原來其實很嚴肅

一直以為《魔鬼代言人》是部恐怖魔幻片，很不情願地一看開頭，才發現是個探討法律+宗教+人性等等的嚴肅劇情片。宗教題材的片子關鍵詞往往不外乎人性、原罪、自由、救贖等等，不過《魔鬼代言人》借用宗教外殼，討伐人性之惡的同時，順便涮了一下法律與道德、正義的矛盾。

敘事時間144分鐘，真正的故事時間其實最多10分鐘，謹防劇透，先打住~~片長不短，看起來卻是一氣呵成，真相未解開之前，懸疑詭異的氣氛很重。慢慢看下去，女主人公壓抑瘋了，我也快被憋屈瘋了。劇末大迴環，光明綻現的剎那，峰迴路轉，隨即又轉入黑暗伊始，艾爾帕西諾再次出現，對著所有觀眾說 「Vanity，definitely my favourite sin。」於是，真正的故事似乎才剛開始。如果《魔鬼代言人》出續集，估計就該開涮新聞界了，恩，有意思~

其實比較抗拒涉及宗教題材的影片，總給人壓抑感，大概因為我是無神論者？片裡宗教繪畫、音樂、聖經詩句不斷出現，影調、構圖都有著些許哥德氣息。宗教藝術真讓人心生敬畏。

觀看此類片子，要抵禦看後對人類社會失望的悲觀情緒，因為它們著實把人性陰暗面拿出來狠狠涮了涮，很真實也很過癮，讓人忍不住先從自身反省開始。於是感嘆功名利祿身外物，要戒火線追緝令，戒貪嗔痴。可是沒過多久便打回原樣，是哪樣還是哪樣。原罪是人類生來就有，洗脫不掉的罪孽呀，哪能說戒就戒呢~~慢慢自我救贖吧。

ps 艾爾帕西諾的眼睛真有神，鐵錚錚老戲骨。基努里維斯很帥，不過帥得不夠靈氣，跟王力宏一種感覺。

pss 部份經典台詞：

part 1 赤果果的批判：

The next thousand years is right around the corner.

下個千禧年即將來臨

Eddie Barzoon...

...take a good look because...

仔細看看艾迪巴住吧

...he's the poster child for the next millennium.

因為像他這副德性…就是下個世紀人類的代表

These people...

...it's no mystery where they come from.

這種人出現毫不足為奇

You sharpen the human appetite...

人類的胃口越來越大

...to the point where it can split atoms with its desire.

為了私利，無所不為

You build egos the size of cathedrals.

好大喜功，教堂越蓋越大

Fiber-optically connect the world to every ego impulse.

通訊發達讓人類更加自我膨脹

Grease even the dullest dreams with...

貪得無厭的結果

...gold-plated fantasies until every human becomes an aspiring emperor...

人類終將在物慾下沉淪

...becomes his own god. Where can you go from there?

妄尊自大，目中無人

Wrong way!

跑錯方向了

Fuck you--

去你的

As we're scrambling...

我們整天庸庸碌碌

為一件件生意爭得你死我活

...from one deal to the next...

...who's got his eye on the planet?

有誰關心我們安身立命的地球

As the air thickens, the water sours.

空氣水源都被嚴重污染了

Even bees' honey takes on the metallic taste of radioactivity...

連蜂蜜都有放射線的金屬味

...and it just keeps coming, faster and faster.

而情況只會愈演愈烈

 

There's no chance to think, to prepare.

 

一切來得讓你措手不及

It's buy futures, sell futures...

這種人只會透支未來

...when there is no future.

總有一天世界會被這種人毀滅

We got a runaway train, boy.

小子，世界已陷入一片混亂

We got a billion Eddie Barzoons all jogging into the future.

到處充斥著艾迪這種跳樑小丑

Every one of them getting ready to fistfuck God's ex-planet...

隨時準備把地球搞成一片廢墟

...lick their fingers clean...

他們再心滿意足地…

...as they reach out toward their pristine...

走到他們電腦前面

...cybernetic keyboards...

...to tote up their fucking billable hours.

在帳單上再記上幾筆

And then it hits home.

誰才是罪魁禍首？

y ou got to pay your own way, Eddie.

艾迪，一切是你自作自受

 

 

part 2 Devil 在召喚：

 

 

What do you want from me?

你要我做什麼？

l want you to be yourself.

做你自己

You know, l'll tell you, boy...

我告訴你，孩子

...guilt...

...it's like a bag of fucking bricks.

罪惡就像是沉重的負擔

All you got to do...

而你應該做的是…

...is set it down.

把一切罪惡感拋開

l know what you're going through.

我了解你的感受

l've been there.

因為我也經歷過

Just come here. Come here.

過來

Let it go. 一切讓它過去吧

l can't do that. 我沒辦法

Who are you carrying all those bricks for?

你幹嘛老是想不開呢？

God?

上帝，是嗎？

ls that it?

God?

上帝？

l tell you...

...let me give you a little inside information about God.

我告訴你一點上帝的小秘密

God likes to watch.

上帝喜歡冷眼旁觀

He's a prankster.

他是討厭鬼

Think about it.

想想看

He gives man... ...instincts.

 他給了人類感情的直覺

He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does he do?

他給了你這種天賦，然後呢？

l swear, for his own amusement...

為了娛樂自己

...his own private cosmic...

...gag reel...

...he sets the rules in opposition.

他立下了相反的遊戲規則

lt's the goof of all time.

史上最大的惡作劇

Look, but don't touch.

要你看得到，卻不准碰

Touch, but don't taste.

碰到了，又不准吃

Taste, but don't swallow.

吃到了，卻不准吞下去

And while you're jumping from one foot to the next, what is he doing?

當你犯規時，他做什麼？

He's laughing his sick fucking ass off!

他會樂不可支地嘲笑著你

He's a tightass!

這傢伙真是變態

He's a sadist!

簡直是個虐待狂

He's an absentee landlord!

他就像是不負責任的房東

Worship that? Never!

要我敬仰他？門都沒有

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven, is that it?

寧可在地獄稱王

也不在天堂當奴僕

Why not?

不是嗎？

l'm here on the ground with my nose in it since the whole thing began!

我從開天闢地以來 就來到世上，深人人類生活

l've nurtured every sensation man has been inspired to have!

我挑動了人性一切潛在的慾望

l cared about what he wanted and l never judged him!

我滿足了人類需求卻不批判他

Why? Because l never rejected him, in spite of all his imperfections!

為什麼？因為即使再頑劣的人 我也不會拒絕他

l'm a fan of man!

我熱愛人類

l'm a humanist.

我是個人道主義者

Maybe the last humanist.

搞不好是碩果僅存的了