【永生樹】:爸,我們一起去看電影 - 電影
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【永生樹】:爸,我們一起去看電影
在這齣中途不斷有人離場,映後牢騷不斷的「坎城金棕櫚獎」+「布萊德彼特」的電
影播畢,我不禁獨自熱烈鼓掌,與懷抱和我不同期待和觀點的群眾形成強烈對比,彷彿我
的掌聲是混沌之中一落刺眼的警句。
打從文明之初的神話史詩,如你所知的伊底帕斯王故事。我們深知父子、直至於父親
在傳統父權的家庭結構,向來扮演至關重要的角色:主人。他掌控一切秩序,他要令妻子
百依百順,他要兒子向他一樣強壯──直到有朝一日,兒子強壯到足以威脅他的王座──
我想向妳/你訴說,因此書寫的,不是電影評論,我希望你看它作為一篇抒情散文。
也許我們都有遙遠而且相仿的回憶,也許我能為妳降靈,聊向泰倫斯馬力克給我的感動致
敬。
你記得小時候,父親嚴厲猶如「恐怖」的代名詞嗎?如果你有個(自詡)菁英的父親
,你記得他所要求你的一切準則嗎,他要妳完美就像他,你畏懼,你學習,可是你永遠無
法完美,因此永遠遭受懲罰,正如電影引述聖經〈約伯記〉:
你相信上帝嗎?
約伯也忠於上帝
朋友和小孩是你的安全感來源?
世上無處可躲,或讓不幸找不到你
沒人知道悲劇幾時會來敲門
約伯也不知道
在約伯失去一切的當下
他就知道是上帝取走的
你開始有隱隱然的罪惡與受害心態,日後,更加敏銳聰明的你,則開始察覺「典範」
之破綻,從而懷疑,最後甚至,心生難以承認的敵意……
有人說這是一部傳教電影。不,不是的。這是一個完美的隱喻,父親一如上帝,給了
妳十條戒律,卻也未必賞罰分明,為什麼祂說要愛你的鄰居,卻漠視人間的戰禍?祂不說
明理由,我們之中有人開始反抗懷疑,神學辯論、宗教改革、直到演化論──抽象如詩的
映像中,光怪陸離卻又奇幻真實的銀河壯景、天災異變、乃至看似天馬行空,實則指涉一
個在上帝之前的恐龍世界……
你是否回憶起了對於父親的反抗、隨後對社會的排斥、最後對於存在感到迷惘的生命
歷程,不分男女,一切如此熟悉。成長中的兒子與父親間的緊張關係,不正如歷史上人類
向更高存在的反思挑釁嗎?
電影中母親的角色同樣超越了文化,展演在父權結構的家庭中,母親的重要性。無論
基督教或是儒教文化,妻子都被要求順從於男主人。電影中母親對上帝的虔誠,不妨可視
為妻子必須對丈夫百般尊崇,在家庭結構中,父親扮演上帝的角色,母親則在支撐這樣的
體系裡,付出諸般犧牲,最後她的軟弱(或者說,柔軟)反而成為了家庭最溫暖的力量,
猶如天使,猶如瑪麗亞,是孕育家庭之愛這株「永生之樹」穩健成長的沃土……
【永生樹】透過龐大的隱喻體系,張力緊湊的回憶剪接,佐以出人意表的攝影及動畫
:瀑布、火山、幻影、海洋、夢境、恐龍、細胞、玻璃、天空、吊繩、銀河……微觀的家
庭激情呼應宏觀的宇宙冷漠,我深感震撼,導演的哲/美學企圖龐碩驚人……
無論你將在【永生樹】映畢後,得到一種釋放感,猶如自然「生而不有,為而不恃」
的恬靜淡漠;或是【永生樹】中的父親令妳想起孤獨的上帝(試想,有比祂更孤寂的存在
嗎?);也許妳都會想起你的父親,在你的成長過程,與你激烈的衝突之中堆積了滿滿的
焦土廢墟,「愛」其實已被壓抑……
父親的愛到底是個多麼深奧的課題?在他接近上帝般的尊嚴峻悍下,妳後來知道他終
究是人,如你我般悲傷、感性、也脆弱。將視野抬升至粒子組成的物理宇宙的高度俯瞰吧
,其實一切的無情都平靜,一切的傷害都微渺……然而我們不同於上帝、更不同於宇宙之
處,或許就在於:我們還有那被掩蔽了的愛。
「我希望被愛,因為我很重要……」強悍父親布萊德彼特呢喃;「父親,母親,你們
一直在我心中交戰……」成年了、也成為了「男人」的長子西恩潘行走於曠野,惡地形中
出現了一道奇幻的窄門,彼端是純真的幼弟和溫柔的母親
電影結束,強光驟亮。夢沒有醒,毋寧又起另一幅夢境:我的家庭。
「為什麼你總是閉鎖在房間中?」「為什麼妳老是想著要出去?」「為什麼妳廚具不
照整齊排好?」
我更年期而焦慮易怒的父親再度召來母親與妹妹的遙遠夢魘,毫無辦法的我自私地離
家獨居,為什麼我總是向你閉鎖?為什麼我總是有機會就逃離?為什麼我們從來沒有真正
交心過?盡管我們「應該是」相愛的?
「我想了解祢……」
「樹越來越高,我不知道如何稱呼祢,但我知道你在呼喚我……」
上帝、自然、父親、愛、或者某種更無以名狀、崇高神聖純潔的召喚……
我第一次看完電影後立刻直播電話回家,令父母意外萬分地,邀請全家看下週的【永
生樹】,我不知道這部抽象之詩將能如何傳達我意欲言說,卻無能為力的話語分享予我的
家人,但是我希望透過這部電影,隱喻我的血親:這一次,讓我們尋回,或是建立那個我
們早就失去已久的,盼待它若永恆之樹的:
家庭之愛。
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