九年前，杰西（伊森霍克）与席琳（茱莉蝶儿）在火车上相遇， 在维也纳

共度一晚，在日出前定下半年之约后各自离去，但是却从此失去与对方的联

系。本片是1995年的经典爱情片《爱在黎明破晓时》的续集，伊森霍克和茱

莉蝶儿在巴黎再续前缘!! 隔了几年又重看这部文艺爱情电影仍给我很大的感

触及感动, 9年前的一场偶遇, 他们还是20出头的年轻人, 那时候他们很天真的

以为还会有下一次见面的机会, 于是没有留下任何联络电话或住址, 相约六个

月后在同一地点(维也纳)再相逢, 可是阴错阳差女主角Celine因家中祖母过世

没有赴约, 但是男主角Jesse如约定到了维也纳, 却等候不到Celine, 于是惆怅回

到美国, 整个故事有著浪漫气息又让人感伤不已。

 

没想到这一别就经过了9年了, 女生住在法国, 是个独立自主的女性而Jesse转眼

间已变成一个畅销的作家。 没有联络的两人, 因为一本书而搭上线, Jesse到法

国宣传自己的新作, 选在Celine最爱的莎士比亚书局做新书的发表暨签名会, 于是

她注意到了Jesse会到她住的城市来, 于是特地到书局去看他, 两人才因此相认。

这部电影简直是”伊森霍克”和”茱莉蝶儿”两人的双人舞, 演技非凡的他们亦

负责此部电影的编剧, 并编写大部分的对白, 而且这些对白由他们两人从头到尾

一气呵成, 衔接完美, 而且又幽默有趣, 带有哲理的人生省思也让我赞叹不已, 于

是将部分英文内容记录下来， 和影迷一起分享, 希望你们有机会可以去看这部

很美很有意境的小品电影, 透过他们的优美对白, 跟著他们的脚步, 我也仿佛看见

海明威的影子, 因为很多场景都是大文豪所走过的足迹, 所以也充满了人文和艺

术多方面的情趣, 是一部你会一看再看的好电影, 我连看了5次喔!! 这次先以书局

Jesse的开场白为主!!

年代: 2004年
出品国: 美国
导演: 理查林雷特
演员: Ethan Hawke (伊森霍克)
Julie Deply (茱莉蝶儿)

Jesse Wallace’s new book release at 5:30 P.M. at Shakespeare Bookstore

女记者问: Do you consider the book to be autobiographical?
(你认为这本书是否带有自传的意味吗?)

Jesse: I mean, we all see the world through our own tiny keyhole,

right? I mean, I always think of Thomas Wolfe, Have you ever seen

That little one-page, “Note to Reader”… in the front of Look Homeward

Angel? Anyway, he says that we are the sum of all the moments of our lives

…and anybody who sits down to write will use the clay of their own life...

that you can’t avoid that, so when I look at my own life, I have to admit, right,

that I , I’ve never been around a bunch of guns or violence, you know, not

really,  No political intrigue or a helicopter crash, right? But my life, from

my own point of view, have been full of drama, right? And I thought, if

 I  could write a book… that could capture what it’s like to really meet 

somebody... One of the most exciting things that;s happened to me..

(脑中出现的是和女主角在火车上偶遇的情景, 那一刻他就爱上了这个女孩)
Is to meet somebody, make that connection. And if I could make

that valuable, you know, to capture that…

(画面是两人在维也纳的街头散步) that would be the attempt, or…

(我们常透过自己的小钥匙孔来观看世界, 不是吗? 我常想到汤姆斯吴尔夫, 你曾

看过”天使望乡” 那本书, 开头那只有一页的序? 他说人的一生是所有经历的总

和, 而写作的人将会引自己的人生为借镜…这是无可避免的, 因此当我检视我自己

的人生, 我必须承认, 我是从没有碰过枪枝或暴力, 也没涉及政治权谋或遭遇空难,

但我的人生我自认为充满了戏剧性, 因此我就想如果我可以写一本书, 捕捉那遇见

一个人的感动经验, 曾经在我生命中最重要的事…就是要去见那个人, 和她联系.

我是否能把它变成珍贵的回忆并捕捉那种感动, 就是最单纯的动机. )

男记者问: Mr. Wallace, the book ends on an ambiguous note. We

don’t know. Do you think they get back together in six months..

like they promise each other?

(Jesse脑海中出现两人在火车站分离的情景)

(华勒斯先生, 那本书的结局并没有交代清楚, 我们并不知道, 你认为是否他
们会在六个月后重逢, 一如他们先前的约定? )

Jesse: Like they promised? I think how you answer that? You

know, is it’s a good test, right, if you’re a romantic or a cynic.

(一如他们的约定, 我认为每个人对结局的看法, 恰能测验出你是个多情的种子还是个

愤世嫉俗的人?)

女记者: Do you think they get back together? I mean, did you in

real life? (你认为他们会重逢? 在现实生活中你真的相信)

J: Did I in real..? Look, in the words, of my grandfather Okay.

“To answer that would take the piss out of the whole thing."

(现实生活中, 套句我祖父说的话: 要回答这个问题可真没完没了)

男记者: What’s your next book? (你下一本书要写什么?)

J: I don’t know, Man, I don’t know. I’ve been.. I’ve been thinking

about this…well, I always kind of wanted to write a book… that all

took place within the space of a pop song. Like three or four minutes

long, the whole thing. The story, the idea, is that there’s this guy,

right…And he;s totally depressed. His great dream was to be a lover,

an adventurer, you know.. riding motorcycles through South America.

And instead he’s sitting at a marble tale eating lobster. He’s got a

good job and a beautiful wife, right, but that…Everything that he needs

but that doesn’t matter… because what he wants is to fight for meaning.

You know, happiness is in the doing, right? Not in the getting what you

want. So he’s sitting there, and just that second…his little 5-year-old

daughter hops up on the table. And h knows that she should get down,

because she could get hurt. But she’s dancing to this pop song in a summer

dress.
(脑中出现了两人共舞情景)
And he looks down… and all of a sudden, he’s 16… And his high-school

sweetheart is dropping him off at home… and the same song is playing

on the car radio.  And she climbs up and starts dancing on the roof of

the car. And now he’s worried about her. And she’s beautiful, with a

facial expression just like his daughter’s.
(出现女主角的脸)
In fact. Maybe that’s why he even like her. You see, he knows

he’s not remembering this dance…he’s there, He’s there, in both

moments, simultaneously.
(梦中情人突然出现在书局)
And just for an instant, all his life, is just folding in on itself.

And it’s obvious to him that time is a lie. (Jessie saw her) That

it’s all happening all the time… and inside every moment is another

moment…All happening simultaneously. Anyway, that’s kind of the

idea, anyway. (太刺激了讲话开始语无伦次)

(我不知道, 我还不知道, 我曾经想过, 我ㄧ直想写一本书, 关于一首流行歌曲所串联

出的空, 所有的事情都发生在3, 4分钟的时空里, 故事是关于一个男人, 他感到非常

沮丧, 他一直梦想成为一个好情人和冒险家, 骑著摩托车穿越南美洲, 但结果他只是

坐在大理石桌旁吃著龙虾, 他有份很好的工作和一位美丽的老婆, 该有的都有了, 但

那些都不重要, 因为他只想活出意义, 快存在于过程之中, 对不对? 而不是获得你所

需要的东西. 他坐在那里, 就在那一刻, 他五岁的女儿跳上桌子, 他知道应该要她下

去否则会受伤, 但是她随著这首流行音乐起舞, 身上穿著夏天的衣服, 当他往下看时

…突然间他又回到16岁, 他的高中情人开车送他回家, 他们为彼此现出童贞, 她爱他,

车上的收音机正传来同一首歌, 于是他爬上车顶随著音乐起舞, 现在他开始担心她,

她非常漂亮, 脸上的表情和他女儿一模一样, 事实上, 也许这正是他喜欢她的原因,

他知道这支舞并非存在于他的记忆之中. 他是置身于现场同时存在于两个不同的时

空中, 就在那一刻他的人生产生重叠, 于是他很清楚的知道, 时间只是一个幌子, 所

有的事都是如此, 每个时空都包含了另一个时空, 所有的事都是同时发生的, 这就是

主要的概念)

这是属于Jesse的人生理论, 为了能和旧情人相逢, 他想写出一本书和"她"相遇, 全书

以她为主角, 其实是内心的渴望, 这份深情能否得到回报那都不重要了, 因为对杰西而

言,  一切都已深印在脑海中成为自己身体的一部份, 我看了不禁动容!! (未完待续)