卡珊德拉之梦

看了WOODY ALLEN伦敦谋杀三部曲的第三部<>，感觉就好象是八十年代报纸的社会新闻版一直会有的男青工为了追求高价姑娘或者沉溺方城，赌债高筑，最后铤而走险，不惜走上杀人行凶的犯罪道路，一失足成千古恨，在犯罪的道路上越走越远，最终害人反害己的醒世恒言。

造成那种读者读罢掩卷，警钟依然当当在耳边鸣响，“"贪心杀念不可起，悔之晚矣牢牢记”！！！

"这样的顺口溜好象恶梦一样地护送着你走出电影院。

影片除了结局，都还好看，叙事节奏，镜头运用，台词流淌无不显示出一部智熟谋杀片所应有的紧张，迫切，压仄，就是结局，怎么说呢，实在不太过瘾，虽然这么一说，反而把没有悬念的结局吊成很有悬念的样子了。

不过Colin Farrell 演的那个魂不守舍如同丧家之犬般的弟弟很出彩，而Ewan McGregor演的相貌堂堂，就如同MATCH POINT里床边书是"罪与罚"的Jonathan Rhys Meyers的翻版，又一个Raskolnikov式的人物,也就是信奉"人为了实现自己的理想，是有必要踏过尸体和血泊的"(WOODY ALLEN受陀思妥耶夫斯基的影响实在至深,甚至觉得伦敦谋杀三部曲就是为了一过再过他的解读罪与罚的瘾)俊美，冷酷，贪婪，好色，虚荣，心里装着一颗石头心，为了达到向上爬的目的可以不惜铲除除了自己以外的所有人，永远可以为自己的邪念找到自圆其说的理由，并因此而不抱耻感.只可惜他的运气没有MATCH POINT里的家伙的1%那样好。

手头上正看黄仁宇先生的《关系千万重》，顺便拿来做标题。

为了还债，追姑娘，兄弟俩实施了一场谋杀，杀人进行得很顺利，尽管是第一次，倒也没费多少力气。

只不过，原罪做祟，致使弟弟放不下杀人的包袱，罪恶感恶梦般时刻在他左右守侯，他想认罪，他想放下心灵的煎熬。

相约最后一次谈话，却双双死在那条让他们充溢幸福感的船上。

一场不幸福的开始，成为一场不幸福的终点。

关系千万重的意思是，任何事情之间看似并无关联，实则有千丝万缕之联系。

你埋下了罪恶的种，收获的必然是苦果。

当然，伍迪艾伦其实也在探讨亲情、秩序、金钱彼此之间的关系。

它们如此错综复杂，暧昧不清。

影片的开始其实很温馨 兄弟俩就要拥有一艘梦寐以求的游艇 那是他们的一个梦 无论新旧 那是对美好生活的憧憬可当剧情进展到兄弟俩的弱点时 你不得不为这两兄弟惋惜 弟弟单纯善良 可好赌是致命的弱点 哥哥风度翩翩 但拜金且虚伪 最让我难受的是 哥哥为了那个女孩而疯狂的借钱包装自己 对弟弟的关心是幌子 从他这儿搞钱才是目的 于是我清楚的知道弟弟接下来会输的很惨 哥俩那种一败涂地的境地让人不知该同情还是骂活该昨晚看到他们为了钱解决了舅舅的眼中钉 当他们在小径上扑向对方的那一刻 我简直不敢看 因为这是个开始就注定悲惨的故事 在这样阳光的外表下有不可见人的丑陋 温情爱情只能助长矛盾的加剧 兄弟俩对爱人对家人爱之深 这种爱成了无形杀手

伍迪艾伦的片子，无论是哪一位男主角担纲，最后也终会以话唠贯穿全剧。

这点上，我相信伊万麦克格雷格是相当适应的，但是相对科林法瑞尔来说，个人就觉得不适合了，毕竟他话少的时候会给他的角色带来更多欣赏的余地。

不过这样也算号。

这个作品看起来更有戏剧方面的感觉，每个人的塑造都是那么一板一眼，完全不同于他创作的其他如巴塞罗那，巴黎，罗马这三部戏的感觉。

但是会让人感觉到，伍迪艾伦还是有制作严肃戏剧的能力。

当然抛开其他的来说，困扰现在年轻人的问题似乎都在剧中体现了，亲情爱情友情，理想现实道德，该谈到的地方都谈到了。

但是。。。。

就是有那么。。。。

一点点的。。。。

沉闷。

拍戲「多快好省」的Woody Allen近期導演尤其得心應手，轉戰倫敦亦一樣順利，就算沒有樂不思蜀的情況，他個人在現階段也可能「爽」之極。

今回這位多產導演拍《Cassandra Dream》（Cassandra在希臘神話裡，是連累男人的女人），講沉迷賭博和女色會逐漸泥足深陷，繼而會鑄成大錯。

處理如此的原始人性原型問題，有點像在弄道德劇。

一向俏皮的Woody Allen會這樣做嗎？

Woody Allen今回處理耳熟能詳的原型問題故事，固守簡單直接劇情，並不攪甚麼花樣，甘心把老土情節很輕盈的平鋪直述講一次。

那麼，這部電影趣味性在那裡呢？

而導演又有甚麼意圖呢？

我一時間並不想通。

Woody Allen畢竟很自覺，他拍的電影絕不婆婆媽媽、不講大道理、不賣弄壞品味、不製造廉價戲劇效果。

他這部電影乾乾淨淨，劇情推進爽快，只用心把兩位主角一步一步走向深淵的過程展露出來。

他要做電影哲學家、探討「罪惡」這個原型問題嗎？

依Woody Allen的性格，他似乎不會走這條路。

那麼他在2007年傳達原始人性原型問題的故事，又所謂何事？

我惟一可找到的解釋，是他為一部Ingmar Bergman式電影來個淺白版本的。

瑞典黑白電影無疑會令部份觀眾看得很辛苦，所以在2007年把原始人性原型問題故事，拍個趣味性較豐富的版本，其實也是值得的。

Woody Allen今回平鋪直述講一個古舊故事，反而更表現出他導演的功力和風格：此部電影發展快、劇情緊湊、演員表演自然，而對白、情節和畫面設計（例如哥哥管理餐廳、迷上女演員；弟弟是汽車技師；兩兄弟買了郵艇來玩等等），處處蘊藏趣味，確實很易令觀眾吸收。

這部電影在主題性、藝術性、娛樂性各個層面都有點份量，但又不那麼吃重，總體而言，它又並不是甚麼重要作品。

Woody Allen拍戲四十多年，累積很多追隨者，那麼他這部順手拈來的遊戲之作，可視為以餉他的忠實影迷的一件小品好了。

事實上，這部電影充份發揮倫敦街道特色（駕車到郊外可邂逅艷女郎，而在高尚住宅區當街殺人也可以逃走），此外，在倫敦講這個老舊故事，加上Philip Glass的配樂，確可表現古典味出來，相信他的影迷會滿意。

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当人类越过了道德的底线，那么他们一定会遭受命运的审判。

影片用诙谐中稍带惊悚的风格探讨了人类道德的底线，用所谓亲情遮掩的借口在生命消逝的一瞬间也只会显得虚伪而丑陋。

影片的结局值得玩味，两位本来无辜的有梦想的年轻人双双丧命，而一手策划了这个骗局的“舅舅”却还在逍遥法外，这似乎是作者对于人生的一种戏谑吧。

片中两大男神的演绎十分出彩，麦克格雷格的潇洒和科林法瑞尔难得一见的懦弱，尤其是科林将“”杀人后的纠结挣扎苦闷恐惧表现得淋漓尽致，他的表演也为影片精彩而不失惊讶的剧情做了充分地铺垫。

冲着Colin Farrell和Ewan McGregor的名气看完这部算是比较长的影片，期待的合作火花也算有了，情节也还算满意。

惊讶于影片中这两人还真有点像兄弟，虽然从遗传科学上讲根本不可能，但还是，至少口音上比较像，呵呵！

说正经的：卡桑德拉（Cassandra）是希腊神话中特洛伊王布莱姆（Priam）和赫卡柏（Hecuba）之女。

太阳神阿波罗（Apollo）给了她预言的能力，但当她背弃了阿波罗后，阿波罗诅咒她，让她的预言永远不为人所相信。

而在此片中 Cassandra's Dream 是两兄弟合力购买的小游艇的名字，呵呵，是不是已经泄露了天机？

故事梗概是：“伊恩（Ewan McGregor飾）與泰瑞（Colin Farrell飾）是一對住在倫敦南方的兄弟。

從小生長在母親強勢、父親無能的家庭，使得兩人的家庭觀與眾不同。

對窩曩丈夫忍無可忍的母親，將所有的期望 都放在兩個兒子身上，她最大的期望，就是希望兩兄弟有一天能像他們的舅舅那樣，成為成功的商場霸主，賺進大把鈔票。

長大後的兩兄弟，哥哥伊恩夢想開飯店，目標當一個酒店大亨，弟弟泰瑞則是不學無術，成了一名賭徒。

都需要錢的兩個人，因為一次賽狗簽賭而發了筆橫財，兩兄弟先是開心地買了艘豪華遊艇，伊恩後來更憑著名貴的跑車把上美女，大享艷福。

只是，意外之財果然是來得快、去得也快，吃喝玩樂一下子就揮霍一空，兩人很快又陷入經濟困境，無奈之餘只好向舅舅討 救兵。

怎知舅舅並不如母親所形容的一帆風順，反倒是有一屁股麻煩，更糟的是，這還即將引發成全家族的危機…舅舅因此開出條件：要錢，就先解決問題。

而問題 要解決，就得要兩兄弟動手殺人！

除此之外，還得附帶處理一堆舅舅捅出的婁子…面對這種始料未及的狀況，這對早已為錢產生嫌隙的兄弟，更開始各懷鬼胎、相互 猜忌…為了錢，兩兄弟會反目成仇？

還是血濃於水的兄弟情，將喚起他們的良心？

當親情、摯愛與金錢相互衝突時，原以為最愛的家人，有可能連張支票都不如…”（引自movie.starblvd.net站）天理昭彰，报应不爽。

这个在东方佛教里的主旨要文，如今在西方世界里也大行其道。

英文 Karma 成了热门词，并且有一部喜剧连续剧也是围绕它展开，My Name Is Earl。

也许事出都有因，如果说买下小游艇已经充分表现出兄弟俩的贪欲、虚荣和好赌，那么取名叫 Cassandra's Dream 则已预示着他们的堕落乃至最后的悲剧收场。

女人在本片中的重要性一如Woody Allen的其它影片。

兄弟俩对女人的又爱又怕，源自于老妈在家里的绝对统治。

母亲总是亲娘家，老外也不例外。

舅舅的富裕光鲜让兄弟俩的欲望有了诉求，而漂亮的女友是伊恩虚荣的导火索。

影片设定伊恩的漂亮女友为演员，是不是也有讽刺的意味呢？

如果说红颜祸水，那不是红颜也祸水。

两者的区别在于前者是被动式，后者可就是主动式了，因此，后者实际上可怕的多！

而伊恩实际上两者都碰上了，多么不幸！

可谁又能说我们不是生活在一个母系式的社会？

连Clinton都得说：“我得再考虑一下！

”。

我等大众又怎能说得出“不”。

Woody Allen的影片风格像极了饭后休闲的悬疑爱情小说，封面漂亮吸引人，男俊女靓，情节不会谋杀脑细胞，只需眼睛跟着画面（文字）走，有时激动一下，有时感叹一下。

看过后情节能记个大概，但回想起来发现其实故事很简单，惊异于自己竟然看了这么长时间。

两大帅哥Colin Farrell和Ewan McGregor表演都很精彩，相比之下，Colin Farrell更抢眼，是否是形象上更靠近男主角？

在我看来Ewan McGregor没有使出看家本领，但一个爱慕虚荣、心狠手辣的伪君子形象还是入木三分。

Woody Allen在接受采访时说：“我没有和演员们一遍遍排演的耐心…或用这样那样的方式拍摄。

我不是一个完美主义者。

我喜欢往墙上扔一大堆东西，然后看哪些东西粘住，哪些粘不住。

我进入影视圈是为了最肤浅的目的--认识漂亮女人，所以实际上我不会卖命地去拍电影。

”不管怎样，Woody Allen为我们打发了时光，让我们看到了会动的小说，我们想也愿意有时这样娱乐一下自己。

[By Vincentspring]

我觉得很好看啊，剧情的发展，演员的演出，都很精彩。

对于人性的表现也不过分，虽然也不是这么完美。

看着这种题材就会联想到自己，那些简单或者是遥不可及的梦想，究竟怎么才能去充分实现，又会有哪些未知的变数会突然冒出来改变计划。

我觉得也能给8分，难道我低龄（老龄）女性化了。。。。。。

Woody Allen always can give us an ending with surprise. This is time. it's the fate of Ian and terry.Ian, when he firstly meet Angela, he is starting to pretend to be a wealthy man with an old jag. But when he is with the waitress in his dad's restaurant, he is honest, honest about the lending of the classic car. He started to care about this woman. Maybe everybody is mean to be a right person for someone. And they become crazy when meeting this guy or girl.So poor terry, an old story and tragdy of a gambler. He just can not help to playing poker. And the bet is bigger and bigger. Anyway, he is also on the way to give something. poor me...I am going to stop writing...My poor english...make me ..byebye..

Cassandra’s Dream (100 Minutes)Page 1 The two brothers runs toward a boat that they love. We know from the conversation that one brother knows mechanics, loves gambling but generous while the other one is into business deals and selfish. They talk about their longing for the time they spent with their rich uncle.Page 3 The parents complain that their son has bought a boat. And when they talk about their uncle, the mother rubs his dad’s nose when he is not impressed with his success.Page 5 Terry gives all of his winning money from his gambling to pay off the boat. They give the boat the 60 to 1 lucky name: Cassandra’s Dream. Ethan invites a waitress at his dad’s restaurant to go sailing with them.Page 6 When they are enjoying the sea air, Ethan talks about his dream of investing in the California hotels. Then he talks to a guy about the huge potential in the investment. And he talks to his girlfriend how he is afraid his investment might upset his dad.Page 9 Ethan takes his girlfriend to picnic and fishing in the countryside with the classic car borrowed from Terry’s garage. On the way back, he helps a beautiful girl with her car problem. The girl is an actress and she thinks Ethan is rich because of the car he’s driving. (OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING THE ACTRESS)Page 11 The parents show Terry’s girl old photos and their sons’ childhood. They also talk about their potential: Terry opening a sport shop as he is good at sports and Ethan hugely successful because he is smart. But his dad sees him right through: he thinks that the fatal flaw of Ethan is that he is not content with what he has and always schemes to be his fancy uncle.Page 12 Terry is not doing well in the dog gambling. But his luck changes so much that he bought his girlfriend an expensive bag.Page 13 Ethan goes to see the play where the actress plays sexual tension. She is very popular that a lot of guys are chasing her, which makes Ethan very uncomfortable. The actress confesses her interest in him and he decides to chase her.Page 16 Terry is temped by a high-stake poker game because people believe that he is willing to push his luck when he is in a lucky streak. After they have seen a house that they both love, Terry goes to the poker game. He is losing.Page 18 Ethan goes to see the actress again who is again surrounded by guys chasing her. Although she is not available that night, she invites him to watch her photo shoot and spend an afternoon together. So when Ethan goes to Terry to borrow cash and classic cars again, Terry tells him that he won 30,000 last night and his goal is to get enough money to buy the house. Then Ethan drives the car to meet the girl and sleeps with her.Page 22 Dad is very angry that Ethan is not helping in the restaurant. But Ethan is very insistent on the girl who wants him to take her to California. (CHANGE OF PLAN FOR ETHAN: FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE GIRL) When Ethan goes to borrow money from Terry again, Terry tells him that he has lost a lot of money night before. So Ethan has no choice but to steal money from his dad. (CHANGE OF PLAN FOR TERRY WHO LOST A LOT OF MONEY FROM THE LOAN SHARKS)Page 26 Mother’s birthday. She can feel that the two brothers are under a lot of pressure. When Terry wants to borrow money from her, she lectures him. At the same time, Ethan confesses to his dad about borrowing the money.Page 29 When everybody hears the news that uncle Howard is coming, they are very happy except dad. Ethan and actress go to sailing. They talk about the prospect about asking help from Uncle Howard.Page 30 During the birthday dinner, mother asks for Howard’s help for the two boys. So they tell Howard about their own problems. After they are done, Howard tells the boys that they can pay him back by killing one of his associates under a big tree when it starts to rain. When the two brothers freak out by the request, Uncle Howard is very angry that his family won’t help him.Page 39 The brothers are shocked and disappointed by the request. Their initial reaction is to say no. But Terry has nightmares in the middle of the night. And he receives a call from Ethan that he has concluded that they have to do what Howard asked.Page 41 The brothers go to see Howard again so that they can meet the people they are going to murder. Howard is very calculated and cold-blooded. Ethan tries to be brave but Terry is still hesitating. The two brothers argue about the pros and cons passionately all the way from outside to the apartment. Terry is still unconvinced. The next morning, the brothers go to stare at Mr. Burns to remember his face.Page 45 The actress tells Ethan that she has just got a part in a French film and she is willing to sleep with a director to get a part. When Ethan finds out that someone else is leaving her apartment in the morning, he confronts her and promises her to take her to California. (COMPLICATION PEAKS FOR ETHAN)Page 47 The brothers discuss the murder strategies again with no success. Ethan takes his brother and wife to see the play the actress stars in. Later, they are invited to a party where they talk about how special the actress is, the strategy of killing Mr. Burns with a wooden gun. During the party, they also meet Martin Burns face to face. They freak out when Mr. Burns tells them that he is leaving in a week. (COMPLICATION PEAKS FOR THE MURDER PLANNING)Page 55 When Terry’s girlfriend tells him that she has met Martin Burns and told him about their relationship with Howard, Terry gets angry. In his garage, Terry tests the woody gun with Ethan. It is a success. (PHYSICAL POINT OF NO RETURN: INVENTING THE WEAPON AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO CARRY OUT THE MURDER)Page 57 The brothers go to see Mr. Burns’ flat and decide to do the job tonight. They sneak into his apartment after he’s gone and wait for his return to kill him. When they are waiting, his mother calls him on the answering machine and Terry starts to think about the idea of God. At this time, Mr. Burns returns with a girl, which forces them to abort. (HIGHER STAKES)Page 64 Ethan returns money to his dad and talks about his future plans. The dad confesses that he has been scared and selfish. When Terry’s girlfriend is not pregnant, he is relieved.Page 67 Ethan picks up Terry from his garage where he gets the guns to try the murder again. They get into argument when Ethan finds out that Terry is drunk. Meanwhile, their parents talk about their kids and their repeated dream about them. The brothers argue again when Terry insists upon letting Mr. Burns seeing his mother one last time. (HIGHER STAKES)Page 69 The brothers follow Mr. Burns after he comes out. Following sequence begins. At one point, Mr. Burns starts to suspects that he has been followed but he thought it was a mistake. Finally they catch up with each other and they manage to kill Mr. Burns. As they burn the guns together, they talk about their decision to forget it. (HIGHER STAKES)Page 72 But Terry cannot sleep anymore with the sounds of guns echoing in his ears. Ethan has to pretend that he doesn’t know anything when the actress talks about the death of Mr. Burns. Howard thanks the boys with his money but Terry is destroyed emotionally. (RISE OF THE EMOTIONAL ANTAGONIST FROM TERRY)Page 74 Ethan goes to meet his girlfriend’s parents, who talk about believing in his potential and their regret of not taking risks when they were young.Page 76 Terry is having nightmares. And he also fights with the client whose car Ethan has dented. Terry feels so terrible that he goes to see Ethan, but he is too busy to have any proper conversations with him. (RISE OF THE EMOTIONAL ANTAGONIST FROM TERRY)Page 79 Ethan takes Terry to the dog track where Terry begins to feel lucky again. Ethan goes to buy new cars and expensive jewelry for his girlfriend.Page 82 Ethan gets a call from Terry’s girl who tells him about Terry’s mental health. She tells Ethan that Terry tells her that he has killed someone, which makes Ethan so nervous that he forbids her from finding Terry a doctor.Page 84 Ethan is absent-minded even when a guy is hitting on his girlfriend about drama stuff until Terry drops by the party to tell Ethan that he is thinking about turning himself in and suicide.Page 88 Ethan tells Uncle Howard about Terry’s condition and they think about killing Terry.Page 89 Ethan goes to talk to Terry at his home. Ethan proposes a trip on the boat so that they can talk. And Ethan steals the pills from Terry’s.Page 92 Ethan’s girlfriend tells him that she has rejected an offer from a pursuer. But Ethan is too distracted to listen. Back home, he turns all the pills into power, ready to drug Terry.Page 94 Ethan and Terry drive to the boat and sail into the sea. Ethan gives up talking when Terry insists on turning himself in. When Ethan tries to mix the beer with the drugs, it doesn’t work at all, which frustrates Ethan so much that the brothers get into a fight. During the process, Ethan is killed. Then the police talks about the suicide of Terry.Page 100 The girls are shopping and they talk about their men with love.Page 101 Written and Directed by Woody Allen.