第76届奥斯卡金像奖最佳原创配乐(提名)
Fate has a cruel way of circling around on you. There's a time when a man needs to fight and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny's lost.Now the ship has sailed,and that only a fool will continue.Truth is , I've always been a fool.
一直认为中国文字在寓意上的艺术表现力是人类的一项伟大创造,比如说表达情感的深度,“深”这个字,为什么左边是三点水,我想是因为生活在陆地的人类觉得大江大海之下广袤无限地不可测量,水的无形无底才能表达感情的深度。
正巧,在电影表现手法上,也会有通感的多层次运用。这部《大鱼》是亲情类影片中的翘楚之作,不单单是父子间的心灵对话,也是一位平凡老爸的伟大传奇。
The more difficult something is, the more rewarding it is in the end.
开篇在儿子的婚礼上,一贯爱讲故事的老爸又在滔滔不绝。终于引发了两人的争执,最终不欢而散,从此不见面不通电话,近乎决裂。
在儿子的幼年、青年和成年时期,他对父亲从未有过真正的了解。缺少童年陪伴的他认为父亲只是一个会讲故事的骗子。比如,在小镇上住着一个女巫,小孩子通过对视她的眼珠,可以预知自己死去时的样子。
Have you ever heard a joke so many times you've forgotten why it's funny? And then you hear it again and suddenly it's new. You remember why you loved it in the first place.
直到有一天老爸重病将去,儿子带着大肚爱妻赶回家,传奇里的童话和童话里的传奇才娓娓道来。
在这些故事里,你也许分不清真真假假,却又不忍心去全盘否认。剧中的老爸不是疯子,也不是骗子,在我看来他只是一位慈详又充满爱心的孩子王,以自己独特的方式来向儿子传授人生在世为人处事的道理。
Most things you consider evil or wicked are simply lonely and lacking in social niceties.
比如,当小镇出现巨人的时候,孤身一人去与巨人谈判,愿以自己为饵换取全镇安宁的时候,却发现:“你认为最邪恶、最坏的东西,大多只是孤独、缺乏融洽的个性。”
This town is more than any man could ask for. And if I were to end up here, I would consider myself lucky.But the truth is, I'm just not ready to end up anywhere.
比如,当误闯世外桃园,富足安稳歌舞升平的生活却留不住老爸的脚步,因为 “这个小镇是任何人都梦寐以求的。我若落脚于此,定会倍感荣幸。但事实上,我从未准备好在任何地方落脚。” 以这样的方式来告诫儿子切莫在舒适的环境里安于现状、丧失斗志。
They said when you meet the love of your life,time stops. And that's true.What they don't tell you is that once time starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up.
也许是杜撰的在马戏团偶遇老妈的情节,告诉儿子遇到真爱就要紧紧抓住。因为“......当时针再度恢复转动,它会无比飞快,让人无法赶上。”
Sometimes the only way to catch an uncatchable woman is to offer her a wedding ring.
比如,老爸以黄水仙向老妈求婚的一幕浪漫热烈,以此告诉儿子婚姻的担当。
The biggest fish in the river gets that way by never being caught.
The thing about icebergs is you only see 10 percent while the other 90 percent is below the water where you can't see it.
后来儿子从医生那里知道了自己出生当天,老爸因为出差遗憾错过,并没有像老爸故事里讲过的用戒指钓上了那条最大的鱼。
这时的儿子已经理解了老爸。在众人面前风趣幽默的老爸也许只展示了他真实内在的10%,但正因为有冰山下90%坚韧厚重,才会将这10%表现得如此轻描淡写却又妙趣横生。
A man tells stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way, he becomes immortal.
在老爸弥留之际,儿子模拟他的口吻帮助他走完人生的最后一程,有逃离医院的飙车场景,也有老爸一生故事里出现过的剧情人物,在儿子将老爸放入河里瞬间化为大鱼的一刻,一切都圆满了。
“一个不停述说自己故事的人,最终也成了故事。故事在他死后继续流传,那样,他也变得永垂不朽了。”。
(本文2017年3月19日首发于微信公众号“地球文青”)