Ella's Notebook II

為什麼說是最後的假期呢？因為下禮拜開始，艾拉又要開始上班族的生活囉...
總是世事多變化...

昨天泡在家中看沙發電影，看了一部紀錄片「灰熊人 Grizzly Man」，故事是記載美國一位知名的反文明的動物狂人Timothy Treadwell，以保護灰熊之名居住在阿拉斯加的山林之間長達13年，他終日和灰熊與狼生活在一起，並將過程拍攝成許多的紀錄影片。雖然Timothy熱愛這些灰熊，以融入灰熊的生活為榮，並以灰熊的朋友自居，最終卻還是讓自己連同女友一起活生生地被灰熊給吞噬。
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印象最深刻的是德國導演Werner Herzog的這兩段話：

What haunts me is that in all the faces of the bears that Treadwell ever filmed, I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only overwhelming indifference of nature. To me, there is no such thing as a secret of the bear. And this blank stare speaks only of a half-bored interest in food. But for Timothy Treadwell this bear was a friend, a savior.

Treadwell is gone. The argument how wrong or how right he was disappears into a distance into a fog. What remains is his footage. And while we watch the animals in their joys of being in their grace and ferociousness, a thought becomes more and more clear. That is not so much a look at wild nature. As it is an insight into ourselves, our nature. And that, for me, beyond his mission, gives meaning to his life and to his death.

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Timothy 以為可愛或神秘的灰熊，其實是將人視為食物、飢餓時甚至會將自己骨肉生吞活剝的殘忍動物，動物們極其簡單的生活固然令人嚮往，然而他們所揭示的自然卻是一另個極其殘酷、野蠻的現實，相較於人類的文明，這是兩個世界，有著清楚的界線，如果人們想將自然與文明做連結，也只能在我們自己的心中，灰熊不會懂，就像導演所說的，那雙看似深情的空洞眼眸，除了對食物的興趣之外，也就一無所有了。 人間的事物總不若表面所見的或所能想的，可不是嗎 ?

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昨晚生了個小病，窩在棉被中冒汗後到今天中午過後才起的了床，不過起床後精神變得很好，雖然是小病居然也能達到大病初癒的效果，把家裡打掃一番後再去租DVD來看。

伍迪艾倫編導的Match Point(愛情決勝點)，剛開始看時覺得只是ㄧ個男人要同時追求功名與女色的老題材，但是因為電影處理的方式很細膩，女主角Scarlett Johansson很迷人，再加上把倫敦的歌劇院、上奇畫廊跟泰德美術館等場景都帶了進來，讓人看的還滿投入的，劇中強調人的成功與否與運氣的關聯性，也相當表述了人生的殘酷面。

劇中的男主角最後把女主角給殺了，真是冷酷到了極點。我忽然對人的感情有了一點覺悟，是不是愈積極求取成功的人內心就愈殘酷呢？是不是愛情真的都只是短暫的熱情呢？

Quotes from Match Point :
(伍迪艾倫的很多台詞都很絕妙)

The man who said "I'd rather be lucky than good" saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net, and for a split second, it can either go forward or fall back. With a litte luck, it goes forward, and you win. Or maybe it doesn't, and you lose.

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