对我来说,冈萨雷斯是我几个非常尊敬却不太喜欢的导演之一,其他的还有大卫·芬奇、伊斯特伍德等等。不过相对于后面这两个导演,我几乎可以说是喜欢他的。但《鸟人》不但没有像《美错》一样让我热泪盈眶,连《巴别塔》的动容都没有做到,虽然我承认,它是一部很好很好的电影(此处应该有“可是我偏偏不喜欢”)。
导演的炉火纯青、演员的精湛演技,都在《鸟人》中精确地体现出来。《鸟人》,或者应该改名叫《鸟侠》,讲述了一个曾经演“飞鸟侠”(不知道飞鸟侠是什么东西的观众,请自行脑补蝙蝠侠、蜘蛛侠)的过气演员在话剧舞台上孤注一掷、企图东山再起的故事。《鸟人》是一部戏中戏,Michael Keaton几乎演的就是他自己(他是八十年代末的蝙蝠侠演员,如日中天),或者说许多好莱坞过气演员的代表。在观众眼中,他们是红极一时的偶像,如今却被渐渐遗忘;在评论人的眼中,他们是靠脸出名的玩偶,没有真才实学,被嗤之以鼻;在他们自己的眼中,他们是矛盾的:既为急流勇退而后悔,又看不起当红炸子鸡;既觉得自己搞的是“艺术”,又渴望得到评论家的垂青。他们缅怀过去的自己,又觉得应该突破,最后只能以生命来解决这样深刻的矛盾。
当然,说Michael Keaton过气其实不公平。比起“过气”,“淡出”更可以形容他,一个演员在经历了大风大浪之后退出前台,“已经不是我们的江湖了”,潜心于幕后制作和与名利不太相关的事业。这是一种王者归来的演技,明白了人生真谛之后的演出,拿到一座小金人绰绰有余,就连配戏的Emma Stone也被他带得异常出彩。
下面说说我不喜欢这部电影的地方。冈萨雷斯是个革命性的导演,我有时觉得他的思想过于先进,或者说太黑暗,而让我无法理解。他在《通天塔》中运用交错的多线索叙事让观众看到最后又醍醐灌顶的感慨,而在《美错》和《21克》之中的投入的深情让人身临其境。但《鸟人》摈弃了这两者,更像是一幕写给圈内人看的讽刺戏。光荣和卑贱都属于他们,晦涩不属于我这样的观众。
我希望冈萨雷斯能再拍点普世性的电影,或者把镜头重新对准他熟悉的西班牙语世界。好怀念他镜头下的西班牙海滩,美墨边境的偷渡者,和生猛沉着的叙述啊。
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