Before Sunrise

我小的時候最喜歡的浪漫愛情片是西雅圖夜未眠, 整部片一直到最後男女主角才找到彼此, 於是在字幕出現時我覺得好美好美。長大後重看Before Sunrise認為這才是真正的浪漫, Can the greatest romance of life last only one night?

首先是愛情片一定要有的費洛蒙。飾演Jesse的伊森霍克年輕時未免也太可口, 從第一幕坐在火車上看著Celine的樣子已十分迷人。Blue eyes, pink lips, greasy hair(lol), he is kind of tall but also a bit clumsy. 然後是他在火車上試圖說服Celine下車的橋段, 不管理由是什麼, 那拼命地說的樣子已經非常可愛。 還有兩人在試聽室裡聽Kathy Bloom的Come here絕對是經典。。。

 I like to feel his eyes on me when I look away. 這段甜美的告白好真實好自然。。。

最後是我的老靈魂被美麗的想法與字句觸動了好幾次, 當Jesse談到靈魂的時候, 當Celine談到God的時候, 當算命婦不停地提及we are all stardust! stardust!, 還有那首街頭詩人寫的milkshake...

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 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.

Street Poet: Daydream delusion, limousine eyelash / Oh baby with your pretty face / Drop a tear in my wineglass / Look at those big eyes / See what you mean to me / Sweet-cakes and milkshakes / I'm a delusion angel / I'm a fantasy parade / I want you to know what I think / Don't want you to guess anymore / You have no idea where I came from / We have no idea where we're going / Lodged in life / Like branches in a river/ Flowing downstream / Caught in the current / I carry you / You'll carry me / That's how it could be / Don't you know me? / Don't you know me by now?

這絕對是影史上數一數二最會編織對白的電影。