正确的,对吗?”丹作为白人男性的权威,虚伪和优越感顷刻瓦解。同时,他却需要弗兰克的毒品,作为毒贩的弗兰克并非洪水猛兽,甚至显得亲切可爱,教师和毒贩,看似代表社会的“好”、“坏”两极,但实无明显的是非判断,并非非黑即白,而更多属于灰色的暧昧。 什么是“半个纳尔逊”?“这是一个摔跤动作,一种僵持状态,但你可以逃脱,尽管需要技巧。”导演瑞恩·弗里克解释说,“只是个关于挣扎的隐喻,比如毒瘾或社会政治、阶级斗争或其他。这也是一首迈尔斯·戴维斯的歌,类似的主题。”只可惜这首歌版权过于昂贵,最终没有出现在电影中。编剧安娜·波顿更进一部解释道:“我们要拍一部很微妙和引发思考的电影,不喜欢过于直白,所以觉得这个标题符合影片的风格。” 这种微妙的状态和对比在影片中得到了从一而终的贯彻,以至于从细微处不经意的流露出来。丹住的公寓破旧空荡,家具如自街上拾得,书架尽是左派著作(故让产生一夜情的女同事误以为他是共产主义者而使他大为不快),厨房和沙发是偶尔招待幽会的异性。白天在学校教书,他是孩子们的天使;晚上在酒吧混迹,他是自己的魔鬼。目光混沌,与酒精和毒品为伍,自我矛盾,人格分裂双重生活。所谓“为人师表”成为一种讽刺。旧时学生的父亲在酒吧为孩子学业成功感谢他,他竟然迟钝到认不出对方是谁。一个看起来挥霍岁月、游戏人生的中产阶级白人,实际是生活在别处的苦闷灵魂,一个有幻灭感的后理想主义者,沉重的挫败感使责任心丧失,好似贴在嘴唇处以遮掩伤口的美国国旗碎片。 丹何以至于此?影片提供了隐晦的暗示。在历史课上他为学生播放的新闻资料片,主题是美国六十到七十年代民权和意识斗争的关键时刻。著名同性恋政治活动家哈维·米克被杀;智利民选总统阿连德被暗杀,中情局扶持皮诺切特军事独裁,并大量屠杀反对派与民众(值得注意的是,政变发生时间是1973年9月11日,不错,就是那个让美国心痛的同月同日);1964年,加州大学伯克利分校学生,自由演说运动领导者玛丽奥·萨维奥在伯克利大学斯普劳尔大厅演讲:“当国家机器运转得如此丑陋。让你从心里感到厌恶,身心饱受摧残,你们不能袖手旁观了,觉醒吧,你们已经被搁在了它的齿尖上,躺在了它的轮子下,粘在了它的杠杆上,扔进了它的肉体内……你们要让它停下来,给人民看看,谁能让它停下来,谁能真正拥有它,要获得自由,只有让这台机器完全停止运转……。”丹与孩子们讨论何谓“国家机器”,而他作为公立学校系统的一部分和白人统治阶级的一分子,男性,也无法避免被学生归入他厌恶的“国家机器”体系。 而更深层的,丹对于已逝激进年代的迷恋及幻灭引发的智力疲倦,相当一部分来自家庭的影响。发表演讲的萨维奥应与丹的父母是同龄人,同是嘻皮横行的战后“垮掉”的一代。从影片中家庭晚餐一场戏可知,丹父母曾是60年代的激进学生,如今却被幻灭感催化衍生成了酒鬼。母亲对丹说:“当我和你父亲年轻的时候以为我们能改变整个世界。”丹道:“至少你们停止了一场战争(越战)。”母亲笑答:“那还算不错。”而丹却只能感叹:“可是一个人,什么也不是。” 从此,改变社会的理想,变为自毁的愿望;想挽救世界,却连自己也救不了。他终于明白正义的不可能性,也寻不到归属感——不真正属于任何地方,任何族群。他脱离现实,处于危险的虚空。一个挫败的自由主义的语言,一段1960年代激进热情的挽歌,留下理想化的孩子迷惑在自由的废墟。 影片最后的结局并没有落如大众化的“救赎”的俗套,因为困境不可能在一夜之间全部解决,现代生活含混感太复杂而不易被表达和理解。结尾留下的理解多于无所凭借的希望,两杯清水暗示了活着的姿态。不随意评价人物,克制却直接,推动观众可接受的友谊界限。当越来越多的美国电影远离生活经验,变成神与鬼的故事,独独没有人的时候,这部电影充满了日常生活的真实质感,显得清冽而冷静,值得一品再品。                                                                                       thanks to 洛梧桐                                                                         

  • new season

    2006-10-04
    new semester,new season  
          Here comes the entirely new season!
          I’ve got two episodes now and can’t wait for the new Ep3.
    "15 minutues 15 hours,inside the O.R.,the best surgeons make time fly,outside the O.R.,however,time takes pleasure in kicking our asses.For even the strongest of us,it seems to play tricks,slowing down,harboring until it freezes,leaving us stuck in the moment,unable to move in one direction or the other."
         Those are the opening lines of this season.
         I’ve been curious about what’s gonna happen between Mcdreamy and Meredith for this summer holiday long.Now the girl has a choice to make.Finn or Derek,the guy who brings your roommie food when she’s upset or the married guy who’s done tring to rebuild his family.
        Finn is nice and sweet,he’s her Mcvet!But my point is ,i love derek and moments in the elevator.And now ,the three are trying dating,which is kinda funny and fansinating.I’m looking forward to watching the new ep3 so badly.
        Writers of this tv series are genius!Seriously , I love u guys but don’t you leave me hanging there too long,ok?
        When will they be together ? At the end of the finale of this final season?
        I ’m writing like those American chicks who’re posting back , leaving comments in the writers’ blog and screaming  when they see Patrck wave Hello to them in a talk show!
        Let’s get real! This is a TV series,not a life.
       When we jump out of the storyline or the big srceen,we’ve got a bounch of stuff to cope with! 
  • sexie with age

    2006-07-28
    PATRICK DEMPSEY photo 在上people.com看到这篇sexier with age 报道,很有趣.Patrick Dempsey, Matthew Fox,Brad Pitt都成了举例对象.这个世界有许多因年岁,性别不同而不同.比如男人最sexy,charming的时代与女人最stunning的时光.在大多数人眼中,彼此最好的时光timing不对.欣赏淡定从容的姿态,性感迷人的眼神.经过清晨的懵懂,午睡的昏沉,不到黄昏前的时间凝固是因为,有那样的男子与女子.MATTHEW FOX photo他们拉开窗帘,隔着玻璃对你微笑的时候,会想要长大,会流连难忘.旅途中,时间从未夺去任何,却留下一路芬芳.