圆舞360

许多人都只会关心自己及身边发生的事情，但只要宏观地看这世界，其实在我们与许多不认识的人之间，都可能存在我们看不到的因果关系。这是一部缩小世界众生版图，和拉近各地人与人之间关系的电影。影片由几个小章节串连而成，当中牵涉不同身份、地域、语言和遭遇，每个小故事的角色所面对的心理难题都不一样，但有一个共通点互相连系。我之所以喜欢这部电影，是因为当中传达了很玄的因果讯息，而这类题材向来深得我心。其实这戏带出的讯息不少，你可以看成是每个人都会面对人生交叉口，选那一条路都会给自己截然不同的命运；你也可以看成这戏是在描绘世上不同的情感关系。只是，我较为喜欢的一部份，是戏中连着每个故事的因果关系。只要细心地看，不难发现几个故事都展现了「如果不是……就不会……」的模式。好像那名出差丈夫若不是召妓不成，也不会留言给妻子以表思念；妻子若不是收到丈夫的留言，也不会跟小男朋友分手。小男朋友因为不忠，他本来的女朋友也离他回乡去；假如女朋友不是要分手回乡，也不会碰上那名释囚；若然她不是打算跟这名陌生男子(她不知他是释囚)任性一晚，也不会留下字条给那名女儿失踪的父亲，而字条当中的一番任性感言，也不会辗转落入那名心猿意马的红帽妇人耳里，因而影响她的离婚决定……如此种种因果牵引充斥着每个小故事；独立来看是单一的影响，退后一步，却是一个命运连着一个命运的繁复千丝万缕；更甚者，这边厢一段关系的结束，其实是因为要成就那边厢另一段关系的开始。本片看似松散，每个小故事也未必有足够篇幅经营好每段情感蹉跎。然而，宏观地看这电影，会发现编导志不在建构几段戏剧性的情爱关系，而是透过每个章节之间的联系，令观众明白到言者轻描淡写又或是妄下评语，听者都可能上心在意，又或有感当头棒喝。结果在处于每个抉择交叉口上，不知不觉受到别人的无心快语或无意的行为影响一生。几个故事间轻轻的连系，表面轻弱无力，实际传达了富哲理的讯息，也给观众一番想象和思考机会。假如编导稍为在彼此的关连下重手，就变得太戏剧化而失真了。祁佳仕

我觉得这是一个很好的多线叙事的范例，不知道为什么有人说差。Anyway，Anthony Hopkins的那段，让我印象极其深刻。我不喜欢看老人戏，但是老戏骨太牛掰，那一个眼神一个表情都直达你的内心。我觉得他那一大段monologue，如果被别人说来，我一定早就出戏了。结果被他说得。。。以后有男同学要去试镜，需要准备monoloque，这段真正好！（扒下来之后觉得，台词真一般，被他说过之后的味道才这么好！！！）"see you next time"they're 4 innocent enough wordsbut they went through me like a knife.because in that moment I realized to them I'd become a familiar face.A joke. You know, the British guy who's running a one-man campaign stubbornly scratching away,refusing to do what you've all been urging me to do for years and years.You move on, let go and all that stuff.Yeah, it's not easy.I got sober a long time ago out in Los Angeles. 35, 36 years ago.I was crazy, insane. I was sickened to death, drunk and insane and…I was sentenced to AA meetings and I hated the damn things.I hated all this.. "God" stuff. I made me wanna puke.Move on, let go, let God… surrender and win… I was a winner.I've been a winner all my life.And...but I was fighting all the time and…Anyway, cut a long story short, there was this old man, a priest. A Jesuit priest.His name was Father Joe Riley.And I'll never forget him as long as I live.And one night I was about to leave the meeting.He stood in my way. Said "where the hell do you think you're going?"I said you get out of my way.He said you're not going anywhere.He looked up to my face, had these piercing blue eyesand a cigarette in his mouth and he said "you know…"he said "You look like, to me, you look like you're busted, disgusted and not to be trusted."And he was right.I wasn't to be trusted by anyone. I'd never trust myself even.And one day I asked him, "Okay, Father…"I called him Father and he got a kick out of that.I said "you know all the answers, you must be a smart guy. What's the shortest, most powerful prayer in the world?"I needed quick answersSo I wanted to be back on the fast track. I said "What is the fastest, most powerful prayer in the world?"Fastest, most powerful prayer in the world, he looked at me, he said: "Fastest, most powerful prayer in the world, I'm afraid is Fuck It."Father Joe Riley. He was a Jesuit priest. Fuck it. Can you believe it?He said "It's the prayer of release and surrender" and I felt the whole weight of the world going off my shoulders.And just before Father Riley died I asked him. I said: "How do I get it? How do I know?"He said: "You will see when you're ready to see; You will hear when you're ready to hear."He said "You're a particularly tough nut".And the weird thing is it happened 2 days ago.I was traveling on my way here with a young girl from Brazil. She was a kid.Beautiful little thing. Her name was Laura.And there was a snow storm at Denver.Flights were delayed and we arranged to have dinner and when I showed up she wasn't there.But she left me this note. Can I… Hold on, let me…And… she said "Ran into someone cute. Never done this kind of thing before. But you only live once. How many chances do we get?"Out of the mouths of babies and sucklings thou hast perfected praise. The guy was right whoever wrote that stuff.And it's taken me all these years.And I tell you, if my… if my daughter is alive, she knows where I am, where to find me.And her silence means that she's probably made the choice not to be in touch.But if she's dead… then she's dead.And she's gone for ever.And I have to move on and forget and let go.Weird stuff.Wow, I tell you, it's a mystery, all of it.Anyway, I'll shut up now. Thanks for listening.