《日本故事》的愛情相當虛擬,也正是因為虛擬才令人響往。暫先丟掉跨國文化及亞澳糾結的歷史情結,想像一位日本男孩和澳洲女人的性愛場景。是的,這部電影充滿愛情電影及沙漠電影的陳腔,但黃男孩與白女人的性愛場景的虛擬讓這部電影不至成為爛調。
這部澳洲「國片」的幕後故事可以讓像我愛講古或愛賣弄政經分析的「學者」分析個老半天,尤其是不同的讀者絕對會有不同的解讀,但再怎麼說,這是個在風景瑰麗的愛情故事。獨特的是這個「國片」所拍的近赤紅的美麗沙漠,和黃男孩與白女人的感官情愛,這兩者都是未開發的電影處女地。這兩者-地景與性愛場景-分別都是「第一次」進入視覺化的消費,合在一起更是虛擬到不行。這部電影的開端,本身就是虛擬的,根據澳洲國片最大的政府支持者,澳洲影片委員會(Australian Film Commission)的主席親口透露 (我上課聽其演講),這部電影是從...
Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, a university professor coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance.
One morning, Fernando wakes to find his wife has vanished. When he learns she has left Spain to return to Serbia, his world falls apart and he leaves home. While traveling, he meets a gardener on his way to work at a quinta in Portugal. The gardener dies unexpectedly and Fernando decides to assume his identity, presenting himself at the quinta as the new gardener. The owner, Am...