不得安宁

Gus Van Sant: It came out of the need to sometimes have a scene that’s an exact same scene, but it would be great if nobody were actually saying anything. Because a lot of times like in our movie you could have a scene where they’re just having hamburgers and french fries and maybe you just need a break in the dialogue and you just want to play it as if they’re looking into each other’s eyes, but they're not talking about something else. So it really comes out of that editing desire. There are other technical reasons like if you have a long five minutes scene and the characters do something specific you might need to cut to something you can transition to. But you say things like if only they weren’t saying that line we could just get it done – it’s really for that.

Why is it that sad stories always seem to have more substance than comedies? It lures you, the sadness, drowning you in the smell of it. LIke those handsome boys, somehow always seem more profound or cleverer than the ordinary guys. And you wonder why. And there are always surprises, lots of surprises, come from the courage and creativities, when one faces death.

Yeah, death. Isn't it wonderful? It makes life not so meaningless, romance not so silly, sex not so cruel, youth not so lost, kiss not so dirty...... In my humble opinion, death is the main character in this movie, not Mia Wasikowska. Though she looks so lovely in those big sweaters. I envy her. She has a young body and a heavy soul.

  如果说看电影要有代入感，那你想为自己挑选哪个角色？

  在《Restless》里，我想我不会是女主角，皮肤白白手脚长长的，执着地喜欢着水鸟，想知道自己到底还剩多少寿命。

  我也不能成为男主角，喜欢用粉笔画出自己身体的轮廓，弄出好像事故现场一样的线条；拿锤子打碎父母的墓碑，悲伤而又愤怒地问他们为什么要丢下他。

  我想我只能是男主角身边的那个鬼魂。每天和男主角一起拿石头扔火车，一次次地在游戏中取胜于男主角，在偶尔听到“长崎”之后，默默地坐在浴缸里，梳理自己在人世的那些回忆。我身上永远穿着战争时的制服，上面是被浓烟，弹孔，血迹弄出的破旧感。我站在鲜活的世界里，我的人就像我的衣服一样和这世界格格不入。

  或者我甚至连他也不是，我只是另外一个不知名的鬼魂。我飘荡在这个世界上，因为年代久远，我已经逐渐忘记自己尘世的记忆，又或许即使我想起来，我曾经确实拥有的人生也像现在一样是虚无而又不值得回忆的，我活着时无法用力抓紧我生活的土地，就像现在我孤独地飘荡在空气里，也抓不住一个可以和我聊天的少年。我在画面里，但是没有人能看到我；我想开口说话，但是没有人能听到我。

  看过太多一见倾心或者是日久生情的爱情故事，少年，中年，老年，他们都会遇到各自命定的爱情。我曾经渴望拥有《The notebook》里诺亚为艾莉修建的白色房子；我曾经想得到《Love me if you dare》里于连和苏菲打赌用的好看的盒子；我曾经幻想自己是《天使爱美丽》里的Amelie，用一些奇怪的花招让尼诺来追寻我的线索；我也希望自己是《重庆森林》里的阿菲，偷偷换掉编号633的警察房间里的生活用品，以这样的方式慢慢进入他的生命......

  他们说要相信世界上总有一个人是为你准备的，你总会等到心灵契合的另一半。他们说其实爱情寻找的就是自己的影子。那么，如果找了很久都找不到，那么也许我们会开始怀疑自己这个实体的存在，也许我们会慢慢变成影子，变成孤独的鬼魂。

  伊诺和安娜贝尔排演浪漫的死亡剧情时，伊诺说：你再等等，我马上就来。说完就作要切腹状。安妮十分不满。我想说，如果我是安妮，我会很感动很感动，虽然我也会劝他：你要好好活下去，活着就一定会遇到好吃的。但是谁知道呢？和心爱的人一起死去，活着孤独地活下去，哪个更好？

     PS:自己很喜欢片尾博史写的那封信，但是网上没有搜索到台词的英文版，所以对照电影的中文字幕，自己勉强听了几遍试着写下英文版，希望错误不多。


As I write this letter,
the ocean breeze feels cool on my skin.
The very ocean is soon to be my grave.
They tell me I will die a hero that safety and honor of my country will be rewarded of my sacrifice.
I pray they are right.
My only regret in my life is never telling u how I feel.
I wish i were back home
I wish I were holding your hand.
I wish I were telling you that I have loved you ,
and only you since I was a boy.
But I'm not.
I see now that death is easy.
It is love that very hard.
As my plane dives i will not see the faces of my enemies.
I would instead see your eyes,
like black blocks frozen in rain water.
They tell us that we must scream "ばんざい" as we plunging down to the target.
I would instead whisper your name.
And in death as in life,
I will remain forever yours.


我写这封信时
清凉海风轻抚我的皮肤
这片海洋将会是我的墓地
他们告诉我我会壮烈成仁
我的牺牲会带给祖国安全跟荣耀
我祈祷他们说的对
我人生唯一的遗憾
是从没告诉你我的感受
但愿我能回家乡
但愿我能握着你的手
但愿我能告诉你我爱你
我从小就认定你了
但我食言了
如今我发现死很容易
找到真爱却很难
当我的战机俯冲
我将看不见敌人的脸
我宁愿想象你的双眼
仿佛雨水冻结的黑石
当我冲向目标
他们说要高喊“万岁”
我宁愿低语你的名字
无论生死
我永远都是你的人

Apparently, there's this kind of songbird

that thinks it dies
every time the sun goes down.

So in the morning, when it wakes up,
it's totally shocked to still be alive,

so it sings this really beautiful song.
很好听的故事


the ocean breeze feels cool on my skin.

That very ocean is soon to be my grave.

They tell me I will die a hero.

That the safety and honor of my country
will be the reward for my sacrifice.

I pray they are right.

My only regret in life
is never telling you how I feel.

I wish I were back home.

I wish I were holding your hand.

I wish I were telling you
that I have loved you,

and only you, since I was a boy.

But I'm not.

I see now that death is easy.

It is love that is hard.

As my plane dives,
I will not see the face of my enemies.

I will instead see your eyes,

like black rocks frozen in rainwater.

They tell us that we must scream, "Banzai,"
as we plunge into our target.

I will instead whisper your name.

And in death, as in life,

I will remain forever yours.

Gus Van Sant的电影一向对死亡都有所触碰，这部电影更是直接探讨死亡。

《Restless》有着各种与死亡相关的内容：葬礼、绝症、车祸、鬼魂、停尸间、万圣节，还有大一点的战争与进化论。但重点还是落在了“生”的上面。男孩对身边亲人死亡的拒绝，直到露出接受爱人去世的微笑。

影片以某种“小清新”的方式，却一改小清新电影的明亮、鲜艳、透彻，营造出一个光线有些不足、色彩有点萧瑟（却不失丰富），整体影像质感跟大多数电影不同的另一个“世界”。

关于死亡，一向是困绕人类的最终极问题之一。而死亡的问题，更多不是死的那一刻（那一刻也许只有一秒），更多是生者对死的态度。也就是你该如何活着。

对死亡的恐惧，一向是创作的重要来源。但这部电影很少展示恐惧，大多数是茫然、悲伤与不接受。而女孩直接面对死亡，更多展现的是平静与坦然。我想大多数人应该都想以一种平静甚至是温暖的方式来迎接死亡，但事与愿违，因为我们精神上对这个世界有太多牵绊，更别提肉体的痛苦。

这部电影的力量，也许是“轻”了点，却能让人体会到一些生的乐趣和死的平静，对现代人有一定治愈效果。虽然从开始就在讲爱情，但这部电影却不止是一封情书，更是面对死亡的写的一首小诗——就像日本飞行员最后的那封信一样。时间流动，生命的温暖与哀伤并存，悲欣交集。

生需要诗，死同样也需要诗。

虽然影片无所不在的表述着生命的脆弱，死亡的证据。但是通过两个气质特别的年轻人以及他们所做的一件件充满创造力的事，透露出面对生命自然的态度和面对死亡平静的气息。

伊诺父母双亡，辍学的他面对孤独他不仅虚构出一个与自己对话的鬼魂，更时常出现在陌生人的葬礼；在葬礼上他认识了安娜贝尔，一个罹患癌症的女孩，她喜欢研究鸟类和昆虫。

随着他俩的频繁接触，迸发的不仅是爱情，还有内心世界的交融互补。他们间从未看到过眼泪，更多的是一起的各种小欢乐，一种发自内心的幸福感。唯一遗憾的是虽然结局的处理还不错，但影片后三分之一的走向难以逃脱俗套，可能当一切真正来临时，没人能真正全然接受。

格斯·范·桑特 Gus Van Sant特别擅于塑造表象离经叛道，内心却异常纯静的人物，虽然可能算他最少冲击感的影片，但是通过淡化技法、突出重点场景，加上对年轻演员的信任，影片还是一如既往的充满气场。