Tuesday, August 11, 2009

伊丽莎白镇(Elizabethtown)

20080322_7b139bc56f342177b798cKg4fvNq9OpK电影我就不想多介绍了。起初我是准备消磨时间的,所以很随机的点了这部Elizabethtown来看。多半看电影以消磨时间的时候,我都是一心多用的,所以边看电影边读小说。整部电影的上半部都甚少惊喜,很平淡的故事情节。真正吸引我开始认真看的是从Drew(Orlando Bloom)的母亲(Susan Sarandon)在父亲葬礼纪念仪式上的那段有些诙谐、搞笑又让人小小尴尬的讲话开始。然后就看到了后面的那段很有意思的road trip:Drew在Claire(Kirsten Dunst)精心准备的road map指引下从肯塔基、田纳西一路南下的一段路程。原来中部也是小有风光的啊,呵呵,让我对Memphis有了更直观的一些了解。

好吧,我这里最想说的,让我突然觉得这部电影有些吸引我的是片尾在世界第二大农场的那段音乐,实在是很赞啊,很田园,很乡土,让人沉浸于其中,久久不能回神。也很喜欢片尾的那段励志。因为这两点,我对这部可能过目即忘的电影有了个新印象:从可有可无变成值得一看了,尤其最后那20分钟,又尤其尤其最后10分钟的那段。

The ending quote of Elizabethtown (love, love, love it!)

“No true fiasco ever began as a quest for mere adequacy. A motto of the British Special Air Force is: 'Those who risk, win.' A single green vine shoot is able to grow through cement. The Pacific Northwestern salmon beats itself bloody on its quest to travel hundreds of miles upstream against the current, with a single purpose, sex of course, but also... life.” (Drew Baylor)

Thanks to Daniel, I finally found the music I like so much. It's Nancy Wilson's "River Road."

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