卡珊德拉之梦

伊恩（伊万·迈克格雷格 Ewan McGregor 饰）与特里（柯林·法莱尔 Colin Farrell 饰）兄弟俩被开餐馆的父亲养大，他们被母亲教育要向会做生意的有钱叔叔霍华德学习。

特里和女友嗜好赌博，经常借钱去赌场。

一场赛狗比赛让特里赢了些钱，兄弟俩一起买了艘小游艇，取名为“卡珊德拉之梦”，然而他们却并未察觉这个名字所蕴含的不吉祥。

伊恩爱上了野心勃勃、想成为模特或演员的女孩安吉拉。

为了完成她的梦想，伊恩四处寻找挣钱之道；特里也因为赌博欠下巨额债务。

兄弟俩都陷入绝境。

霍华德叔叔出现在他们面前，想要给他们帮助，条件是他们必须杀死对自己不利的商业伙伴。

为了摆平各自的困境，两人将目标对象杀死。

一切看似顺利，但是一场噩梦却悄然降临。

杀了人的特里一直内心自责，不敢面对自己杀人的现实，犹豫着要向警察自首。

伊恩得知消息，害怕特里自首会连累自己，于是找到叔叔霍华德，两人开始酝酿谋杀特里的计划。

在“卡珊德拉之梦”游艇上，亲情、金钱、良知开始相互审判……

分3天看完的，侧面反应比较闷。

题外话，相比之下第1天同看的《the bank job》就比较提神。

科林法瑞尔的演技要超过伊万，我认为。

所演的泰瑞简直十足一赌徒+蠢蛋。

我相信结尾的镜头，还未知丈夫/男友已死去的两个女人在挑衣服是纯粹拿来煽情的，不过那时候屏幕前的我已经情绪疲劳--其实是老艾伦功力不足，我想。

伊万会为了他舅舅杀人，总觉得有些牵强。

何况他正与她陷入热恋，不可能么。

感觉情节很不经推敲。

　　Woody Allen 的“伦敦三部曲”我都很喜欢。

我觉得看了之后，总能让我沉思很久，在这里要说的是最后一部——　　< Cassandra's Dream >。

　　开头兄弟俩乘着刚买的二手小艇在深蓝的海中漂游，幻想着上流而轻松的生活，这是我观后脑海里不断重现的画面。

　　在我的理解里，Cassandra's Dream就是那种充满想象力且美好的生活。

与此画面雷同的还有，开着一辆丰田Sequoia去兜风，在一栋独立住宅里开Party，拥有私人游泳池，等等等等。

而这远远不是唾手可得的东西，需要想象力，需要努力，也需要运气。

　　我也喜欢充满想象力且美好的生活。

而事实上并不是每个人心目中都有一幅Cassandra's Dream般的画卷，更多的是按部就班。

其实按部就班才是对的，那才能达成预期目标，也更能得到你按部就班式的认可和羡慕。

Cassandra's Dream一旦做不好，可能就成了噩梦，而且本身它在大家看来也就是不可理喻甚至嗤之以鼻的。

　　这是价值观的问题，在此，目前，我跟电影中的价值观大致相仿，尽管我完全不期待跟二位主角一模一样的结果。

　　没有不结束的人生，何不怀揣一个Cassandra's Dream式的梦？

除了《我心深处》、《赛末点》和这部《卡珊德拉之梦》，印象里伍迪·艾伦还真的没啥从头严肃到尾的作品了，以至于当伍迪借富家公子之口提到《美狄亚》的那场戏，按照以往的经验，这应当是伍迪习惯性地对伪知识分子的揶揄，不曾想《美狄亚》却成了本片最好的注脚——那个为了一己私欲而答应完成不可能的任务的美狄亚，岂不正是片中答应杀人以换取舅舅相助的两兄弟的原型？

早在30年前，伍迪就拍出过一部《罪与错》，那部电影里的男主角因为雇凶杀死自己的情妇而备受良心的谴责，但最终却成功走出“阴霾”过上了更好的日子，这种“犯罪后逍遥法外”的结局在《赛末点》里也曾再度登场。

很多人说，伍迪·艾伦一直在重复地讲同样的段子，其实这种说法有失偏颇。

诚然，他的电影几十年如一日地用着相同的字体、放着经典的爵士与古典音乐，但在他的电影里我们始终能看到与时俱进的讽刺（伍迪·艾伦绝对是超一流的温和派讽刺家）和对生活的思考，他的电影里有相似的角色和境遇，但却有着不同的结局，如果连讽刺都很熟悉，只能说这个世界上的一些东西从来不曾改变过。

在这个没有“标准”的世界里，即便法律制约着人们的行为，但每个人内心的道德准绳和底线都不尽相同，同样是婚外情和杀人，不同的运气会带来不同的外来压力，而不同的宗教信仰、道德感甚至是受教育的程度都左右着当事人的内心波澜，两股力量同时影响着人物的命运和结局。

故而，看着一个个生动的人物如何走向或悲或喜的结局，就成了观看伍迪·艾伦电影最大的乐趣之一。

说回这部《卡珊德拉之梦》，故事开始于这艘船，也终结于这艘船，它在故事的开头是两兄弟所要实现的愿望，可到了最后它却成了兄弟俩的坟场。

“梦想往往是我们的坟墓”——很现实但却很准确，就像片中霍华德舅舅所说的，“你看到了一个机会，你想抓住它，否则你的余生将在‘思考当时我如果抓住了它会如何’中度过”，我们渴望获得机会但同时也常常忽略代价。

在梦想最昂贵的时候我们最虔诚，而一旦将其纳入囊中则从此不再过问。

最重要的问题是，一个人无法预测自己，无法控制事情的发展，无法保证付出就有回报，更不会真正地去关心别人的感受，一个人的局限性决定了他天生懂得如何让事情往最坏的方向发展，却不得不靠后天的努力学习如何挽救它，还经常以失败告终。

电影里的伊安以为只要杀人顺利，只要还活着就有时间慢慢帮助弟弟特瑞摆脱心魔，但或许从那夜那条小道上按下扳机的那一刻开始，他们的魂已经离他们而去。

而作为一名无神论者，伍迪·艾伦也没有给他们救赎的机会，让他们死在了“卡珊德拉之梦”上。

从这一点上来看，伍迪·艾伦依旧没有改变，甚至能听到他不存在的画外音：“决定我们命运的力量并非来自外界，而是每个人内心不同的道德准则。

”很多人不喜欢《卡珊德拉之梦》的原因，都差不多一样，觉得它太过严肃，毕竟大伙儿更习惯看到一个话痨成灾的伍迪·艾伦，或者他的化身。

2013.08http://i.mtime.com/fabzany/blog/7666042/

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。

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.

看完这部，伦敦三部曲就完结了，三部片子都不长，1个半小时多点，故事也通俗易懂，象是从很多晚报杂志里找来了几个有点小离奇的谋杀故事，很多人都说这些是红颜祸水，作为一个男人，我倒是不这样认为，女人天生漂亮就是吸引男性追求的，作为社会的弱势群体，有时候成为了某些男人的玩物，也是很可悲的。

从人性的角度去探讨这些电影或许会更合适，每部片子都有一个出人意外的解决，《赛》片因为一个戒指改变了谋杀的故事，让男主逍遥法外；《塔洛牌》更绝，干脆艾伦老爷爷直接撞车搞死自己，如果男主不想淹死女主，也就逍遥法外了；《卡》片最后兄弟之死也是意外。

说白了三个意外就这样构建了这样的悲喜人生，而故事中每个人物的心理描写戏才是三部曲的精髓。

Woody Allen实在是个很有趣的老头。

我第一次听到他的名字是在黄舒俊的《改变1995》中，“我没和U2一起表演，倒是看到Woody Allen走在45街”。

他的新片叫《Cassandra's dream》（卡珊德拉之梦），中文译法是“迷失爱与罪”。

看完全片，发现中译名还是比较靠谱的。

不过这样就失落了原名的寓意。

在希腊神话中，卡珊德拉是特洛伊的公主，有预言的能力，后来由于拒绝阿波罗的爱，便遭其诅咒，令所有人不相信她的预言。

特洛伊战败后她成了希腊军统帅阿伽门农的俘虏，她预言阿伽门农和自己的死亡，结果一一应验。

这个故事是悲剧的寓言。

这是个普通的美国中下层家庭。

父亲花一生心血经营着亏本的餐馆，家人要靠舅舅的接济维持生活，为此父亲常常遭到母亲的奚落，大儿子伊万一心想着离开餐馆从事酒店业，小儿子泰利在车房工作，爱酒爱赌，眼前目标是买个房子和女友结婚。

梦想与失落在这个家庭中纠结，日常磨擦时时不断。

它真实得像我们的某个邻居或者某个穷困的亲戚。

这很恰当。

没有谁生来就是罪犯，刑事案件当中，真正凶残得杀人不眨眼的也并不多见。

一个偶然的机会，哥哥伊万邂逅了漂亮的女演员安哲娜，从此爱得死心塌地，安哲娜要的却是个有钱和可以照顾她的男人。

与此同时，弟弟泰利为了尽快买到房子，豪赌不料输了九万英磅。

两人一筹莫展之际，有钱舅舅来家里庆祝母亲的生日，两人厚着脸皮向舅舅借钱。

舅舅却提了一个让他们瞠目结舌的要求：杀掉将在法庭上揭发他的助手马丁宾斯。

命运是如此的吊诡。

忽然一个改变三人命运的机会来了，可是机会就意味着诱惑，意味着选择道德还是甘于堕落。

故事的发展是毫无悬念的。

人心里只有一个念头时，就是变得歇斯底里的时候，他会把全部的能量用来付诸这个念头的实现。

这时的人是最可怕的。

哥哥只想着留住女朋友，弟弟只想着还清赌债，舅舅只想着不要坐牢。

三个人为了各自的愿望，决意去杀害一个无辜的、前一晚还和年轻女友做爱、当天还见了九十多岁老母亲一面的人。

这件谋杀案天衣无缝，让两兄弟如释重负。

可是没有别人知道，不等于良心不知道，不等于上帝不知道。

一个人除非坚决弃绝善恶之心，只想着如何更好地猎取眼前的一切，否则不可能不受到良心的拷问，不受到上帝的责问。

相形之下，哥哥伊万更为坚决，弟弟泰利却终日陷入梦魇中，喃喃自语“我们做了这么可怕的事情，如果上帝知道怎么办”。

我猜中了故事的发展。

一个人如果要脱离罪恶，必须在因由处赎罪。

这是弟弟泰利的选择，他打算自杀或自首。

一个人如果已经犯下恶行，为了不昭然于世，办法是继续作恶，中国话叫“一不做，二不休”。

这是哥哥泰利的抉择。

他打算带弟弟出海，造成服毒品过量身亡的假象。

我却猜不中故事的结局。

哥哥终于不忍心递给弟弟有毒的啤酒，两人在船上推拉中，哥哥重重地倒在地上死了，弟弟自杀。

这艘名为“卡珊德拉”的小船孤零零地漂在岸边，既是宿命，也是人性最后的归宿。

一切只能悔不当初。

念念不忘的还是片中弟弟泰利反复说的那句话，如果上帝知道怎么办？

上帝给予了人自由意志，在伊甸园中，人可以选择不受诱惑，或者受到惩罚。

在善恶面前，伊万和泰利同样拥有自由意志，同样有得选择。

能够在善恶之间作出选择的，毕竟是人自己。

请别忘了有上帝。

宗教信仰据说已经基本垮塌了。

记得读大学的时候，有个外教向我们解释过一直以来困扰西方社会的一个经典悖论。

上帝是存在的；上帝是万能的；上帝是慈悲的。

这三个命题不可能同时成立。

如果上帝存在又万能，那人间怎么会有这么多苦难？

所以上帝不是慈悲的；如果上帝存在又慈悲，那人间的苦难证明了上帝不是万能的；如果上帝万能而慈悲，那人间的苦难又是从何而来，所以上帝不存在。

《罪与罚》中，拉斯柯尔尼科夫是出于初出茅庐的大学生的天真情怀，为了世间的正义而杀人，自己也没得到任何物质上的好处，之后被索尼娅感化，去警察局自首，投奔上帝寻求救赎。

21世纪的Terry是为了钱，个人利益去杀人，杀了人之后受到内心谴责，找不到出口，因为他知道上帝救不了他。

杀了人，他就是万劫不复了。

所以我想象不出除了兄弟同归于尽的结局之外，还有更好的结束故事的可能性。

但是做恶有没有恶报，其实和上帝也没有什么关系。

上帝惩罚你和你自己惩罚自己，效果是差不多的。

人都是矛盾的，我相信坏得很彻底的人不多，做了坏事心里总是虚的，而从心虚那一刻开始，人就为自己掘下坟墓了。

所以，要做坏事，不光得蔑视上帝，还得真正狠得下心。