卡珊德拉之梦

Cassandra’s Dream (100 Minutes)Page 1 The two brothers runs toward a boat that they love. We know from the conversation that one brother knows mechanics, loves gambling but generous while the other one is into business deals and selfish. They talk about their longing for the time they spent with their rich uncle.Page 3 The parents complain that their son has bought a boat. And when they talk about their uncle, the mother rubs his dad’s nose when he is not impressed with his success.Page 5 Terry gives all of his winning money from his gambling to pay off the boat. They give the boat the 60 to 1 lucky name: Cassandra’s Dream. Ethan invites a waitress at his dad’s restaurant to go sailing with them.Page 6 When they are enjoying the sea air, Ethan talks about his dream of investing in the California hotels. Then he talks to a guy about the huge potential in the investment. And he talks to his girlfriend how he is afraid his investment might upset his dad.Page 9 Ethan takes his girlfriend to picnic and fishing in the countryside with the classic car borrowed from Terry’s garage. On the way back, he helps a beautiful girl with her car problem. The girl is an actress and she thinks Ethan is rich because of the car he’s driving. (OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING THE ACTRESS)Page 11 The parents show Terry’s girl old photos and their sons’ childhood. They also talk about their potential: Terry opening a sport shop as he is good at sports and Ethan hugely successful because he is smart. But his dad sees him right through: he thinks that the fatal flaw of Ethan is that he is not content with what he has and always schemes to be his fancy uncle.Page 12 Terry is not doing well in the dog gambling. But his luck changes so much that he bought his girlfriend an expensive bag.Page 13 Ethan goes to see the play where the actress plays sexual tension. She is very popular that a lot of guys are chasing her, which makes Ethan very uncomfortable. The actress confesses her interest in him and he decides to chase her.Page 16 Terry is temped by a high-stake poker game because people believe that he is willing to push his luck when he is in a lucky streak. After they have seen a house that they both love, Terry goes to the poker game. He is losing.Page 18 Ethan goes to see the actress again who is again surrounded by guys chasing her. Although she is not available that night, she invites him to watch her photo shoot and spend an afternoon together. So when Ethan goes to Terry to borrow cash and classic cars again, Terry tells him that he won 30,000 last night and his goal is to get enough money to buy the house. Then Ethan drives the car to meet the girl and sleeps with her.Page 22 Dad is very angry that Ethan is not helping in the restaurant. But Ethan is very insistent on the girl who wants him to take her to California. (CHANGE OF PLAN FOR ETHAN: FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE GIRL) When Ethan goes to borrow money from Terry again, Terry tells him that he has lost a lot of money night before. So Ethan has no choice but to steal money from his dad. (CHANGE OF PLAN FOR TERRY WHO LOST A LOT OF MONEY FROM THE LOAN SHARKS)Page 26 Mother’s birthday. She can feel that the two brothers are under a lot of pressure. When Terry wants to borrow money from her, she lectures him. At the same time, Ethan confesses to his dad about borrowing the money.Page 29 When everybody hears the news that uncle Howard is coming, they are very happy except dad. Ethan and actress go to sailing. They talk about the prospect about asking help from Uncle Howard.Page 30 During the birthday dinner, mother asks for Howard’s help for the two boys. So they tell Howard about their own problems. After they are done, Howard tells the boys that they can pay him back by killing one of his associates under a big tree when it starts to rain. When the two brothers freak out by the request, Uncle Howard is very angry that his family won’t help him.Page 39 The brothers are shocked and disappointed by the request. Their initial reaction is to say no. But Terry has nightmares in the middle of the night. And he receives a call from Ethan that he has concluded that they have to do what Howard asked.Page 41 The brothers go to see Howard again so that they can meet the people they are going to murder. Howard is very calculated and cold-blooded. Ethan tries to be brave but Terry is still hesitating. The two brothers argue about the pros and cons passionately all the way from outside to the apartment. Terry is still unconvinced. The next morning, the brothers go to stare at Mr. Burns to remember his face.Page 45 The actress tells Ethan that she has just got a part in a French film and she is willing to sleep with a director to get a part. When Ethan finds out that someone else is leaving her apartment in the morning, he confronts her and promises her to take her to California. (COMPLICATION PEAKS FOR ETHAN)Page 47 The brothers discuss the murder strategies again with no success. Ethan takes his brother and wife to see the play the actress stars in. Later, they are invited to a party where they talk about how special the actress is, the strategy of killing Mr. Burns with a wooden gun. During the party, they also meet Martin Burns face to face. They freak out when Mr. Burns tells them that he is leaving in a week. (COMPLICATION PEAKS FOR THE MURDER PLANNING)Page 55 When Terry’s girlfriend tells him that she has met Martin Burns and told him about their relationship with Howard, Terry gets angry. In his garage, Terry tests the woody gun with Ethan. It is a success. (PHYSICAL POINT OF NO RETURN: INVENTING THE WEAPON AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO CARRY OUT THE MURDER)Page 57 The brothers go to see Mr. Burns’ flat and decide to do the job tonight. They sneak into his apartment after he’s gone and wait for his return to kill him. When they are waiting, his mother calls him on the answering machine and Terry starts to think about the idea of God. At this time, Mr. Burns returns with a girl, which forces them to abort. (HIGHER STAKES)Page 64 Ethan returns money to his dad and talks about his future plans. The dad confesses that he has been scared and selfish. When Terry’s girlfriend is not pregnant, he is relieved.Page 67 Ethan picks up Terry from his garage where he gets the guns to try the murder again. They get into argument when Ethan finds out that Terry is drunk. Meanwhile, their parents talk about their kids and their repeated dream about them. The brothers argue again when Terry insists upon letting Mr. Burns seeing his mother one last time. (HIGHER STAKES)Page 69 The brothers follow Mr. Burns after he comes out. Following sequence begins. At one point, Mr. Burns starts to suspects that he has been followed but he thought it was a mistake. Finally they catch up with each other and they manage to kill Mr. Burns. As they burn the guns together, they talk about their decision to forget it. (HIGHER STAKES)Page 72 But Terry cannot sleep anymore with the sounds of guns echoing in his ears. Ethan has to pretend that he doesn’t know anything when the actress talks about the death of Mr. Burns. Howard thanks the boys with his money but Terry is destroyed emotionally. (RISE OF THE EMOTIONAL ANTAGONIST FROM TERRY)Page 74 Ethan goes to meet his girlfriend’s parents, who talk about believing in his potential and their regret of not taking risks when they were young.Page 76 Terry is having nightmares. And he also fights with the client whose car Ethan has dented. Terry feels so terrible that he goes to see Ethan, but he is too busy to have any proper conversations with him. (RISE OF THE EMOTIONAL ANTAGONIST FROM TERRY)Page 79 Ethan takes Terry to the dog track where Terry begins to feel lucky again. Ethan goes to buy new cars and expensive jewelry for his girlfriend.Page 82 Ethan gets a call from Terry’s girl who tells him about Terry’s mental health. She tells Ethan that Terry tells her that he has killed someone, which makes Ethan so nervous that he forbids her from finding Terry a doctor.Page 84 Ethan is absent-minded even when a guy is hitting on his girlfriend about drama stuff until Terry drops by the party to tell Ethan that he is thinking about turning himself in and suicide.Page 88 Ethan tells Uncle Howard about Terry’s condition and they think about killing Terry.Page 89 Ethan goes to talk to Terry at his home. Ethan proposes a trip on the boat so that they can talk. And Ethan steals the pills from Terry’s.Page 92 Ethan’s girlfriend tells him that she has rejected an offer from a pursuer. But Ethan is too distracted to listen. Back home, he turns all the pills into power, ready to drug Terry.Page 94 Ethan and Terry drive to the boat and sail into the sea. Ethan gives up talking when Terry insists on turning himself in. When Ethan tries to mix the beer with the drugs, it doesn’t work at all, which frustrates Ethan so much that the brothers get into a fight. During the process, Ethan is killed. Then the police talks about the suicide of Terry.Page 100 The girls are shopping and they talk about their men with love.Page 101 Written and Directed by Woody Allen.

伍迪艾伦的片子，无论是哪一位男主角担纲，最后也终会以话唠贯穿全剧。

这点上，我相信伊万麦克格雷格是相当适应的，但是相对科林法瑞尔来说，个人就觉得不适合了，毕竟他话少的时候会给他的角色带来更多欣赏的余地。

不过这样也算号。

这个作品看起来更有戏剧方面的感觉，每个人的塑造都是那么一板一眼，完全不同于他创作的其他如巴塞罗那，巴黎，罗马这三部戏的感觉。

但是会让人感觉到，伍迪艾伦还是有制作严肃戏剧的能力。

当然抛开其他的来说，困扰现在年轻人的问题似乎都在剧中体现了，亲情爱情友情，理想现实道德，该谈到的地方都谈到了。

但是。。。。

就是有那么。。。。

一点点的。。。。

沉闷。

音乐很黑色 对应了terry犯罪之后的惶惶不安 精神行走在崩溃的边缘 这是我看过的Woody Allen的片子最正常的一部 喜剧的成分少了很多 （终于他不是主角了？！

） 悲剧的色彩很浓很重 不过他还是一如既往地在跟我们讲大道理 揭示人性罪恶的角落 想象力不如从前 但是他的风格还是很明显 也是片子可爱的重要因素 因为有伊万——这是关键 所以给了四星 呵呵 这家伙的声音 下巴 发型 甚至走路时手臂摆动的幅度 都让我深深着迷

宗教信仰据说已经基本垮塌了。

记得读大学的时候，有个外教向我们解释过一直以来困扰西方社会的一个经典悖论。

上帝是存在的；上帝是万能的；上帝是慈悲的。

这三个命题不可能同时成立。

如果上帝存在又万能，那人间怎么会有这么多苦难？

所以上帝不是慈悲的；如果上帝存在又慈悲，那人间的苦难证明了上帝不是万能的；如果上帝万能而慈悲，那人间的苦难又是从何而来，所以上帝不存在。

《罪与罚》中，拉斯柯尔尼科夫是出于初出茅庐的大学生的天真情怀，为了世间的正义而杀人，自己也没得到任何物质上的好处，之后被索尼娅感化，去警察局自首，投奔上帝寻求救赎。

21世纪的Terry是为了钱，个人利益去杀人，杀了人之后受到内心谴责，找不到出口，因为他知道上帝救不了他。

杀了人，他就是万劫不复了。

所以我想象不出除了兄弟同归于尽的结局之外，还有更好的结束故事的可能性。

但是做恶有没有恶报，其实和上帝也没有什么关系。

上帝惩罚你和你自己惩罚自己，效果是差不多的。

人都是矛盾的，我相信坏得很彻底的人不多，做了坏事心里总是虚的，而从心虚那一刻开始，人就为自己掘下坟墓了。

所以，要做坏事，不光得蔑视上帝，还得真正狠得下心。

期待已久的Woody Allen電影, 終於趕及在繁忙的電影節開鑼前看了. 感覺是滿意. 依然喜歡Woody Allen."Cassandra's Dream"有點"Match Point"(迷失決勝分)的味道, 或許故事有點類似吧.電影以男角為主, 女角都是陪襯, 不過美女Hayley Atwell(Angela)戲份也不少. 就是大家都熟識的色與情故事吧. 或許題材都是人所共知的人性弱點, 加點精妙的對白, 就滲了一點幽默感. 不是一貫Woody Allen式的幽默, 不過一樣令人發笑.可說是Ewan McGregor(Ian)及Colin Farrell(Terry)獨擔大旗的電影, 二人都演得很不錯. McGregor這回終於又以fit fit身型再現銀幕, 和演性格較弱的Terry的Farrell成強烈對比, 各有風格, 亦沒有哪方給比下去. 頗欣賞Farrell演繹好賭Terry的那份不滯.喜歡Woody Allen善於描繪人性的弱點及黑暗面. 好高傲遠、死沖、貪財、好色、炫耀... 大家都很熟識, 都會有共鳴. 電影節奏緊湊, 沒有悶場.還有Philip Glass的配樂, 雖然未至於喜歡到會買OST, 但音樂的確營造了電影的懸疑及緊張氣氛.人, 未去到某些位, 往往都不知道自己可以承受多少. 就是這點, 令電影結局來得合理且有點意外.唯一不滿意是女角戲份不多. 還有電影第一個鏡頭, 兩兄弟跑往看船一幕, 感覺有點老土和求其.

Woody Allen always can give us an ending with surprise. This is time. it's the fate of Ian and terry.Ian, when he firstly meet Angela, he is starting to pretend to be a wealthy man with an old jag. But when he is with the waitress in his dad's restaurant, he is honest, honest about the lending of the classic car. He started to care about this woman. Maybe everybody is mean to be a right person for someone. And they become crazy when meeting this guy or girl.So poor terry, an old story and tragdy of a gambler. He just can not help to playing poker. And the bet is bigger and bigger. Anyway, he is also on the way to give something. poor me...I am going to stop writing...My poor english...make me ..byebye..

电影就像他老先生在把他的人生感悟慢慢地讲给你听。

感慨于他老人家有这个实力可以把自己想说的故事拍成电影。

手头上正看黄仁宇先生的《关系千万重》，顺便拿来做标题。

为了还债，追姑娘，兄弟俩实施了一场谋杀，杀人进行得很顺利，尽管是第一次，倒也没费多少力气。

只不过，原罪做祟，致使弟弟放不下杀人的包袱，罪恶感恶梦般时刻在他左右守侯，他想认罪，他想放下心灵的煎熬。

相约最后一次谈话，却双双死在那条让他们充溢幸福感的船上。

一场不幸福的开始，成为一场不幸福的终点。

关系千万重的意思是，任何事情之间看似并无关联，实则有千丝万缕之联系。

你埋下了罪恶的种，收获的必然是苦果。

当然，伍迪艾伦其实也在探讨亲情、秩序、金钱彼此之间的关系。

它们如此错综复杂，暧昧不清。

如果，有人承诺给你美好的未来，但条件是要你去杀一个人。

这样的游戏，你玩吗？

伊万与泰利这一对好兄弟为了自己的梦想，当然也为了要解决眼下的麻烦，慢慢地，慢慢地成长为杀人犯。

慢慢地，的意思是说：两兄弟，错过了好几次杀人的机会，作为观众，我们甚至一度认为他们可能要真的放弃了，或者还会产生另外一种想法：在与被杀者的接触中，他们发现一些内幕，促成他们放弃杀人的打算。

但影片没有这样发展，导演不要这样的效果。

最终还是让他们出手了。

杀人的情形，堪称完美！

——这将会是一桩无头血案！

两兄弟的富贵未来，已经切实的摆在了他们的面前。

但是泰利无法心安，他的良心不断地受到折磨！

影片以两兄弟斗殴导致一死，一自杀方式结束。

——这样的结尾，让人很是压抑！

在我看来，对未来的这种昂贵的出价，我们真的付不起！

拍戲「多快好省」的Woody Allen近期導演尤其得心應手，轉戰倫敦亦一樣順利，就算沒有樂不思蜀的情況，他個人在現階段也可能「爽」之極。

今回這位多產導演拍《Cassandra Dream》（Cassandra在希臘神話裡，是連累男人的女人），講沉迷賭博和女色會逐漸泥足深陷，繼而會鑄成大錯。

處理如此的原始人性原型問題，有點像在弄道德劇。

一向俏皮的Woody Allen會這樣做嗎？

Woody Allen今回處理耳熟能詳的原型問題故事，固守簡單直接劇情，並不攪甚麼花樣，甘心把老土情節很輕盈的平鋪直述講一次。

那麼，這部電影趣味性在那裡呢？

而導演又有甚麼意圖呢？

我一時間並不想通。

Woody Allen畢竟很自覺，他拍的電影絕不婆婆媽媽、不講大道理、不賣弄壞品味、不製造廉價戲劇效果。

他這部電影乾乾淨淨，劇情推進爽快，只用心把兩位主角一步一步走向深淵的過程展露出來。

他要做電影哲學家、探討「罪惡」這個原型問題嗎？

依Woody Allen的性格，他似乎不會走這條路。

那麼他在2007年傳達原始人性原型問題的故事，又所謂何事？

我惟一可找到的解釋，是他為一部Ingmar Bergman式電影來個淺白版本的。

瑞典黑白電影無疑會令部份觀眾看得很辛苦，所以在2007年把原始人性原型問題故事，拍個趣味性較豐富的版本，其實也是值得的。

Woody Allen今回平鋪直述講一個古舊故事，反而更表現出他導演的功力和風格：此部電影發展快、劇情緊湊、演員表演自然，而對白、情節和畫面設計（例如哥哥管理餐廳、迷上女演員；弟弟是汽車技師；兩兄弟買了郵艇來玩等等），處處蘊藏趣味，確實很易令觀眾吸收。

這部電影在主題性、藝術性、娛樂性各個層面都有點份量，但又不那麼吃重，總體而言，它又並不是甚麼重要作品。

Woody Allen拍戲四十多年，累積很多追隨者，那麼他這部順手拈來的遊戲之作，可視為以餉他的忠實影迷的一件小品好了。

事實上，這部電影充份發揮倫敦街道特色（駕車到郊外可邂逅艷女郎，而在高尚住宅區當街殺人也可以逃走），此外，在倫敦講這個老舊故事，加上Philip Glass的配樂，確可表現古典味出來，相信他的影迷會滿意。

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