Would Anna May Wong have made a better O-Lan than Rainer? Ever since Garbo stared into the cosmic distance on the prow of her ship in Queen Christina and achieved demi-god status, actresses have been trying for the same effect with differing results. No inner life but a beautiful, blank canvas onto which the audience projects the best of itself. It’s a seductive image. Who wouldn’t want to look like they have a hotline straight to god? Even I’ve tried it but failed to keep the requisite immobile face, not being particularly inscrutable, see? Rainer does this to perfection. For 143 straight minutes.
Anna May Wong 可以比 Rainer 演O-Lan 演得更好嗎? 自從家寶在Queen Christina裏站在船頭駛向浩瀚宇宙的星空,天人合一得以達成,很多女星想山寨卻是效果多有不同。這樣的場景看似無靈魂但竟然可以提供一個絕美背景讓觀眾在上麵想象出自己認為的最美好的靈。 這是如此誘人。誰不想被看成一個神棍(通靈之人)呢? 我自己也嚐試在看上去不裝X的情況下保持那樣不變的臉龐,卻失敗了,您瞧瞧。Rainer能把這做的完美之極,而且能一直保持143分鍾,牛X。
我試一下:黃柳霜是否會比萊納演阿蘭演得更好?家寶在Queen Christina裏凝神仰視深不可測的宇宙夜空這一幕深入民心,技壓群芳,我花開後百花殺,此後眾女星更是競相效仿而效果各異。觀眾投視於一個沒有內在生命而僅是美麗空洞的畫布,想從中獲得最好的享受。這是一個誘人的形象。誰不想演得最好呢?我自己還嚐試去琢磨,去模仿那個異常難以捉摸的演繹,可是我失敗了。而萊納的演技可以說是與家寶並駕齊驅,她無愧於這143分鍾的演出。