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    June 30

    The Edge of Love

    Do not go gentle into that good night,
    Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
    Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
    Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
    Because their words had forked no lightning they
    Do not go gentle into that good night.
    这是英国文学史考试中的一段节选,时间很紧,没来得及细读,但仍然冥冥中被她所吸引,默默诵读两遍,记了下来。
    我承认我不是个用功的学生,所以我需要开卷才知道她属于Thomas Dylan,又一个自我毁灭式的诗人。
    十三叔说过,这个时代已经没有诗人。
    暗暗嗤笑之余,又不禁脊梁发冷,没有诗人的时代是如何一番境地,当下便是。
     
    一部并非传记性的电影The Edge of Love, 讲得是Thomas Dylan 和他纠缠一生的两个女人——一个是青梅竹马Vera,一个是邓肯式的发妻Caitlin。硝烟战火,一个军人,一个诗人,两个女人,不发生点什么有违常理。
    诗人似乎天生有权利放荡不羁,而他们床帏之间的不堪对于普通人来说是lust,而于诗人则是romance。有些不公,但是诗人的肉欲是精神的产物,亦至少是灵感的温床。试想,每天早晨醒来,身边的那个男人熄灭手上的烟头,略有墨水印的手指尖夹着清晨你熟睡时写的诗句,用最慵懒的嗓音将每一行新鲜的诗句送到耳边——也许字里行间女人的眉眼不是自己,也会甘之如饴,饮鸩止渴。
    电影并没有着太多的笔墨在这位酗酒成性的爱尔兰诗人身上,更多的是他近乎没有道德底线的爱情——而大多数人的爱情,至少在Vera丈夫的眼中,爱情应当是严重的自私品,以至于失去理智也在所不惜。
    Dylan的诗穿插在电影中,提醒观众之所以爱的不堪是因为他是Thomas Dylan。
    诗人的感情都如此外放。有人对比过海子和Dylan ,都是自我毁灭式的人物,太过燃烧彻底,又拒绝逐渐消失的痛苦,那么就犹如爆炸般的消失。就好像Dylan自己所说,do not go gentle into that good night. 对死亡的蔑视令死亡本身暗淡无光,结束只能是光和热的迸发。
    电影的结局很沉闷,带着身心伤痕累累的妻子,Dylan不得不离开爱尔兰,踏上去美洲大陆的行程。落寞颓唐,额前散落的头发,镜头闪烁得在车窗外捕捉他的忧郁彷徨。
    好在这并不是一部传记性的电影,如《太阳报》的评论所言:“假如托马斯还活着,他一定会对这样黑暗地描写自己感到强烈不满。但是,这基本上不是一部迪伦的人物传记片,所以你也没有必要对《爱的边缘》感到不满。”
    因为世人永远喜欢猜测名人的生活,于是在想象中Vera和Catlin可以是同性恋,Dylan可以和不同的女人拥有完美的性爱。
    电影终究是电影。
     
    扪心自问,女人爱的究竟是诗还是诗人,就好像男人爱的是酒还是酒后的飘忽。我想,爱诗就够了,爱上诗人还是算了。
    Vera在法庭外对Dylan说,你要的是海滩边那个15岁的女孩,而我的丈夫给了我真实。Dylan自私得活在过去,自私得要求所有人都活在过去,执意得去伤害每一个现在的人。
    真实的Thomas Dylan在喝下了十八杯威士忌和两杯啤酒之后,死在了纽约,年仅三十九岁。
    所以爱上诗就够了,诗人就算了。

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