When I was a freshman in college I watched the film Gua Sha Treatment for the first time, now I am a junior student and I come back to review the movie from a multicultural aspect, I have many different feelings after watching the film again.
At the beginning of the film, XuDatong is given an award and later he delivers a speech. What makes me impressed most is in his speech he says “one day I will become one of you, a truly successful American, today this award proved that America is a true land of opportunity and I am the living proof of that.” At that moment Xu thinks he has realized his American Dream totally with his lovingly wife and adorable son. However, I think it is ironical that to make a speech like that and I assume it is made on purpose to hind a clue for the story\'s development. How many non—American people have such a beautiful American dream? One of my classmate studies in American now and before he went aboard he told me his American dream is he can stand at the top of the New York. To be honest, I also dream that one day I can get the Green Card living there happily and successfully maybe working at the Wall Street. When Xu gets the award he thinks he entirely melted in the melting pot neglecting the multicultural obstruct, later the plot goes against the way he thinks. And later Quinlan asked Xu\'why you be the scapegoat of your father?\' Xu answers \'because he is Chinese.\' Then maybe Xu knows that there is always a wide gap between Chinese and American cultures.
The second scene is Xu hit his son Denis because Denis hit the son of xu\'s boss, at the middle of the film xu tells his boss that he hit his own son is only to show his respect to his boss John Quinlan, that time Quinlan feels puzzled “what a Chinese logic”,yes, American can never understand such a logic full of Chinese characteristic, because they respect everyone including the children, they won\'t beat a child to please the boss, and there is no such a conception of degree between employee and employer, they feel everyone is equal, which is quite different from china.
Connected to the second scene, the third difference I want to analyze is the care for the children. In America, people pay more attention to the right of children which can be seen from the law—leaving children alone at home is illegal, while in China it is so common that almost everyone may experience such loneliness. And Children Welfare Agency does work in America which shows the importance Americans attach to children\'s right. What\'s more, I remember a line \'No one won the case, especially the child.\' In my opinion, it also manifests the universal concern from the American public to the children.
The fourth aspect is following the procedure, in the film, more than there times, the people focus on the rule, the law, the procedure. At the Christmas Eve Xu wants to return back to his home pretending as a Santa Claus, what a pity, the security recognizes him and persuades \'you are always a good tenement, never causes troubles for me.\' And another scene is at the end of the film , the judge says \'I have to follow the procedure.\' However, in China people always have to ask for a favor to do something, and later you have to pay back the favor,for myself, I prefer the American style, strict to the procedure.
The fifth and the last point is the humors, Quinlan says \'you can\'t fall, your health security is the company paid.\' \'Datong, welcome home, maybe next time, you can come from the front door.\' \'dady, why you come from the window\' \' because we don\'t have a chimney.\' I really adore this distinguished American humor, especially in dangerous situations, which is quite rare in China.
That\'s my whole reaction to Gua Sha Treatment.
安德烈和娜塔莎是互相错过的两个人。
他们两个互相错过,不是因为尚华(安德烈的父亲老公爵)那样尖锐偏执的叫:“门第高啊?人挺好啊?啊,我那个小孙子要有后妈了!” 不是因为杨晓(阿纳托利)那充满诱惑和激情的声音:“我爱你爱到发疯了,还能见面吗?” 不是因为苏秀(娜塔莎的母亲)那无可奈何仿佛已经预料到结局的口气(那是作母亲才会有的敏感):“去吧,去见他,他向你求婚呢。” 不是因为孙道临那一语道破天机的旁白:“此刻安德烈心中原有的对娜塔莎的激情消失了,?只留下对娜塔莎幼稚和软弱的怜悯,以及她对爱情是否能够忠贞的忧虑。”甚至不是因为他们要分开一年。不,全都不是,只是因为他们自己。 他们是两个截然不同的人。
安德烈出场的时候,他对自己的婚姻感到失败和厌倦,“永远不要结婚,朋友,这是我对你的忠告。”而娜塔莎吸引他的,是她和他的前妻、和整个上流社会完全不同的纯真,她给他带来的是“幸福、希望、光明”。
那么娜塔莎爱安德烈什么呢?她只是想爱,当在舞会上安德烈穿过大厅向她走来时,她就爱了。那是一个和她周围的男人——她父亲、哥哥、鲍里斯、彼埃尔都不同的成熟男人,严肃、不苟言笑,他最大的优点就是有自制力。在一个小女孩看来,探索这样男人的内心有着无穷的吸引力。
安德烈和娜塔莎从一开始就南辕北辙。对方身上那显而易见的区别恰恰成了各人眼里最具吸引力的地方。
于是,爱情在安德烈经历过生死对生活不抱希望的时候悄然而来的,在娜塔莎正想恋爱的时候从天而降的。
从一开始他们之间的关系就并不平等,娜塔莎总是仰望安德烈——“连我父亲都尊敬的聪明人”,还有害怕。娜塔莎打猎、跳舞,快乐的似乎忘了一切,可当尼古拉提到安德烈,她突然有些惊恐的怀疑安德烈是不是赞成、理解她的这种乐趣。娜塔莎对自己一向充满信心,她跳舞、骑马、打猎,样样都行,人人都夸,还有一副天生的好嗓子。但面对安德烈她却显得那么不自信。她在安德烈无形的压力下,唯恐自己不能符合他的要求。“可和他在一起,我总有点害怕。怎么回事?这就是真的感情吗?”而安德烈也满足于这种仰望。他认为阿纳托利只爱娜塔莎的肉体而非灵魂,其实他也还远没接触到她的灵魂。
安德烈习惯于克制自己的感情,他向彼埃尔倾诉时杨成纯的声音是那么兴奋,好像已经不能抑制了“我不能不爱光明,这不是我的错!”求婚时,他面对娜塔莎却又冷静的仿佛与己无关。在最炽热的感情下面还有块永不会化的冰。这就是安德烈,也是杨成纯。爱情就应该是激情澎湃,而当面对婚姻的时候,一切都要变得现实。求婚对安德烈不是第一回,他低
头却不看娜塔莎,熟练的说着想好的词,“我第一次看见您就爱上您了,我能希望?”“您是不是爱我呢?”而对娜塔莎这是破题儿头一遭,此前她已经在没有如何消息的等待中熬过了3个星期,就在她觉得不嫁人也挺好的时候,接到了求婚。她怎么能不喜极而泣,激动得喘不上气。“还用问吗?您应该知道,干嘛还要怀疑?那些无法用言语表达的感情何必要说?”“多幸福啊!”但接下来的却是更加漫长的一年的等待。她又怎么能不产生激烈的反应:“一年!这办不到!”但安德烈却想不到这些,“怎么了?为什么要哭呢?”他没法理解娜塔莎的眼泪,反而加深了对她软弱幼稚的\'担心。
好像很自然的,杨成纯的淡淡的声音说出:“您是自由的,婚姻将保守秘密,要是您发现您并不爱我,或者爱上了别人?”怀疑已经开始了。他坚持不把婚约公开,不举行订婚仪式,说明他对娜塔莎没有信心,对这段感情没有信心。他有些自私的想,如果娜塔莎真的要退婚,他不至于成为全上流社会的笑柄。表面上他是给娜塔莎自由,实际上他爱惜名声到不在乎娜塔莎的感受。他甚至走之前会说:“我走以后天知道会发生什么事?您可能会不再爱我?”这种心理暗示对他、对娜塔莎都是致命的。
其实,上一段婚姻的失败,对前妻的愧疚都还在安德烈心里。他也在害怕会重蹈覆辙。丽莎的死和他的自私——坚持要上战场去追求自己的土伦有直接关系。这一次,“等待一年”显然不止是推迟他的幸福,也不止是让娜塔莎更了解自己,安德烈恐怕也把这当成是对娜塔莎的考验。然而他们的爱情也终究没能闯过这关,于是杨成纯的柔情消失了,他用我们熟悉的有些夸张的语气说:“请转告伯爵小姐,她过去和现在都是自由的。祝她万事如意。”此时他不再关心娜塔莎的情况,只想知道阿纳托利的下落,他要去决斗,那关系到他的名誉。 娜塔莎想要完美的爱情,像尼古拉和索尼娅,或者比那更加轰轰烈烈。安德烈想要一段由美好爱情带来的幸福婚姻。
婚姻和爱情区别的第一要素就是责任。娜塔莎也意识到了,“从现在起,我就是这个陌生的可爱的连我父亲都尊敬的聪明人的妻子了,这可能吗?从今以后,再不能把生活当儿戏了。我是大人了,我对自己的一言一行都要负起责任来。”可惜她还经历世事太少,还不明白“责任”——婚姻中的责任究竟意味着什么。在她心里安德烈还是个“陌生人”。
娜塔莎向往朝朝暮暮,如今却是远隔千里。她的身边愈是热闹,心里却只是愈孤独,愈不能停止思念,“现在他在哪儿?”她必须强迫自己“不想这个,不许想这个。” 然而如何能不想。这一切终于在新年的时候到了顶点,“他什么时候回来?也许他已经回来了,我忘记了。”(注意:她说的是“我忘记了”,而不是“我不知道”。这就是娜塔莎的语言。她始终没变,还是那个一心想飞上天的女孩子。)“真想他快点回来,真怕会失去他。最糟糕的是我会变老的,那时候我就不会这么美了。”——思君使人老。但不是使娜塔莎变得成熟,只是使她更加冲动、脆弱、更加混乱。思念使爱情的感觉不再是幸福,而成了折磨,使等待仿佛看不到尽头。
阿纳托利恰在此时出现了,就在思念已经击溃了娜塔莎的时候。“昨天晚上我的命运已经决定了,不是被您爱,就是为您死!”这才像一场娜塔莎梦想中的爱情,热烈的情书、炽烈的亲吻,和安德烈的不动声色都是那么鲜明的对比。何况还有私奔——浪漫到了极点。安德烈就要回来了,但对娜塔莎已经不再重要了,这次她一定要好好爱一回。她其实只差最后一点坚持,但她已经感觉不到能使她坚持下去的爱了。爱情来得越是突然和狂热,往往越不能持久,结局越不可预测。
直到面对死亡,爱才得到奇迹般的重生。女人对男人的爱里面是一定要有些怜惜的,那是自然而然产生的母性的爱,不应该只是仰望。不论什么样的男人在内心最深处都会有小男孩的一面,两个人经过这个阶段才可能产生真正的爱情。那是安德烈在死前、娜塔莎在安德烈床前才体会得到。杨成纯才能由衷又再一次那样充满柔情的说:“娜塔莎,我越来越爱您了。”
然而,太迟了,他们已经错过了那仅有的一次机会,他们和命运擦身而过。或者实际上,命运根本就不曾给过他们机会,只不过是让他们相遇而已,让他们更加深了对自己的了解,更清楚该如何去真正的爱。仅此而已。
只是当时已惘然。
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