Long Day's Journey into NIght/The Glass Menagerie

尤金·奥尼尔(Eugene O'Neill)的Long Day's Journey into Night, 片名译为“长夜漫漫路迢迢”，电影本身也的确让人看到精疲力尽，总是想看看还剩多少分钟才能看完。同样都是黑白片，却更喜欢田纳西（ Tennessee Williams）的玻璃动物园（The Glass Menagerie），或者说，只喜欢后者。豆瓣上一个评论说“长夜”完全是靠演员撑起来的。虽然不懂电影，不敢妄说，但以纯粹观影而不是影评的角度来说，我是完全赞同的，整部电影看到结束也看不出来什么好。每个角色都有着深入骨髓的孤独感，只是无法引起我的感动。不过却是真的喜欢那俩兄弟，Jamey醉酒之后的痛切诉说，对Edmond如此深切的爱中却掺杂着刻骨的嫉妒——这比吸毒和酗酒那些肉体上的堕落更让我觉得凄恻。

我并不是田纳西的影迷。前一阵看了他的欲望号街车（A Streetcar Named Desire)，虽然很大原因是这些带口音的英语对于我实在是挑战性太大，但重看了两遍之后，我还是决定无法喜欢这部片子。玻璃动物园我却是想保存的。喜欢如她的玻璃小动物一般脆弱的Laura，喜欢她的弟弟Tom.

Below are the finishing words of the movie, by Tom. How lyrical they are, and they are more sad than melancholy.

"I didn't go to the moon, I went much farther, for time is the longest distance between two places. Not long after i was fired for writing a poem on the lid of a shoe box... I left saint louis. I descended the steps of this fire escape for a last time, and followed, from then on, in my father's footsteps, attempting to find in motion what was already lost in space. I traveled around a great deal... the cities swept around me like dead leaves... leaves that were brightly colored but torn away from the branches. I was pursued by something... It came upon me unawares, taking me altogether by surprise. Perhaps it was a familiar bit of music. Perhaps it was only a transparent piece of glass. Perhaps I am walking along a street at night in some strange city, before I have found companions. I pass the lighted window of a shop where perfume is sold. The window is filled with pieces of colored glass, tiny transparent bottles in delicate colors, like bits of a shattered rainbow. Then all at once my sister touches my shoulder. I turn around and look into her eyes... oh Laura, Laura I tried to leave you behind me, but I am more faithful than I intended to be! I reach for a cigarette, I cross the street, I run into the movies or a bar, I buy a drink, I speak to the nearest stranger... anything to blow your candles out. For nowadays, the world is lit by lightning. blow out your candles Laura. and so goodbye... "