Baz Luhrmann

今天想介紹一個我最喜歡的電影導演其中之一

Baz Luhrmann

他拍過的電影只有四套, Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Moulin Rouge (2001) and Australia (2008).

雖然只看過 Romeo + Juliet 跟 Moulin Rouge, 但戲裏那夢幻般的佈影, 迷網的氣氛, 歌舞劇般的編排, 精美的服裝和一流的音樂都深深的留在腦海裏. 說起音樂, 覺得這實在是電影裏不可缺少的最重要的一個元素. Romeo + Juliet 裏那首 Kissing you, 只單用鋼琴伴奏 由Des'ree 那豐厚低沉的聲音唱出來, 那種張力, 傷感, 浪漫和沉醉的感覺完全把畫面美化一百倍.
再聽 Moulin Rouge 裏那歌舞劇式的音樂, Nicole Kidman 和 Ewan McGregor 合唱的 How wonderful life is, 和電影後段裏那由阿根廷跳者暗示他們倆的愛沒好結果的 Tango. 是電影畫面跟音樂的完美結合, 可以說在我看過所有的電影中配合最好的.



Baz Luhrmann 我想, 是一個浪漫的人. 由他腦海裏構想出來的世界 被實現化後還能澄現出如此的效果 如此想像他腦海中的世界會是多麽的夢幻. 他的前三部作品被稱為 The Red Curtain Trilogy, 是因為紅色的 Curtain 會帶給人神秘的感覺? 抑或那是形容他作品都帶著舞台劇式的傷感浪漫.. Romeo 跟 Juliet 最後想擁而死, Satine 最後死在 Christian 的懷中, 這都是紅色 Curtain 所代表的嗎.

很期待看他的新作 Australia, 在日本剛剛上畫 不知道七年後再次合作的 nicole kidman 和 Baz Luhrman 會擦出什麼火花.
希望這次 Kidcole Kidman 會有個 Happy Ending 吧.

El Tango De Roxanne

Attracted by early 20th century Paris, dedication of music, CanCan dance, romance that failed to escape destiny, passionate Tango, and Nicole Kidman. Last night I watched the Moulin Rouge for the 4th time..

A day being Wong Kar-Wai

Since when did I start to like Wong's movie? perhars under my brother's influence that I started to enjoy the taste and sense in his movies. The moody lighting, the rather confusing dialoges, the mystery of story line, and especially his taste of music.
My favourite amongst all is 2046, can not explain the reason but perharps I really like the robot Wong Fei, the Japanese influence of style, and the only one story which I claim to fully understand. I always want to portray myself as tony, a man with sadness in the eyes, the humour, the charming smile, and the habbit of smoking; which I reagarded as "the true man", and I see Wong's shadow in this character. However I can never be this man not only I don't agree on smoking, or drinking, but I yet have the depth. Hopefully one day my brother can make a film which can turn me into such person, even for 1 minute.
Life is full of uncertainty and I think Wong's movies somehow carried this message with them. May be one day I will turn into Tony, who knows.