这几天用午休又把《Before sunrise》《Before sunset》《Before
Midnight》三部曲过了一遍，没有大牌、没有眩目的特效，与其说是电影，它们更像主创人员每十年来一次思想汇报的真人秀。处在20岁，30岁，40岁的人生阶段，话唠主创表达着他们对于生死、爱情、亲情、家庭甚至包括政治、全球化等的见解。四五年后再看一遍，竟好像之前没看过一样，每每为某一段台词心有戚戚，很想拍手叫绝，我想上次看的时候，有些心境还没有达到，故看到听到也并没留下什么印象。
十年之后再看一遍，我也许又是另一番感慨，这也许也是此类电影的一个优势，它面对的是人在不同阶段必然会面对的问题，历久弥新；而以眩丽画面、特效取胜的，一时赚人眼球，如果没有内涵，那么技术总会进步，就像现在看七八十年代的电影一样，大部分会让人觉得荒谬、古怪甚至愚蠢。
这次再看一遍，更多是能体会到台词言外未说明道尽的部分，这需要观者根据自己的经历，对它进行再加工，碰巧跟主创当时的情境相合，于是才会产生一种不必言说，各自心中自明的绝妙境地。这也是最近对于欣赏此类电影、小说甚至绘画的小小体会，即有意在看到的、听到的之外，挖掘那些未明的、有些神秘玄妙的内涵。我想，真正想要摆脱快速消费品命运的创作，是要注意这种言外之意、韵外之致的。
从IMDB上摘录些台词如下：
关于信仰、世界观：
Celine: I believe if there’s any kind of God it
wouldn’t be in any of us, not you or me but just this little space
in between. If there’s any kind of magic in this world it must be
in the attempt of understanding someone sharing something. I know,
it’s almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? The answer
must be in the attempt.
Before sunrise (1995)
关于转生的一个奇怪想法，Jesse对于此类神秘概念很着迷:-)
Jesse: I don’t know, I think that if I could just
accept the fact that my life is supposed to be difficult. You know,
that’s what to be expected, then I might not get so pissed-off
about it and I’ll just be glad when something nice happens.Jesse:
OK, well this was my thought: 50,000 years ago, there are not even
a million people on the planet. 10,000 years ago, there’s, like,
two million people on the planet. Now there’s between five and six
billion people on the planet, right? Now, if we all have our own,
like, individual, unique soul, right, where do they all come from?
You know, are modern souls only a fraction of the original souls?
‘Cause if they are, that represents a 5,000 to 1 split of each soul
in the last 50,000 years, which is, like, a blip in the Earth’s
time. You know, so at best we’re like these tiny fractions of
people, you know, walking… I mean, is that why we’re so
scattered? You know, is that why we’re all so specialized?
Celine: I don’t know. Wait a minute, I’m not sure…
I don’t…
Jesse: Yeah, hang on, hang on. It’s a, it’s a
totally scattered thought. It… which is kind of why it makes
sense.
Before sunrise (1995)
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关于生死：
Celine: I used to think that if none of your family
or friends knew you were dead, it was like not really being dead.
People can invent the best and the worst for you.
Before sunrise (1995)
Jesse: This friend of mine had a kid, and it was a
home birth, so he was there helping out and everything. And he said
at that profound moment of birth, he was watching this child,
experiencing life for the first time, I mean, trying to take its
first breath… all he could think about was that he was looking at
something that was gonna die someday. He just couldn’t get it out
of his head. And I think that’s so true, I mean, all - everything
is so finite. But don’t you think that that’s what, makes our time,
at specific moments, so important?
Before
sunrise (1995)
关于自我：
Jesse: I know what you mean about wishing somebody
wasn’t there, though. It’s just usually it’s myself that I wish I
could get away from. Seriously, think about this. I have never been
anywhere that I haven’t been. I’ve never had a kiss when I wasn’t
one of the kissers. Y’know, I’ve never, um, gone to the movies,
when I wasn’t there in the audience. I’ve never been out bowling,
if I wasn’t there, y’know making some stupid joke. I think that’s
why so many people hate themselves. Seriously, it’s just they are
sick to death of being around themselves.
Jesse: Let’s say that you and I were together all
the time, then you’d start to hate a lot of my mannerisms. The way
every time we would have people over, uh, I’d be insecure, and I’d
get a little too drunk. Or, uh, the way I’d tell the same stupid
pseudo-intellectual story again, and again. Y’see, I’ve heard all
those stories. So of course I’m sick of myself. But being with you,
uh, it’s made me feel like I’m somebody else.
Before sunrise (1995)
Jesse: Sometimes I dream about being a good father
and a good husband. And sometimes it feels really close. But then
other times it seems silly like it would ruin my whole life. And
it’s not just a fear of commitment or that I’m incapable of caring
or loving because… I can. It’s just that, if I’m totally honest
with myself I think I’d rather die knowing that I was really good
at something. That I had excelled in some way than that I’d just
been in a nice, caring relationship.
Before sunrise (1995)
Jesse: Maybe what I’m saying is, is the world might
be evolving the way a person evolves. Right? Like, I mean, me for
example. Am I getting worse? Am I improving? I don’t know. When I
was younger, I was healthier, but I was, uh, whacked with
insecurity, you know? Now I’m older and my problems are deeper, but
I’m more equipped to handle them.
Before sunset(2004)
关于亲密关系：
Celine: When you talked earlier about after a few
years how a couple would begin to hate each other by anticipating
their reactions or getting tired of their mannerisms-I think it
would be the opposite for me. I think I can really fall in love
when I know everything about someone-the way he’s going to part his
hair, which shirt he’s going to wear that day, knowing the exact
story he’d tell in a given situation. I’m sure that’s when I know
I’m really in love.
Before sunrise (1995)
Jesse: Oh, God, why didn’t we exchange phone numbers
and stuff? Why didn’t we do that?Celine: Because we were young and
stupid.Jesse: Do you think we still are?
Celine: I guess when you’re young, you just believe
there’ll be many people with whom you’ll connect with. Later in
life, you realize it only happens a few times.
Jesse: And you can screw it up, you know,
misconnect.
Before sunset(2004)
