Conversation with Other Women 愛情交響曲 - 藝術電影

http://thames.pixnet.net/blog/post/24818421 (有影音檔)

感謝為台灣帶來解旱之雨的莫拉克颱風，平白賺到一天假期，於是在hichannel上看到了這
部好片。這是一部 dialog-driven film，由實力派演員Helena Bonham Carter和Aaron
Eckhart 兩人撐起的純對話性電影。正因如此，本片的觀眾不由得拿<Before Sunrise>和
<Before Sunset>的 另一對duo Julie Delpy及Ethan Hawke相比。（我也因而想起多年前
想買卻沒買到的<Before Sunrise>劇本，感謝這部片提醒我是新書入荷的時候了）


2005年上映、84分鐘長的獨立製片，台灣翻譯成<愛情交響曲>，劇情其實相當簡單，在此
就不贅述了。至於片名為何是Conversation with "Other Women"，我也起疑過，卻感到困
惑不解，剛好imdb上有評論者提供了他的看法，解釋得頗有一番道理。

" It recalled a painting I'm familiar with: Marcel Duchamp's "Nude Descending a
Staircase" where you see fragmented images of an abstracted figure, as if seen
in multiple micro-shots superimposed over another. It made me wonder if this
would be a nod to the many facets that glide over Bonham-Carter's glacial
facade, since she seems to be living several realities in one vague picture and
the way she recalls the past is different from the way Eckhart sees it."
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435623/usercomments?start=10)


這部電影最為觀眾津津樂道之處，除了引人聯想起Richard Linklater的兩部經典片，就是
導演擅用split screen的拍攝技巧，將現在與過去的回憶並置於同一幕，作為闡述
flashbacks的手法，成功地叫人驚艷。也呼應了男主角說的"Time really can move in
two directions. It doesn't matter to the universe anyway."也可說是本片的theme
吧。

有評論者認為本片略勝<Before Sunrise>一籌，但我認為這兩部片是無法比較的。也許應
該說，<Converstation>是 "sophisticated" 版的 <Before Sunrise>，歷經世事後的30
-40歲人的對話，和清純愛戀的異國邂逅插曲，自然是不同的味道。

還好，看<Conversation>時我已經是個前腳即將跨過30歲尷尬年紀的人，雖然沒有婚姻經
驗，似乎卻也能對他們之間的重逢-->上床-->離別的過程感同身受。慶幸，看<Before
Sunrise>時我才20歲出頭，也有過異國邂逅的經驗，才能被兩個年輕人之間萌生的愛情
感動不已。

如果你喜歡<Before Sunrise>，相信<Conversation>必定不會讓你失望。

以下這一幕是我最喜歡的一段對話，台詞沒有摘錄完，因為我想製造出happy ending的假
象。"Both of our hearts stop." 感人的話語就摘到這裡吧！雖然女主角接下去的"茱麗
葉的毒藥是假的，所以她沒死"的回應真的很clever。

可我就喜歡女主角終究回去倫敦的結局，我偏偏就不愛皆大歡喜的那種，畢竟回到原本的
生活軌道，才是大多數人的選擇。

End credits 出來之前的最後一幕，拍得真的很美。雖然男女主角分別坐在不同的計程車
裡，自始至終將他倆隔開的 split screen不見了，彷彿兩人是共乘一部車的。

Quotes:

Aaron: If the cardiologist is, decides that you are too old and decrepit and
ugly to be at all lovable, I am available to tolerate you in your golden years.

Helena: Thank you.

Aaron: You're welcome. I'll walk you, I'll water you, and I'll feed you.
[......]

Helena: Will we still fight?

Aaron: Not at all. No, we've passed all that.

Helena: So will we play bingo on Sunday nights?

Aaron: Except when we're travelling.

Helena: Where do we go?

Aaron: Guam, Paraguay, Botswana...

Helena: Nowhere particular. We just..we just take a globe, and then spin it,
and go wherever our fingures land.

Aaron: And have sex huh?

Helena: Why? You know what? I'm been totally indisposed since I've turned 40,
so there isn't much of that.

Aaron: It works better that way probably.

Helena: Yeah, we sleep in separate beds.

Aaron: Yeah, but sometimes I push them together.

Helena: Why?

Aaron: Because I remember what you looked like before you're ravaged by old age
of 40. So once a week I will close my eyes and I rub up against you a little
bit.

Helena: That's so disgusting.

Aaron: But you tolerate me because you know that I love you.

Helena: Well yeah. You know you are just a dirty old pervert.

Aaron: Yes I am. But I'm your dirty old pervert.

Helena: Lucky me.

Aaron: And when we're really, really old, we agree to end it. We'll take poison
like in "Romeo and Juliet." And we will hold hands, and both of our hearts
will stop...Both of our hearts stop.





<Conversation>的重逢，與<Before Sunrise>的偶遇有異曲同工之妙，畢竟全世界的愛
情，總少不了 "electricity"的元素。那麼，就讓 Celine的經典台詞作為這篇文章的
ending吧：


"I believe if there's any kind of God it wouldn't be in any of us, not you or
me but just this little space in between. If there's any kind of magic in this
world it must be in the attempt of understanding someone sharing something.
I know, it's almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? The answer
must be in the attempt. "

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