
看完这部电影,我有种快窒息的感觉,想哭、想笑、又想大叫,想找个沙袋好好发泄一下,憋屈无比,感同身受,也许世上有些事你一旦钻了进去就没有回头路了....修车工那邪恶的笑声还在耳边回荡,我想笑却笑不出来,电影中“怪人”多多,却已提不起劲来恨任何一个人,反而对他们产生一丝同情,其实就是在同情自己,这样的生活本非我意,可生活中的角色也不是你可选择的,当你看不见前路时,就该试着“TURN”吧,或许还能继续走下去....


导演Oliver Stone喜欢折磨主角,“巴比”便是那个倒霉的主,其实斯通这次还算是比较温柔的了,不过被他这样“温柔的杀死”的滋味却也着实让人受不了,刚开始时Peggy Lee还轻松地唱着It's A Good Day,导演的讽刺功夫真是到家了,可怜的巴比最后弄了个让人感觉无比“郁闷”的结局:被人追债砍断了2根手指、汽车爆了水管在残破的叫苏必略的小镇抛锚,遇到一个敲咋勒索的修理工、好不容易凑足了钱却在超市遇抢劫,所有钱被那胖营业员一枪轰的西八烂、被人推下山崖摔断了一条腿、磕掉了牙齿、背上中了一枪....到最后,在一个前不着村后不着店的荒凉之地,经过一番“浴血搏斗”后,眼看就要逃出升天可以松一口气时,汽车的水管又爆了,那可恶的修车工肯定是给他换了伪劣产品了,哈哈,他那口气肯定是松不了了。看完斯通的这出黑色幽默戏后,我感觉是
压抑、绝望,如此下场是自己的选择还是命运的安排,恐怕无人知晓,那位印第安盲人曾说“人类不仅只是人,内心隐藏着野兽”,或许只有那丑陋的秃鹰才是真正的胜者,它们盘旋着,看着这一出出尔虞我诈的人间闹剧,冷眼旁观,它知道无论谁胜谁负,迟早都会成为它的盘中餐,为“梦想”如此奔波,还不如做一个“盲人”,真瞎也好装瞎也罢,对形形色色的诱惑可以装做“看不到”,或许这是在回避,但却也是一种生存方法吧。
炙热的阳光,无边无际的荒凉,天空盘旋着的秃鹰,疯癫的汽车修理工,变态的老男人,性感的乱伦女,“深藏不露”的警察,怪异的盲人,脾气火暴外号“坦克”的青年还有超级市场里那个疯狂的营业员,电影时刻被这些焦躁的不安分因素充斥着,让人感觉很“躁”,巴比从一进入这个古怪的小镇开始接着发生的事便不由他控制了,一切似乎已命中注定,难以抵挡诱惑的他只有受摆布的份,小镇入口那块写着“不准掉头”的标识就像是一个诅咒,将巴比一步步的推向绝境。
导演毫不留情地将人与人之间那种丑陋的利益关系进行了描述,主角巴比本是个“大城市”的人,衣着光鲜风流不羁,可一到了这个残破小镇后却像实验室的小白鼠似的,只能任人宰割,似乎被根无形的绳子栓着完全不能自主。美丽性感的格雷斯却命运悲惨,可怕的生活遭遇在她那笑脸中隐藏着,跟亲生父亲乱伦又和警察有染,内心的折磨使得她的性情变的怪异,逃出这个噩梦般的生活圈成了她一直渴望的梦想,却也同时滋生了那可怕的欲望,直到巴比的出现,一系列阴错阳差的遭遇使她离成功只有一步之遥,看似希望实际却是走上了一条不归路,她临死时眼前出现的是她母亲的影象,她的下场和她母亲一样,仿佛一切早有安排,做再多努力却只是个上帝手中的玩偶,珍妮弗·洛佩兹演的很到位,话不多,只用肢体语言传递着信息,将这角色内心变化描述的无比精准。
导演奥利弗·斯通作品并不多,我也没全看完,“野战排”“七月七日生”“天生杀人狂”都是类型中的经典,电影虽画面看之粗糙但其实都是经过精心刻画巧意排布的,有时镜头会通过一个奇怪的角度给出一个你意想不到的画面,每当这种镜头的出现都会让人感觉很兴奋,就像在这部电影中,当巴比在水管头处喝水时,电影给出了一个从下往上的镜头,出现在屏幕上的是巴比那张有点扭曲的汗水直流的脸,配合水管口那只放大了的蝎子,就这么简单的一个画面,便将巴比当时极度不安的感觉传染给了看电影的人们。你能感觉到斯通的智慧无处不在,或许像他这种导演有许多,但有勇气拍出自己风格的人却不多,多数被条条框框定死,在一个模式下变化着。
片中有很多客串明星,他们的出现似乎有种“中和”作用,每当他们出现时才能将注意力稍稍转移一下,能稍稍舒缓一下那本已透不过气来的压抑,像那个肮脏、怪异的修理工(比利·鲍伯·斯顿)时不时的冲你傻笑露出一嘴黑牙,却带给人无比的压迫感,蹦蹦跳跳,一脸天真的少女(克莱儿·丹尼斯)像个未入世的小孩和她动不动就要与人打架,吃掉巴比好不容易才买到的逃命车票,还一直怀疑她红杏出墙的男朋友(乔奎因·菲尼克斯),在汽车站买票一言不发的少女(丽芙·泰勒)。

一位伤心、寂寞的女性,冷窗独依,不禁悲由心生,想找人依靠,哪怕是陌生人,她不在乎这是对是错,只是希望有人能帮助她度过这漫漫长夜....
从来没有一首歌能让我这么着迷,第一次听到这首Help Me Make It Through The Night是在一个好莱坞的拾陋集上,当时便被它深深吸引,反反复复听了好几遍,有时候好的歌曲就是这样,感觉就像永远听不完似的,被她的声音吸引,沉醉于这诉泣的调子中不能自拔,听说这首歌以前在内地和台湾遭禁播,只是因为它那“出位”的歌词,虽然在现在看来也没什么大不了的,但在当时那个保守的年代,这样的歌曲被认为是伤风败俗的,即便这样,还是无人能抵挡它的魅力。这首歌被具有“叛逆个性”的美国乡村音乐“女英雄”Sammi Smith唱红,它一度成为美国乡村排行榜的冠军,Sammi Smith也借此获得了美国葛莱美奖年度“最佳乡村女歌手”奖,以及CMA的“年度最佳单曲”。
这首歌出现在电影U-TURN刚开始的时候,巴比(西恩·潘演)开车驾驶在洲际公路上时,在车里电台上播出的歌曲,虽然就只出现了那小小的一段,看过电影后就会明白,这歌的意境和片中的一个角色格雷斯(珍妮弗·洛佩兹演)的遭遇很般配。
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Take the ribbon from my hair 取下发上的丝带
Shake it loose and let it fall 甩甩头,让头发垂下
Layin' soft against your skin 轻轻的靠在你身上
Like the shadow on the wall 像墙上的影子一样
Come and lay down by ma side 过来躺在我身边
Till the early mornin' light 直到晨光透入
All I'm takin' is your time 我要占有你的时间
Help me make it through the night 助我度过漫漫长夜
I don't care what's right or wrong 我不在乎是对是错
I won't try to understand 也不想去了解
Let the devil take tomorrow 把明天交给魔鬼
Lord, tonight I need a friend 上帝,今晚我需要一个朋友
Yesterday is dead and gone 昨日已消逝
And tomorrow's out of sight 明日依然远在天边
And it's sad to be alone 一个人孤伶伶的真是可悲
Help me make it through the night 助我度过漫漫长夜
And it's sad to be alone 一个人孤伶伶的真是可悲
Help me make it through the night 助我度过漫漫长夜
I don't want to be alone 我不想独自一人
Help me make it through the night 助我度过漫漫长夜

除了这首惊艳的Help Me Make It Through The Night外,电影中还时不时的响起Johnny Cash的声音Honky-Tonk Gir和Ring Of Fire,这为美国乡村歌王的名字连我这个音乐外行都如雷贯耳了,他03年去世,随即有部电影“Walk the Line一往无前”为纪念他而拍。
Love is a burning thing
and it makes a firery ring
bound by wild desire
fell in to a ring of fire...
fell in to a burning ring of fire
went down,down,down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns,burns,burns
the ring of fire
the ring of fire.
The taste of love is sweet
when hearts like our's meet
fell for you like a child
oh, but the fire went wild..
fell in to a burning ring of fire

同样出现在片首巴比开车途中的音乐,由Peggy Lee在1943年和Goodman乐队的吉它手老公共同作曲的It's A Good Day,很好听的一首歌,轻松悦耳,跟后面电影的发展好比是杂一讽刺.....
Oh! It's a good day, for singin' a song,
An it's a good day for movin' along,
Yes, it's a good day, how could anything go wrong?
A good day from mornin till night!
Yes it's a good day, (it's a lovely day for shinin) for shinin your shoes
An it's a good day(if you wan' a silver linin) for losin the blues
(You got . . .)Everythingt gain (everythint gain and nuthin) and nuthint lose,
Cuz it's a good day from mornin to night!(You're right!)
I said to the sun, "Good Mornin Sun!"
Rise an shine tday!"
You kno you gotta get goin if you're gonna make a showin
And you kno you got the right of way!
Cause it's a good day for payin your bills,
And it's a good day for curin your ills,
So, take a deep breath, throw away all your pills,
Cause it's a good day from mornin till night!
Just this very day, I said to the sun, "Good Mornin Sun!"
"Rise an shine, why don't you rise and shine?"
You kno you gotta get goin if you wanna make a showin'
And you kno you've got the right of way!
Cause it's a good day for payin your bills,
And it's a good day for curin your ills,
So, take a deep breath(Ahhh!) throw away all your pills,
Cause it's a good day from mornin'till night!(Say that again!)
Oh it's a good day from mornin till night(That's what he said!)
Yes it's a good day from mornin till night!

我个人很喜欢的一首歌,在电影中出现过2次, Gloria Lynne演唱的灵魂味爵士风格的Speaking Of Happiness,听的人骨头都要酥掉了,这歌在电影“se7en七宗罪”的原声集中也听到过。
Speaking of happiness
You never thought of mine
Mentioning loneliness
I feel lonely all the time
Ever since you went away
After swearing we would never part
There was nothing I could say
Who could talk with a broken heart
Speaking of happiness
Why did it have to leave
Speaking of faithlessness
Why couldn't you just believe
I love you so very much
How could anything really go wrong
With the magic of your touch
And your love to keep me strong
Speaking of happiness
Where did it ever go
Did it leave with your caress
And the tenderness I used to know
Or is it right before my eyes
Like a blessing in the skies
Speaking of happiness
Why don't we try it one more time
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