今年的香港同志影展明天開幕了,還在坐月,看來跟它是沒有緣份了。幸好上年的同志影展放映的電影現在經已有vcd看,況且不知是否宣傳小冊子的問題還是今年的電影的確不同了,好像覺得今年選播的影片太激了,我還是喜歡較含蓄的,例如約半年前在包浴缸看的
Angels in America,其中一幕至今還記得:
場景:公司(好像是律師行)的男洗手間
人物:Louis(男同性戀者), Joe(已婚男子)<--二人是不認識的
此幕講Louis因為男朋友病重的事而在洗手間內痛哭,男人老狗在廁所聲淚俱下,洗手間內的其他男職員相繼閃人,此時Joe進來,看到Louis,給他遞了紙巾,然後的對白如下:
Louis: (痛斥剛才對他視若無睹的男職員)Reaganite heartless macho lawyers!
Joe: Well, that's unfair.I voted for Reagan. Twice.
Louis: Well, oh boy. A gay Republican.
Joe: Excuse me?
Louis: Nothing.
Joe: Oh, I'm not... no, forget it.
Louis: Not... Republican? Not Republican?
Joe : What?
Louis: What?
Joe: Not gay. I'm not gay.
Louis: Oh. Sorry. It's just that sometimes you can tell by the way a person sounds. I mean, you sound...
Joe: No, I don't. Like what?
Louis: Like a Republican.
Joe: Do I sound like a...?
Louis: What? Like a Republican? Or do I?
Joe: Do you what?
Louis: Sound like a...
Joe: Yeah. Like a... I'm confused.
Louis: Yes. My name is Louis but all my friends call me Louise. I work in word processing. Thanks for the toilet paper.
[Joe goes to speak, but Louis quickly plants a kiss on his cheek before exiting, leaving Joe slightly shocked]
Joe自覺是直的,抗拒被誤會是基的,所以很迅速地否認Louis的話,於是當對方說”It's just that sometimes you can tell by the way a person sounds. I mean, you sound...”時,他便急不及待地打斷對方的話來否認,但否認後才發現其實自己其實未弄清楚對方的問題,於是答完”No, I don't.”之後又加了一句” Like what? ” Louis巧妙地答了”Like a Republican. ”
Joe半信半疑,想知道自己究竟像不像gay的,於是問”Do I sound like a...?” 又想問,又怕直接問,結果問得含含糊糊,然後被Louis反問了一條不知是否裝傻扮矇的問題”What? Like a Republican? Or do I?” 如是者,二人越問越亂,最後只好相視而笑,欲言又止的說話,似有還無的感覺,始終比火辣辣的情慾情節窩心。
看的時候覺得演Joe的演員超級面善,但想來想去也想不到他演過甚麼,後來上網起底,才發現他便是在Phantom of the Opera 演Raoul的Patrick Wilson,唱得演得睇得,有前途。
喜歡的同志tv series,還有Queer As Folk(UK version),看的是沒有字幕的DVD,只聽得明部份對白,但已足以令我喜歡它,喜歡它不會只著重感觀享受,還有細膩的感情描寫:慣了縱慾的Stuart面臨三字頭來臨的恐懼,喜歡Stuart的Vince默默守候愛郎,還有二人身邊各色各樣的同志朋友,發展出多采多姿的故事,加上具電影感的拍攝,及輕鬆的配樂,令人看得心曠神怡(?!),當然,當中也有討論嚴肅問題的情節,氣氛又會頓時變得沉重,但有時又會加插抵死的對白來緩和氣氛,例如:
1)Stuart VS Roy (Nathan's mother)
[Roy has just rammed Stuart's car after spotting him kissing his son.]
Stuart: What the fuck are you doing?
Roy: Fifteen! That boy is fifteen!
Stuart: So? The car is only six months old and you've still buggered it.
2) Stuart和一女同志誕下孩子,其後問題接踵而來,令Stuart很煩躁
Stuart: It's the exact opposite of child-birth, first you have the baby and then you get fucked.
印象中還有很多抵死對白,但暫時在網上找不到,看看將來會不會找到它的dvd或劇本來看吧。
不知為什麼喜歡看同性愛情片,可能是因為傳統愛情片的性別定型問題太嚴重吧。說起性別定型,近日Roadshow某個專講電腦的節目,經常有些嗲聲嗲氣的女子說一些非常教育電視的說話,然後就有男子出來拯救她(的電腦),實在太恐怖了~~~