艳红葳拉 艳红葳拉
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The Shawshank Redemption[英] The last place one would expect to find hope would be a prison. Likewise, the last movie in which one would expect to find hope is a prison movie. However, in The Shawshank Redemption, hope is exactly what we get.The Shawshank Redemption is the story of Andy Dufrense (Tim Robbins); a man accused of murdering his wife and her lover and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences. He is shipped to Shawshank Maximum Security Prison, in Shawshank, Maine, to spend the duration of his life. Over the next years (two hours, movie time), he finds his way to inner peace and holds onto great hope in the midst of the terror of the prison system.The Shawshank Redemption is one of those films that is a true work of both art and magic. It is a work of art in the fact that it can so perfectly paint the picture of a man who will not relinquish the only thing someone cannot directly take away: hope. It is a work of magic in the fact that you are completely enveloped in Shawshank. From the first shot of Shawshank prison -- an utterly gothic structure that permeates you with a sense of just how frightening the prison will be -- you are enveloped inside of the world of Shawshank. You experience a prison life composed of routine after routine after routine.The performances in Shawshank are top notch. The commentary upon the justice system is both thoughtful and thought provoking. Yet, despite all of its greatness, Shawshank's script leaves a little to be desired. I suppose such happens when one is using Stephen King as the source for a serious movie. Shawshank's characters are cliched. There is Red (Freeman), the convict who gets things, who says at one point "I suppose there's a convict like me in every prison." Also, Andy plays the stereotype of the innocent man, doing time for a crime he did not commit. The story is basically predictable. The dialogue has a propensity to get preachy.Despite these flaws, The Shawshank Redemption is a film with remarkable staying power. It is able to sustain itself throughout its duration and to keep you enraptured with its remarkably hopeful story. In the end of it all, Andy Dufrense will escape Shawshank. You will escape Shawshank. But you will not escape The Shawshank Redemption.
梦旅人 一支一支的玫瑰花摆成一长排,在马路中间的分界线上,一辆汽车从上面轧过去,《梦旅人》就开始了……编导:岩井俊二 主演:卓娜Chara    浅野忠信    桥爪浩一日本富士电视1996年出品"为什么乌鸦都是黑色的;为什么人总是走到尽头才知道终点就在脚下;为什么这个物质富足的社会人心却越来越脆弱",当你静静地看窗外时,是否感受着这样一句话,人生如梦,人在梦中…………. 岩井俊二的作品总是唯美的,充满对回忆的感受,《情书》是我们都熟悉的,而其他作品大家却了解的很少,《梦旅人》在现实的梦中完成一次不归的旅程。讲述的是可可、鬈毛、小悟三个孩子的故事,而场景便是精神病院、高墙,永远的白色、红色,三个被正常人式为问题儿童的孩子做着属于自己的梦。而他们为什么会进到精神病院里便是一个叫人思考的问题。片头总是悠扬的音乐,就好象主人公可可自我沉溺的低吟,惶恐的眼睛里寻求着"爸爸妈妈",寻求着她的世界。当她从护士的手里夺过一大把黑色的羽毛,当她把自己全身涂满黑色的颜料的时候,她本能地逃窜到竖着铁栅拦的墙脚抽搐,因为她快乐地尖叫--"为什么乌鸦是黑色的……" 当可可第一次跨越那道围墙,欢快的音乐使整个画面飘了起来。一瞬间,我们毫无顾虑地跟着可可在危险的边缘奔跑,从来没有担心过掉下来的可能。套着医院白衣的鬈毛跟着过去,两个人坐在围墙上听小孩子唱给上帝听的歌,没有言语那样安祥。当牧师搬来梯子邀请他们下墙听歌的时候,可可和鬈惊吓般地一下子跳了起来,他们无时无刻地生活在另外的被称做为梦的阴影里-- "我的小学班主任是千石老师,中学也是,高中也是……"那样凄楚。杀人的味道清晰地缭绕在他的周围,脆弱的一个上帝的信仰终究也无济于事。 "我们一直掐着对方的脖子直到她口吐白沫,我当然赢了,她才是假的……"那样唯一。我的世界只是我的,没有人懂得分享,我的消失世界随即毁灭。在雨中,在模糊的镜头里,我看到世界上的最后一个吻……看着他们,终于,我知道人性的脆弱。也许很多时候只能像小悟那样怯懦地蹲在墙脚的一旁,在找不到让自己相信的借口之下,规矩地按照生活办事。逃离逃离,奢望着在人群中逃离,到一条不知名的河流停留下来,在树上建一所房子,住在里面的时候,生活可以想象是安全的。亲切的声音,医生的安慰"那一点也不疼",而事实上每个人都在自己的阴影下尖叫,黄色的注射剂只是个再简单不过的具体比喻。那里,鬈毛又梦到了那个变形了的老师。那里,可可探着眼睛--"其实,那里也没什么。"从走出来的背景中,我们确切地看到了一个假想的地狱,抖动的人影张牙舞爪。 然后电视机里真切地传来小悟折断脖子的"咔嚓"声,接下来,我看到的是一个折了翅的天使在亮绿的草地上企图挣扎最后的飞翔,白炙的阳光照耀着他年轻脸上细密的汗珠和生命的红色。他游离了最早为自己寻找的理由,他脱离了自己既定的轨道,他不小心在某个暗示的边缘之墙摔了下去。于是,他也终于成了一个被逐出天堂的天使。可悲的是,他连地狱也进入不了。--如果这个世界有地狱。如果这个世界有天堂。如果这个世界可以有可可和鬈毛的生存之处。 而电影里,事实上,那只是一家精神病院。生活如此具体。每个人的生命里都应该有一条河流。鬈毛,小悟,还有可可。鬈毛举着手枪对着太阳,一切那样渺小。我明白。 一切的一切都是岩井峻二安排好的,从一开始就是,最后那黑色的羽毛还是散了满天,就像太阳爆炸后的黑色碎片。可可,这个尖锐着永不安稳的身体终于也倾泻地倒在了不知名的柔软物体上--那是一个可以算做温暖的怀抱。景色于是停了下来,只有鬈毛在那里无力地叫喊--"他XX的!"他的世界末日,依旧没有因为河流的逝去而到来。 梦想、信仰、金钱、欲望,单纯的去寻找不一定可以找到结果,而当你失去信仰的时候,你是否会给欲望所逼疯呢,物质越来越满足而人性却越来越经不起考验,在变化中人和人的关系越来越复杂,而目的却越来越简单。每个人心中都有梦,而又有多少人放弃了梦想用成熟着口吻说着"我那个曾经的梦是…. "而又有多少人最终放弃了梦想而回归到这现实的路途中去呢。那精神病院的高墙是唯一的出口,当三个孩子走上去的时候以为可以有两种选择,可其实高墙永远都是笔直的终有尽头,是一条不归的路。人生是一条流动的河,而河的颜色只有到了终点才知道。希望所有人走完着旅途的时候,可以看着太阳,向上帝微笑。
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