仅仅是电影“The end of affair”的名字就足以引发我要观看的兴趣,BT下来的是1955年Edward Dmytryk所导版本,沉闷的节奏,让我恹恹欲睡。如果不是1999年版本的电影海报,没准我就不会有兴趣再去找Neil Jordan导演的这个版本来看。也多亏了这张美丽的海报,让我没有错过一部好电影。
其中之一是Bendrix被炸弹重创,醒来,上楼,只是见到Sarah伏地的背影。他不解,疑惑得问她,难道不是下楼探察更实际点吗?她始惊讶,后镇静冷淡,回答:“I’m praying, pray to anything might exist.”手上,泪水的痕迹透露了她突然疏远的面孔下压抑着的悲痛。他哀求她不要离开,她只是一字一顿得说:“Love does not end just because we don’t see each other. People go on loving god, don’t they? All their lives, without seeing him.”他不信神,他愤怒的说:”That’s not my kind of love.”她则哀伤得答之:”Maybe there is no other kind.”一问一答间,他的多疑嫉妒,他的占有,她的爱,他的恨,他的梦想破灭,一一得以呈现。
另外一处是Bendrix在家里听取完侦探汇报,随手将侦探所赠烟灰缸放在桌上,镜头转向一本书,停留时间足够长到看清楚书名是”The vicarious lover”, by Maurice Bendrix。两者并列,意味无穷。“替身情人“:这就是他对自己在她心中地位的认知.
至于影片的独白,颇为精彩,乃至我看的时候忍不住记录下一些来:
I measure my love by the extent of jealousy, and as my jealousy is infinite, my love should be infinity too.
She only makes love to me, but she has shop, cook and fall sleep with you.
Is this coincidence, I wonder, or why life happened, and if this is life, am I stuck with it? Whatever it is, I can’t defy it anymore, it did win, and we lost.
Tell Him I'm sorry. I'm too human. Too weak. Tell Him I can't keep my promises. I'm tired of being without you.