Lonesome Jim (2005)

"I mean, I'm a fuck-up, but you're a goddam tragedy."

"I sort of came back to have a nervous breakdown, but my brother beat me to it."





本片的天空不若海報般澄黃，也絕對看不到改變二字，這是個廢人的故事，沒有【小人物狂想曲】(American Splendor, 2003) 或查理考夫曼存在主義辯證，更沒有凱文史密斯恣意無法無天，遑論理查林克雷特偷渡侯麥新浪潮精神，這個廢人就是一路廢到底。但你可以輕易感受到導演對劇中角色之人文關懷，刻意不加以救贖只為體現小人物的美麗與哀愁。



不仙米 (Buscemi) 自傳色彩極為濃厚之【樹木酒館】(Trees Lounge, 1996) 與本片主角極為相似：廢人困在小鎮村 (長島／印地安納)，並邂逅美麗女孩 (小克／麗芙泰勒)；凱西兄班班則在前年【紐澤西愛未眠】(Jersey Girl, 2004) 從大蘋果流放紐澤西後，先賜麗芙泰勒扮演救贖天使機會。'05 日舞榮譽班成員再添增一名！





夢想到大都會當作家的吉姆，發覺兩年溜狗 "維生" 並非長久之計，只得回家延續《少年維特的煩惱》看太多的少年維持的煩惱。不想到父母辛苦建立樓梯工廠勞動，和哥哥提姆比較誰比較廢物也無法勝利，被妻子拋棄，賺取最低工資，和父母同居的小學女籃教練提姆，終嚐勝利滋味難過得開車去撞樹，而這已經不是他第一次去撞樹了。



當他躺在醫院，知道吉姆初次見面就與俏護士麗芙泰勒巫山雲雨，興奮地推理：「太棒了！這表示她 (麗芙泰勒) 根本沒有標準可言，老子也有機會一親芳澤哩！」









村聲 影評：本片俱備七零年代精神—【汪達】(Wanda, 1970)【流浪奇男子】(Scarecrow, 1973) (同年金棕櫚莫與風流奇男子混淆)【雙車道柏油路】(Two-Lane Blacktop, 1971) 等片著名 (epitomized by) 之荒涼寂寥。好萊塢獨立製片這十幾年最酷炫復古慟調，不帶嘲諷意味的新現實主義回首嫉恨 (look-back-in-envy)。





延伸閱讀：

Trees Lounge (1996)

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Steve Buscemi's Top 10 Criterion Collection

The Legend of Sundance 2005

























　

這位 Evan Lurie 就是【天堂陌影】傳奇爵士樂手 John Lurie 的哥哥，樂隊 The Lounge Lizards 固定班底。





























龍森吉姆 Lonesome Jim

91 min. 2005



Directed by

Steve Buscemi

Writing credits

James C. Strouse

Original Music by

Evan Lurie



Casey Affleck ... Jim

Kevin Corrigan ... Tim

Mary Kay Place ... Sally

Seymour Cassel ... Don

Rachel Strouse ... Rachel

Sarah Strouse ... Sarah

Liv Tyler ... Anika

Mark Boone Junior ... Evil

Jack Rovello ... Ben

Pam Angell ... Stacy - Prostitute

Michael Buscemi ... Man (Driver) (uncredited)

Flakes (2007)

柔伊迪香奈電影

Lonesome Jim (2005)

不仙米電影

November (2004)

日舞佳攝

Pieces of April (2003)

日舞佳女派翠西亞克拉克森

Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)

日舞首獎

Tadpole (2002)

日舞佳導

Tape (2001)

理查林克雷特電影



原本片廠抽腿，改為 InDigEnt 接手，紐約 Mini-DV 電影公司，預算從三買萬美金砍到五十萬。由上列片單我們可以發現，InDigEnt 這幾年成績斐然，日舞靈藥名號不脛而走，尤其【驚魂十一月】使用數位器材還可以拿最佳攝影，令人嘖嘖稱奇。下次在心裡大聲嚷嚷「這是什麼鬼機器拍出來的電影！」時，請先檢查片頭有沒有出現 InDigEnt 這個字眼。













叛獄風雲 Animal Factory

90 min. 2000



Original Music by

John Lurie



Willem Dafoe ... Earl Copen

Edward Furlong ... Ron Decker

Danny Trejo ... Vito

Mark Boone Junior ... Paul Adams

Seymour Cassel ... Lt. Seeman

Mickey Rourke ... Jan the Actress

Tom Arnold ... Buck Rowan

Mark Engelhardt ... T.J.

Edward Bunker ... Buzzard

Victor Pagan ... Psycho Mike

Steve Buscemi ... A.R. Hosspack

Michael Buscemi ... Mr. Herrell



順便推薦不仙米的第二部電影，根據年少輕狂小說家 Edward Bunker 同名小說改編。富家子弟艾德華福隆怕自己長太美，到監獄會被染指，所以求助於 boss 威廉達佛。威廉達佛自己也很想搞艾德華福隆，但他不願當個 sugar daddy，即使他可以，反而和艾德華福隆發展出父子情深般互動。威廉達佛 for Oscar!!!







左邊這位是墨西哥傳奇 Danny Trejo。(其實他是加州人)







威廉達佛 is the boss!!!







達佛福隆兩人在監獄裡玩用手打的壁球。











落魄到必須男扮女裝 (transvestite) 的米基洛克。

















I probably wouldn't help you at all if you were ugly,

but that's my problem.

威廉達佛對艾德華福榮如此說。



延伸閱讀：

潛伏著一股難以言喻的性張力

Edward Bunker 1933~2005



















Casey Affleck in Gerry (2002)



urbandictionary

gerry

To mess something up, or fuck somebody over.

Jack really gerried up that English exam.



The purposefully inane dialogue was largely improvised by the actors, who both play characters named Gerry (and use "gerry" as their all-purpose word, the way the Frank Sinatra Rat Pack used to deploy the term "clyde").



"Spiegel im Spiegel"

by Arvo Pärt



幹又忍不住要講我發明的葛斯范桑笑話了

葛斯范桑真是我的笑話謬思



葛斯范桑最喜歡的國語流行歌曲？

如果雲知道。



葛斯范桑最喜歡的電影？

正姐













迷幻演出 Performance

105 min. 1970



"If Michelangelo Antonioni put one foot in the waters of late-'60s London with Blow-up, Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell dove right into the deep end of the pool, emerging with this rock & roll version of Ingmar Bergman's Persona."



Directed by

Donald Cammell

Nicolas Roeg



James Fox ... Chas

Mick Jagger ... Turner

Anita Pallenberg ... Pherber



1.

Anita Pallenberg replaced the pregnant Marianne Faithfull.



2.

The sex scenes between Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg upset Jagger's fellow The Rolling Stones member Keith Richards. Richards, who was Pallenberg's lover at the time, was reported to have lurked outside the set in a foul mood.



Pallenberg had previously been the partner of another Stones member, Brian Jones, who, according to Alex Cox (presenter of BBC2's Moviedrome), partly inspired the character of Turner.



延伸閱讀：

黑貓的無責任 HC 園地