從猜火車到貧民百萬富翁之有感而發 - 電影

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a
fucking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc
players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol
and dental insurance. Choose fixed- interest mortgage repayments.
Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and
matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range
of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who you are on a Sunday
morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing sprit-
crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose
rotting away at the end of it all, pishing you last in a miserable home,
nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you
have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life...
But why would I want to do a thing like that?

這是1996年的電影"猜火車"那一段冗長卻又撼動人心的開場白
而這句開場白不知打動了多少
物質生活充裕卻內心空虛的年輕人

時年30歲的導演Danny Boyle
用這部電影紀錄了90年代的青年人的內心世界
12年後的今天，Boyle以描述亞洲最大的孟買貧民窟青少年生活的電影
"貧窮百萬富翁"強勢問鼎電影各大獎項

我所思考的是
究竟是怎麼樣的社會，與怎麼樣的環境
能夠造就出這樣一位能深刻科化人性與人文關懷的導演?

看到最近的野草莓學運
不知道為什麼，我開始想到了猜火車裡的這些話
或許這些年輕人的怒吼...
並不是表面上"人權", "自由" 這些法律或政治上的語言
猜火車的年輕人們不屑於社會上既定成俗的主流價值觀、主流體制
換言之 -- 對大人們綑綁在世俗體制裡的不屑
而他們採取的對抗方法是墮落的，消極的
相對而言，對理想的追求成為了另一種對抗的方法
但終究而言，年輕人對抗的不是別人，而是自己
-- 對抗自己對選擇未來生活方式的恐懼

就這個想法來看
導演 Danny Boyle 也許也在對抗自己
從猜火車到貧窮百萬富翁，也許都是他對生命體認的紀錄而已
猜火車中的男主角，在片中最後幸運的從嗑藥、濫交等極度墮落的生活中脫離
他還是不得不承認，回歸社會既定價值觀的軌道，是轉成大人的成年禮

而如果沒有猜火車這段經歷，Danny Boyle也許拍不出貧窮百萬富翁這樣的電影

So why did I do it? I could offer a million answers, all false.
The truth is that I'm a bad person, but that's going to change,
I'm going to change. This is the last of this sort of thing.
I'm cleaning up and I'm moving on, going straight and choosing life.
I'm looking forward to it already. I'm going to be just like you: the job,
the family, the fucking big television, the washing machine, the car,
the compact disc and electrical tin opener, good health, low cholesterol,
dental insurance, mortgage,
starter home, leisurewear, luggage, three-piece suite, DIY, game shows,
junk food, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf,
washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension,
tax exemption, clearing the gutters, getting by, looking ahead,
to the day you die.

猜火車的最後下了這樣的結語
主角最後仍然屈服在現行的社會體制下
沒有為什麼，因為整個社會風俗習慣與潮流就是這個樣子
如果認知了這件事情以後，也許你仍然想不一樣
那麼你會開始想改變社會，用另一種方式

而台灣何時能出一個像Danny Boyle這樣的導演?

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