This is a story about a special and unreserved woman who has been exposed to a hostile environment but continuously and fearlessly struggling for her ideal life. The story can be interpreted as a symbol of the independent spirit.
It seems to me that many readers’ English reading experience starts with Jane Eyer. I am of no exception. As we refer to the movie “Jane Eyer”, it is not surprising to find some differences because of its being filmized and retold in a new way, but the spirit of the novel remains----to be an independent person, both physically and mentally.
Jane Eyer was a born resister, whose parents went off when she was very young, and her aunt,the only relative she had,treated her as badly as a ragtag. Since Jane’s education in Lowwood Orphanage began, she didn’t get what she had been expecting——simply being regarded as a common person, just the same as any other girl around. The suffers from being humiliated and devastated teach Jane to be persevering and prize dignity over anything else.As a reward of revolting the ruthless oppression, Jane got a chance to be a tutor in Thornfield Garden. There she made the acquaintance of lovely Adele and that garden’s owner, Rochester, a man with warm heart despite a cold face outside. Jane expected to change the life from then on, but fate had decided otherwise: After Jane and Rochester fell in love with each other and got down to get marry, she unfortunately came to know in fact Rochester had got a legal wife, who seemed to be the shadow following Rochester and led to his moodiness all the time ----Rochester was also a despairing person in need of salvation. Jane did want to give him a hand, however, she made up her mind to leave, because she didn’t want to betray her own principles, because she was Jane Eyer. The film has finally got a symbolist end: Jane inherited a large number of legacies and finally returned. After finding Rochester ’s misfortune brought by his original mad wife, Jane chose to stay with him forever.
I don’t know what others feel, but frankly speaking, I would rather regard the section that Jane began her teaching job in Thornfield as the film’s end----especially when I heard Jane’s words “Never in my life have I been awaken so happily. ” For one thing, this ideal and brand-new beginning of life was what Jane had been imagining for long as a suffering person; for another, this should be what the audiences with my views hoped her to get. But the professional judgment of producing films reminded me to wait for a totally different result: There must be something wrong coming with the excellence----perhaps not only should another section be added to enrich the story, but also we may see from the next transition of Jane’s life that “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you would get.”
What ’s more, this film didn’t end when Jane left Thornfield. For Jane Eyer herself, there should always be somewhere to realize her great ideal of being independent considering her fortitude, but for Rochester, how he can get salvation? The film gives the answer tentatively: Jane eventually got back to Rochester. In fact, when Jane met Rochester for the first time, she scared his horse and made his heel strained, to a certain extent, which meant Rochester would get retrieval because of Jane. We can consider Rochester’s experiences as that of religion meaning. The fire by his frantic wife was the punishment for the cynicism early in his life. After it, Rochester got the mercy of the God and the love of the woman whom he loved. Here we can say: human nature and divinity get united perfectly in order to let such a story accord with the requirements of both two sides. The value of this film may be due to its efforts to explore a new way for the development of humanism under the faith of religion.
对于孟京辉的戏剧早有耳闻,而且常常被冠于“先锋”或者“实验”戏剧之名。周末应朋友之邀看了正在上演的《恋爱的犀牛》,看过之后备感失望。导演想揭示执着与坚持之于当代社会的价值和意义,无论是生命、爱情或是事业莫不如是,甚至还扮演起上帝的角色给守此信念的人带来好运。
如此主题并无不妥,就看如何建构这个故事,对主题进行挖掘和演绎。遗憾的是导演对社会的认知过于表面和粗浅,带来的是内容的杂乱和结构的松散,对主题的演绎缺乏深度的支持。插科打诨似的无厘头表演内容,除了说明该戏的社会背景外,能够支持导演这么做和选择的恐怕也就是商业因素了,作品深刻不深刻不重要,让大家傻乐一下,钱收回来就好。
说起“先锋”或者“实验”戏剧,从这个戏中看不出有什么能体现出先锋的概念。也许这个标签也不是孟京辉自己要的,是别人硬给他贴上的。戏中看到的是过多的手法和技巧,缺乏一个大的理念来统一整个戏的方向和灵魂。想到了电影镜头在戏剧中的'表现方法、充分利用表演的场地与空间、沉浸式地表演体验,男主人公与犀牛符号化般地隐喻等等,可这些只是手段而已,而且国外很多年前就在玩这些了,如果这也叫“先锋”的话,那在我们这里就真不知谁是傻子了。让我印象深刻的倒是导演对性交这个话题很是热衷,借着戏剧舞台自己过瘾的同时,也让有点文化的小资们在这个貌似高雅的殿堂里听到自己心里久违的放纵。同乐,同乐!
我国与西方的戏剧发展水平相比有较大差距,我们需要学的东西还很多。从这个意义上来说,每一个戏剧工作者的努力都是要多加支持和鼓励的。加油吧!我相信孟京辉们的努力工作会让越来越多的观众走进剧场。
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