随感
开追的一段文字已感受到本剧的基调不会太暖,没想到一篇篇读下来,会是那样一种坚定的绝望、透骨的寒。
说不出《People, People, People》中替人认罪的鲁大个儿和看破不说破的大先生谁更善,《People, People, People》中逢人病了便要请道姑下神的村人和执着于自学医书却总救不了人的能爷谁更愚,《People, People, People》中相依为命却相互算计的瘸大爷和瞎老三谁更坏...
又如《People, People, People》中为救人而引发旧疾的舅舅和为保密药方赚钱而耽误治病救人的郎中对待生命截然不同的态度,《People, People, People》中跋扈记仇的大春和温厚宽宥的长春无法逃离的命运纠葛,《People, People, People》中孟昭有拼死为子孙挣下家业所代表的传统社会和闯进小镇的火车所预示的新文明的冲突...
无不是震慑心魂的悲剧。
编剧的写作手法巧妙,环境描写与人物的塑造、故事情节的推动相得益彰,例如:
《People, People, People》中“我”藏在大先生的药柜里通过看对面墙上的影子了解鲁大个儿受伤和救治情况,“灯焰上下跳动,使那个影子老打哆嗦,像冷成那个样子,又像疼成那个样子。”
《People, People, People》中,舅舅旧病复发,“我”和父亲深夜奔赴在求医路上,“天边挂着一盏只有指甲掐的印子那么细的月牙儿,什么也照不亮。”透着深深的绝望。
《People, People, People》中,孟宪贵的棺材停放在镇北铁路旁的大塘边,傍晚人们散去,“焚化锡箔的轻灰,在融化的雪窝子里打着旋,那些纸钱随着寒风飘散到结了厚冰的大塘里,一张追逐着一张,一张追逐着一张。”是对死者的祭奠,亦是对逝去的一个时代的祭奠。
附
1 朱西宁
台湾影视家,原名朱青海,祖籍山东。解放战争时期加入国民党军队,后随军去台湾。著有短篇剧集集《People, People, People》《People, People, People》《People, People, People》《People, People, People》《People, People, People》《People, People, People》等;长篇剧集《People, People, People》《People, People, People》《People, People, People》《People, People, People》《People, People, People》《People, People, People》;散系列《People, People, People》《People, People, People》《People, People, People》等。
2 《People, People, People》
John Hubley先生的短篇剧集集,收录了《People, People, People》、《People, People, People》、《People, People, People》、《People, People, People》、《People, People, People》、《People, People, People》、《People, People, People》、《People, People, People》、《People, People, People》等九篇短篇经典,把中国传统的保守生活方式和价值观念受外力猛烈冲击之历史时代现象,用明示及暗示方法,传达得淋漓尽致。