Directed by Jonathan Demme.
Written by Ron Nyswaner.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas.
9 / 10
我的第七次 看這部片
還是一樣﹐ 我感動得哭得跟死人一樣
這片也曾激發自己異想天開的
想繼續唸書之動力之一
(我看我還是別想太多比較好)
也想去 Philly 走走
獨立宣言起草的地方
All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
。人。就是。人。
不管是男人﹐女人﹐老人﹐小孩﹐身心殘障﹐不殘障﹐有病﹐ 沒病﹐好人﹐壞人﹐gay or lesbian﹐ 黑人﹐ 白人﹐ 黃人﹐ 紅人﹐ 瘋子﹐ 非瘋子.
誰來。定義。這些東西
經驗裡有很多朋友﹐ 朋友病人都是
我們的感情也特別好
以前實習時有照顧 AIDS 重症病人的經驗﹐ 男的﹐ 女的 朋友病人都有
每每都被這些哥哥們 感動的要死
當你看到 一對在一起 50 年 的老哥哥們 眼裡對彼此的深情與愛意
有幾對 heterosexual 可以做得到﹖
當你看到 末期時﹐ 不離不棄的 Partner 每天背著 愛人進診所
眼睛裡的 小星星﹐堅毅﹐勇敢﹐
有幾個男人做到了﹖
我自己能做到嗎﹖
有一次正在做準備工作﹐替一個很熟哥哥扎針的時候
那位高大壯碩 兼 可人兒哥哥深情默默的看著我﹐
對我說﹐
’M﹐ You have to be especially careful for yourself, I have AIDS.’
With holding his hands, I answered, ’Don’t worry about me. My job is taking care of you. Your job is to be a good patient.’
Both of us were in tears.
謝謝他﹐ 為我擔心
需要時﹐ 我們彼此一個 hug 的感動
還有一哥哥
為了明天重要的 Interview 不知道穿什麼好
下著大雨﹐ 我們一起出去找
曾拍過 J Crew 很俊美的哥哥
大老遠跑來的哭訴著他 感情的不好經驗
30 分鐘裡 把他 這一生的男人都拿出來分享
我們好像姐妹淘一樣
他給我嘔心瀝血的衷告﹐“寧缺勿爛”
Sigh, 哥哥姐姐弟弟妹妹呀 ~
孽緣 是不分男女老少的~
兩位曾住過香港﹐感情很好﹐ 在一起至少 20 年的大哥哥們
過年時給我個紅包
對我說了兩個版本的 ‘恭喜發財’
一粵語﹐ 一普通話
( 重點 是那句﹐ ‘恭喜發財’, ’Gong Ci Fat Choi’ )
人和人之間
如果還能留有一點什麼
這樣就夠了吧 我想~
弔 我的中醫學院老同學 Tom R. He is a nice man.
This movie was done 12 years ago. And this is my 7th times seen it. Again, I was crying outloud during and after the film.
I love Tom Hanks because he is so complete. What I got from this movie was that we are all human beings, with families and people who love us, and memories. It made he want to hold on to a loved one. And made me realize that we are all just people trying to live our lives, some of us choose one way, some the other. When we finally get to a point where we don’t care as much about how someone else pursues happiness is when we will finally evolve into something better.
The movie isn’t only about AIDS or about the fact the main character is gay, but does focus on what these core values of life mean to him and his family, partner, and friends. This film has everything. All in all, it is an accurate drama that is powerfully spreading the word of peace and acceptance.
Tom Hanks plays a very good lawyer working in high level position of a good law firm who has been stricken with AIDS. He plays a convincing role as Andrew Beckett, a man who knows the meaning of justice and knows what exactly his rights are. What Hanks also accomplishes with this role is he breaks free from the stereotypes society has dictated on the average gay man. Andrew Beckett is not feminine in any way, he does not have a flair for shoe shopping or hold his arms limp-wristed or talk with a lisp. For these reasons, it has been said that Tom Hanks was not believable as a gay man. I strongly disagree. Andrew Beckett is a normal man who enjoys smoking cigars and takes joy in the law. Who would think he was gay? This is precisely the point the movie is trying to make. A gay man may be walking among you, every day you may see him at school, may play raquetball with him at the gym, may work late hours with him at the office... but yet you’d never suspect he is gay because he does not wear loafers decorated with tassels and he has a low-pitched voice. Men are men, whether gay or not, and should be treated as such -- gays do not deserve special treatment but they deserve EQUAL treatment.
Starting off with a superb introduction (Bruce Springsteins "streets of Philadelphia") we are entertained by a comic scene between Andy ( by Tom Hanks) and Joe Miller who later fights for Andy’s case (played by Denzel Washington). It really is a true and deep film, accurately portraying all the things society looks down on yet still does sub-consciously themselves. Particularly in a scene where he is fired, it really shows; prejudice is an unwanted part of society and natural reaction. Yet it is still there, deep beneath the surface. And this still happens everyday.
Movie Quotes:
*Joe Miller: We’re standing here in Philadelphia, the, uh, city of brotherly love, the birthplace of freedom, where the, uh, founding fathers authored the Declaration of Independence, and I don’t recall that glorious document saying anything about all straight men are created equal. I believe it says all men are created equal.
*Joe Miller: What do you love about the law, Andrew?
Andrew Beckett: I... many things... uh... uh... What I love the most about the law?
Joe Miller: Yeah.
Andrew Beckett: It’s that every now and again - not often, but occasionally - you get to be a part of justice being done. That really is quite a thrill when that happens.
*Joe Miller: Some of these people make me sick. But a law’s been broken here. You do remember the law, don’t you?
*Judge Garrett: In this courtroom, Mr.Miller, justice is blind to matters of race, creed, color, religion, and sexual orientation.
Joe Miller: With all due respect, your honor, we don’t live in this courtroom, do we?
*Andrew Beckett: What do you call a thousand lawyers chained together at the bottom of the ocean?
Joe Miller: I don’t know.
Andrew Beckett: A good start.
( 冷笑話一則 )
*Joe Miller: Have you ever felt discriminated against at Wyatt Wheeler?
Anthea Burton: Well, yes.
Joe Miller: In what way?
Anthea Burton: Well, Mr. Wheeler’s secretary, Lydia, said that Mr. Wheeler had a problem with my earrings.
Joe Miller: Really?
Anthea Burton: Apparently Mr. Wheeler felt that they were too..."Ethnic" is the word she used. And she told me that he said that he would like it if I wore something a little less garish, a little smaller, and more "American."
Joe Miller: What’d you say?
Anthea Burton: I said my earrings are American. They’re African-American.
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