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酒在杯中,人在路上
2008-05-05
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<<杯酒人生>>是值得看第二次的电影,或者说是至少可以看两遍才可以懂得里面的玄妙,很多人在研究影片为什么叫做《sideways》,因为sideways原本的含义就是小路的意思,导演想表达的就是小人物的故事,这个让我想起了电影《阳光小美女》,同样是小成本的制作,但是充满了黑色的幽默,平淡的故事,但是有很不一样的感觉。本来sideways讲得就是很简单的中年危机的故事, 但是这个片子最出色的地方在于,在七天之内讲述人生的悲欢故事,巧妙地利用葡萄酒来作暗喻,讲得温文尔雅,却又不矫揉造作。
我想这个电影我要看第二遍。因为现在想来,好像有太多的经典话语了。
看了许多人写的评价,摘一些自己喜欢的:1。我们都曾尝过酒的味道,或苦涩,或芳香,或浓烈,或清淡,酒在杯中,我们可以细细品味,人在路上,我们必须不断前行。饮完杯中的酒,上路,迎着朝阳,看着路边的风景,生活其实有滋有味。
2。Maya爱的是酒的过程。她爱那些细心的照顾,她爱那酒的芬芳,但是她也承认酒是有巅峰期的,酒会要老去。
3。Miles以为自己就像是酿造Pinot葡萄的植树人,在细心等待葡萄的成熟,然后将它们酿成醇厚芳香的Pinot。然而生活并不是这样。就像玩字谜游戏一样,填一个空格的时候你得考虑旁边的空格。无论你自以为在做一件你多么值得的事情,归根究底你得向生活妥协。就像影片最后,Miles在Burger King里面喝着那支Chavel Blanc 1961一样。
4。
Miles和Maya讲述着自己是如何喜欢上喝葡萄酒的:Maya:You Know, Can I ask you a personal question?
Miles:Sure.
Maya:Why are you so into Pinot Noir. I mean, it’s like a thing with you.
你为什么那么着迷pinot Noir。就好像完全为你而酿造的一样。
Miles:I don't know, Um, it's a hard grape to grow, as you know, right? It's thin-skinned, temperamental, ripens early, you know. It's not a survivor like Cabernet, which can just grow anywhere and thrive even when it's neglected. No, Pinot Noir needs constant care and attention. In fact, it can grow only in these really specific tucked-away corners of the world. And only the most patient and nurturing of growers can do it, really. Only somebody who really takes the time to understand Pinot Noir's potential can then coax it into its full expression. And then, I mean, oh, it's flavors. They're just the most haunting and brilliant and thrilling and subtle and ancient on the planet. No, I mean you know, cabernets can be powerful and exalting too, but they seem prosaic to me, by comparison. What about you?
我也不知道,这是一种很难种的葡萄,你也知道.它的皮很薄,非常敏感,而且早熟。它不像cabernet那种葡萄一样易于生长可以在任何地方生长,而且即使是被忽视的时候它也能茁壮成长。Pinot noir 需要不断的照料和关注,它只生长在这个世界上那些隐蔽的、特别的角落里面,也只有园丁最大的耐心和培育才能让它生长。只有肯花时间去了解Pinot Noir 的人才能理解它的潜质,才能感觉到它所有的表情,我的意思是说味道。它是这个世界上味道最绵长(haunting),最夺目(brilliant),最精致(subtle),最古老(ancient)的东西。我是说红酒也可以很有劲,但是想比较而言,cabernet就俗气了。你呢?
Maya:what about me?
Miles:I don't know, why are you into wine?
Maya:oh, I'm I think I , I originally got into wine through my ex-husband, you know. He had this big, you know, sort of show-off cellar, you know. But then I discovered I had a really sharp palate. And the more I drank, the more I liked what it made me think about.
我一开始是从我前夫那里开始对葡萄酒感兴趣的。他有个特大特张扬的酒窖。但是我的味觉非常敏锐,我喝的越多,就越发的喜欢酒能启发我思想的那些东西。
Miles:like what?
Maya:Like what a fraud he was. No, I like to think about the life of wine, you know. How it’s a living thing. I like to think about what was going on the year of grapes were growing. How the sun was shining, if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes. And if it is an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. I like how wine continues to evolve, like if I opened a bottle of wine today, it would taste different than if I opened it on any other day. Because a bottle of wine is actually alive, and it is constantly evolving and gaining complexity. That is until it peaks, like you ’61, and then it begins its steady, inevitable decline…
比如说我会想我的前夫是个怎样的伪君子。我总是联想到酒的一生。想到它是个有生命的东西。 活着的,有生命的。我总会想到,葡萄生长的那一年里都发生了什么,阳光是如何撒满大地,而下雨的话,又会是什么样子。人们又是怎么照顾那些葡萄和采摘的。如果是一瓶陈酒,那么已经有多少照顾过那些葡萄的人已经死去。我总是想酒是如何不断的生长变化的,就好比今天我如果打开了一瓶酒,它的味道一定和其他任何一天打开的时候有所不同。因为酒是有生命的,而且它在不断的变化并变得更加复杂。直至它达到颠峰状态,然后就开始了它稳定的,衰老过程,就像你说的61年一样……5。还有一处对白, 刚刚获悉图书出版又一次遭受挫败, 备受打击的Miles和Jack来到河边的对话, 那种无比失意的感觉在他们灰色幽默的对话中让人体验地更为强烈.
Miles Raymond: Well, the world doesn't give a shit what I have to say. I'm not necessary. Had. I'm so insignificant I can't even kill myself.
Jack: Miles, what the hell is that supposed to mean?
Miles Raymond: Come on, man. You know. Hemingway, Sexton, Plath, Woolf. You can't kill yourself before you're even published.
Jack: What about the guy who wrote Confederacy of Dunces? He killed himself before he was published. Look how famous he is.
Miles Raymond: Thanks.
Jack: Just don't give up, alright? You're gonna make it.
Miles Raymond: Half my life is over and I have nothing to show for it. Nothing. I'am thumbprint on the window of a skyscraper. I'm a smudge of excrement on a tissue surging out to sea with a million tons of raw sewage.
("我渺小地就像是摩天大楼里玻璃窗上的一块小指纹, 我就是卫生纸上的那一堆排泄物, 急着要冲出来去大海是为了见成千上万吨更多的污秽")
Jack: See? Right there. Just what you just said. That is beautiful. 'A smudge of excrement... surging out to sea.'
Miles Raymond: Yeah.
Jack: I could never write that.
Miles Raymond: Neither could I, actually. I think it's Bukowsky.6。有人找了关于酒的小知识:
忘却•白酒人们从何时开始饮酒无从查证,《黄帝内经•素问篇》中黄帝问歧伯曰:“为五谷汤液及醪醴奈何?”,但白酒因其烈性一直与忘记有关。人们总是寄望于在酒精中麻痹神经,用那清醇的汁液洗去心中的愁苦,但却不知举杯消愁愁更愁。《东邪西毒》里那坛“醉生梦死”据说可以用来忘却,黄药师喝得大醉,也许忘记了很多,却忘不了生命中的那朵桃花;而欧阳峰选择拒绝,于是他清醒而又痛苦的活着。我们无法判定哪一种是我们所应追求的人生,是痛苦又或是迷醉,也许唯一可做的就是斟满一杯白酒,在其灼烈的味道中体味逝去的岁月。
浪漫•葡萄酒
相传葡萄酒起源于古代波斯,即现在的伊朗。曾有一位波斯国王爱吃葡萄,将葡萄压紧保藏在大陶罐里,为防人偷吃还特别贴上“有毒”的标签。数日后,有一位因失宠而想自尽的妃子偷偷地将一罐“毒药”喝下。可是“毒药”非但没有了却她的生命,反而带来一股安乐陶醉的感觉。她把这一伟大的发现呈报给国王后,重新获得宠爱。从此,妃子与国王过着葡萄美酒的恩爱生活。
其实,这只是众多葡萄酒起源传说中的一个。但是,但凡与葡萄酒有关的故事总是与浪漫相随。也许人心中都曾意想想过这样的画面:柔美的月光下,烛光摇曳,空气中回旋着舒缓的小夜曲,晶莹的酒杯中盛着1/3的葡萄酒,在血红的酒影中与心爱的人翩翩起舞。可是浪漫也要有人懂得品位,再好的美酒如果食不知味,却也失去了它的醇香
成长•啤酒
大约9000年前,两河流域的苏美尔人将在田野间发现的一种白色的花溶入大麦,酿造出甘苦爽口的金黄色液体——啤酒。啤酒不如白酒性烈,所以与忘记无关;啤酒又不象葡萄酒一般高雅,所以也与浪漫无缘。啤酒更适合与朋友共饮,人不能少,却也不宜太多。最好的莫过于四、五人夏天围坐在翻腾的火锅前,在谈笑间杯杯冰冻的啤酒下肚,体会那冰与火的酣畅淋漓。不论是清醇辛辣的白酒,还是浓厚醇香的葡萄酒,又或是甘苦清爽的啤酒;不管是忘记愁苦,还是品位浪漫,又或是经历成长,这一切都蕴藏在一杯杯或无色、或血红、或金黄的汁液中。我们只是需要在一个适宜的时间,开启一瓶属于自己的独特美酒,品味今天与任何另一天的不同,在杯酒之间体味人生的改变。
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