Everything Is Illuminated : A Novel

"啥都瞭了(Everything Is Illuminated)" 作者強納森‧薩法蘭‧佛耳，於2002年的第一本小說。描述美藉猶太人強納森，隻身前往烏克蘭，為了尋找一位曾在二次世界大戰中援救自己祖父的婦女奧格斯婷，而和當地導遊亞歷克斯一同探索真相的過程。

作者用烏克蘭人亞歷克斯以及亞歷克斯口中所謂的主角 ─ 強納森(作者用自己的名字)兩人間交流的書信編織出整個故事。書中的強納森‧薩法藍‧佛耳是個作家，以自己祖先為題材寫了一個小說，內容是關於第二次世界大戰前後的軼事；而亞歷克斯則是負責記述強納森在烏克蘭的旅程。

如同我拿到它時，書腰帶上美國著名小說家喬伊斯‧卡洛‧奧茲給這本書的評語"『窮盡想像力的意驚異小說......讓你仰慕、也讓你心碎。』 " 。 "啥都瞭了"的確是個悲傷的故事。

在第一章裡，透過亞歷克斯的自我介紹，你會認為接下來的將是充滿滑稽的冒險旅程，完全不會想到會讓人"心碎"這件事。亞歷克斯這個人真的是個活寶，加上他用字的錯誤總是讓故事中充
滿笑料。就像書裡，亞歷克斯說的"幽默是真實地講述一個悲傷的故事的唯一方式"。因為這樣的平易近人，讀者對亞歷克斯會產生好感。

這本書有趣的地方在於，強納森的小說每到一個段落，接下來就是亞歷克斯寫給他的信。很巧的是，每一回亞歷克斯對強納森小說的內容有疑問時，那些疑問恰巧都是我有所疑惑的地方。而亞歷克斯也會替各位讀者向強納森"請求"把故事改得溫馨一些。

作者就在這起起伏伏的內容中，把玩著讀者的情緒。讀者因為書中人物的遭遇，而影響著心情。隨著事情的真相逐漸地明朗，憂傷的程度也隨之增加，於是到最後，悽涼卻又無能為力的感覺朧罩整個心頭。

在我讀完它之後只有一個感覺 ─ 就是那股悲傷感，只要一打開書，就馬上感受得到...

而我現在最期待的就是作者新作 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close。(圖右一)

作者個人網站 http://www.projectmuseum.com/

讀完"啥都瞭了"後，可以來參觀的網站。和故事有相當大的關係，用來回味實在很好。http://www.whoisaugustine.com/

亞歷克斯的家族事業 文化遺產遊覽公司為了這本書創造的公司網站 還有小小山米戴維斯的照片(和電影版不同) http://www.whoisaugustine.com/heritagetouring/


"Everything Is Illuminated" was the first novel by Jonathan Safran Foer in 2002. A story of a Jewish American Jonathan traveled along to Ukraine looking for a woman who saved his grandfather during WW2, and an adventure with the local guide Alex.
The story was made up through letters between the Ukrainian Alex and whom he called the author - Jonathan and Jonathan's novel. In the book Jonathan is a writer, writes a book of his ancestor during world war 2. Alex tells everything of Jonathan in Ukraine.
"A zestfully imagined novel of wonders both magical and mundane. . .He will win your admiration, and he will break your heart."--Joyce Carol Oates. Just as he said "Everything Is Illuminated" is no doubt a sad story.
Though Alex introduced himself in the first chapter, you might think there would be a funny adventure and no one would feel harm. Alex is a funny guy with his weirdly funny broken spoken English. That makes readers feel free and like Alex.
Every section of Jonathan's novel ended with a letter from Alex. I found that I felt the same as Alex did every time Alex question Jonathan about his novel, and Alex would ask Jonathan to change his story not that sad.
With these methods, the author aroused emotions of readers with what characters meet. With turth revealed, sadness incresing. In the end, sorrow and helpless feelings covered all over.
After reading, I felt only sad. The sadness returns once I pick up the book.
Expecting new book from Jonathan Safran Foer, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close". ( first picture from right)
Intresting in the story, you can also visit some wedsites
http://www.whoisaugustine.com/
Above is a website for the novel, contained a short film of the village where story happened.
http://www.whoisaugustine.com/heritagetouring/
This one is the tour guide office that Alex's father owns. Not real, for the novel. Contained a picture of Sammy Davis Jr. Jr.
Jonathan Safran Foer's personal site
http://www.projectmuseum.com/

Schizophrenia & Violent Tendency : A Song List

精神分裂症 + 暴力傾向 : 歌單

1. Adam Sandler - Sid & Alex
from Shhh... Don't Tell (2004)接電話 出自亞當山德勒 笑話專輯

1. Sum 41 (魔數41)- T.H.T.
from Half Hour of Power (2002)出自專輯 半小時動力

2. Fort Minor (黑暗堡壘)- Petrified (shorter cut & rearranged by M)
from The Rising Tide (2005 Nov)出自專輯 火線同盟 十一月上市 (M剪短&重整版)

+ claps sound from Year 3987 of (B)ape Sounds by Nigo & R2D2 SFX
加 Nigo (B)ape Sounds 專輯中的"3987年"裡的掌聲及R2D2音效

3. Jazztronik (野崎良太)- Samurai (shorter cut & rearranged by M)
from Samurai (2005)專輯侍 (M剪短&重整版)

4. New Order (新秩序樂團)- Krafty (the glimmers 12 extended)
(shorter sut & rearranged by M)from Krafty Remixes (2005)混音單曲 (M剪短&重整版)

5. t.A.T.u - Cosmos
from Dangerous & Moving (2005 Oct)t.A.T.u 專輯 危險關係

(* 曲目4、5順序由意雙大人決定；the order of track 4 & 5 was decided by miss Vanessa)

6. Handsome Boy Modeling School (帥哥名模養成班 聯合公園跨刀)
- Rock n' Roll (feat. Linkin Park)(shorter cut by M)
from White People (2005 Jul) 專輯 先生好白 (M剪短&重整版)

7. The Strokes (鼓擊樂團)- You Only Live Once
from First Impressions of Earth (2006)
2006新專輯 地球的第一印象

8. Fort Minor (黑暗堡壘)- Remember the Name
from The Rising Tide (2005 Nov)專輯火線同盟

9. Suiken x S- Word - Intro
from Hybrid Link

10. Ill Ease (易生病樂團)- Winter In Hell (shortcut by M)
from The Exorcist (2004) 專輯 大法師(M剪短版)

11. Pharrell Williams (法瑞爾威廉斯 關史蒂芬妮跨刀)
- Can I Have It Like That (feat. Gwen Stefani)
(shorter cut & rearranged by M)
from In My Mind (2005 Dec) 專輯12月上市 (M剪短&重整版)

12. black COFFEEZ (黑咖啡饒舌幫)- Budzgood (shorter cut by M)
from Sugar Free (2005)專輯 無糖 (M剪短版)

+ Eminem "pajama time" from Just Lose It of Encore(Acapella)
加阿姆 安可秀專輯中歌詞

13. J.U.F. - Samiao's Day (shorter cut by M)
from Gogol Bordello V.S. Tamir Muskat (2004) (M剪短版)

14. Gogol Bordello (勾勾 伯代羅樂團)- Never Young
from Gypse Punk a Underdog World Strike (2005) 專輯 吉普賽龐克 低下狗世界反擊

+ laughing SFX from Michael Jackson's Thriller & thuder SFX of A Bruise Upon The Silent Moon by Cradle Of Filth from Damnation
加麥克傑克森 顫慄歌曲笑聲 及 惡靈天皇 萬劫不復專輯 雷聲

15. Fort Minor (黑暗堡壘)- Believe Me
from The Rising Tide (2005 Nov) 專輯 火線同盟 (M重整版)

+ People Talking SFX from Snot self- titled Album track Snot
加 結樂團同名專輯歌曲結中的人聲

16. The Distillers (蒸餾器樂團)- Drain The Blood (shortcut by M)
from Coral Fang (2003)專輯 珊瑚毒牙 (M剪短版)

+ the li'l dip from babatunde lea - Master of Drummer Vol.4
加鼓手大師專輯4 鼓聲

17. Ashlee Simpson (愛許力辛普森)- Boyfriend
from I AM ME (2005 Oct)專輯 做自己

18. So Solid Crew (硬派份子)- Colder (shorter cut by M)
from 2nd Verse (2003)專輯 第二輯 (M剪短版)

19. Bon Jovi (邦喬飛)- Bell of Freedom
from Have A Nice Day (2005)得意的一天

20. Jack Johnson (傑克強森)- Never Know
from In Between Dreams (2005)仲夏夜之夢

+ Adam Sandler (亞當山德勒)- Sid & Alex from Shhh... Don't Tell (2004)笑話專輯


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Schizophrenia & Violent Tendency

"精神分裂症 + 暴力傾向" 是個大合輯CD製作計劃。經過快一個月的時間，於2005年10月25日完成。
源由我一個在時裝店打工的同學抱怨店裡音樂播到快爛掉而跟我要音樂而起的念頭。
於是，我決定作一個裡面有最新曲的合輯。

原本的構想只是放幾首歌而已。但是之後，我卻想要作得像混音合輯一樣的自找麻煩，不過很有挑戰性。

之後，到處搜集了好多新歌還有許多有趣的元素，想要把它們全部匯整起來。過程中最困難的部分，是把每首不同的歌曲作個連接性，類似的曲風要放在一起，或是哪些地方要改變樂風等等的。有一首日本電子舞曲叫"侍"，是由化名Jazztronik的日本人野崎良太創作，這音樂結構複雜，原長6或8分鐘。但是重覆的部分太多，我怕放在合輯裡太長會顯沉悶，所以必須裁剪，又因為結構複雜，所以修剪起來有點棘手，但是最後完成的三分鐘版本實在是不錯。另外，還有一次要把一首龐克搖滾和一首嘻哈樂連結起來，那晚我花了很久的時間去翻我的CD收藏，只為了找到一段笑聲和雷聲，但是完成了一個很滿意的混音橋段。

第二個困難部分是，一開始我是集合了一首首的單曲，接著兩首兩首作連結。到最後，必須要把好幾個曲段全部連成一個音軌。這個步驟需要一臺具備強大CPU的電腦，可惜我沒有，所以幾乎花了一天的時間把他們全部連成一首歌。

最後，"精神分裂症 + 暴力傾向" 在"瘋狗" (為了紀念我的所作所為)廠牌的名下出生了。

"Schizophrenia & Violent Tendency" is a CD max project ,that operated for almost a month, and finished 4 days ago.
The project was an inspiration which was a result of a request from a friend, who works in a fashion shop with same musics been played over and over again. So I decided to produce a CD contained songs that are going to be released this fall and winter (even next year).

The original idea was just a simple CD contained a lot of songs, somehow I thought this would be more fun making this CD like a mix CD, everything changed then.

The CD contained various elements from music to movie, and various music genre. The difficult part making this CD was make all songs connective. During the making process, a japanese dance music - "Samurai" , was the most hard and fun track. Its original length is about 6 or 8 minutes, and I thought it's too long to put in the CD so I cutted some parts and not make it like was cut. That took me so long to finish. Because "Samurai" is a music with complicated construction.

There was another funny part I remember, during the process, I want to combine a punk rock song which has a woman screaming sound effect with a hip-hop song that starts with thunder. First came to my mind was Michael Jackson's hit - Thriller, which has a male laughing sound, and then I found thunder effect on Cradle Of Filth album. So I made a perfectly mix. The transition of two songs doesn't sound too weird.

After all songs cut and pasted, the final step was to make songs into one single track. This part required a good operating platform - a computer with a great CPU. But I only have a common one, that's the reason I took about a day to connect all songs into one.

However, "Schizophrenia & Violent Tendency" - A Mad Dog Presentation, was out on October 25th, 2005. I posted an article that night I finished the CD, but one little mistake I made leaded the article no longer exist, so I have to post this now.

And I would like to thank my mom who cannot have better time using computer due to I have to complish the project. Most of all I have to thank Vennesa who support me and sacrificed time I spend with her for doing the project.
Thank all you guys out there, though you don't even know what I've been doing. Thank you.

Everything Is Illuminated

導演 編劇
Directed & screenplay by Liev Schreiber
原作
Based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer
主演
Cast - Elijah Wood 伊萊亞伍德

這是一部描述一位年青的美籍猶太人強納生(伊萊亞伍德飾)，為了尋找一名在二次大戰中拯救過他祖父的女士，而到了烏克蘭一個被納粹蹂躪的村莊在當地說著破英文的男子幫助下尋人的故事。

A movie about a young Jewish American man endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village, that was ultimately razed by the Nazis, with the help of a local who speaks weirdly funny broken English.

這部片子吸引我的地方在於裡面的風景非常好，從這一版本的海報就可以看得出來，是部色彩相當鮮豔、風格獨特的片子。導演Liev Schreiber曾在許多電影中擔任配角，雖然看到名字還想不到是誰，但是只要一看到照片，腦裡馬上就會浮現他的影像。Liev Schreiber曾在電影【穿越時空愛上你】中飾演將休傑克曼從19世紀帶到21世紀的科學家；你更可以在【驚聲尖叫1~3】中發現他的身影。Everything Is Illuminated是他第一次執導的作品。

This film contains a lot of beautiful scenes, you can find out by looking the poster. It's a colorful film. Liev Schreiber used to starred in TV shows and movies. He played a scientist in "Kate & Leopold" and played a role in "Scream" trilogy. This is his first time been a director.

Everything Is Illuminated在捷克首都布拉格拍攝，美國預計2005年9月16日上映，臺灣預計2005年11月25日。
官方網站 http://wip.warnerbros.com

The movie was filmed in Prague. In theater of US on September 16th.
For more information please visit http://wip.warnerbros.com