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)
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