电影独白：《American Beauty 美国丽人》（节选）

Monologue: American Beauty Narrator: Lester Burnham

I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die.

First of all, that one second isn't a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time.

For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars.

And yellow leaves, from the maple trees, that lined my street.

Or my grandmother's hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper.

And the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand new Firebird.

And Janie, And Janie, And, Carolyn.

I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world.

Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.

And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life.

You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure.

But don't worry,you will someday.

Movie American Beauty
Director Sam Mendes
Producer Bruce Cohen Dan Jinks
Writter Alan Ball
Starring Kevin Spacey Annette Bening
Music Thomas Newman
Cinematography Conrad L. Hall
Release date(s) September 8, 1999 (première)
Country United States
Language English

American Beauty is a 1999 drama film that explores themes of romantic and paternal love, freedom, beauty, self-liberation, existentialism, the search for happiness, and family against the backdrop of modern American suburbia. The film was the screen debut for writer Alan Ball and director Sam Mendes and starred Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening; all four were nominated for Oscars. In 2000 it won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. (Source: Internet)