500 Days of Summer


 


【戀夏五百日】是一部輕快的美國獨立製片作品;主題,就如旁白的:「這是一個男孩遇上女孩的故事。」湯姆在洛杉磯一間卡片公司工作,認識了新來的老闆助理,來自密西根的女孩,夏天。


 


Summer




他一見鍾情,認定夏天是他的真命天女,偏偏夏天不想被綁住,並且事先聲明,她不要認真的男女朋友關係,她只想輕鬆交往。過了一段甜蜜日子之後,夏天突然向湯
姆宣布,她要終止這段關係,但希望繼續跟他做朋友。這是在湯姆帶夏天去看「畢業生」之後的事。夏天看到感動得不能自已,卻似乎正好促使她決心分手。


500 Days of Summer




遭受失戀打擊的湯姆變得憤世嫉俗,不適合賀卡發想,被老闆調到弔問卡部門。幾個月之後,湯姆和夏天在同事的婚禮上重逢。夏天邀請他參加她家舉辦的一個派對。他原本希望兩人能重修舊好,卻看到夏天手上的訂婚戒指。總是說不想受到約束的夏天竟然結婚了,只是新郎不是他。




湯姆自暴自棄,每天有如行屍走肉,衣衫不整,只吃垃圾食物。後來,他辭去卡片公司的工作,決定往自己的最愛建築方面找工作。在一家家的面試中,他遇到了一個同樣要參加面試的女孩。兩人相談甚歡。女孩說她常在兩人最喜歡去的披薩店看到他,他卻毫無印象。「那是因為你沒有注意。」女孩說。臨去面試前,湯姆約她喝咖啡。她答應了,並說自己名叫「秋天」。


 


500 Days of Summer




這部片使用跳躍式拍攝法,把湯姆生命中關於夏天的五百日以日做單位來切割,時而往前,時而往後,又用趣味的方式來描述夏天,把這個所到之處都引起騷動的黑髮藍眼美女(Zooey Deschanel真是美呆了
描述成獨一無二的尤物,使觀眾相信,湯姆遇上的是千載難逢的機會。但是夏天從沒對這份感情有認真的承諾,甚至不願意表明兩人的關係(酒吧那段,湯姆為了夏
天而和人打架,夏天反而不高興湯姆認定兩人是男女朋友),最後果然也沒有特別的原因就分手了。夏天後來對自己結婚的說法是,她就是知道對方是她要共結連理
的對象,而和湯姆她並不確定。她對湯姆說,她不是湯姆的真命天女。用中文說就是,夏天認為這都是命中註定。


 


關於愛情的討論,自古以來就有一長串,這部小品創新的是說故事的方式,但是內容卻是老調。我喜歡Zooey Deschanel
話的聲音和樣子;看美女總是一件愉悅的事。至於男主角,我不覺得他特別出色,倒是他和幾個由死黨和老妹組成的戀愛狗頭軍師的互動,還滿有趣的。我也喜歡偶
爾在電影裡看到女人撫袖而去,男人為愛受苦,畢竟這不常見。我還喜歡他重新出發之後,遇到他以前沒注意的秋天女孩。最後要說一句:
【戀夏五百日】和許多獨立製片的小品一樣,主角都對音樂有自己的品味,插曲很適合拿來獨自欣賞。開場的「我們」(Us)就令人驚豔;有機會找來聽聽吧!


 


拙琴,20/12/09


 







 


 


#US#


They made a statue of us


And it put it on a mountain top


Now tourists come and stare at us


Blow bubbles with their gum


Take photographs have fun, have fun


They'll name a city after us



And later say it's all our fault


Then they'll give us a talking to


Then they'll give us a talking to


Because they've got years of experience


We're living in a den of thieves


Rummaging for answers in the pages


We're living in a den of thieves


And it's contagious


And it's contagious


And it's contagious


And it's contagious


 


We wear our scarves just like a noose


But not 'cause we want eternal sleep


And though our parts are slightly used


New ones are slave labor you can keep


We're living in a den of thieves


Rummaging for answers in the pages


We're living in a den of thieves


And it's contagious


And it's contagious


And it's contagious


And it's contagious


 


They made a statue of us


They made a statue of us


The tourists come and stare at us


The sculptor's marble sends regards


They made a statue of us


They made a statue of us


Our noses have begun to rust


We're living in a den of thieves


Rummaging for answers in the pages


We're living in a den of thieves


And it's contagious


And it's contagious


And it's contagious


And it's contagious


And it's contagious


And it's contagious


And it's contagious


And it's contagious



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