与歌同行

一个才华横溢人生多坎的歌手，一个年少成名美丽迷人的sweetheart，一段修炼多年终成正果的恋情，还有无数首因恋情催生的音乐。作为John.R Cash ,June Carter的传记电影，walking the line感觉是很不错的一部

 

无线电。棉花地。有过欢笑更多痛苦的童年
   一望无垠的棉花地，通往蓝天尽头的黄土路，幼稚园年龄段的John Cash开无线电听音乐，年少的小人儿June却已经扎根心底。有个脾气暴躁漠视自己的老爸，一个整天活在自己小世界你摘棉花的时候唱小调的老妈，还有少年懂事胸怀大志的哥哥Jack。

本来生活还是比较滋润的，还可以钓钓小鱼，反正闲着也是闲着。然而，一切都因为Jack的意外死亡从此改变。多年以后，JR只要听到有人喊Jack这个名字，心里仍然不可自制的抽搐，那个人生从此改变的夏天。那个夏天，他天真的问Jack，how could you be so good?

 

田纳西。旧吉他。唱着圣歌走向远方
  如果你被卡车撞到而你只有时间唱一首歌，一首歌总结你的一生，你会唱什么歌？
  我想这句话对JR的人生的影响只能用significant形容。一个时代即将来临

 

Texas. 红裙美人。人生若只如初见

有些人，注定相遇。不管在哪里，不管何时，命中注定。然而结局如何，还是得自己把握，在于是否walk the line.
June遗憾的对JR说，You can’t walk the line,然后就有了那首walk the line.沙哑的嗓音和悲凉的曲调，即使每晚的梦中也都响起，却于事无补

Pills? No way.

很多东西只有在真实体验后才知道后悔，但能够改过，已是不易。所以当福桑监狱的销量超过披头士的时候，我感受到的，只有不易二字。walk the line,才是生活的真谛。

because of your mind,I walk the line

 

 

PS.从没想到Reese Witherspoon的声音这么好听，尤其是那首time wasted
PS2.Pheonix演的真是太好了。 a very very very talented actor.
看过本片之后还有个很大的收获就是ost真是太好听了

I saw him (Cash) being interviewed on CNN's Larry King show, where Cash spoke warmly about Elvis and said he never saw Elvis doing drugs when he was on tour with him. He also said that everyone else on the show used to crowd around the stage wings when Elvis was on to get a glimpse of him performing, he was so charismatic.

我要承认的是，我本人并不是一个Johnny Cash的歌迷，无论多少臭鸡蛋砸到我的头上我也不能对此撒谎，唯一熟知并且喜欢的歌曲就只是<Cry Cry Cry>；我还要承认，决定看这部片子的原因之一是不想看Elizabeth Hurley主演的另外一部电影，虽然它已经在金球上大放异彩，但是我就是不喜欢电影中段略显拖沓的剧情(really made me feel bored and exhausted, I even started wondering how much longer the movie was gonna last，这决计不是一个好现象)和Reese Whiterspood仿佛被拳头砸进去的脸。但是好在电影中有表演绝佳的男主角，好在我自己很是喜欢June Carter，好在我本身并没有对这片子有很高的expection。

所以我说，这是一部还算不错的电影。

写完这片blog之后还没有来得及发上来就听说了Reese终于还是拿下了OSCAR最佳女演员的小金人。心中不免深深为Felicity Hoffman在<Transamerica>中的绝伦的演技所感到遗憾。EM发来简讯说，没关系，这毕竟只是主流观众的价值观。

难道我是小众观众？

"Steady like a train, sharp like a razor." - That was how June Carter described Johnny Cash's music in "Walk the Line". Actually, that was exactly how I feel about this movie also. I went into the movie thinking I was going to see the biograhy on Cash's life. Well, I was kind of right, this movie is about how Cash came to realize his music and destiny, but it's also a love story of Johnny and June. The story is very subtle, nothing really dramatic, even when there's a fight going on, the director really played it down. However, doesn't mean the story won't move you. In fact, I don't think I've been touched by a movie like this for a long time.

Reese Witherspoon did such a wonderful job as June Carter. She really showed us how torn she was. She had the worst luck in men, people at the time called her an abomination to the Christian community because of her divorce, yet she still acted tough and cheery, because she still had to raise her daughters. She loved Johnny the moment they met, yet she resisted him for the longest time. First because they were both married to other people, and later because he was a drug addict and she just couldn't risk her life with another disastrous relationship.

And Joaquin Phoenix was amazing also. You can really see the pain in his eyes and his facial expressions, whether it was when he couldn't beat the drug addiction, or when he couldn't bear the disappointment from his father. He probably started loving June when he was 12 listening to her on the radio, but he just didn't know it yet until he met her for the first time. Once he met her, we all know that he's doomed.

Watching the two of them sing on stage was really cool, especially after I found out that Witherspoon and Phoenix really did sing the soundtracks. I never knew the two of them can sing! Sparks fly whenever the two of them are on stage together, and these two's chemistry really made this movie worked.

I also read that Johnny really did propose to June on stage in real life. That just made this love story even more romantic and sweet. It's a true story! :)

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            我喜欢这样一种电影,能让人看完后静静的凝视天花板,双手护膝,让思绪自由飞翔.我喜欢这样一种情感,悠久连绵,也许没有山盟海誓带来的壮烈,但却有地久天长的隽永.我不曾到过大海对面,那个历史短暂却充满个性的国度,却真的,被JOHNNY CASH的精神以及爱情所打动.
            我曾经轻蔑美国,认为那只是一个缺乏礼仪与崇尚金钱的鄙地,纵然科技发达,却掩饰不了内在的虚无.当谈到我向往的国度时,我总是大发豪情,发誓一定要去欧洲留学,在古希腊文明的纯风与基督的教诲中接受洗礼.越来越大,才发现我所崇拜的原来只是表面,崇拜的只是那些做作和虚伪,而我却我将这种表面的差异夸大为国家的差异...幼稚的眼光带来的竟是这么大的错误...其实真爱与坚强,才是人类品质中的精华,无论文明是发达还是原始,无论我们身处森林还是都市,我们真正羡慕的,不就只是那一颗恒久远的真心么?
            真情既是文明,我们可以抛弃文明,但是永远都不能放弃自己的品质.
            从不羡慕古代拥有后宫三千佳丽的君王,纵然平日酒色声香,但到了国破危难之时,身边有是否还有哪怕一位红颜能与之相伴?红颜祸水,我们已经将责任推给女人太久了,该反思自己了.当一个人,在毒品中堕落,家庭破裂,事业衰败,已经成为星爷所说的咸鱼时,还有人愿意拯救你,等待你"咸鱼翻身"么,如果是父母,自然又是亲情万岁的史诗,但是如果是一个你曾经深深伤害过的人,那...红颜已成圣水.
            回到影片,我不得不说人物传记是最容易打动人心深处的题材.那些荧幕上似曾相识的问题,坎坷,喜怒哀乐.没有一刻不像一面镜子,虽然面孔不同,但是,都是人的灵魂.人的一辈子,本就是最好的剧本,我们日复一日的演出着,永远没有NG.我们都是最好的演员,也是最差的--很少有人将我们日常的生活视作艺术.
            小时候的挫折与震惊,从天而降的缘分,偶然相遇的人,所有的这一切,都在无意间改变了我们的生活,CASH与CARTER的相遇是因为琴弦...也许这注定了他们这辈子在音乐中缠绵的爱情吧,不可不信缘,缘之一字,我从不愿意去否定,也没有证据去否定.随着唱片的热销,四面八方冲来的荣誉将是对人最大的奖赏,也是最大的挑战.堕落,颓废,纵欲,又岂是说没有就能没有的?我喜欢从电影角色的角度去考虑,所以感触也更深,与他人的不同也比较多.当这一切又突然消失,当一个名人从巅峰摔下,这一上一下,身体完好,只是跌碎了心.
            刚刚失去了婚姻,又错过了真爱,当自己意识到毒品的丑恶,却发现自己已经离不开它了,也许只差一点他就选择了死亡,还好对音乐的热爱以及真爱的回归使他拾回了对生命的渴望.虽然结局是依旧的花好月圆,但是如果生命的最后不是好的结果,那我们又为什么苦苦的活下去,喜欢悲剧只是一种内心的喜欢,或者说是灵魂上的罪己,我从不希望自己的一生是一场悲剧.
            当两人在舞台上为自己真正写下结局后,简单的字幕的终成为全片最精彩的台词,孔雀东南飞,都是五里一徘徊,生死离别后,一个人的世界,早已失去了生命的色彩,4个月后,又是情人的团圆,我相信,这是很好很好的收梢.
            爱,永远都不是钻石,爱,只是孤独寂寞时的一声问候.

    酗酒，吸毒，对家庭不忠，Johnny Cash似乎除了在音乐上的成就外就一无是处，然而人们却对其顶礼膜拜。也许在某一方面的成功，会让人们忽略他的缺点，又或者他的这些缺点就是因为他的成功而产生的。
    Johnny有一个很出色的哥哥，从小对哥哥的仰慕之情，一直让他自惭形秽，尤其是哥哥死后，父亲的责怪，让Johnny Cash幼小的心灵强烈的感到了自己在家中并不被认同。
    Johnny Cash初尝爱情的坚定和决绝很让人钦佩，一无所有的他坚定的追寻爱情，Vivian虽然对于这个热血青年是否有能力养家有所怀疑，但还是放弃了家中衣食无忧的生活和他生活在了一起，并育有一双儿女。
    随着Johnny的歌唱事业越做越大，到处的巡回演出让这个狭小却温暖的家渐渐变成了豪华却冷清的家。
    Vivian只是个平凡的女子，她要的只是丈夫可以陪在身边，但Johnny却不是个平凡的男人，不平凡的男人就要有不平凡的生活，也包括不平凡的感情，显然光鲜亮丽的美丽女郎比洗衣做饭的黄脸婆对他更有吸引力。
    当因为吸毒被逮捕的他回到家是，几乎所有人都离开了他，只有妻儿在他身旁，然而死不悔改的他居然还要把别的女人的相片挂在自己家里，对于一个女人是可忍孰不可忍。
    June Carter是个在舞台上光芒四射的人，但在台下，婚姻的失败让她要面对生活和情感的双重压力。这样的女人是需要一个支点的，Johnny Cash适时的扮演了这样的角色。也许是为了报答，当Johnny最潦倒的时候，June Carter全家总动员的照顾Johnny，但他亲眼看到June的父亲赶跑毒贩时，他终于知道了自己到了改变的时候了。
    结尾我们看到了一个其乐融融的大家庭，但在欢乐背后不应该忘了还有这样一个女人，Vivian，她做错了什么了吗？当初不顾家人反对的决定看来是错了。当人们对有情人终成眷属感到高兴时，是不是应该想想，难道爱情就可以成为背叛的借口吗？
    看过很多传记电影和名人生平，能在功成名就后与糟糠之妻白头到老的凤毛麟角。所以如果你是个普通人，就找个普通人好好过日子吧，名车豪宅不一定比萝卜白菜来的幸福。