我心目中的神電影：如果可以早點知道就好的生活哲學

 

 
Before系列三部曲：Before Sunrise (1995)、Before Sunset (2004)、Before Midnight (2013)，相同的男女主角，跨越18年的青春與光陰，戲內戲外與觀眾一同成長。由青春少艾時期的一次火車相遇，喜歡上、激情過，面對分開的不捨，各散東西的噓唏。到第2集，兩人長大，從精警的對白追溯遺憾的往事，以及最後如何打破僵局破鏡重圓。2013年最後一集，一切轟烈與激情已逝，原來愛情不像幻想般一樣浪漫，遺留下來的現實總要面對。

作為觀眾，我最喜歡的是編劇及導演將最真切、無添加的現實呈現眼前，沒有太多虛幻、過份美妙的情節，全都是身邊可能發生的事，因此更能令到觀眾深切投入角色之中。

從第一段對話 我直覺告訴我編劇有過相同的親身體驗

Even as a little girl, they wanted me to think as a future career, as an interior designer or lawyer, or something like that. I'd say to my dad, "I want to be a writer." And he'd say, "journalist". I'd say, "I wanted to have a refuge for stray cats." He'd say, "veterinarian". I'd say, "I wanted to be an actress." He'd say, "TV newscaster". It was this constant conversion of my fanciful ambition into these practical moneymaking ventures. -- Celine

I always had a pretty good bullshit detector when I was a kid. I always knew when they were lying to me. By the time I was in high school, I was dead set on listening to what everybody thought i should be doing with my life and just kind of doing the opposite. -- Jesse

第一次看，我覺得對白太長太悶，想要按下快捷鍵略過。第二次看，我當時正在日本，恰好站在人生的交點上，對於工作有了重大體會。我問自己：社會上被認為是理所當然的好工作，就是你想要過的生活嗎？當你不停被身邊的人所試探、挑戰，你最終會屈服還是仍然可以獨善其身，活出自我？我曾經遇過一位陌生旅人，聊到大家出走的原因。聊著聊著，才竟發現彼此何其相似。當時，我有一剎以為這是緣份使然。


但後來有一次，我和一班因潛水而認識的朋友圍在一起，聊天喝酒，才發現其實每一個出走的旅人也有類似的原因。原來，不想再行屍走肉的人，豈只小貓三四隻。只是，與某某邂逅當下那種浪漫氛圍，像會魅惑人心的香水。這是，我第三次看這部電影時的想法。這個編劇，很有可能親身經歷過，才能把我的類似經歷，寫得如此栩栩如生。

Sometimes I dream about being a good father and a good husband. And sometimes it feels really close. But then other times, it seems silly like it would ruin my whole life. And it's not just a fear of commitment or that i'm incapable of caring or loving because I can. It's just that if I'm totally honest with myself I think I'd rather die knowing that I was really good at something. That I had excelled in some way than that I had just been in a nice, caring relationship. -- Jesse

But I had worked for this older man, once he told me that he had spent all his life thinking about his career and his work. He was 52, and it suddenly struck him that he had never given anything of himself. His life was for no one and nothing. He was almost crying saying that. --- Celine

到底，我們為什麼而活？

我喜歡這部電影的哲學與思維，用最簡單不過的聊天方式，去將蘊含大意義的人生哲理娓娓道來。你可能曾經覺得它在廢話連篇，但這部電影有一個小奧妙 - 【就是它每一次都會令你有不一樣的體會。】就像紅酒一樣，味道一直在變。每一口，都有著不同的蘊味。有趣有趣。一部可以只用聊天來打動觀眾的電影，相當不容易。

邀請大家一同愛上這套Before系列三部曲：Before Sunrise (1995)、Before Sunset (2004)、Before Midnight (2013)，歡迎留言與我分享一下您的觀後感。