Thursday, April 19, 2007

Donnie Darko

晚上看了Donnie Darko,director's cut。电影小组其他成员都看过了,口碑似乎不错。记得我从图书馆check-out的时候,图书管理员夸张地叫了一声,creepy~

看了第一反应是,这情节还真与时俱进啊。也是关于一个困惑青少年,有那么点心理疾病。尽管如此,我还是觉得他是个相当有个性的人。他说的一些话真有才啊。对很多事情都有他独特的见解,不随波逐流。primary universe vs. tangent universe,atheist vs. agnostic,dream vs. reality,真假难辨。Cellar door究竟是什么,没人知道。我的理解是,当Donnie杀死了那只梦幻中的兔子,他干预了时空,因此这一次他并未躲过劫难,因为在一开始“救”他的兔子已经不复存在。可同时,他拯救了爱人和亲人。

其中有一段关于蓝精灵,蓝爸爸和蓝妹妹的,我没有怎么听清。

这个片子最出彩的地方一是台词,二是Jake的表演。Jake帅哥以向上45度角的眼光看人,嘴角微笑,非常之神经质。

Word of the day: Deus ex machina

P.S. 看来我的理解是对的。以下是导演的解释。

According to Kelly and his Philosophy of Time Travel, at midnight on October 2 a Tangent Universe branches off the Primary Universe around the time when Donnie is called out of his bedroom by Frank, immediately before the appearance of the Artifact, the faulty jet engine. The inherently unstable Tangent Universe will collapse in just over 28 days and take the Primary Universe with it if not corrected. Closing the Tangent Universe is the duty of the Living Receiver, Donnie, who wields certain supernatural powers to help him in the task.

Those who have died/will die within the Tangent Universe (and would not have died otherwise) are the Manipulated Dead (Frank, Gretchen, Samantha and Rose Darko). Manipulated Dead Frank, at least, is also given certain powers in that he is able to subtly understand what is happening and have the ability to contact and influence the Living Receiver via the Fourth Dimensional Construct (water). All others within the orbit of the Living Receiver are the Manipulated Living (e.g. Ms. Pomeroy, Dr. Monnitoff), subconsciously drawn to push him towards his destiny to close the Tangent Universe and, according to the Philosophy of Time Travel, die by the Artifact.

There are two "Franks" in the story: the living boyfriend of Donnie's sister Elizabeth, and the Manipulated Dead Frank who appears to Donnie as a premonition from the future in the disturbing rabbit suit (the second Frank is dead, or undead; at the end of the film he is killed by Donnie). Dead Frank is aware of Donnie's fate and destiny.

关于蓝精灵,蓝爸爸和蓝妹妹的对话。

Sean Smith: Beer and pussy. That's all I need.
Ronald Fisher: We gotta find ourselves a Smurfette.
Sean Smith: Smurfette?
Ronald Fisher: Yeah, not some tight-ass Middlesex chick, right? Like this cute little blonde that will get down and dirty with the guys. Like Smurfette does.
Donnie: Smurfette doesn't fuck.
Ronald Fisher: That's bullshit. Smurfette fucks all the other Smurfs. Why do you think Papa Smurf made her? Because all the other Smurfs were getting too horny.
Sean Smith: No, no, no, not Vanity. I heard he was a homosexual.
Ronald Fisher: Okay, then, you know what? She fucks them and Vanity watches. Okay?
Sean Smith: What about Papa Smurf? I mean, he must get in on all the action.
Ronald Fisher: Yeah, what he does, he films the gang-bang, and he beats off to the tape.
Donnie: [shouts] First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario, it just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don't even have... reproductive organs under those little, white pants. It's just so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. You know, what's the point of living... if you don't have a dick?
Sean Smith: [pause] Dammit, Donnie. Why you gotta get all smart on us?

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