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    7/11/2008

    《Before Sunrise》&《Before Sunset》:爱是一道光芒

      多年前朋友推荐的两部电影,囤了有一阵了,很长一段时间都没找到合适的心情打开它们。突然有一个契机,夜深人静时分抱着枕头,一个人细细品味一段或许无关爱情的奇妙旅程。

      第一部摄制于1995年,被贴切地译为《爱在黎明破晓前》。巴黎大学在校生Celine看望她在布达佩斯的祖母后,坐火车返回巴黎;去马德里探望女友的美国小伙子Jesse,不幸与女友分手,打算坐火车前往维也纳之后,搭乘从那里起飞的廉价航班回美国。两个二十出头的年轻人偶遇在穿越欧洲的列车上,短暂的相逢,他们发觉彼此很投缘,在J的怂恿下,C提前在维也纳下车,和J一起度过这一天余下的时光。
      他们穿越过维也纳的大街小巷,一路走,一路聊,聊足了100分钟的电影,仿佛全世界只有他们两个人。他们谈论死亡、恐惧、灵魂;他们交流爱情、性、以及彼此的EX;他们探讨艺术、宗教、文化。他们等待黑夜的降临……他们接吻、拥抱、爱抚……他们等待日出的到来……
      日出东方,一切只能嘎然而之,C不得不坐上返回巴黎的列车。火车启动前,他们依依惜别。终于J首先打破了沉默说不想从此不能再相见,C欣喜若狂,他们相约6个月后的12月16日,黄昏6点,在维也纳的车站等待彼此,再续前缘。于是他们在晨曦中,微笑着踏上了彼此的归途,除了一夜的回忆,什么都没有留给对方。
      20出头的他们,年轻、富有激情、满怀憧憬。敢做敢当到即使只能拥有彼此的一夜也可以不顾一切地美丽绽放。

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      第二部摄制于2004年,名曰《爱在日落余晖时》。J将9年前的邂逅,写成了一部畅销小说,他被全世界各地的出版商邀请到当地做宣传,最后一站是巴黎。在西堤岛的Shakespeare Company,他和读者一起分享他的情感历程,转身的瞬间居然看到C站在灯光昏暗的角落。C很抱歉无法如期赴6个月之约,让J一个人游荡在维也纳12月的寒风中。J希望C能在他7点飞回纽约前,带他逛逛巴黎。不得不提一句,9年后的女演员很苍老,也瘦了不少,男演员反而是丢弃了二十岁的痞气,性感而沧桑,真叫人感慨。
      他们如9年前般的一路走,一路聊,总有说不完的话。
      他们谈论政治、欲望、工作、环境问题。
      他们假装淡忘那一夜的种种,故意记错细节,轻描淡写每一分钟的感动。
      他们欺骗彼此说自己过得很好,J有一个爱他的妻子和一个活泼的4岁男孩,C有固定的男友只是还不想结婚。
      他们惊讶的发现96到99年间他们都生活在纽约,J说他结婚的那日还在想着她,当婚车开过百老汇13号的时候,他甚至幻觉般的看到C走在大街上,C说那4年她住在百老汇11号。

      一切似乎就因那一刻爆发了。
      30出头的他们,沧桑、失去激情、逃避现实。患得患失到连真情都不敢流露。
      C的男友换了一个又一个,所有的EX都能在跟她分手后,迅速结婚,工作也并非那么如意,人与人之间的关系是那么冷漠,没有激情,充满欺骗。
      J的婚姻并不如传说中的美满,妻子意外怀孕后他们结了婚,之后几乎没有夫妻生活,彼此都努力过,但是鲜有成效,不是没想过放弃,但只要看到他可爱的孩子,他就不忍心割断这段毫无幸福可言的婚姻。他生活在无尽的空虚和压抑中,这一本小说,是他发泄的唯一途径,也是他所能想象到的,找到C的最后挣扎。

      冒着错过飞机的危险,J要求C为他弹奏一曲她自己写的歌,C自唱自弹的《A Waltz For A Night》,写得就是9年前的那个夜晚对于她生命的重要意义。
      夕阳西下,C一个人站在房间中央跳舞,斜着眼问J : Baby, you gonna miss your flight.
      J懒洋洋地舒展在沙发上,保持他迷人性感的微笑 : I know....THE END

    Now we are together sitting outside in the sunshine
    But soon we'll be apart and soon it'll be night at noon
    Now things are fine the clouds are far away up in the sky
    But soon I'll be on a plane and soon you'll feel the cold rain

    You promised to stay in touch when we're apart
    You promised before i left that you'll always love me
    Time goes by, and people cry and everything goes too fast

    Now we are each other enjoying each moment with one another
    But soon I'll be miles away and soon the phone will be our only way
    Now i'm in your arms feeling pearl love and warm
    but soon, i'll be alone and soon your voice'll change tone

    You promised we'll never break up over the telephone
    You said our love was stronger than an ocean apart
    Time goes by and people lie and everything goes too fast

    Let's not fool ourselves in vain this far away trip will give us pain
    We'll have to be so strong to keep our love from going wrong
    Distance will make us cold even put our love on hold
    But soon we'll meet again and soon it'll be bright at noon again

    You promised not to loose faith in our love when i'm away
    You promised so much to me but now you've left me
    We go by and then we lie and all these time we wasted
    Time goes by, and people lie and everything goes too fast
    Time went by, and then we died, and everything went too fast
    Everything went too fast

    To those who are still young but have lost the initial passion for life and faith in love. by Cookie

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    lei caowrote:
    好电影,好歌,好文章。
    July 11
    aimar aimarwrote:
    对电影中的最后一幕记忆犹新,那首歌,那种相视而笑中的情感,不知不觉缓缓地流淌到眼前。。。打算再重新看一遍了:)
    July 11

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