Sunday, April 09, 2006

I Knew IT...


我就知道...
前幾年讀了一本法國小說叫做"莉拉說"。
這小說的來源相當耐人尋味,當初手稿經由匿名作者委任的律師交至出版社出版,無法知道這是個事實改編的故事還是完全虛構。

首先我要說的是,我痛恨這個故事,就像"啥都瞭了" 我痛恨這些故事裡面有性犯罪的情節,而這種情節卻又讓我對悲劇感到更悲傷。

莉拉說是由一個叫西莫的少年,以第一人稱描述他遇到莉拉的種種,情節相當的青春卻又在道德邊緣遊走。法國書評媒體對當中的辭藻讚譽有佳。

當初看完想說「不會被拍成電影吧?這樣可惡的故事?」。今天在逛網的途中竟發現臺灣準備上映(臺譯: 天使好說性),法國早在去年一月底已在法國上映。心中感到相當難過,我好害怕這個故事被拍成電影(雖然導演似乎把故事改得陽光了些)。這是一種不敢面對現實的反應嗎?不管這故事到底是真的還是杜撰,總之我討厭這種故事情節。

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Years ago I read a Franch novel "Lila dit ca (aka. Lila Says...)".
An interesting fact about this novel is that the original writing was taken to the publisher by the anonymous author's lawyer, so no one know if the story a fiction or a truth.

I would like to say it first, I hate this story.I hate stories contain sexual crime, like "Everything Is Illuminated", but these elements can make me feel sad to tragedies.

Lila Says was a story about everythig when a teenager Chimo met a girl named Lila. Pure love between the young cuple but it also controversial. Franch critics consider that the rhetoric inside is beautiful.

After my reading, it occured to me "won't such a damn story become a movie? will it?". Then few minutes ago, while I was surfing internet, I found the movie version is going to be released in Taiwan. And Franch had already shown last year.I felt really bad about this, I was so afraid this story become a movie( Somehow the movie version seemed changed the story more hopeful). Is this a reaction of escapism? No matter this story true of fake, I hate that part.

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Monday, March 27, 2006

Johnny Cash

最近的電影Walk The Line (為你鍾情),說的是美國已逝(1932 - 2003)鄉村歌手Johnny Cash的故事。相信透過這部電影,知道他的人可以緬懷,不知道的人可以藉此認識他。

第一次聽到他的歌,是他2005年專輯「American IV-The Man Comes Around」中"Hurt"這首歌的音樂錄影帶在葛萊美獎被提名最佳音樂錄影帶獎。翻唱自工業搖滾團體九吋釘(Nine Inch Nails)的專輯「惡性循環」(The Downward Spiral)。由主腦Trent Reznor作詞作曲;Johnny Cash的版本,相當的沉靜,編曲把歌詞 的內容貼切的表現出來,音樂錄影帶更是讓這首歌因為影像的引導,令人不勝稀噓。

American IV-The Man Comes Around專輯,收錄了未發行新歌以及一些翻唱歌曲,整張專輯歌曲的一致性,可以說是Johnny Cash老年的自我反省之作。看過2004年版的活人生吃(Dawn of the Dead)嗎? 這部片一開始的歌,就是出自這專輯的同名歌曲"The Man Comes Around"。 歌詞描述了聖經啟示錄一般的幻像,也是專輯的開場。

"Hurt" lyrics by Trent Reznor ( of Nine Inch Nails)

I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything
[Chorus:]
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here
[Chorus:]
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end

And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
If I could start again

A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

Hurt 音樂錄影帶 by Mark Romanek《電影「不速之客」(One Hour Photo)導演、資深mv導演》