这部同样处处赞誉的小制作独立电影我也是各处小耳闻挺久了,周五晚上学校film special放这个,自然不能错过。片子的题材不算多新颖,父母离异,青春中期的大儿子和爸爸亲,青春早期的小儿子和妈妈亲,而这对父母离婚后决定共同抚养,一三五到爸那里住,二四六到妈那里,周日每人隔周一次-_-。而片子就讲的是在最初那段时期,各人微妙的情感变化。其实父母的情感对子女的潜移默化,影响力要比想象中大。当然,很多家庭的孩子,并不见得真的知道父母之间的种种。就像片子里的两兄弟,到父母离婚后才慢慢知道各种事情,而其中一个冲突就是母亲的affair。其实爱情本身就是不完美的,当你一直期待完美,那么你就已经错过很多完美的时刻,大儿子就在这样的情绪下恍惚着错过了第一份爱情,因为他没法投入,一直到事后才开始想念。这片子的亮点在于细节,在于聪明的台词,虽然主题并不轻松,但却是用喜剧的形式讲述出来,也难怪有评论说它painfully funny。整出电影最引人注意的大概就是小儿子了,虽然我觉得把这么多东西推在这么一个小孩子身上展现有些mean,但是那小孩子的表演超好,又觉得挺自然。不错的电影,很tender,很微妙的讲述家庭。

Pink Floyd的”Hey You”是全片的小主题旋律,第一次出现是大儿子弹的,却谎称是自己写的,还拿去参加学校才艺表演。到后来这歌再出现,观众都会先笑一下,然后再感到一点心酸。

Pink Floyd – Hey You

“Hey You”

Hey you ! out there in the cold
Getting lonely, getting old, can you feel me
Hey you ! Standing in the aisles
With itchy feet and fading smiles, can you feel me
Hey you ! don’t help them to bury the light
Don’t give in without a fight.
Hey you ! out there on your own
sitting naked by the phone would you touch me
Hey you ! with your ear against the wall
Waiting for someone to call out would you touch me
Hey you ! would you help me to carry the stone
Open your heart, I’m coming home
But it was only a fantasy
The wall was too high as you can see
No matter how he tried he could not break free
And the worms ate into his brain.
Hey you ! out there on the road
Always doing what you’re told, can you help me
Hey you ! out there beyond the wall
Breaking bottles in the hall, can you help me
Hey you ! don’t tell me there’s no hope at all
Together we stand, divided we fall.


The Squid and the Whale (2005)
4/5