4/09/2006

我的野蠻畫家 & 溫泉療養院 (06/04)

My Nikifor
Poland 2004
港譯:我的野蠻畫家
導演:Krzysztof Krauze
主要演員:Krystyna Feldman, Roman Gancarczyk

今年電影節看的第一部電影,本來看完後可以緊接HBO的Warm Springs,怎料UA Times安排失當,導致遲了十數分鐘開場,筆者被逼放棄結局的十分鐘,因此以下的討論不包括末十分鐘的情節。
選看此片,是想看演畫家Nikifor這老翁的女演員,看的時候,真的覺得她很像老翁,事後在網上找她本人的照片,得罪地說一句,其實她本身根本就像一名老翁。
故事主要圍繞Nikifor及男主角Marian,Nikifor是個有繪畫天份但孤苦潦倒的老翁,Marian則是以繪畫維生的中年畫家。有一天Nikifor「擅闖」Marian的畫室,然後在那裡「賴死」,Marian起初感到不耐煩,到後來妻子趕Nikifo離去時,他又對Nikifor心生憐憫...
起初以為看有關畫家的電影,會看到他的畫作(Nikifor是真有其人的),但本片的著眼點是兩名主角的關係,並非Nikifor的傳記電影,因此既沒有特寫他的畫作,也沒有交代他的生平,只集中寫他跟Marian二人的故事。如此選材,好處是不會野心因太大,交代的事物太多,而導致片子本身雜亂無章,不過,觀眾在不了解主角的情況下,便難以被故事觸動。

Warm Springs
USA 2005
港譯:溫泉療養院
導演:Joseph Sargent
主要演員:Kenneth Branagh,Cynthia Nixon,Tim Blake Nelson
故事講述羅斯福在成為總統前的一段奮鬥歲月。奮鬥的目的,不是為了爭名逐利,而是要戰勝小兒痲痺症,戰勝自己的軟弱。
市場上向來不乏勵志片,或許,大家都想在某些地方獲得激勵,讓自已重拾鬥志,來面對現實中種種的不如意。但勵志片有時亦會過火了,變得過度說教,或把人物過分英雄化,令說服力大減。
此片在勵志方面有先天優勢,因為主角羅斯福是真有其人,儘管片中未必事事如實,但真實的人物至少會讓觀眾覺得劇情可信,覺得主角並非杜撰出來的英雄。
演羅斯福的Kenneth Branagh把這人物的心路歷程透過細緻的面部表情及舉手投足表演出來,無論是失意落泊時的沮喪,抑或重燃希望時的積極,都能感動觀眾。其他演員亦恰如其分,交織出一個由互相了解到互相扶持的感人故事。

1 comment:

Scott McLean said...

hi, Lord of the Rings (the one I watched) is a great movie. It might be on my Top 10 Movies. You are right, there are too many choices.

Did you ever see the George Clooney sci-fi film that came out a few years ago. Right now I can't think of the name. Wait, I'll look it up...okay, it's called Solaris. I liked that movie, though it was rather creepy.

Do you like the new Star Wars Trilogy? I've seen the original trilogy a number of times. It seems to me I reviewed the Trilogy for the newspaper.

Memento is on my list. I liked a movie called Red Rock West and also L.A. Confidential. As Good As It Gets is a nice-looking film. American Beauty won the Oscar several years ago. Kevin Spacey is a great actor. I liked the Life of David Gale. He's been in some really good movies. None of the above in this paragraph are science fiction movies.

How could two people review a movie like they do on tv? Well, aside from doing a podcast, which I don't know how to do, we can see the same movie, and write what we think about it.

What's a new movie where you live? I will have to find out what's showing here, too. Okay, I'll wait to hear back from you. Bye