天使之城

整部电影里给我印象最深的便是那本《A Moveable Feast》和熟透了的梨子。这本书最初的出现是伴着嘈杂读书声但安静图书馆里一位长者的朗诵：（You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light.） But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason.他把书放在她的枕边，“You knew there'd always be a spring”，于是她去图书馆找书的主人，遇见他。As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine. I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy他想知道味道到底是什么样子的，让她像海明威那样描述梨子的味道：SweetJuicySoft on your tongue Grainy like a sugary sand that dissolves in your mouth其实他更想知道爱情的味道。于是为她不顾一切从高空跌下成为凡人，尝到血的味道，开心的像个孩子蹦着跳着。而就在这一切都好起来的时候，她骑单车都那么幸福，却是出了车祸，路上有跌落的梨子。《I Grieve》响起的时候，雨水倾泻，欢笑的孩童，只有悲伤的他，还有梨子的味道。爱情，永远定格在盛开状态。I would rather have had one breath of her hairone kiss of her mouthone touch of her handthan an eternity without itOne……这个One还有梨子的味道，还有海浪的味道……经典的电影总离不开经典的音乐，就像我倾注于太多感情Elliott Smith的《Good Will Hunting》。转： 负责该片音乐的是法籍配乐大师Gabriel Yared，他曾为《英国病人》、《情人》等多部爱情文艺片做过配乐。但在这张大碟中他却只亲自操刀了最后的四首，而把重点放在了将诸多知名流行与摇滚乐队或个人的创作协调起来。从20世纪六七十年代的Jimi Hendrix、Eric Clapton、Peter Gabriel，八十年代的U2，到近年来的Alanis Morissette、Paula Cole、Sarah Mclachlan等，无一不增加了本碟的卖点。U2恍惚迷离的一曲《If God Will Send His Angel》奏响了影片的序曲，仿佛预示着这故事的虚幻，Bono冷调的声音却似乎多了几分悲悯。而两位摇滚元老级人物JimiHendrix和Eric Clapton的旧作《Red House》和《Further On Up The Rord》出现在影片中，则给细腻缠绵的音乐平添了几分旧日激情。Peter Gabriel轻柔妙曼的琐碎音符铺陈出恢弘的音乐画卷，《I Grieve》一曲中前后的反差正与影片中男女主人公的情绪相呼应。在《Uninvited》中，Alanis Morissette发出的呼喊与澎湃的鼓声及低调的钢琴声相互交缠，Jude柔情的嗓音演绎的一曲《I Know》自有一番动人的力量。《Feeling Love》那跳落之间的鼓声像是在撞击着听者的胸膛，而Paula Cole含糊不清的嗓音似乎在召唤着天使的来临。与此不同的是Goo Goo Dolls的《Iris》，沧桑沙哑的声线，动情的演唱，渲染着影片悲悯深情的爱之主题，而这种悲悯之中又蕴涵着激情，给人勇气去直面真实而又平凡的人生。点题之作《Angel》在我看来，是全碟中最为清澈温暖的一曲。Sarah Mclachlan舒缓的嗓音，行云流水般的钢琴声，宛如一股清泉从听者心中流淌而过，抚慰着你所有源于过去的伤痛与苦楚。当你闭上疲惫的双眼，在静夜里聆听这首歌，你能看到天使在夜空中缓缓飘过。当它消逝之时，淡淡伤感中绽放的美丽与这首歌一起已在你心中烙下了难以磨灭的印记。最后，Gariel Yared以飘渺的女和声，细腻滑落的吉他和弦，凄婉的小提琴，悲悯大气的弦乐为影片优美的主题意境画上了圆满的句号。