Forever Young是1992年Mel Gibson主演的电影。这部电影剧情很老土,但是剧本不错,因此还是满感动人。每次电视上重播,都会忍不住再看一次。(如果你想找片子来看,最好不要看下面的剧情介绍。)
剧情是说1939年一个飞行师丹尼尔Daniel,因为女朋友Helen车祸受伤,昏迷不醒。他很伤心。正好他的朋友,一个军中的科学家,实验及研制了一个将人体冰冻冻的机器,他主动要求将自己冰冻一年,以免见到女友死去。他说,如果女友醒来,就叫醒我。
没想到,在他冰冻时期,整个计划被取消了。电影去到1992年,也就是半个多世纪后,两个小孩到一个军营的大仓库玩,见到一个巨大的金属壳,以为是潜水艇,就打开了,因此发现了冰冻的丹尼尔。他们吓坏了,但丹尼尔此时穿的是1939年的飞行装,他在两个孩子帮助下,到其中一个孩子(著名的童星Elijah Wood)家里,换了大人衣服,又住在他家后院的树上小屋tree house里。
这期间,他到原来的军队去,没人相信他的话。因为当时的计划是完全机密,没有一个人知道。他认识了那男孩的妈妈Claire,她是个护士,心地很好,但有一个虐待她的前男友。她让丹尼尔住在她的屋子里,还帮助他寻找以前的朋友,看是否能帮他找到原来的研究计划,以阻止他快速苍老,不过他还是免不了急速苍老中。但是发现以前的科学家及整个小组的人都不在了。不过意外的,他发现自己当时的女友Helen并没有死。于是他想方设法找到Helen,这时两人都是白发苍苍的老人了。
我看这部电影有一个特殊的感触。因为电影选择发生在1939年,那是荷里活的黄金时代,也是美国的黄金时代,乱世佳人Gone with the Wind,绿野仙踪The Wizard of Oz,Mr. Smith Goes to Washington华府风云,驿马车Stagecoach,等十几部经典电影都是在那一年拍的。电影对白非常的低调,不像多数现代电影那样煽情,两人一见面就脱衣上床。我最记得,当他面对对他有好感的护士时,他记得自己的身份不为所动,但此时收音机跳出来他那时代的一首歌:Billie Holiday的The very thought of you。那美妙的歌声让你不能不即时流下泪来。想想在那环境下听这首歌吧。(后附歌词) 主要演员表:
梅尔吉布森Mel Bibson 饰空军队长Daniel McCormick
Jammie Lee Curtis 饰Claire Cooper
Elijah Wood 饰男孩Nat Cooper
Isabel Glasser 饰队长过去情人海伦Helen Billie Holiday
The Very Thought of You 歌词
The very thought of you I forget to do
Those little ordinary things
That everyone ought to do
I'm livin' in a kind of a daydream I'm happy as a queen
And foolish though it may seem
To me that's everything The mere idea of you
The longing here for you You'll never know
How slow the moments go Till I'm near to you
I see your face in every flower
Your eyes in stars above
It's just the thought of you,
The very thought of you, my love
(Repeat)
Billie Holiday的歌声无人能比,到今天还有很多歌星仿傚她的声音及唱法。这首歌在1934年推出,所以在1939年肯定是一首流行歌,Forever Young电影中用这首歌非常适当。
另外也使我想到另一首同名歌曲,就是德国合唱团Aphaville在1984年推出的Forever Young。我很意外,歌词写的非常的好,一些不像通俗歌曲那样无稽。而且非常好听。如果你对着歌词听,一定会感动:
Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while
Heaven can wait, we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?
Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men
Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune
The music's played by the, the mad men
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever?
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever? Forever young
Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later, they all will be gone
Why don't they stay young?
It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever
So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We let them come true
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever?
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever?
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
(April, 2013)
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