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英国人在纽约 An Englishman in New York(2009)

英国人在纽约 An Englishman in New York(2009)

导演: Richard Laxton

编剧: Brian Fillis

主演: 约翰·赫特 丹尼斯·欧哈拉 乔纳森·塔克 辛西娅·尼克松 Swoosie Kurtz

类型: 剧情 同性

制片国家/地区: 英国

上映日期: 2009-02-07(柏林国际电影节)

片长: 75 分钟 IMDb: tt0997057 豆瓣评分:8.3 下载地址:迅雷下载

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影评:

  1. 经典台词摘抄:

    1、If your happiness is entirely dependent on another's love, you will never turly be happy.If your love is valuable to you, it is because you give it. You must be ready to expect nothing to return.Once you accept this, your heart will never be broken again.
    ——原来我们久久寻觅而不得的幸福是被我们自己弄丢了。

    2、Beauty is in the eye of possessor. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
    ——别让他人的观点左右你,别做一个被教条了的人。

    3、It is my policy never to lie, never to defend. To recant would be to imply that I do not mean what I say. And I do.
    ——诚实很难,感慨又一个诚实的人离我们而去了。

    4、Persisitence is your greatest weapon. It is in the nature of barriers that they fall. Do not seek to become like your opponents. You have the burden and the great joy of being outsiders.
    ——我们的反抗不是愤怒。

    5、Every day you live is a kind of triumph. This you should cling onto. You should make no effort to try and join society. Stay right way you are. Give your name and serial number, and wait for society to form itself around you. Because it most certanly will. Neither look forward where there is doubt, nor backward where there is regret. Look inward and ask not if there is anything outside that you want, that you have not yet unpacked.
    ——“活着的每一天都是胜利”,对于非大众的人群而言,我们没有必要融入这个社会,做自己想做的,有一天大众也许就接受我们了。

    6、You must search inside yourself for what is unique you,when you find it, polish it until it becomes your style.
    ——只有自己才知道自己是什么,需求什么。

    这部片子是传记,同时也是一部哲理片,一部教学片,告诉同志们,或者说所有的小众人士,告诉我们,如何去跟这个不一样的社会打交道,我们不必要去隐瞒自己,去伪装自己,我们要做的就是认清自己然后坚持做我们自己。这是一个活了90多年的智者给我们的忠告,你我深知,这很难,可这也是我们活得幸福唯一解,我们忠于了自己。成不了大众,就让我们小众的快乐着。
  2. 看影片时不要焦躁,做好认真听一堂人生哲理课的准备。这堂课很不同,是在演说的同时,进行了一次艺术化的命运剖解,把已故的英国同性恋作家昆汀.克里斯挂在墙上,带着敬意,重叙他存在的意义。

       昆汀.克里斯出生于1908年的英国,生来就与众不同。他喜欢描眉涂红,穿艳丽的衣服,系一根用心搭配的长丝巾,常常驻足在镜前,与镜中的自己谈情说爱。最早公开同性恋身份的人之一,在英国曾受到过不堪的凌辱与折磨。八十年代初,克里斯离开英格兰,前往美国纽约,从此在异国他乡,谱写了另一种张扬而又沉甸甸的多彩人生。

       其实,上面的描述若说得粗鄙不堪,这样一个人或许就是世俗谈资里的异装癖加超级自恋的男同性恋者。但对于看过此片的我,要否认,一个有着深邃的思想的人,身外的光环多么灼眼,另类的形与影只是个面具,精神才是传奇,而人是可以自由地做“我就是我”的。对撞击心灵的璀璨星光,只能透过各自精神收容所的天窗遥望。或许,我的感悟只限于电影中的克里斯,坦言,对于现实中的他知之甚少,但这不妨碍领悟生命在岩壁上攀爬的勇气。

       而拍摄此片的导演一定深知其中的微妙关系,他成功再塑了一位睿智的艺术家,一位为坚守自我、随梦流浪的老顽童,同时也用有效的方式规避了一大堆社会政治敏感问题,特别是对同性恋话题加持的朦胧光,隐隐约约,拿定了主意,只打半边鼓(旁敲侧击),让人感受到的只是相同的人类不同的光芒与苦难。

      《英国人在纽约》撷取自克里斯的晚年生活,离开伦敦,飞向纽约,直到最后用“落叶归根”的情节结束全片。没有具体可窥视的爱恨情仇,出现的人与事,全部旨在洞悉他的内心思想。克里斯因一句漠视艾滋病的话险些遭到攻击,而这背后,他却为一位身患艾滋的画家,在生命终结前找到了证明自我的机会。他因忠诚于自我,不肯妥协,与经纪人分道扬镳。但有个人自始至终都没有离弃他,办杂志的斯蒂尔,年少时受克里斯影响的年轻人。要说“情”,他们之间的友情算得上是这部剧中温暖的感情线索,除此都是点点滴滴的影响。总之,故事很简单,说的就是人物的思想。

       倒是片名《英国人在纽约》,开始让人费解,觉得名字起大了,或许又是老美在拿伦敦佬开涮。随之马上想到了Sting的《Englishman in New York》,没想到结尾真用上了此曲,不知是随了我的心思,还是真觉得有联系的紧密性,现在的感觉是,名字并不那么糟。

       虽用有争议的人物做话题,但我决定跳出使人喧哗迷茫的欲望城池,只在电影中让我欢喜的清净角落逗留。那的确也是这部影片所要演绎出的精髓,心平气和地讲一讲人到底要做一个怎样的自己。

       电影中晚年的克里斯是位幽默可爱的老人,当忽略掉现实中一场场高雅华丽的宴会,把舞台搭建在一个人或两个人的演说秀现场,用他的思想他的智慧取悦观众,深刻的意义自然而然被带了出来。“如果世界上除了你没有别人,你会是什么样子?”无关性别与身份,不探讨个别,只谈大众,遇到这样的问题,就像开着灯的房间突然熄了亮,免不了瞬间迷失,而此刻大多数人能够意识到你想要最自然的存在方式。当然拒绝庸人自扰也是好事,那灯就亮了,跟着指挥棒走总是不费力气的,想要遗忘自己那也是他的选择。想想是明暗之别的,但这里存在人的生命意义。

       克里斯在强调人要认识自我时说,“如果你养了三十年的猪,暮然回首却惊呼,‘我本该成为芭蕾舞舞蹈家’,那是滑稽可笑的,对于此时的你,养猪已经是你的风格了。”概括总结,人要有自己的风格。要我从主观意识引申,这种个性与精神在于不随波逐流,不苟且偷生;不妄自尊大,也不妄自菲薄;不做社会害虫,也不做腐椟的寄生虫。当然,出自克里斯之口,完全可以用来标榜伦理道德拷问中的异类或特立独行的非主流,问题不在于为谁解说,单单这样的思想是进步可取的。

      “现在,我只代表我自己。”在整部影片中,这句话让我感触最深,是一句需用漫长的人生去体验,并最终用勇气验证的话语。即使不处在风雨飘摇的动荡中,人生无需畏惧,就安逸的生活,起码做一个一生用心说话的正直人,只代表自己,那也绝非凡人能做的事。

       剧情中,让人感动的片段都聚集在了后半部,可能也是对“死亡”这最后结果的怜悯。斯蒂尔与苏珊娜都恐惧克里斯的离去,他们害怕从此失去如此乐观健谈、可亲可爱的老朋友,那种情感是完全坦露在外的,观众能够很自然地融入到悲伤难舍的氛围中。我们是凡人,自当超脱不净凡人的情感,一个无害于他人的异类,反倒为身边的人带去了知识与快乐,那他是珍贵的。

       由老戏骨约翰.赫特来担纲,这也是扫去短短75分钟的单薄,呈现饱满与厚重的原因。克里斯的一举一动,老约翰把握得不仅精准,比较克里斯本人的样貌,老约翰的演绎,更增添了坚毅、刚强的魅力。而且,转换了电影的整体风格,人性的严肃探讨,成了全剧的核心内容。

        这种内含着广阔思考空间的影片不难看,内部不浮躁、不乖张,透着一股淡然。无论何种人,悟性是上帝的礼物,只有修养与底蕴才能提升他的价值,这话也不知有没有跑题,而我是这样认为的。

    (佩服自己啰嗦了这么多。嘿嘿)
  3. 这是一部少有的内容为王的电影。什么?评论演技?人民不需要演技。人民只相信缓慢的英国口音和从句套从句,相信白头发,相信红唇膏,相信彩色长丝巾、银丝巾扣,丝绸手帕,相信尖领丝绸衬衫和丝绒套装。有了这些,谁还管演技啊。

    You must search inside yourself for what is unique you,when you find it, polish it until it becomes your style. It's no good being a pig farmer for 30 years, looking back and saying, I was meant to be a ballet dancer. By this time, pigs are your style.所以说,这个片子的内核不是讨论gay rights,而是在讨论一个人的腔调从何而来。不管他是同性恋还是异性恋,Quentin都是个头路非常清楚的人。而成为同性恋,寻求一个real man永远不得( the essence of a real is that he does not fall in love with his own sex)则让他变得孤独而清醒。选择你的型,成为你所标签的你,承受应有的痛苦。睿智来自于生活的苦涩和逝去年龄,和性取向没有关系。不是说成为了同性恋就是时髦和惹人爱怜,建筑工人和卡车司机型的gay要多少有多少。

    最后用Quentin的语录共勉: If your happiness is entirely dependent on another's love, you'll never truly be happy. If your love isvaluable to you, it is because you give it. You must be ready to expect nothing in return.Once you accept this, your heart will never broken again. 去爱,去付出而不计较所得,成就更圆满的自己。
  4. 以下是电影里的一些Quotes:

    1.Every day you live is a kind of triumph. This you should cling onto. You should make no effort to try and join society. Stay right way you are. Give your name and serial number, and wait for society to form itself around you. Because it most certanly will. Neither look forward where there is doubt, nor backward where there is regret. Look inward and ask not if there is anything outside that you want, that you have not yet unpacked.

    2.If your happiness is entirely dependent on another's love, you will never truely happy. If your love is valuable to you, it is because you give it. You must be ready to expect nothing in return. Once you accept this, your heart will never be broken again

    3.You must search inside yourself for what is unique you you,when you find it, polish it until it becomes your style.

    4.Even a marriage to oneself can not last forever.

    5.The more English you sound, the more likely you are to be believed.

    6.It is my policy never to lie, never to defend. To recant would be to imply that I do not mean what I say. And I do.

     

    下面是Quentin本人的一些Quotes:

    1.Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

    2.Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

    3.I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

    4.If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

    5.It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue. Any partnership demands that we give and give and give and at the last, as we flop into our graves exhausted, we are told that we didn't give enough.


    6.Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

    7.Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.

    8.Men get laid, but women get screwed.

    9.The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

    10.The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

    11.The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

    12.The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.

    13.To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.