在做一件让我大脑将近崩溃的事,所以想给脑子做个spa。
上次在讲 Why into the Wild? 的时候,就想介绍电影 The Sheltering Sky。
电影围绕三个主要人物,丈夫Port Moresby,妻子Kit Moresby和一个追随者Tunner。电影一开始就讲 travellers 和 tourists 的区别:A tourist is someone who thinks about going home the moment they arrive . Whereas a traveler might not come back at all. Port 应该是 traveller, Turner 是 tourist, Kit 是 half and half.
Port Moresby: Well, terra firma.
Tunner: We're probably the first tourists they've had since the war.
Kit Moresby: Tunner, we're not tourists. We're travelers.
Tunner: Oh. What's the difference?
Port Moresby: A tourist is someone who thinks about going home the moment they arrive, Tunner.
Kit Moresby: Whereas a traveler might not come back at all.
Tunner: You mean *I'm* a tourist.
Kit Moresby: Yes, Tunner. And I'm half and half.
Traveller Port 途中去世,half and half Kit 走向了 traveller 那一 half。。。
Anyway, here is the trailer:
如果你没有时间看整部电影,我希望你看一眼撒哈拉沙漠这段 (我哪天没有那么多牵挂的时候,一定要去撒哈拉沙漠深处走一遭,不跟旅游团,不坐他们开的吉普,不骑他们牵的骆驼。(听起来像痴人说梦)) 。丈夫去世后,Kit 一个人继续前行。可惜这段录像不让embed,自己点击连接在youtube上看吧。
好吧,看电影。电影首尾咖啡馆里的老人就是原著作者 Paul Bowles: