时隔…仅有2年Bob Dylan再次发片,新专辑叫Together Through Life。刚从mininova的种子上下下来,总体上不如上一张Modern Times那么动人——据称Modern Times全球卖了1300万张。现在听到第5首,曲风稳健但是有点平淡。更让我感兴趣的是专辑封面这对热吻的情侣,借助谷歌同学帮助了解到封面来自Bruce Davidson,以黑人民权运动时期的一组名为Time of Change的照片闻名的摄影师,拍了很多底层黑人生活与抗争还有3K党的照片。这张封面照片来自他的影集New York Gang,摄影师跟拍了纽约一伙”混混“的生活点滴,他们的生活,娱乐,爱情,甚至还有他们忧伤的一面。看了觉得还是有点意思。
最近有点Bob Dylan回热啊,上周在学院的咖啡厅,背景音乐就是The Time They Are-a Changing,估计都是因为Watchmen带动的。不过说起来,昨天在某市的公共图书馆听到背景音乐是nirvana差点吐血。
王家卫和他那一班香港电影人太邪恶了,因为他们可以随意玩弄观众的情绪——就是《东邪西毒》与《东成西就》,同样的cast,同样的故事模版(大概算是金庸“原著”),可以搞出来两个完全不一样的东西。要说就是,王家卫剧本对于观众情绪的把握,简直和村上春树太像了,虽然这句话已经被影评说烂了,但是时隔多年,重新回顾那些看遇上100%女孩,挪威森林与面包店再袭的年代,那些言必称“in the mood of xxx”与随风漂泊的无脚鸟的年代,王家卫的电影真的是有画面版的村上式的小说!——没有确切的故事背景,不管是香港,“夜上海”,“古代”还是“东京”,“世界尽头”,“北海道”其实都差不多,观众(读者)看(读)的时候投入于把自己的情感中的弱点与故事主人公内心的脆弱之处进行一种有趣的化学反应,产生一种带有沟通的共鸣,观影(阅读)结束之后,发生了什么,谁怎么样了,结局如何?好像都没什么所谓——谁还记得挪威森林写的什么,还记得是慕容燕还是慕容嫣还是王语嫣还是慕容复还是范尼还是鲁尼还是枣泥,醉生梦死酒,眉来眼去剑与情意绵绵刀,反正发生了,就像快感与高潮一样,匆匆而来又匆匆而去。所以东邪西毒里面的黄药师可以马上变成东成西就里面的大理段王爷,欧阳锋马上变成黄药师,因为谁是谁其实不重要,虚情假意的感伤和娱乐最重要。
很少有影片能把“真实的世界”和“荧幕上的世界”做到如此紧密地结合,这点如果不看影评不看相关资料,是不可能知道的。片中的过期女明星Norma Desmond,虽然人老珠黄但是依然不甘寂寞的生活,准备复出,Norma的扮演着Gloria Swanson也正是这样,本片也是她息影若干年之后的付出作品;扮演Desmond管家Max的Erich von Stroheim是前默片导演,和片中关系几乎一样,Erich与Gloria就是当年默片时代的搭档,Norma在豪宅私人影院中邀Joe看那个电影,正是由Erich von Stroheim导演的,而且成为票房滑铁卢,两个人双双进入事业最低谷以至退出影坛;那些被Joe成为蜡像的Norma的好友真的都是好莱坞默片时期的演员,其中包括Buster Keaton;而大导演兼制片Cecil DeMile于片中扮演在Paramount摄影棚中工作的自己!!!
文艺青年悲天悯人的结尾 转A
一般读者 转B
A 日落大道的结尾让人不禁唏嘘,编剧刻意的安排让观众转而同情Norma Desmond,同时开始回顾片中重要的四个角色,做白日梦Norma,安于铁屋中的Max,挣扎着试图放下虚华的欲望的Joe,还有保有纯真与冲动的女编剧Betty。思考到底是人性中无止境欲望成就了这个纷杂的世界还是这个纷杂的世界造成了人性的堕落?和多数黑色幽默般讽刺人性的电影一样,这个问题的答案被刻意留给了观众。
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Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you?
People’d call, say, “Beware doll, you’re bound to fall”
You thought they were all kiddin’ you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin’ out
Now you don’t talk so loud
Now you don’t seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
You’ve gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you’re gonna have to get used to it
You said you’d never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He’s not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And ask him do you want to make a deal?
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain’t no good
You shouldn’t let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain’t it hard when you discover that
He really wasn’t where it’s at
After he took from you everything he could steal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They’re drinkin’, thinkin’ that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But you’d better lift your diamond ring, you’d better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can’t refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You’re invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?