02月 Movie Talk（哈拉電影）

Love and Other Disasters

Director 導(dǎo)演：

Alek Keshishian 阿萊克#8226;凱西西恩

Leading Cast 主演：

Brittany Murphy 布瑞塔妮#8226;墨菲

Matthew Rhys 馬修#8226;萊斯

Santiago Cabrera 圣地亞哥#8226;卡巴瑞拉

Samantha Bloom 薩曼斯#8226;布魯姆

Genre 類型：Comedy/Romance 喜劇/浪漫

Runtime 片長：90分鐘

Distribution出品：Europa Corp. 歐洲影業(yè)

Plot Outline故事梗概

Jacks是名生活愜意的英國《時尚》雜志的編輯助理，她平常的愛好就是樂此不疲地給自己的同性戀朋友Peter當(dāng)媒人。當(dāng)富有魅力的雜志攝影師助理Paolo第一次走入她的視線時，她就展開了行動，決定要將Peter和Paolo撮合到一起。不過，她太專注于為他人撮合婚事卻忽略了自己真正的愛情……

Erick Peterson's Review 艾眼看片

艾瑞克#8226;皮特森是一名居住在上海的美國作家，他畢業(yè)于中央華盛頓大學(xué)哲學(xué)系。他熱衷電影，尤其鐘愛西方的“黑色電影”，但同時又為張藝謀和巴斯特#8226;基頓的電影傾倒。他喜歡閱讀、旅行，也喜歡和電影圈中的好友暢談電影、生活和人生。（加一張他的照片）

Love and Other Disasters， a vastly underappreciated film， is one of the best romantic comedies of the last few years and will provide satisfying entertainment this Valentines' Day， whether you are cuddling with your sweetie or on your own. The film robs numerous story and filming elements from other romantic comedies. Rather than coming off as derivative， however， the film plays as an uber-entry into the genre， and its star is reminiscent of Audrey Hepburn. Love and Other Disasters tells the story of Jacks， a young woman who believes in love despite living her life all wrong. One example of her wrongheadedness: she engages in a casual sex arrangement with her ex-boyfriend. But during the course of the film， through her relationships and those of her friends， she finally comes to a deeper understanding of love.

不管你是要和愛人相擁觀影還是獨賞影片，《相思成災(zāi)》這部未受到廣泛關(guān)注卻成為近年來最好的浪漫喜劇電影之一的片子絕對會讓你的情人節(jié)充滿樂趣。該片擷取了其它浪漫喜劇片中的橋段和拍攝手法。但它絕不是一部派生電影，相反地，該片就是一部浪漫喜劇片，而其中的女主角讓人想起了奧黛麗#8226;赫本。該片講述了一個名叫Jacks的年輕女孩的故事，盡管她的生活軌跡出現(xiàn)了問題但仍堅信真愛。而其中一個典型的例子就是——她和前任男友時不時地保持性關(guān)系。但是通過朋友們和她對自己關(guān)系的認(rèn)知，她對愛情有了更深刻的理解。

No one should be intrigued by this simple premise， as it is also the bare bones of many other romantic comedies， and the similarities between this film and many others don't stop with the plot. Jacks has a close group of quirky friends that seem to reappear in a hundred other films. The desperate and eccentric best friend， the lovelorn homosexual， the dashing foreigner， and others all fill out Jacks' inner circle. The viewer can almost picture the screenwriter filling out the boxes on a checklist. Broken wedding at the altar? Check. Rush to the airport to find true love? Check again! By the time the film employs split screens， traditionally used in romantic comedy classics to show both parties on the phone， the viewer is all too aware that the film he is watching is nothing original， nothing unique， but a clear romantic comedy that doesn't try to be something it isn't.

但這種常見于其它浪漫喜劇中的簡單內(nèi)容和雷同情節(jié)不會激起觀眾的興趣。Jacks那些怪異的朋友們散見于很多影片中。她的生活中全是這些人的身影：絕望而古怪的好朋友、害相思病的同性戀朋友和時髦的外國人等。觀眾很容易就能聯(lián)想起億萬雷同的影片。圣壇上的失敗婚禮？絕對有。飛奔機場尋找真愛？也有！另外，電影采用了分畫面拍攝手法，這是浪漫喜劇電影為了展示2個人同時在接電話而采用的傳統(tǒng)表現(xiàn)手法，觀眾都知道該片不是原創(chuàng)也無新意，只是一部浪漫喜劇片而已。

Surprisingly， the film is still watchable， and this is mostly due to the actors' performances. There is， of course， the leading lady， Jacks， played by Brittany Murphy. With long eye-lashes， wide eyes， dark hair， and slender body， she bears a striking resemblance to Hepburn， the queen of such films during a more glittering age in Hollywood. Murphy's straight-talking， sophisticated Jacks is a role that would've suited Hepburn half a century ago. Sexually explicit lines like \"He fills a void- literally，\" and scenes of her sitting on the toilet in front of her roommate (and us!) bring the character into the modern age， however. Other fine performances abound， but the most striking ones are from actors playing bit characters. Michael Lerner is a gas as a Harvey Weinstein-like film producer. Dawn French is nearly as funny， playing a therapist with an odd interest in flatulence. \"Reactions to a fart mark the stages of a relationship，\" she says. None of these characters or performances are particularly believable， but as the film states， \"no one is interested in watching real life.\" Real life is too boring.

但令人驚奇的是，該片仍值得一看，而這主要歸功于演員們的表演。扮演主角Jacks的布列塔妮#8226;墨菲有著長長的睫毛、大大的眼睛、烏黑的長發(fā)和苗條的身材，像極了黃金年代好萊塢的愛情影片女王赫本。雖然Jacks的直言不諱和精明強干不適合半個世紀(jì)前的赫本，但是直白的性暗示對白“他填補了我的空虛感”和她面對室友（還有我們這些觀眾?。┳隈R桶上的場景將人物帶到了現(xiàn)代。其他演員也都演技非凡，但最引人注目的還是那些扮演小人物的演員。例如，邁克爾#8226;勒納扮演的如哈維#8226;韋恩斯坦般好笑的制片人和道恩#8226;弗蘭奇扮演的對腸胃漲氣有著奇怪癖好的搞笑醫(yī)生，她有這么一句臺詞：“對放屁的不同反應(yīng)標(biāo)志著男女關(guān)系中的不同階段?！睕]有一個人物或者表演讓人特別信服，但是影片中有一句話說對了：“沒人想看真實生活的樣子?！睂O了，真實的生活太無聊。

Far from an outstanding film， Love and Other Disasters is certainly not a boring one， either. It survives on its performances， and on tongue-in-cheek， urbane comedy that keeps the film from drifting into a sap-fest. In other words， this is a film that appeals to the heart without being too unsettling for the stomach.

雖然《相思成災(zāi)》不是什么特別優(yōu)秀的影片，但它也絕不是一部無聊的電影。精湛的表演、半開玩笑的臺詞和文雅的劇情讓這部影片不落言情的俗套。換言之，這是一部讓人身心愉悅的作品。

Dialogues精彩對白

一 Jacks和她的朋友們

和眾多的浪漫喜劇電影中的主角一樣，Jacks也有一群古怪有意思的朋友們，以下就是Jacks和她的朋友們的對話。

00:01:09 – 00: 03:46

James: Hey， sleepy head! You up?

Jacks: What time is it?

James: Almost noon.

Jacks: I'm afraid you've got to go.

James: Excuse me?

Jacks: You've got to go. I have friends coming over for brunch.

James: What? In MY apartment?

Jacks: Sorry.

James: 3 years and you still treat me like a one-night stand!

(Jacks hurries to meet Talullah at a café)

Jacks: Babies! Sorry， I'm late. I had to deal with James.

Talullah: James? I thought you broke up with James.

Jacks: I did. He's just not taking it very well.

Talullah: What? All alone in his big， empty castle?

Jacks: Be nice. Anyway， I had to give his ego CPR.

Talullah: How tiresome. What did you say?

Jacks: Oh you know， how great he is， how he's going to make the right girl so happy， how it's really not him， it's blah blah blah...

Talullah: And he believed you?

Jacks: Of course not! So then I had to f**k him.

Talullah: Right.

Jacks: Where's Peter?

(Jack is back home and her roommate Peter is taking shower)

Jacks: Babies， we missed you at brunch!

Peter: Sorry， I had to finish 1500 words for Empire.

Jacks: Talullah sends her love.

Peter: How is she?

Jacks: In love! With this Jamaican model I set her up with. Apparently， he shags her 4 times a day and inspires her to write volumes of new poetry! Isn't that great?

Peter: No， I hate Talullah's poetry.

Jacks: Speaking of shags， how was your date with Doug?

Peter: Fine.

Jacks: Fine? Just fine?

Peter: Look， Jacks! I really appreciate you trying to set me up with Doug and Phil and John.

Jacks: What's wrong with Doug?

Peter: Nothing， I just... I just don't see much of a future together.

Jacks: How do you know that after one dinner?

Peter: Maybe because we have nothing in common?

Jacks: That's not true. You're an artist， Doug's an artist.

Peter: Doug's a florist!

Jacks: He's a horticultural designer.

Peter: Yeah， whose life goal is to create a sculpture of Princess Diana entirely of bougainvillea.

Jacks: You are such a snob!

Peter: I am not a snob! I have hay fever. I'd be allergic to Doug's work. Look， Doug deserves better than me.

Jacks: You're never going to find anyone with that attitude.

Peter: What attitude? I'm just being realistic.

Jacks: If you're realistic， then I'm the Queen of England.

(Peter out of the bathroom naked)

Peter: Hey! I'm the Queen of England!

Jacks: Hello， your Majesty!

Language Focus 語言點

1 CPR

全稱是“cardio pulmonary resuscitation”，是個醫(yī)療用語，意思是“心肺復(fù)蘇”。

2 I set her up with.

“set…up with…”是個固定詞組，意思是“介紹某人給另一人認(rèn)識”。

3 shags

俚語，“make love”的意思。

4 then I'm the Queen of England.

該句在對話中出現(xiàn)了兩次。第一次是Jacks回應(yīng)Peter是現(xiàn)實主義時，在這里，這句話表明了Jacks不相信Peter說的話；通常，當(dāng)你覺得某人的言語不靠譜、在說謊時，也可以用這句話回應(yīng)，表示你不相信他/她；第二次是Peter緊接Jacks說完這句話后，在同性戀文化中，同性者通常稱呼自己是“Queen”，那在Peter的這句話中，它的意思就等同于“gay”了。

二 荒謬的拍賣會

失戀的Talullah在母親舉辦的慈善拍賣會上言語失常，但是相對于那些貌似正經(jīng)的上層階級，她的不正常反而顯得正常。

00:21:39 – 00:22:37

Felicity: Oh， Talullah! There you are! This is Klaus Fassbinder. Klaus， this is my daughter Talullah. And this is her best friend， Paul.

Talullah: It's Peter， Mother!

Peter: It's all right.

Felicity: Darling， you could have worn something nicer.

Talullah: You could have worn something. Full stop.

Peter: Sorry， Fassbinder， are you related to the director?

Klaus: Who?

Peter: Oh， never mind. Mrs. Wentworth， thank you so much for this invitation.

Felicity: Oh please! Call me Felicity! David is perfect for you， darling! I can't think why I didn't set you two up earlier!

Klaus: So， you're Felicity's daughter?

Talullah: Only by birth. So don't hold it against me.

Felicity: Donatella! Excuse me.

Talullah: Whoever designed those heels must really hate women.

Klaus: I designed those heels.

Talullah: And thank goodness you did! Otherwise Mother's arse would be dusting the floor.

00:24:26 – 00:27:24

Felicity: I would like to welcome you all to this year's Fashion Against the lmpending Threat of Global Warming. There is nothing more important right now than global poverty. I mean in the warming sense. Actually， I was just talking to Donatella.

Jacks: Sorry， I'm late. So is he here?

Peter: Not yet.

Jacks: Where's Talullah?

Peter: In the bathroom. She's been eating large quantities of hash brownies.

Jacks: Again?

Peter: Yeah.

Felicity: So with no further ado， I would like to introduce any available British celebrity! I mean...

Angus Deaton!

Angus: Bitch!

Felicity: Wanker!

Angus: Thank you and thank you to Felicity for all her…

Talullah: Jacks! You look so pretty! I think you're very， very pretty Jacks.

Jacks: Thank you， Talullah. I think you're very pretty too.

Talullah: But not as pretty as Freedom's wife!

Peter: Talullah， I'm sure you're far prettier than Freedom's wife.

Talullah: You're just saying that because you're a POOF!

Felicity: Talullah! What's wrong with you?

Talullah: Genetics.

Felicity: Hello， Jones.

Talullah: It's Jacks， Mother!

Felicity: You look lovely!

Jacks: Thank you. So do you!

Felicity: I don't!

Talullah: I'm pasty white. Why wasn't I born black?

Angus: OK， first up then we have an outfit called Ice Dream donated by Klaus Fassbinder! Let's start the bidding. If you would at 1，000 pounds. Thank you， sir.

Felicity: David's flight from New York must have been delayed. But he should be here at any minute. He was very intrigued by what I told him!

Peter: What， what you told him?

Felicity: You know， about how you saw him at the hotel and it was love at first sight! And what a catch you are. How it's about time you found yourself a nice boyfriend!

Peter: You told him all that?

Felicity: He seemed very flattered Paul!

Angus: 1，500 pounds. Any advance on 1，500 pounds? Going once， going twice...

Talullah: 10，000 pounds! 10，000 pounds! (Jacks and Peter pull Talullah's dress) Don't touch the dress!

Angus: Any advance on 10，000 pounds. No? Going once. Going twice! 10，000 pounds!

Talullah: I was only joking. I was just kidding! I was only joking. It was a joke.

Felicity: (signs a check) Charity!

Language Focus 語言點

1 You could have worn something. Full stop.

在電影中，F(xiàn)elicity穿著暴露，所以Talullah說了這句話，暗示母親應(yīng)該稍微多穿點衣服。而“full”在這里的意思是“豐滿”。

2 hash brownies

在電影中，這個詞組指得是那些摻雜了興奮劑的點心。

3 POOF

在同性戀文化中，同性戀者有時會將自己稱為“fairy”，即“長著翅膀的仙女”，而當(dāng)“fairy”張開翅膀的時候會發(fā)出“poof”的聲音。所以在電影中，這個單詞是“gay”的另一個稱呼。

4 first up then

常見短語，即“firstly”。

5 And what a catch you are.

“catch”用來指代人的時候，指得是那些具備各種吸引人優(yōu)點的人，尤其是指讓人稱心的伴侶。

三 造訪醫(yī)生

Peter為一見鐘情而苦惱，情急下他去拜訪好友介紹的醫(yī)生，希望得到幫助，結(jié)果這卻是一個讓人啼笑皆非的過程。

00:34:46 – 00:37:14

Peter: I really appreciate you seeing me on such short notice. Finlay thinks the world of you.

Therapist: And I think THE WORLD of Finlay!

Peter: Yes， well... He said you really sorted him out on the relationship front. And I could certainly use some help there. You see I've never actually been in a relationship except in my own head.

Therapist: And how long did that last?

Peter: What?

Therapist: The relationship in your head.

Peter: No. I mean， it's an ongoing problem. They only last in my head. For varying amounts of time.

Therapist: So you have a problem with monogamy?

Peter: No， not that. No， that's not my problem.

Therapist: Denial is not a river in Egypt! Not a river in Egypt. D'you see what I did there? Just that's a little therapist joke. Doesn't always work. OK， right. Paul?

Peter: Peter.

Therapist: Sorry?

Peter: Peter.

Therapist: Peter. Peter. Yes， it is. You're absolutely right. Peter. That's a good start. Well done you! Ok Peter， I think I can help you.

Peter: You do?

Therapist: I do. I think you are stuck in that pre-relationship moment of infatuation and you need to be reminded that a real relationship has many， many， many more stages.

Peter: Stages. I like that.

Therapist: Relationships are best measured by farting.

Peter: Excuse me?

Therapist: The stages of a relationship can be defined by farting. Stage 1 is the conspiracy of silence. This is a fantasy period where both parties pretend that they have no bodily waste. This illusion is very quickly shattered by that first shy \"ooh did you fart?\" followed by the sheepish admission of truth. This heralds a period of deeper intimacy. A period I like to call the \"fart honeymoon\". Where both parties find each other's gas just the cutest thing in the world. But of course no honeymoon can last forever. And so we reach the critical fork in the fart. Either the fart loses its power to amuse and embarrass， thereby signifying true love， or else it begins to annoy and disgust. Thereby symbolizing all that is blocked and rancid in the formerly beloved. Do you see what I'm getting at?

Language Focus 語言點

1 Finlay thinks the world of you.

“sb thinks the world of someone”是個固定詞組，意思是“某人對某人有著強烈的敬意和仰慕之情”。

Behind the Scenes

幕后揭密

在《相思成災(zāi)》中，最應(yīng)該被評為“真愛使者”的恐怕不是女主角，而是她的同性戀室友，他一直堅信真愛的存在并孜孜不倦地追求。現(xiàn)代社會中，“同性戀”一詞已經(jīng)不再讓人難堪而是被人慢慢接受。今天，我們就來看看這個曾經(jīng)遭受歧視的人群的故事。

Overview 概述

同性戀（homosexual）是由德國醫(yī)生Benkert于1869年創(chuàng)造的。在Benkert創(chuàng)造這個醫(yī)學(xué)名詞前，同性性行為被基督教會譴責(zé)為罪惡，并在一些歐洲國家被定為違法。隨著心理學(xué)的產(chǎn)生和發(fā)展，“homosexual”開始成為醫(yī)學(xué)臨床研究中指代一種精神疾病的稱呼。在美國精神病學(xué)協(xié)會于1974年將“homosexual”從精神疾病列表里刪除之前，這個詞一直被同性戀者認(rèn)為是帶有污蔑性質(zhì)的詞匯。因此，西方同性戀者很少使用“homosexual”這個詞來稱呼自己以及同性間的性行為。后來，“gay”這個隱諱語開始流行起來，并受到同性戀者的認(rèn)同，成為稱呼同性戀的一個更得體的稱呼。19世紀(jì)，妓女開始被戲稱為gay women，與此同時人們把那些游手好閑的花花公子稱為gay。20世紀(jì)初，美國的部分同性戀開始使用“gay”這個詞稱呼自己以區(qū)別于在病理和臨床上被廣泛使用的詞匯“homosexual”。到了20世紀(jì)60、70年代，美國同性戀群體強烈要求各個媒體在報道和播放涉及同性戀消息時用“gay”取代“homosexual”，“gay”這個詞匯開始逐漸被媒體接受和使用。1990年5月17日，世界衛(wèi)生組織將同性戀從精神病名冊中刪除，法國學(xué)者Louis-Georges Tin遂發(fā)起每年5月17日為不再恐同日（International Day against Homophobia，簡稱IDAHO）以降低對同性戀的歧視。

The Liberation 法律的解放

1951年，保加利亞合法化了成年人之間的同性性行為，匈牙利和捷克斯洛伐克則于1961年通過。1967年，英國英格蘭和威爾士把21歲以上成年人自愿的同性性行為合法化，蘇格蘭在1980年跟進(jìn)，北愛爾蘭則于1982年跟進(jìn)。承諾年齡在1994年從21歲下降到18歲，并于2000年在大不列顛調(diào)低到16歲和北愛爾蘭的17歲，使同性性行為的承諾年齡與異性性行為的承諾年齡一致。在美國，這個趨勢在2003年6月26日達(dá)到頂峰，當(dāng)時美國的最高法院在勞倫斯對決德克薩斯州的判決中認(rèn)為，美國州憲法中把兩個成人間私人的、非商業(yè)化的性活動（包括同性性活動）判為犯罪是違反憲法的并廢除了全國的雞奸法。目前同性戀合法化的國家包括丹麥、 挪威、瑞典、冰島、荷蘭、西班牙、法國、德國、芬蘭、瑞士、葡萄牙、比利時、英國、加拿大、巴西、墨西哥、南非和新西蘭等。而部分合法化的國家有美國、阿根廷和澳大利亞。不過，上述國家的趨勢并不代表所有國家，在一些國家，同性戀仍然被認(rèn)為是犯罪行為。目前會判處同性戀有期徒刑（孟加拉、不丹、印度、尼泊爾、馬爾代夫、新加坡、烏干達(dá)、法屬圭亞那）與極刑（阿富汗、伊朗、巴基斯坦、毛里塔尼亞、尼日利亞、蘇丹、沙特阿拉伯、阿拉伯聯(lián)合酋長國以及也門）的國家普遍分布于回教地區(qū)的非洲、西亞及南亞等地區(qū)。

Famous Gay People 同性戀名人

歷史上同性戀名人數(shù)不勝數(shù)。古希臘女詩人薩福和女弟子在Lesbos島上生活，其中Lesbos也是現(xiàn)在Lesbian的由來。意大利文藝復(fù)興時期最負(fù)盛名的藝術(shù)家、工程師、科學(xué)家、哲學(xué)家和發(fā)明家達(dá)芬奇以及與他同時代的米開朗基羅都是同性戀，米開朗基羅曾狂熱的愛過一個叫做卡瓦列里的青年貴族，而卡瓦列里就是后來寫了《靈魂的七種體現(xiàn)》的作曲家小卡瓦列里的父親。英國大哲人培根是同性戀者，而王爾德就更不用說了。法國作家科克托是雙性戀，美國大詩人惠特曼和狄金森幾乎可以被肯定是同性戀。但許多人為了支持自己所謂正統(tǒng)立場竟對很多明顯的證據(jù)視而不見。俄羅斯大作曲家柴科夫斯基就因為愛上外甥而被迫自殺，然而音樂界和史學(xué)界許多人寧可接受漏洞百出的記錄說他死于霍亂。與卡拉揚齊名的大指揮家伯恩斯坦曾與老師科普蘭同居過。法國當(dāng)代哲學(xué)大師?？剖枪_的同性戀者。英國數(shù)學(xué)家圖靈由于是同性戀而遭到迫害，英年早逝，他被稱為“計算機科學(xué)之父”。