科学睡眠

1.
Each month has its own
most infamous disaster event...
...engraved in the collective memory.
It's a concept I've been trying to
work on and developing.
It's called disasterology.
Stephane, you are not serious.
Oh, I am very serious.
It's the customer that needs
a little bit of a sense of humor.
2.
    P.S. R:
Parallel synchronized randomness.
An interesting brain rarity
and our subject for today.
Two people walk in opposite directions
at the same time...
...and then they make the same decision
at the same time.
Then they correct it,
and then they correct it...
...and then they correct it
and then they correct it...
Basically, in a mathematical world...
...these two little guys will
stay looped for the end of time.
The brain is the most complex thing
in the universe...
...and it's right behind the nose.
Fascinating!
3.
Stephane, Stephanie.
Stephanie, Stephane.
4.
I knew it. I knew it!
Each structure has its own resonant
frequency.
You just have to hit the right chord
at the right time.
5.
Dear Stephanie, comma.
I am just your neighbor,
there is nothing more to say than that.
This is the reason why I am writing
a letter to you...
...because I feel really bad inside
my stomach.
It's a mix between...
I don't know if what I feel is a bit
of nostalgia...
...or wanting to go to the bathroom.
I am just a new liar in your life.
A new liar that has come
and destroyed your piano...
...and maybe by doing that destroy
the huge heritage...
I want us to start a new start
and a new...
A new blank page of friendship.
And if you can embrace that the same
way I am embracing it right now...
...that I am feeling it right now,
I see the possibilities...
...once we go above that threshold
of life...
...and matters that succumb
and become trickling down...
...into this little pond
that is called life.
Full stop. The end.
6.
Do you know what REM means?
Rapid Eye Monitronics.
Your eyes follow your dream movements.
If you walk downstair,say,
Your eyes go down. Turn right-the eyes go right.
It's in your dream,
your eyes art walking.
The eyes.
I can control my eyes in my sleep.
No more sleeping slavery.
7.
I know. I will make your novel,
I am Just Your Neighbor, into a bestseller.
That will attract her.
Then we'll organize a massive wedding.
Madame Stephanie Stephane.
Stephane Miroux, your novel
I'm Just Your Neighbor and a Liar.
By the Way, Do You Have Zo?s Number?
Is a blockbuster.
Yeah.
Where does your genius end?
Painting, sculpturing,
architecturing, writering?
Today, building has began on the
Stephane Miroux Foundation.
A museum dedicated to your work.
So, Stephane Miroux,
did you find the key to success?
Well...
Well, I think people empathize
with what I do...
...because it comes from here.
Oh, you are talking about Stephanie?
Oh, I don't like to talk
about my private life.
So, Stephane Miroux,
we have a little surprise for you to do.
No.
A song for her.
A song?
If you rescue me
I'll be your friend forever
Let me in your bed
I'll keep you warm in winter
All the kitties are playing
And they're having such fun
I wish it could happen to me
But if you rescue me...
8.
I am collecting beautiful objects.
A pair of shoes.
Some glasses.
Telephone.
Typewriter.
They are made from wood and felt.
With apparent stitches.
Their delicate and finished
appearance is friendly.
And they are quiet.
Stephanie made them, and I will
expose them in an exhibition.
Stephanie, do you think I could
take the red blanket as well?
Of course, Stephane. Are you kidding?
There's this amazing blanket.
It's thick, red felt
with big white stitches.
Wild animals are running on it.
She smiles.
I bend over a rock to try to reach her.
My stomach, compressed, hurts.
Stephanie?
Can you hold my hand?
I cannot sleep.
She takes it. I fall asleep.
9.
Hey, what's this?
It's the...
Is it your mom's?
No. That's the one-second time travel
machine I told you about.
I finished it. For you.
You wanna try it?
10.
Good.
Hey, you take the glue gun, and I'll try this.
No, no, no.
Why don't we,
why don't we do the scene...
...when you walk
into the apartment...
...and you discover the pony, yeah?
Yeah. Okay.
Yeah?
Okay. So come, come, come.
You must be... Okay. Yeah, there.
Oh, wait.
All right, okay, you're there.
So basically you're just
walking into the apartment...
...and you discover
that the pony can run...
...and you feel very excited, and...
Ready? And action.
Damn it, Stephane,
you've ruined my pony.
Why did you do that?
Cut. What are you doing?
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
No, you should be ecstatic about me.
You should be, like,
praising my ingiue and genius.
11.
Hello?
Stephane?
Are you okay?
I love my pony.
I can't believe you did that.
How did you do it?
I'm sorry about what I said.
I didn't mean one word.
No...
Okay?
No, I'm a creep.
Just like you said.
Listen, Stephane.
You have to toughen up a little.
It's not attractive for a girl
to see a guy crying.
I know, it sucks.
You know I named
Golden the Pony Boy after you.
No, come on. Come on.
It's not true. You had him
before we met.
No, no, it is true.
I improvised his name when
you saw him for the first time.
He didn't have a name.
Now, tell me how you did it.
Golden is galloping for real.
It's unreal.
Well...
It's just an application
of the chaos theory.
Random control.
Each leg has one engine...
...and it moves backwards
or forwards depending on...
...the movement on the other leg.
It's like life.
But in a simplified version.
And it doesn't reproduce.
I'm glad we live
next door to each other.
Will you...
Would you marry me when we're 70?
You've got nothing to lose.
Okay.
Would you mind...
...keep on talking to me
for a little while?
Because I always thought
it was possible to talk from my sleep.
I feel that I'm falling down
into a black hole.
You know that you could never see
someone fall in a black hole.
Because the image of the traveler
who passes the horizon...
...would slow down till it would remain
stuck in the same position...
The state he was
when he crossed the line.
Only it's getting redder.
The traveler gets crushed into spaghetti.
I don't wanna be a spaghetti,
I don't wanna be spaghetti.
No, you won't be a spaghetti.
I don't wanna be a spaghetti.
Stephane?
Are you here?
No, I'm there! I'm there.
It worked! I'm not a spaghetti!
Tell me, tell me. Describe all you can see.
I feel some grass under my feet.
And it's a bit windy.
And cold. And damp.
And there's forest all around me.
And I can see Golden the Pony Boy.
Galloping here. Here, right in front of me.
And I can hear some water.
But I cannot see it.
Oh, here it is. The river.
Is the water made of millions
of tiny pieces of cellophane?
No, it's real water.
Oh, look. I just found the time machine.
The time machine is here.
And it works.
Stephane, are you asleep?

不是所有男人都性饥渴，就像女人都浪漫？
灾难科学
Stephane vs Stephanie
黄金小马小子
一秒钟时间旅行器
滑雪那一觉，太好玩啦
手大的人阴茎大？

这个月在神差鬼使中竟然不知情的看了两部Michel Gondry导演的电影，Jim Carrey，Kate Winslet主演的《暖暖内含光》（ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind，2004）和Gael García Bernal，Charlotte Gainsbourg主演的《科学睡眠 》（The Science Of Sleep，2006）。

尽管表面上看起来两部影片要表达的东西有些迥异，但是静下心来一想，共同的主题都是爱情，共同的故事线索都是男主角的大脑活动，共同的元素是各种各样看起来很山寨很蹩脚的科学仪器，而共同的效果就是让观众无法在影片进行到1/2之前搞清楚所有的线索和逻辑（反应比较迟钝的人可能要到3/4了）。

或许因为场景的诡异，看完之后往往是好一番回味才回过神来，如某人所说，感觉到了如温热的法国奶酪般的喜爱。看了一下评论，才发觉《科学睡眠》里无比眼熟的男演员，竟然是《爱情是狗娘》里面那个内向却也暴戾的弟弟。他太擅长表现这种表面木讷，内里丰富过了头近乎神经质的角色。在《科学睡眠》里扮演一个在英国长大的年轻人，一套猩红色的小号收身西装走在巴黎街道上，河岸边，粼粼的波光是我印象最深刻的镜头了。

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看了《The Science of Sleep》。起初留意到這電影是因為其名字是'The Silence of Sheep' 的parody，而睡眠似乎是個頗有趣的題目，於是便找了這電影的一點資料。後來，發現電影的港譯是《戀愛夢遊中》。基本上，這譯名的問題不算大，畢竟電影是以一條愛情線主導，而且男主角經常發夢和曾經夢遊嘛。但，我覺得電影內的「戀愛」顯然不是重點，而我喜歡的部份，亦與其故事不太關係。

這齣戲賣的，是如何以生活化的奇幻包裝一個平凡的故事：一個把夢境和現實混淆，會夢遊，愛好創作與發明的男人追女不成並嘗試補救的過程。

我十分欣賞這電影對夢的表達及stop motion 的運用。一般作品多以失實的畫面表達夢境，不是過份虛幻，天花龍鳳，就是太普通，與現實無異。夢多數是浸染了不合理和古怪的各式生活元素，是平凡真實揉合一點不可思議。這齣電影則恰到好處，成功地在真實世界中把一個個「真正」的夢境帶到觀眾眼前。看時，我不斷想：我曾經發過這樣的夢、在夢中我也是這樣、我也曾看過這樣的東西……在《戀》的夢中，我們可以見到以日常生活可見可得，或加以改做的物件，如盛蛋紙皮鋪砌成的牆壁、大得異常的手掌、模型等，這些畫面特別卻似曾相識，無疑是引人入勝的。

Stop motion 只指逐格(frame) 拍攝，以高速放映這些畫面時，原來靜止的物件便連貫地郁動。除了以一般泥膠公仔或細小物件來做獨立的動畫片段，穿插在電影之間外，這套戲還把stop motion 和現實揉合。例如，正構思短片的男女主角正尋找可表示水流的物件，當他們扭開水龍頭，流出的，是藍色和白色玻璃紙拼貼成的水柱。運用stop motion 來突顯不真實的設想或夢境是很好的方法，使觀眾更易明瞭外，亦具有相當的趣味。不過我要強調，是次電影的這種stop motion 手法並不是原創的。

在種種豐富的視覺元素包裹，以及用男主角的夢境修飾下，這個我根本沒有興趣的故事變得精彩非常。這部電影很好「看」，是因為我喜歡的是它甚花心思的畫面及表達手法。

另外，有一個場景頗討好我：女主角拋起一堆綿花，男主角嘗試找出正確的琴鍵來把綿花固定在空中──因為配合適當的聲音造成的音波可振動空氣，承托起物件。我一向特別鍾情於這些看似合理的無理事，而戲中亦有一些這類不知所謂的科學，開正我範！其次，在觀賞時，我覺得這電影很像《Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind》(無痛失戀)，特別是虛實交錯的用法和表達，回家後發現原來《無》的導演Michel Gondry 正是本片的導演兼編劇。

其實，能夠吸引我看下去的，除了是那張別出心裁的包裝紙外，這齣電影與我一直構想(或想看) 的短片一樣。其實我一直想嘗試用stop motion 融合現實生活，拍攝一些片段，而其中一個候選題材，就是夢境。製作stop motion (至少是《戀》以及我所想的程度那種) 真是不難的，需要的只是耐性及細心 (所以，如果你有興趣試拍類似的東西，請閣下與我聯絡-.-)。

對於這部電影的故事及演員的演技，我真的沒啥大感想──但不得不承認，我覺得男主角Gael Garcia Bernal 很可愛。這齣戲有點像《愛麗斯夢遊仙境》，觀眾期待的不應是劇情或是背後有甚麼高深意義，而是它們的種種荒誕和奇妙之處。問題是，你是否接受這個賣點而已。

米歇尔冈瑞超强的作者风格，与永恒阳光一脉相承手持自然光粗糙道具，给了本片低本创意的文艺气息与简单易行的想象空间，创造力得以大刀阔斧，现实与梦境交叉发展的叙事可谓前所未有的易读与流畅，这点塔可夫斯基费里尼甚至希区柯克都未曾将结构把握得如此简洁明晰，演员群体对两种时空的游刃有余至关重要，而跳脱的美术也是阅读零障碍的关键，不过本片对梦境的解构太过自我，因此形上层面的震撼力不如永恒阳光，剩下了荒诞的可笑和童贞的可爱。
生活化的剧情，童话般的创意，男女主角在《科学睡眠》中做着粗糙却浪漫的白日梦，手工艺爱好者一定不能错过这部布马行海的电影！

想象的突出地位首先表现为使生活本身进入艺术品，进入欣赏的渴望。
                                                  ——狄尔泰〈〈诗的伟大想象〉〉

这是导演米歇尔·甘德瑞继《暖暖内含光》之后的又一部令人匪夷所思的电影，又一部区别于好莱坞叙事规则的徘徊于现实与梦境之间的独特电影，上一部《暖暖内含光》让吉姆凯瑞不用再张牙舞爪也能演一次严肃的电影，而电影中关于记忆的消除与对于真爱的守护之间的逃脱与追捕的巧妙的构思实在令人拍案惊奇，无论从叙事的巧妙与电影镜头的超现实场景，这部电影都当之无愧是当年的奥斯卡的最佳剧本。

在这个技术至上的时代，人的存在日渐变得模糊起来，在尚未认清自己存在的本质之前，技术时代汹涌而来的对于技术理性的崇拜，科学发明对于现实日常生活的影响已经开始对于我们正常人性的改造工作了，假如人可以连记忆都随意消除，那么他生命存在的证据又在何处寻找，假如连生命痕迹都无处寻找的话，那么人类的生存本身就是值得怀疑的，假如这整个世界都被一种虚无主义包围，那么生存的意义又在哪里呢？或许不断的对于生存意义的赋予是一种虚无缥缈的乌托邦，却是我们得以继续生存的强大动力，自然是有目的的存在，生命是向善的，学者约纳斯说，生命通过对自身的执着而认可自己。

然而就如同电影中的主人公史蒂芬一样，生活往往是无从选择的，当我们有一天开始回溯自己性格内向不善言辞的成因时，我们往往当时已惘然，弗洛依德告诉我们童年生活伤害的影响在如今的生活依旧投下巨大的阴影，可父亲母亲早就已经不再能肩负起我们成长过程的一切责任，混乱而恐怖的生活的合力促成了我们今天的自己。原本以为是一份充满着挑战与创造性的工作原来只需要贴贴日历上寄来裸体者照片名字的简单而琐碎机械的工作。整天焦头烂额得忙碌，几乎对于所有人而言命运就是如此，而缺乏行动力与掌控力的卑琐人生究竟救赎在何处呢？在电影中这似乎并不是一个沉重而压抑的命题，它伴随着主人公充满孩子气的想象力与奇妙爱情历程所带来的轻松被消解得稀薄的如同一丝烟尘，这世界的平庸人生，似乎变得并没有那么苦大仇深。

弗洛依德认为文学就是白日梦，麦茨认为看电影是一种浅度睡眠，比梦境清醒，比清醒时沉醉，几乎所有艺术家都表达过对于想象力的推崇，小波说人光拥有此生此世是不够的，他还应该拥有一个诗意的世界。对于这部电影的主人公是一个贴切的注脚，电影中所出现的一个个超现实的场景，让人惊叹于导演高超的想象力，这样的画面要不是心存童趣的人是无法展现的，让人回忆起曾经看过的一堆捷克超现实主义动画大师们的杰作，象史云梅耶等的作品依旧历历在目，史蒂芬在他的梦境中将他的刮胡刀变成了一只机械甲虫，爬到他老板身上瞬间将他老板变成了一个象《劳拉快跑》当中那个留着长胡子的经典流浪汉形象，从窗口一跃而下，推着垃圾车走了。而片中最令人赏心悦目同时天马行空的是影片结尾，史蒂芬和史蒂芬妮两人骑着布马在草地上奔腾，最后骑着马上了白船，一起驶向远方，在这个超现实的梦境中，这一艘爱情小船又要驶向何处呢？

爱情是永远的救赎港湾，在《夜宴》的残酷的宫廷政治争斗中它是青女的一句“就算全世界都抛弃他，我不会，爱情不会。”在《无极》的诡异而无法逃脱的世界中，它是昆仑背起倾城飞向红日的明亮出口，爱情让独身者不再孤独，而为恶者放下屠刀，让卑琐者勇猛强悍，这一道济世良方在现实世界中被不断败坏却在电影的世界中仍旧充当着微弱的希望与光芒。尽管哈姆雷特在面对奥菲丽亚的时候同样进退两难在面对强大的国家机器意识形态的时候，它往往成了微末的献祭的牺牲品。而在这个沉默而平凡的生命里，爱情的救赎力量已经足够强大了，只不过是睡前的一只手的温暖。

在笛卡尔之后，自然只是广延的物质，人只是思想的物质，面对人间的罪恶，自然无为，苍天无为，面对转瞬即逝的生命，这平庸而苦难的生活让我们急切得寻找出口，我们不得不从我们内部去创造一点生存的价值，一种想象的逻辑，一种爱的逻辑空前强大同时也是空前的虚弱，这是一部神奇而特别的电影，带有的法国电影独特的浪漫气质，高度的风格化之下，一个奇幻的爱情故事，似乎是在告诉我们，在这个波谲云诡的世界里，意淫爱情，也需要超常的想象力。