15 September 2011
20 August 2011
《烈火焚身》 中东的希腊悲剧
（2011-08-19）
● 李亦筠
剧情
讲述一对双胞胎姐弟在母亲纳娃（鲁比娜·阿扎巴尔饰）过世后，为了完成母亲的遗愿，前往中东，要找出他们素未谋面的父亲以及从未听闻过的哥哥。他们在遥远又陌生的国度，开始一段始料未及的冒险际遇，并一步一步挖掘出母亲无尽苦痛的前半生，以及无奈残酷的惊人秘密。
《烈火焚身》(Incendies)(M18)
娱乐性／艺术指数: ★★★★/★★★★
内容包含两代移民，母系情谊和父姓疑团的《烈火焚身》是中东的希腊悲剧，它是泛政治的，但它也有非政治化的部分。纵观过去电影，不乏将个人命运悲剧与战争背景融合的题材，但处理得如《烈》般震撼与巨大张力，却是少之又少。能从个体微观的角度来声讨宏大的历史，并让观众走出戏院时，回首主人公饱受造化弄人，尤其是狱中遭奸受孕的残酷命运，观众无不陷入紧张、恐惧、悲痛和惊愕的情绪，堪称无言以对。
原剧作视觉魅力强大
战争中人性终极救赎
《烈》能在烽火不断的局势中，上演一出出高潮迭起的剧情，相信加拿大籍黎巴嫩裔全才剧作家瓦吉茂阿瓦德(Wajdi Mouawad)的原剧作，本身就有着强大的视觉魅力，有着罕见美丽影像构成的元素。
《烈》是战争中人性恐惧的终极救赎，高潮迭起的情节几近歌剧。现在的旅游业虽发达，但中东地方因特殊的历史背景，始终披着一层神秘的色彩。《烈》中不同宗教支派的复杂背景，跌宕的冒险过程，还有女主角的一对子女在寻知自己的生父的意外结局，全片充斥着思想性与冲突性。本片透过双胞胎姐弟到中东寻找父母的过去，巧妙地游走于两个不同时空，导演纯熟的交织着这不同时空，顺畅的在缠绕纠结的关系中，理出角色们的命运头绪。
沧凉悲苦的国仇家恨
宿命中摆荡不息的孤寂
另类摇滚天团“电台司令”(Radiohead)的多首歌曲配乐，增添影片浓厚诗意和惆怅气息：而加拿大重量级导演丹尼维勒纳夫 (Denis Villeneuve)沉淀9年后，功力倾注于中，沧凉悲苦的国仇家恨，宿命中摆荡不息的无奈与孤寂，如斯动人展现在大家眼前。
影片最大的痛楚莫过是骨肉分离，主人公在危急中生下第一胎时，只有机会瞧了儿子一眼，就被迫分离。若干年后，她在泳池认出儿子，但没上前相认，只是默默走开。导演不选择煽情处理，只是适度地让它写实，并保留了原剧作中自然的光与影。这个年头大家对欧美经济的不稳定，对生活的通膨充满怨言，自己的牢骚就有够多，实在没有必要再去看电影人的牢骚，幸而导演丹尼维勒纳夫也够成熟，《烈》片人物的情绪转折并没有无意义的宣泄，反而是让导演达到自我升华的效益。
比利时女星鲁比娜·阿扎巴尔(Lubna Azabal)在《立见天国》(Paradise Now)与《北非行路遥》(Exiles)已有不俗的演出，这回的《烈》更是炉火纯青。影片今年二月能入围奥斯卡最佳外语片，也在鹿特丹影展获观众票选最佳影片，以及在多伦多影展摘下最佳加拿大影片，母性尽露且巾帼不让须眉的鲁比娜·阿扎巴尔，功不可没。
● 李亦筠
剧情
讲述一对双胞胎姐弟在母亲纳娃（鲁比娜·阿扎巴尔饰）过世后，为了完成母亲的遗愿，前往中东，要找出他们素未谋面的父亲以及从未听闻过的哥哥。他们在遥远又陌生的国度，开始一段始料未及的冒险际遇，并一步一步挖掘出母亲无尽苦痛的前半生，以及无奈残酷的惊人秘密。
《烈火焚身》(Incendies)(M18)
娱乐性／艺术指数: ★★★★/★★★★
内容包含两代移民，母系情谊和父姓疑团的《烈火焚身》是中东的希腊悲剧，它是泛政治的，但它也有非政治化的部分。纵观过去电影，不乏将个人命运悲剧与战争背景融合的题材，但处理得如《烈》般震撼与巨大张力，却是少之又少。能从个体微观的角度来声讨宏大的历史，并让观众走出戏院时，回首主人公饱受造化弄人，尤其是狱中遭奸受孕的残酷命运，观众无不陷入紧张、恐惧、悲痛和惊愕的情绪，堪称无言以对。
原剧作视觉魅力强大
战争中人性终极救赎
《烈》能在烽火不断的局势中，上演一出出高潮迭起的剧情，相信加拿大籍黎巴嫩裔全才剧作家瓦吉茂阿瓦德(Wajdi Mouawad)的原剧作，本身就有着强大的视觉魅力，有着罕见美丽影像构成的元素。
《烈》是战争中人性恐惧的终极救赎，高潮迭起的情节几近歌剧。现在的旅游业虽发达，但中东地方因特殊的历史背景，始终披着一层神秘的色彩。《烈》中不同宗教支派的复杂背景，跌宕的冒险过程，还有女主角的一对子女在寻知自己的生父的意外结局，全片充斥着思想性与冲突性。本片透过双胞胎姐弟到中东寻找父母的过去，巧妙地游走于两个不同时空，导演纯熟的交织着这不同时空，顺畅的在缠绕纠结的关系中，理出角色们的命运头绪。
沧凉悲苦的国仇家恨
宿命中摆荡不息的孤寂
另类摇滚天团“电台司令”(Radiohead)的多首歌曲配乐，增添影片浓厚诗意和惆怅气息：而加拿大重量级导演丹尼维勒纳夫 (Denis Villeneuve)沉淀9年后，功力倾注于中，沧凉悲苦的国仇家恨，宿命中摆荡不息的无奈与孤寂，如斯动人展现在大家眼前。
影片最大的痛楚莫过是骨肉分离，主人公在危急中生下第一胎时，只有机会瞧了儿子一眼，就被迫分离。若干年后，她在泳池认出儿子，但没上前相认，只是默默走开。导演不选择煽情处理，只是适度地让它写实，并保留了原剧作中自然的光与影。这个年头大家对欧美经济的不稳定，对生活的通膨充满怨言，自己的牢骚就有够多，实在没有必要再去看电影人的牢骚，幸而导演丹尼维勒纳夫也够成熟，《烈》片人物的情绪转折并没有无意义的宣泄，反而是让导演达到自我升华的效益。
比利时女星鲁比娜·阿扎巴尔(Lubna Azabal)在《立见天国》(Paradise Now)与《北非行路遥》(Exiles)已有不俗的演出，这回的《烈》更是炉火纯青。影片今年二月能入围奥斯卡最佳外语片，也在鹿特丹影展获观众票选最佳影片，以及在多伦多影展摘下最佳加拿大影片，母性尽露且巾帼不让须眉的鲁比娜·阿扎巴尔，功不可没。
26 June 2011
给前往上海座谈会同学的"听写"＜3
2010年11月
做人为快乐之本、纯正华语
重蹈覆辙、得寸进尺、豁出去
学以致用、察言观色、公民意识
反盗版、观察入微、意识形态
静观其变、既来之，则安之
打铁趁热、物以类聚、变种
同化、经济、萎缩、意识形态
永不言败、有志者，事尽成
千里之行，始于足下、
天下无难事，只怕有心人
人在江湖，身不由己、
家丑不可外扬、大刀阔斧
忘恩负义、多多益善、意犹未尽
甘甜
做人为快乐之本、纯正华语
重蹈覆辙、得寸进尺、豁出去
学以致用、察言观色、公民意识
反盗版、观察入微、意识形态
静观其变、既来之，则安之
打铁趁热、物以类聚、变种
同化、经济、萎缩、意识形态
永不言败、有志者，事尽成
千里之行，始于足下、
天下无难事，只怕有心人
人在江湖，身不由己、
家丑不可外扬、大刀阔斧
忘恩负义、多多益善、意犹未尽
甘甜
Picture Perfect Harmony
ST Forum
I AM an American living in Indonesia and over the past 30 years, have made dozens of trips to Singapore.
The Prime News photograph yesterday (above) of Rabbi Mordechai Abergel, Buddhist monk the Venerable Fa Rong and Mufti Syed Isa Mohamed Semait nearly moved me to tears ('Tributes flow as mufti gets award').
I wish my native country as a whole could demonstrate the religious tolerance that Singapore has been able to cultivate.
Certainly there are good, tolerant people everywhere, and the United States has many who think like I do.
But in Singapore, it is the norm, and immediately observable everywhere you go. On a daily basis, I see Christian, Muslim and Hindu office workers sharing a meal at a kopitiam (coffee shop), exchanging smiles or pleasantries on the street or otherwise kindly extending help to one another.
In all my trips here, I have not once witnessed religion-fuelled hostility or prejudice.
My travels have taken me to all corners of the world, yet I have never found a country that comes even close to the religious and spiritual maturity that Singaporeans demonstrate towards one another.
Many letters complain about life in Singapore, but from an outsider's perspective, what a beautifully pluralistic and enviable society Singapore has.
In many ways, and especially in their tolerance for one another, Singaporeans are a beacon to the world.
Jack Blaylock
I AM an American living in Indonesia and over the past 30 years, have made dozens of trips to Singapore.
The Prime News photograph yesterday (above) of Rabbi Mordechai Abergel, Buddhist monk the Venerable Fa Rong and Mufti Syed Isa Mohamed Semait nearly moved me to tears ('Tributes flow as mufti gets award').
I wish my native country as a whole could demonstrate the religious tolerance that Singapore has been able to cultivate.
Certainly there are good, tolerant people everywhere, and the United States has many who think like I do.
But in Singapore, it is the norm, and immediately observable everywhere you go. On a daily basis, I see Christian, Muslim and Hindu office workers sharing a meal at a kopitiam (coffee shop), exchanging smiles or pleasantries on the street or otherwise kindly extending help to one another.
In all my trips here, I have not once witnessed religion-fuelled hostility or prejudice.
My travels have taken me to all corners of the world, yet I have never found a country that comes even close to the religious and spiritual maturity that Singaporeans demonstrate towards one another.
Many letters complain about life in Singapore, but from an outsider's perspective, what a beautifully pluralistic and enviable society Singapore has.
In many ways, and especially in their tolerance for one another, Singaporeans are a beacon to the world.
Jack Blaylock
10 June 2011
将进酒
李白
君不见，黄河之水天上来，奔流到海不复回。
君不见，高堂明镜悲白发，朝如青丝暮成雪！
人生得意须尽欢，莫使金樽空对月。
天生我材必有用，千金散尽还复来。
烹羊宰牛且为乐，会须一饮三百杯。
岑夫子，丹丘生，将进酒，杯莫停。
与君歌一曲，请君为我侧耳听。
钟鼓馔玉不足贵，但愿长醉不复醒。
古来圣贤皆寂寞，惟有饮者留其名。
陈王昔时宴平乐，斗酒十千恣欢谑。
主人何为言少钱，径须沽取对君酌。
五花马、千金裘，
呼儿将出换美酒，与尔同销万古愁！
君不见，黄河之水天上来，奔流到海不复回。
君不见，高堂明镜悲白发，朝如青丝暮成雪！
人生得意须尽欢，莫使金樽空对月。
天生我材必有用，千金散尽还复来。
烹羊宰牛且为乐，会须一饮三百杯。
岑夫子，丹丘生，将进酒，杯莫停。
与君歌一曲，请君为我侧耳听。
钟鼓馔玉不足贵，但愿长醉不复醒。
古来圣贤皆寂寞，惟有饮者留其名。
陈王昔时宴平乐，斗酒十千恣欢谑。
主人何为言少钱，径须沽取对君酌。
五花马、千金裘，
呼儿将出换美酒，与尔同销万古愁！
21 February 2011
Leadership Stories
28 Feb 2011 Time Magazine
'Hey, Chicago, Say Hello to Your Next F#@*ing Mayor'
On his best behaviour, Rahm Emanuel looks to trade running the White House for running a great U.S. city
Training for a Tough Job
Much credit surely goes to the candidate himself, a paragon of fitness and energy. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays he starts at 5:45 a.m. by swimming a mile at the elite, perfect-for-networking East Bank Club. On Tuesdays and Thursdays he does 25 minutes on a stationary bike ("Level 14," he says), 15 minutes on an elliptical trainer, 100 sit-ups and weights. On Saturdays he hikes 20 miles (32 km) or runs 4 miles (6.5 km), and on Sundays he has private yoga instruction. Then it's off to daylong, mostly unpublicized, appearances, including meet and greets at 100 El stops so far and hours spent feeding his inner wonk by studying the intricacies of school policy, transit, community policing, planning, airports, homelessness, garbage collection, health care and public housing... A serial cell-phone user, he's constantly dialing donors, prospective hires and legislators, like Illinois senate president John Cullerton, who says Emanuel has been the only mayoral hopeful to call.
'Hey, Chicago, Say Hello to Your Next F#@*ing Mayor'
On his best behaviour, Rahm Emanuel looks to trade running the White House for running a great U.S. city
Training for a Tough Job
Much credit surely goes to the candidate himself, a paragon of fitness and energy. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays he starts at 5:45 a.m. by swimming a mile at the elite, perfect-for-networking East Bank Club. On Tuesdays and Thursdays he does 25 minutes on a stationary bike ("Level 14," he says), 15 minutes on an elliptical trainer, 100 sit-ups and weights. On Saturdays he hikes 20 miles (32 km) or runs 4 miles (6.5 km), and on Sundays he has private yoga instruction. Then it's off to daylong, mostly unpublicized, appearances, including meet and greets at 100 El stops so far and hours spent feeding his inner wonk by studying the intricacies of school policy, transit, community policing, planning, airports, homelessness, garbage collection, health care and public housing... A serial cell-phone user, he's constantly dialing donors, prospective hires and legislators, like Illinois senate president John Cullerton, who says Emanuel has been the only mayoral hopeful to call.
09 February 2011
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