曼哈頓(Manhattan )非影評



Manhattan (1979) 1h 36min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Woody Allen

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 與其幫曼哈頓寫一篇沒有深意的影評;恰似自己住進城市時的美好幻想讓我更蠢蠢欲動。
    學馴沒有目標的漫步在那城市的街磚,尋找某些錯過或即將開始的邂逅,邂逅的不再只是女孩;阿軒42歲的愛情史老練般的手法像電視台編劇一樣,交往17歲少女,那稚嫩青春單純的愛戀彷彿成了空白的劇本,世俗年紀上的道德價值縱使不段的催促結束;尋回會是優良的讚美對待交安剩下的愛情靈魂,漫漫路途有個終點,交安希望直接走向那沒有綠意的墓地;茗川那疊匿名信座落黃昏曼哈頓城的小店,架上的黑標印上「到不了」;很難想像我在曼哈頓遇上一位短髮女孩,幻想長髮與氣質全都成了黑夜城市街燈撒下的種仔,萌發出的是那朵短翹滿刺的甜蜜。我想遇見那位短髮女孩。 



以下來自光點 

         本片被譽為伍迪艾倫從影以來最重要的作品,巧妙詮釋這都市性愛和握手一般平常的男女關係。
         深愛紐約幾近瘋狂的伍迪.艾倫以他那招牌神經質口氣,一再修飾自己口中的紐約定義,並宣稱無論在什麼季節,紐約只應該存在黑與白兩種顏色,隨著蓋希文(George Gershwin)的音樂節奏跳動。很顯然地,伍迪.艾倫是把銀幕當成信紙,將《曼哈頓》拍成一頁寫給紐約的情書。

         故事的主人翁是四十二歲的知名電視台編劇Isaac,他的妻子Jill為了另一個女人與他離婚,而他則開始與十七歲的高校嫩妹Tracey交往。某日Isaac認識了一名新聞記者Mary,兩人從針鋒相對逐漸演變成天雷地火,可惜Mary卻是Isaac的好友Yale的秘密情婦……一群紐約客看似不斷為自己製造一些真實而不必要的神經質困擾,其實是以此逃避面對更棘手、更麻煩的大問題。伍迪.艾倫以本片正式邁入成熟圓滿的高峰期,片中人性思考層面相較以往作品更顯平和寬容,風格調度上也更為揮灑自若。

         《曼哈頓》如今已然成為一種品牌,一種生活態度,一種個人美學。事實上,本片可視為伍迪.艾倫「格式化」美國電影中的紐約印象,予以重新定義的指標性作品。例如影集《六人行》中那位性格龜毛嘮叨又與女學生談過戀愛的男主角羅斯,就與Isaac同樣有一個同性戀前妻;又例如《慾望城市》的女主角凱莉老是在新舊愛人間舉棋不定,也與戴安.基頓飾演的Mary在性格上有不少相似之處。至於飾演Tracey的瑪莉.海明威則以羅麗塔式嗓音及充滿層次感的複雜詮釋,成功奠定伍迪.艾倫往後作品裡辨識度極高的「純真金髮妹」形象。值得一提的是,伍迪.艾倫除了在片中透過Isaac之口,公開宣稱柏格曼是當下影壇唯一的天才;個人私生活與片中兩性關係的相互辯證,也與柏格曼透過創作反射、修正、彌補私人情感態度的作風有著異曲同工之妙。









畢業生 The Graduate


The Graduate 106 min - Comedy | Drama | Romance - 22 December 1967 (USA)
IMDb Ratings: 8.1/10 from 120,044 users
Director: Mike Nichols
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無意間發現這部電影,在YOUTUBE收尋歌曲The Sound of Silence 時所羅列的影片之一。
剛好接近畢業的年紀,影片的評價也頗好。是一部值得推薦的電影。我最喜歡的那段:身穿全套潛水衣的主角,為了滿足眾人的娛樂,潛入游泳池中……,影片中那樣無奈的感覺實在太真實,父母的嘴唇瘋狂劇烈的在振動,我卻聽不見;當潛到水底時那種安靜是無可取代的,縱使只能隨著水漂流。看完影片,心情輕鬆許多明朗一些不過還是不知道畢業該做些什麼。(笑) 


經典對白:

Mr. Braddock: Ben, what are you doing?
Benjamin: Well, I would say that I'm just drifting. Here in the pool.
Mr. Braddock: Why?
Benjamin: Well, it's very comfortable just to drift here.
Mr. Braddock: Have you thought about graduate school?
Benjamin: No.
Mr. Braddock: Would you mind telling me then what those four years of college were for? What was the point of all that hard work?
Benjamin: You got me.

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Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson, I can't do this.
Mrs. Robinson: You what?
Benjamin: This is all terribly wrong.
Mrs. Robinson: Do you find me undesirable?
Benjamin: Oh no, Mrs. Robinson. I think, I think you're the most attractive of all my parents' friends. I mean that.
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Mr. Braddock: What's the matter? The guests are all downstairs,Ben, waiting to see you.
Benjamin: Look, Dad, could you explain to them that I have to be alone for a while?
Mr. Braddock: These are all our good friends, Ben. Most of them have known you since, well, practically since you were born. What is it, Ben?
Benjamin: I'm just...
Mr. Braddock: Worried?
Benjamin: Well...
Mr. Braddock: About what?
Benjamin: I guess about my future.
Mr. Braddock: What about it?
Benjamin: I don't know... I want it to be…
Mr. Braddock: To be what?
Benjamin: [looks at his father] ... Different.

(LRC)Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

哈雷魯亞,嗆斯!!!


回味求婚大作戰(プロポーズ大作戦)的同時,想起這首歌。


Jeff Buckley


Hallelujah


Well I heard there was a secret chord (合弦)
That David played, and it pleased the Lord (上帝)
But you don't really care for music, do ya?
Well it goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Well Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
she tied you to her kitchen chair
And she broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Well baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew ya
I've seen your flag(小布旗) on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Well there was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below(向叫低處)
But now you never show that to me do you?
And remember when I moved in you?
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Well maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who'd OUT DREW YA
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen in the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah



(LRC)Queen - I was born to love you

重溫日劇冰上悍將 (プライド、PRIDE),主題曲也是讓人深刻。


團體:皇后合唱團(QUEEN ), 1995, Made In Heaven 專輯


Queen
名:
I was born to love you


I was born to love you


I was born to love you
With every single beat of my heart
Yes, I was born to take care of you
Every single day

*I was born to love you
With every single beat of my heart
Yes, I was born to take care of you
Every single day of my life

You are the one for me
I am the man for you
You were made for me
you're my ecstasy
If I was give every opportunity
I'd kill for your love

So take a chance with me
Let me romance with you
I'm caught in a dream
And my dream's come true
It's so hard to believe
This is happening to me
An amazing feeling
Comin' through


*Repeat

I wanna love you
I love every little thing about you
I wanna love you, love you, love you
Born - to love you
Born - to love you
Yes I was born to love you
Born - to love you
Born - to love you
Every single day - of my life

An amazing feeling
Comin' through

*Repeat

Yes I was born to love you
Every single day of my life

Go, I love you babe
Yes, I was born to love you
I wanna love you , love you, love you
I wanna love you
I get so lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely
Yeah, I want to love you
Yeah, give it to me