鳄鱼波鞋走天涯

首先在此沉痛悼念: 美少年-Brad Renfro
    2008年1月15日，死于他洛山矶的寓所，死因不明, 仅仅25岁，年轻得难以置信，却已然灰飞烟灭。
  Brad Renfro ,少年成名,一路星光灿烂, 然而盛名之下, 自我迷失, 开始偷车、吸毒、饮酒，成了烂泥一堆，堕落的生活状态和毒品毁掉了这个少年的美丽容颜及演艺事业，在20多岁时已经秃顶和肥胖，可惜曾经的一代美少年就此消逝。。

  然而此片中另一位演AIDS病小孩的童星约瑟夫·梅泽罗(英文名：Joseph Mazzello 却健康向上，意志坚定，从加州大学著名的电影学院毕业，成长为一个清秀的大帅哥，HBO的斯皮尔伯格制作的《太平洋战争》中的主角就由Joseph Mazzello担任。
  两个童星一样的起点。。不同的人生。。。这可说什么好。。
  沉痛悼念逝去的小正太--美少年-Brad Renfro

   最喜欢的是《真情世界》，两个小孩子携手同行、患难与共的故事，非常温情动人。约瑟夫·梅泽罗(英文名：Joseph Mazzello) 我还记得是演《侏罗纪公园》里面的那个小男孩,与童星Brad Renfro两人都是小小年纪，却表现得感染力惊人。
   Brad Renfro《沉睡者》里演布拉德·皮特的少年时代，即便那片子里群星荟萃，我依然记得他的青春绚烂。
   还有《纳粹追凶》，年纪轻轻已经可以和老戏骨精彩对手。如今坐在台下，与他合作过的《纳粹追凶》的伊安·麦克莱恩，看着这样年轻的生命已然逝去，会心生怎样的感慨？
   当年炙手可热的少年明星，之后就渐渐被人淡忘。我没再怎么见过他，也看过有他参演的片子，可我完全不记得里面有他。据说他是转型失败，身材发福，又吸毒酗酒……在好莱坞，永远不缺这种青春与美丽被彻底粉碎的故事。有的人也许因此成了传奇，有的人则只是泛起最后一点水花，而后被永远遗忘。
Heath Ledger还有无数人痛心哀伤，可Brad Renfro还会有几个人记得他呢？
 
那些我曾经爱过的童星、少年明星，我宁愿你从未长大过！

    一双沿河而下的小鞋子。一种别样的人文关怀。
  如果我们能鼓起勇气来面对AIDS。如同电影中所展示的一样，对于每一个恐怖的未知，我们都有一个逐渐熟悉与认识的过程。可怕的并不是艾滋病本身。我们所恐惧的只是我们的“未知”。因为“未知”所以心生恐惧。每一个孩子都有生存的权利，都有享受友谊的权利。如果因为别人的错误而剥夺。这个世界就如同男主角所切身感受到的那么黑暗冷酷。
  听天涯的一个同学推荐来看这部电影。情节很简单，故事很温馨。作为人类永恒的主题，爱与被爱在各种影视剧中被无数次复制。但是在这部影片中，编导用单纯可爱的小孩 美丽的景色 欢快的基调营造了另一幅AIDS感染者的生活状态，也许我们每个人周围都有这样那样的不愉快与阴暗。可是当我们看完电影后才发现，原来我们的父母是那么伟大，我们的友情是那么珍贵。原来生命在伟大的爱面前时如此的弥足珍贵。
  或许，活着，和自己最爱的人或者，同时，关心需要关注的人，才是真情世界！

先说说影片名吧，台湾、香港、英文等等有好几种翻译，但是这个“鳄鱼、波鞋、走天涯”真真是翻的最好的，把最纯粹的儿童友谊表现的淋漓尽致。最初看到这个片名的时候，心里还嘀咕这算啥片名呀，看完后立马piapia打脸。再回头回味片名，突然有苏轼“竹杖芒鞋轻胜马，谁怕，一蓑烟雨任平生”的洒脱之感。不然嘞，想想现在谁有这个胆子怀里揣着六七百块钱，坐上陌生人的船漂洋过海去到另一个城市？

不得不说，小朋友是最纯粹的，但是他们的恶意也是十分纯粹的，他们不懂得分善恶，而会随大流地去排挤一个人。比如影片中艾滋病毒感染的Dexter，他不去上学，但是他的邻居Eric却因此被视为同性恋而受恶霸同学欺凌。于是，两个寂寞的小孩游走越近，突破栅栏，成为彼此的朋友。

小朋友的友情嘛，谁和我玩的好，就是朋友。现在回想起那些发小，都是光着屁股的时候就成群的打闹了，那个时候谁管你有钱没钱、长得好看不好看、能不能聊得来，因为能天天在一起，哪怕是玩了几百遍的老游戏也津津有味。所以Dexter有了Eric这个唯一的朋友，他拿着自己的零花钱陪着Eric漂流过河道去买糖果，两人坐超市购物车一路惊险逃难，吃Eric给他准备的各种叶子药直到中毒，跟着Eric一路漂泊去新奥尔良寻找并未核实的新解药，如此义无反顾地在观众看来就像个白痴一样，只能说如果这都不算爱……

Eric带着Dexter私奔去新奥尔良，携着鳄鱼气球、两双波鞋，还有160几块的美金，空手走天涯。这短短的几天，在Dexter平淡的生活中撒了一把七彩粉，乘船、看美女、看黄书、气垫船、露营睡帐篷、偷钱、逃跑、恐吓，这些惊心动魄的事情缩短了Dexter生命的长度，但也狠狠地延展了他的宽度。所以Dexter的妈妈对待Eric如此宽容，因为他努力地让Dexter快乐，对于一个垂死的人还有什么比快乐更可贵？

影片有太多细节值得回味，回味起来就要偷偷抹眼泪。Dexter妈妈哭着警告Eric妈妈的时候，那个过肩镜头辛酸的心肝儿颤；Eric上演狼来了，最后真的目睹Dexter死亡的时候，平静无泪看得痛苦直往心里流；Eric参加葬礼的时候把波鞋留在Dexter的手里，却拿走了他的波鞋任水流随波。此时鳄鱼已不知去向，可是波鞋还在，还可以走天涯。

流浪的时候，Eric面对满身是汗从噩梦中醒来的Dexter，他说，“当你感到冷的时候,就抱着我的破球鞋,因为只要这只臭脚在,Erik就永远在你身边。”于是他做到了，因为波鞋，两个人就永远不会分开。

他们还是孩子，就要如此近距离直视死亡，用一颗稚嫩的心灵感受世间的无奈。还好还好，我们都活着，我们的玩伴们都还好好地活着，只是在社会的大潮中彼此走失，慢慢不再有了陪伴。

至少，我们的童年没有死亡，真好。

 

【08:39】
DEXTER
They ended up giving me two pints of blood. I guess that‘s a lot for a baby.

ERIK
My grandmother says you’re going to hell. She says you'll suffer eternal torture from a billion flames hotter than the center of the sun.

DEXTER
Then she must be some kind of genius.

ERIK
What?

DEXTER
Well, my doctor is really smart. And he says he has no idea what happens to people after they die. If your grandmother knows, she must be a genius.

ERIK
She's a clerk at K-Mart.

DEXTER
Maybe she's just an under-achiever.

ERIK
No, she's an idiot.

DEXTER
So maybe I won't go to hell after all.




【16:10】
ERIK
Hey, what about your little brother, huh?

BOY #1
What about him?

ERIK
When he fell off the jungle gym at school. They had to take him to the hospital. He could have caught something then.

BOY #2
Yeah, but he didn't.

ERIK
But he could've. Then everybody'd be calling him faggot and queer! And he d get sick and die! And they'd write "homo" on his headstone! Then when your mother went to bring him flowers she'd see little "Eddie Horner Homo"! And you know what the worst part about it would be? Probably before he died a bunch of assholes like you who ain't sick thought it might be fun to just beat the shit out of him!

BOY #3
C'mon Allen, let s beat it.

BOY #1
Sorry your sick.

DEXTER
Thanks.



【23:45】
ERIK
Uh, are you gonna finish that?

DEXTER
Oh...um...

DEXTER'S MOTHER
Uh, well, the doctors say it's completely safe, Erik, but when it comes to other people's children, we've decided, um, not to take any chances.

ERIK
Forgot. I've got a plan. Just as soon as they find a cure, we re heading out to Baskin Robbins and order one of those monster sundaes where everybody just digs right in!

DEXTER'S MOTHER
That's a good plan. Excuse me.

ERIK
What is it?

DEXTER
She's afraid that they might not find a cure in time.



【27:18】
ERIK
Let's try Butterfinger combined with Bubblicious.

DEXTER
I'm not so sure I understand why you can try all of this stuff, too.

ERIK
Don't you know anything about scientific method?

DEXTER
A little.

ERIK
Well, you have to have a control group, so you can see if the results are uniform.

DEXTER
Are you the control group?

ERIK
Yep.



【29:23】
DEXTER
I'm wondering about something. Where do bugs go to the bathroom?

ERIK
It's not on leaves.

DEXTER
 How can you be sure?

ERIK
Because bugs eat leaves. Not even bugs are stupid enough to shit on their own food. Well, what do you say?





【30:06】
DEXTER
Hmm...Oh...Tastes like crap!

ERIK
No shit. Don't you know where bugs go to the bathroom?

(Erik adds sugar to the medicine ).

DEXTER
Sweetened crap.





【43:05】

DEXTER
(In a letter to his mother)
"Dear Mom, I've gone with Erik. But I've brought along my medicine so there's no reason to worry. We plan to be careful and sensible. Whatever you do, remember to tape Starwars, eight p.m., channel five. I love you very much. Sincerely, Dexter."


【两个人坐着轮胎扎的划艇顺水而下的一段太美了><】

【53:26】
DEXTER
What's your name?

ANGEL
Angel.

DEXTER
You misspelled your tattoo. It doesn't say Angel it says Angle.

ANGEL
Uh, I m aware of that now.



【57:06】
ERIK
Were you having a nightmare or something?

DEXTER
No.

ERIK
What's the matter?

DEXTER
It happens sometimes. When I wake up and it s dark. Astronomers believe that the universe is 18 billion light years across.

ERIK
So?

DEXTER
Suppose you kept going another 18 billion light years. What if there's nothing out there? Suppose you kept going another trillion times further. So far out you see nothing. Because the light from the universe would be fainter than the faintest star. Infinitely cold. Infinitely black. Sometimes, if I wake up, and it's dark, I get really scared. Like I'm out there. And I'm never coming back.

ERIK
Here

(gives Dexter his shoe)
                   
Hold on to this while you sleep. And if you wake up and you're scared, you'll say, Wait a minute. I m holding Erik's shoe. Why the hell would I be holding some smelly basketball shoe a trillion light years from the universe? I must be here on earth safe in my sleeping bag, and Erik must be close by.

DEXTER
Guess it s worth a try.




【01:09:24】
ERIK
You cold?
(Checks to see if Dexter has a fever).

DEXTER
No.

ERIK
What's the matter?

DEXTER
My blood is poison.

ERIK
You have a virus, Dex. You're gonna be exactly like everyone else as long as someone finds the cure.



【01:04:48】

ERIK
(Crying)
I was just talking to him and he stopped....he's dead.
                        
NURSE #1
I'm sorry honey. I guess we all knew this was coming.

ERIK
No!

(Dexter wakes up and screams, scaring the nurses.)

NURSE #2
Not funny! Not even a little bit!

DEXTER
Guess we all knew this was coming.




【01:06:51】

ERIK
He knows he's dying.

DR. JENSEN
What?

ERIK
We tricked the nurses into thinking that he was dead and Nurse Murphy said that everyone knew it was coming.

DR. JENSEN
So you tricked 'em?

ERIK
Well, we pretended that Dexter stopped breathing and he jumped up and screamed and scared them.

DR. JENSEN
She must have hit the roof.

ERIK
Yeah! Dexter laughed his ass off!

DR. JENSEN
Well, that s what happened to it. I thought he was just on a diet here. Listen, history is full of very sick people who suddenly, for no reason at all, get better. And when it happens we call it a miracle. From the moment I met you I knew that you are special and that you might be one of those people. Yeah. You know I'm telling you the truth, don't you? You can feel that inside, can't you? Just don't let me down, okay? I m counting on you to make me famous!

                           

【01:18:47】
(Dr. Jensen yells at the nurse.)

NURSE
Well the young boy was upset.

DR. JENSEN
Well don't you ever, ever, assume that one of my patients is going to die!





【01:26:31】
ERIK
I'm sorry, too. I should've tried harder.

DEXTER'S MOTHER
Tried what?

ERIK
To find the cure.

DEXTER'S MOTHER
Oh honey. Come here sweetie. You did. You did! Everything that was sad in Dexter's life...you made it go away. Dexter was so happy to have you as his friend. He was so happy.




【01:29:08】

DEXTER'S MOTHER
I want to tell you two things. The first is Erik's best friend died today and he is going to the funeral. And the second is if you ever lay a hand on that boy again I will kill you! Understand?

    本片获95年儿童电影节最受欢迎影片奖、最佳童星表演奖。

    这部电影又译做《真情世界》。在电影当中，那个因为输血感染了艾滋病的孩子叫做德克斯特，大一点翻过栅栏来到德克斯特身边的男孩叫做艾瑞克，那个瘦瘦的黑皮肤女子就是德克斯特的母亲。这部电影充满琐碎的细节，以至于我不知道该如何去点评它，所以我只好将我的一点感慨贴出来。
    如果想知道影片的一些细节的话，可以看我在童话小组发的帖子。

一、宽容。
当你的孩子注定了会早早死亡，你会怎么对他？
你可会允许他交结艾瑞克这样一个孩子做朋友？艾瑞克，虽然勇敢、虽然善良，但他毕竟仍然是一个长不大的孩子。他给他吃违禁的糖果和巧克力，他纵使他花完了所有的零花钱，他胡乱地用路边的树叶熬药给他喝，他带他离家出走，甚至，因为他的出现，原本还可以活三年的他，在一个暑假的短短时间内就匆匆奔向了死亡。如果你是德克斯特的妈妈，你可还会放纵他？你可还会将他搂在怀里？对他说感谢他？甚至还努力地保护他？

二、豁达。
生命的意义到底在哪里？知道了必须面对死亡的时候，你会如何渡过余下的日子？是努力地平稳地尽力延长自己的生命？还是不顾一切地去冒险，去做自己想做的事情，去过自己奢望的人生，去寻求一丝渺茫的希望？

三、成长。
成长未必是一件愉悦的事情，充满了探求和破坏的欲望。像每一个孩子一样，艾瑞克身上有着许许多多的优点：发自内心深处的善良、勇敢、有梦想、有用不完的精力、有创造力。可是，从一出场，艾瑞克就不是一个循规蹈矩的孩子。用刀削凳子、因为害怕打架不出门、好不容易化解了一场危机偏又忍不住招惹对方、明明有钱还在超市里偷吃巧克力、偷看船上的黄色刊物、偷钱、对环境没有恰如其分地评估能力、以自我的愿望为中心……就像每一个孩子一样，艾瑞克身上有着数也数不过来的缺点。尽管在营帐中艾瑞克被德克斯特对死亡的自白感动、虽然他能够挡在德克斯特的面前保护他，可是他对德克斯特的体谅和照顾还是有限的，多数的时候他都在为自己的快乐而忙碌着。最后，德克斯特死了，我们发现艾瑞克的悲伤也是有限的。少年的我们总是蒙蒙胧胧，这样的艾瑞克很好，他更像一个活生生的少年，而不是高大全的典范。

四、死亡。
死亡在这里从来都不是避讳的字眼。在少年的对话中、游戏中，死亡无处不在。无论是在家里还是在医院的病床上，他们都努力地扩大着活着的快乐，游戏、游戏，最后对死亡的模拟和取乐中悄悄地离去，面对死亡和黑暗孩子们是多么地勇敢、从容。
很多家长担心童话中的暴力倾向会对孩子造成不良影响，在这部片子里我们看见这样的担心是多余的。对玩偶的残忍只是一种宣泄，对艾瑞克来说它宣泄了他体内过多的里必多；对德克斯特来说，它是对真正的死亡的模拟、习惯和嘲笑。

五、细节、节制和呼应

在德克斯特被妈妈从车里拖出来之前，德克斯特的妈妈正在对艾瑞克说，“其实我知道……”知道什么电影并没有告诉我们。可是反观电影，从对茶几上摊开的用药记录的匆匆一瞥中，我们可以猜到德克斯特妈妈要说的是什么。很多时候很多话都是可以被省略的。

六、沟通。
白色的栅栏隔绝了两个不同的世界。生活中的栅栏容易翻越，心中的栅栏呢？医院里的医生从未鄙视过德克斯特，每一个医生都宽容地接受了他们的恶作剧，汤姆森医生多么地努力照顾着德克斯特的内心！就连艾瑞克的妈妈最后也终于被德克斯特妈妈的悲伤打动，邻居们三三两两地出现在了德克斯特的葬礼上。虽然后者的让步是建立在艾滋病的生命威胁已经消除的事实上的，可是毕竟这个世界还有汤姆森医生，还有艾瑞克。
人与人之间确有一座通往彼此的桥梁，只是很多时候我们在栅栏前止步，放弃了通往彼此的努力。可是翻越过去，或许就有期待已久的美丽！