情牽大浪灣

今日收到了Daniel的書。全書接近400頁,中英對照,彩圖精美,內容深入,份量十足。

大浪灣不單是麥理浩徑和渡假屋,整塊區域都是香港人的「寶」。蚺蛇北脊的吊鐘花,雙鹿石澗的幽瀑翠潭,奇特的岩洞海岸,海底下的海葵花園與小魚。(Oh, 海葵花園我聽聞已久,可惜未有機會一見)

還有﹗200年的村落歷史,乃至山邊的生態植物,近年的變遷與發展,作者一一細述。

多謝Daniel分享他對大浪灣的鍾情。I love Tai Long Wan, I love Hong Kong.

via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/bhW97c

Smile, open your eyes, love and go on


2011年完結,重溫這首詩,明早起床時照着調較心情,2012會有個好開始。

The original poem is as follow:

You can shed tears that I’ve gone
or you can smile because I’ve lived.

You can close your eyes and pray that I’ll come back
or you can open your eyes and see all I’ve left.

Your heart can be empty because you can’t see me
or you can be full of the love we shared.

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.

You can remember me and only that I’ve gone
or you can cherish my memory and let it live on.

You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back
or you can do what I’d want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

written 1981
David Harkins

據作者所述,這首是關於愛情的 (spirit of unrequited love),不過廣泛流傳後,多出現於喪禮,包括2012年英皇太后的喪禮。
on Flickr: http://flic.kr/p/aZVahn

Even the Rain (2010)

由西班牙人訴說發現新大陸的故事最適合不過。西班牙導演Sebastian及監制Costa,帶來了他的拍攝班底,來到Bolivia玻利維亞
第三大城市Cochabamba (中譯:科恰班巴),拍攝白人入侵美洲的史詩式電影。

Sebastian的拍攝過程暗湧不斷:選土著演員時因招募太了太多人以致沒有被撰的人不滿; 玻人婦女拒絕合作拍攝浸死嬰兒的片段;最不幸的是演土著主角的當地人Daniel因為上街抗爭而被捕; 導演在沉重壓力下得病差點不能拍重要的一幕。

戲中戲道出五百年前歷史,由Antón演哥倫布入型入格,他做演員是為錢,大部份入侵者也是為名利。另一部份人以傳教士代表,為的是錢以外的東西。這正正是Sebastian一行人走入玻國的一的映襯(他們是外國人,有錢有權)。戲中戲亦有土著的反抗與被迫害,這亦正正映照了現實中玻國人反抗外商將食水私有化的現況。

Sebastian一行人來Cochabamba拍片並不合時,因為2000年玻國的”第一次水之戰”正要爆發。

玻國平民 vs. 3B。

3B是Bechtel(美資發展商), World Bank(世銀) 及Banzer(時任玻國總統)

玻國立國之後向世銀借錢,為了還錢,世銀向玻國施壓,令其將很多公用服務基建等變賣。受到美國政府眷顧的Bechtel奪得玻國供水系統的發展權,該公司專門往窮國”投資”,時有剝削醜聞發生,在Bechtel的管理下的玻國,水費增加了200%,一個月入少於$67的菜販要每月交$6.6水費(收入的10%),有少少錢的人水費一樣加得離普,由$14加到$26。

在這樣的背景下,玻國本土演員Daniel走到群眾中,帶領國民反抗。

三條故事線交錯重疊,Daniel在戲中的角色是土著; 境頭前是Sebastian的演員,要和拍攝隊合作; 境頭以外他要上街反抗。不單是人物,連時間都交錯一起,一回兒是15世紀的美洲,土著被白人侵略者剝削及迫害,回到千禧年代,原住民發起遊行上街阻路,政府出動武警鎮壓。

 

Even the Rain (2010)  ”

(Spanish: También la lluvia)

導演﹕Icíar Bollaín
編劇: Paul Laverty
演員:

  • Luis Tosar as Costa, executive producer in the movie
  • Gael García Bernal as Sebastián, director in the movie
  • Juan Carlos Aduviri as Daniel, Bolivian native cast as Atuey
  • Karra Elejalde as Antón, alcoholic Spanish actor cast as Colón
  • Raúl Arévalo as Juan, Spanish actor cast as Montesinos
  • Carlos Santos as Alberto, Spanish actor cast as Las Casas
  • Cassandra Ciangherotti as María, assistant director to Sebastián
  • Milena Soliz as Belén, Daniel’s daughter cast as Panuca in the movie
  • Leónidas Chiri as Teresa, Bolivian native and Daniel’s wife

官網﹕http://www.tambienlalluvia.com/en/

Hævnen (2010)

Hævnen is Danish, in English means revenge 復仇

剛剛看過這荀電影:

俗語有云:以牙還牙,以眼還眼; 又說有仇不報非君子。同時又有冤冤相報何時了?等等…

咁,乜野係正確答案呢?

====================================含戲情=====================================

Anton是Elias的父親,係非洲做義務醫生。聽到無國界醫生,即時會想到這個角色是偉大, 正義, 善良。不過,同一個人的另外一面,和太太關係不好而分居,少時間陪兒子(雖然和兒子關係密切),另外很多人給人的印象是軟弱: 戲中有段就是他去調停兒子和別人打架,其父(Lars)來到後拍了他兩下而不還手。為了說明他被打了兩下並沒什麼傷害,竟然帶三個小孩到Lars的車房,讓Lars打多幾下。

Anton的立場是反對復仇的:
“If you hit him, then he will hit you. It will never end.
Don’t you understand? That’s how wars start.”
但他很多時都只能眼巴巴看著暴力及復仇的出現,就如他醫好了非洲惡霸,但又無奈地讓病人向惡霸施暴。

Christine喪母後,跟父親來到丹麥一個鄉村小鎮,在學校認識Elias。Elias跟他爸爸一樣,被人欺負不還手。結交Chris之後,Chris要帶他復仇,復仇對象還包括欺負Anton的Lars。

“If I hadn’t fought back, then everyone would think I was weak.
… Not if you hit hard enough the first time.
… It’s like that in every school. Now no one dares touch me.”

仇恨從何而生?Chris年紀輕輕卻冤念極重。可能是誤會,可能是一個睇唔順眼,冤念便越讓越大。化解不容易。

功利主義或者可以解析一部份(報仇是lose-lose Situation),但好像有點缺漏。
電影的答案是: 會傷害無辜的人…
好像未夠說服力 …

Kindle + Instapaper

Instapaper works well to send articles to my Kindle!!!
Whenever i saw a long article on the internet, i can save it by clicking one button, and it will send it to my kindle directly.

But the chinese encoding is still a problem :P

Kindle automatic wireless delivery

Reading on the Kindle’s non-reflective, e-ink screen is easy on the eyes and great for longer content.

Instapaper provides Kindle-compatible files, easily transferred at no charge via USB, containing the Text versions of your saved pages in any folder.

Additionally, you can set up wireless delivery to automatically send your most recent Instapaper stories every day or week. Note: Amazon assesses a surcharge for each wireless delivery, and wireless delivery is not available in all countries.