2018
Academy Awards (Oscars)
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46:19 整個宇宙就是我安身立命的地方，能想像嗎？我的人生如此富饒。
37:49 只要看到朦朧，你就會感到開心。你總是躲在墨鏡後，才會感到安心。因為每個人看景物的方式不同，還有看待的距離不同，甚至看待的高度也不同。
#臺大電影節 我們從未相遇，卻忘不了彼此的作品。 安妮・華達和JR終於見面後，決定合拍一部電影，兩人開車到訪許多村落，搜集故事、照相紀錄。我想，說故事與聽故事，是陌生的兩方相遇並相識最好的方式了。有些故事源遠流長，有些故事瑣碎日常，說故事者定格成一幀照片貼在牆上後，卻都顯得簡單而不凡。 華達說：「⋯⋯遇見新的臉孔，然後幫他們拍照，這樣他們才不會掉入我的記憶黑洞裡。」相機的出現，讓旅行多了新的意義，紀錄掙脫文字與口述，化為圖像，人們獲得讓瞬間成永恆的新方式，每一張都裝載某一刻的奇幻。有時候人們用相片追憶，就像華達和JR在聖瑪格麗特島被推落的德軍堡壘，貼上華達拍攝的蓋伯丁——即便很快潮汐就將照片沖毀殆盡、即便影像的創作總是稍縱即逝，但什麼東西不會消逝呢？如同這趟旅程不期而遇的朋友們、因為機遇這最棒的推手而相見的人們，以後也不一定見得到了，但此刻我們保存、我們照相。 每到訪一個村落後，他們倆都會並排坐在椅子上，聊著剛剛聽說的故事，由故事反思生活，或談生死。這些片段的場景佈置有時可愛詼諧得像話劇，兩人好像精心設計過般，出現在景框的某一隅，對話卻自然流暢，觀者沉浸其中，並同兩人期待下一次的拜訪。 片頭華達說JR戴著墨鏡讓她想起高達，他曾為她摘下墨鏡；片尾高達的拒訪，使華達難過，JR也終於摘下墨鏡，安慰華達。高達拒訪雖然不符合期待，卻也讓全片有了詩意的轉折；有點突然，但為兩段真摯的友誼下了美好註解。 「我誕生在星辰的影子下，母親和月亮給我以清涼，父親和太陽給我以溫暖，整個宇宙就是我安身立命的地方。能想像嗎，我的人生如此富饒。」每個人都有故事，每個人都會老去，身上的痕跡是歲月最深沉專注的雕刻，而影像再現了故事，記下過往也賦予新的定義與記憶。華達與JR不僅是彼此最酷的旅伴，也是觀者這趟故事採集之行最酷的旅伴，讓我看見人生即使有陰晴圓缺，卻始終豐盈富饒。
1:21:12 #臺大電影節 正如原文「Visages Villages」所指的，華達和JR拍的是關於人（臉）和他們所居、所工作、所生活的地方之間緊密的關係，而這之間存在一種有趣的體現和「再現」意義——不辭麻煩地開著大相機卡車在法國鄉野、村莊間偶遇各式人和故事，在不同的區域、港口、海邊、城鎮駐足，透過相機與攝影機看看環境如何在這些臉龐上鑿下痕跡，看這些villages如何再現於visages上。 於是，華達與JR的行為藝術和此紀錄片本身也展現「影像再現」的魔法，它不只將靜態與動態攝影結合，更透過靜態攝影張貼於城鎮中不同牆面上，辯證此一「再現」可能為「已死」和已離開的景框中人物，帶來的第二段生命，亦即「離開」（departure）本身就是「出發」。所以片尾當JR將華達的眼眸、腳趾頭微觀的局部特寫放大於火車車廂上時，他強調了這些被再現的影像，可能帶華達的「視線」和身體，看見她素未謀面的風景與人事，去到她未曾去過的遠方，而這就是他們透過（動態、靜態）攝影旅行的意義。 然而除了以上華達總能透過不同的實驗、紀實影像、裝置藝術辯證「影像」本身值得玩味，《最酷的旅伴》總是打動我更在於，近九十歲的華達自由自在出入在景框內外、攝影機前與後的從容。她的親自剪接更讓時而分離、時而同步的音畫起到可愛而幽默的互文作用。靜照攝影起家的華達，掌握靜、動態影像如此熟稔；一生作品觸及各類型電影的她，此次轉換在詩意散文、紀錄、和劇情敘事上更游刃有餘。高達最後的拒訪和摘下墨鏡的JR，就像完美、卻真摯動人的敘事收尾。然而即便有趣的紀實故事能被輕易轉化為敘事，華達依然保有她紀錄和提問那風趣、至情至深、而同時犀利的紀錄片工作者態度，因而總能在與平凡人物的對話裡，提煉那些情理之中、意料之外的靈光。 華達的紀錄裡有敘事，敘事中又有散文。而如果散文的最終意義是透過繞行抵達終點，並且繞行本身就是終點，那麼他們乘上的攝影機卡車，在法國鄉間小路、海邊、港口穿梭之際，就已觸碰了影像、行為藝術、以及愛的內核。
#臺大電影節 華達與JR是相當可愛的組合，無論是多次談話的內容，還是在美術館內嬉戲的情景皆深具魅力。 他們的作品承載著多道生命軌跡，使原本孤獨的臉龐顯得堅定而有力量，使平凡人物展現獨特的美，使不同的議題與人群得以被大眾窺見。 與眼睛相關的元素在片中反覆出現，華達的眼疾、JR堅持要戴著墨鏡，還有JR為華達的眼睛照相。電影結尾令人動容，看到JR像高達那樣為華達摘下自己的墨鏡，兩人之間的珍貴情誼顯得格外溫馨。
我有點難以用言語形容對這部片的喜愛，當年身為JR粉，先在電影院看了第一輪，之後又買了DVD，在平台看到太驚喜只好再看一次，藝術家和導演的相處實在是可愛了，兩個都很有個性的人相處時的幽默和小溫馨特別有一種反差萌，也很喜歡高達那段，帶著不完美向前走的滋味就像是人生。 最後，要不要和JR一起？Use art to turn the world inside out。
最近我的馬祖啟蒙暨馬祖語老師，西莒基因提供者劉金姊姊得道升仙，所以對阿嬤主題都很難抗拒。 我的馬祖阿嬤雖然是來自戰地的粗魯婦女，沒有受過教育，但妙語如珠卻是「有種的」（有傳承的），幾乎媲美單口相聲，站立喜劇——雖然她都坐著，用馬祖話偷罵路人。 如果你愛我，也很難不喜歡她。 我和劉金的年齡差，也接近電影裡的「祖孫檔」安妮和JR。我也幻想，如果我和戰地婦女可以結伴旅行，她如果有幸得到教育，我們該有多少天好聊啊？ 朋友是自己選的家人，朋友是一顆靈魂散落在兩個人身上。如果還能跟阿嬤輩份結為知己，豈不既有依偎的懷念，又有新鮮的刺激，簡直把養生漢方做成氣泡飲料那樣雙重享受。 歐洲人是不是很熱愛對話式電影？好像對話本身就有哲學會浮現出來似的。安妮阿嬤一直想脫JR墨鏡，JR抵死不從。 如JR活在阿嬤堆裡，可能源於良好的阿嬤經驗，我對阿嬤的好感遠高於阿公。尤其看到胖嘟嘟、圓滾滾、樂呵呵、穿花布、在門口高喊晚輩回家吃飯的大鼻頭阿嬤，就想起我家那尊在戰火下成長的劉金姊姊。 最後祖孫倆也因為一個意外的反高潮，抵達了新的理解。JR為雙眼模糊的安妮脫下了神秘的墨鏡。 就像跟劉金拌過嘴、撒過氣，她依然是我最愛的老奶奶。謝謝她當過我的安妮，我這一生最酷的旅伴！
1:17:46 這一段也太喜歡了OMG！我覺得這一段才算是有走進（雖然也不是那麼深刻）這些人像的生命故事－－雖然是對照於他們丈夫、陽剛的碼頭職工工作。前面的實在很浮光掠影，雖然較之他們拍攝和張貼的人像，顯然側重在安妮和JR兩人，但他們的對話也清湯寡水啊QQ
32:22 哈哈哈我也喜歡玩跟老奶奶假裝談戀愛的遊戲，一秒激發她們的少女心，大家可以試試。但女生跟歐吉桑會有點危險，歐吉桑如果當真就可怕掉了，先不要好了。
造成這明確轉向的原因，或許來自華達對於死亡態度的改變。原本，創作本身便涵納著一種抵禦死亡的衝動，但到了九十歲，她似乎已經真正如同片中她曾為《南特傑克》受訪時所說的，不再想要抗拒時間或暫停時間，而是想要融入時間之中。願意去面對死亡、直視死亡。所以，在這部夫子自道的紀錄片前半段，多屬於劇情片的那部份，她選入⋯⋯
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