日劇《OVERTIME》與 Bruce Springsteen 的《波比珍 》 2000年 號外
後知後覺的我近幾個月才起步追看了不少日劇﹐其中於我印象深刻的有反町隆史和江角真紀子主演﹐九九年春季推出的《OVERTIME》﹐我難以忘懷這套劇並不單是它的結局篇感動到我淚如泉湧。
很多人都說日劇擅於煽情﹐我找不到理由反對﹐因為我看過的很多部日劇都真的有辦法使我熱淚盈眶﹐或許我是屬於那些感情、眼淚皆氾濫的人﹐但我自問經過多年看電影電視的訓練﹐已不會那麼容易被煽倒﹐不會再動不動就哭起來﹐看本港的電視劇我就不曾流過一滴眼淚。可想而知﹐煽情也有高低之分﹐無聊低能的煽徒然令人啞然失笑﹐但日劇似乎已深黯煽情之道﹐掌得恰到好處﹐絕對是高明的煽﹐甚至好起來的時候是有情操﹐有境界的煽﹐像《美味關係》那種浪漫哀怨愛情小品固之然可以放恣地傷感﹐此外《因愛的名義》刻劃友誼﹐《天使之路》的親情也令我感動不已﹐甚至連《奇跡餐廳》那個片頭字幕﹐我亦一次又一次被它氣勢磅礡的配樂和視覺設計所感染﹐每集單看片頭都從內心湧起一股莫名的激動﹐流起淚來﹐所以《OVERTIME》的結局榨取我大量淚水也沒有甚麼大不了﹐其實《OVERTIME》最令我難忘的是劇中男女主角的關係。
劇中女主角江角真紀子三十歲﹐男主角反町隆史廿五歲﹐男女主角年齡成反差距﹐《OVERTIME》不是第一次﹐日劇經典《悠長假期》裡木村拓哉和山口智子就是經典的「老妻少夫」組合 ﹐但不同之處是木村 / 山口最終都排除萬難﹐來個神話式的有情人終成眷屬﹐而《OVERTIME》的反町和江角並沒有得到大團圓結局﹐雖然他們曾經發生過性行為﹐但由始至終﹐他們都各有各的愛情發展和困擾﹐彼此沒有試過真正成為一對戀人﹐他們之間可以說是一種十分微妙奇妙的男女關係﹐令我想起了 Bruce Springsteen 一首名曲 "Bobby Jean"。
Bobby Jean 是 Springsteen 八十年代經典勁碟《Born in the U.S.A》第二面(那時我還是買黑膠碟的)第二首歌﹐我第一次聽已被它強勁的節拍和抑鬱的調子所吸引﹐後來仔細聽歌詞﹐竟感動到忍不住哭起來﹐即使時至今日﹐每次聽到這首歌﹐依然有流淚的衝動﹐它的歌詞是這樣的。
Well I came by your house the other day
Your mother said you went away
She said there was nothing that I could have done
There was nothing nobody could say
Me and you we have known each other ever since we were 16
I wished I would have known
I wished i could have called you just to say goodbye
Bobby Jean
Now you hung with me when all the others turned away, turned up their nose
We liked the same music, we liked the same bands, we liked the same clothes
We told each other that we were the wildest
The wildest things we’d ever seen
I wished I could have talked to you just to say goodbye
Bobby Jean
Now we went walking in the rain, talking about the pain that from the world we hid
Now there ain’t nobody, nowhere, nohow gonna ever understand me the way you did
Maybe you’ll be out there on that road somewhere, in some bus or train
Travelling along, in some motel room, there’ll be a radio playing and you’ll hear me sing this song
Well, if you do, you’ll know I’m thinking of you
And all the miles in between
And I’m just calling one last time
Not to change your mind but just to say I miss you baby, good luck, goodbye
Bobby Jean
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