迷失东京
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婚姻的迷失
Are you having a mid-twenties crisis?
Are you fatigued?
Do you have no idea where your career is going?
Do you hate most people?
Bob: We used to have fun, she used to like to go to places with me for my movies and we would laugh at all the weirdoes (好笑的人或事), but now she’s tired of it all. She never wants to leave the kids, she doesn’t need me, and they don’t need me, I feel like I’m in the way. It gets complicated when you have kids... that changes everything.
Charlotte: That’s too scary.
Bob: When they誶e born its like Vietnam. It’s terrifying... But it’s great being with them, after they can talk, and can do things with you.
Charlotte则是新婚不久，丈夫John总是忙碌着，天天嘴里说着I’ve gotta go，然后匆匆出门。在这个奔忙、纷乱的世界，年轻的Charlotte找不到自己的人生方向：
Charlotte: I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be. I thought maybe I wanted to be a writer... but I hate what I write, and I tried taking pictures, but John’s so good at that, and mine are so mediocre(adj. 平庸)... and every girl goes through a photography phase, like horses, you know dumb pictures of your feet...
Bob: You誰l figure it out. I’m not worried about you. Keep writing.
Charlotte: But, I’m mean.
Bob: That’s OK.
Lauren: Charlotte? How’s Tokyo?
Charlotte: It’s cool... but, I don’t know... I went to a shrine today and all these little monk’s were chanting(v. 诵经)... and, I didn’t feel anything... I even tried ikebana (n. 插花艺术), and John’s using hair products... I don’t know who I —
Lauren：Oh, wait, can you hold on one sec?
Charlotte: Sure.
(Lauren talks to somebody else)
Lauren: Sorry about that, what were you saying?
Charlotte: Oh, it’s nothing... I better go, I誰l talk to you later.
Lauren：Ok, have fun there, you誶e so lucky you don’t have any kids yet and you can go off to Japan... call me when you get back.
Bob: Lydia, I went to this great house tonight, this guy designed and built, you would have loved it.
Lydia: Oh, yeah? I wish I had seen it.
Bob: He was this fashion guy, and there were all these Japanese fashion people — it’s a whole other world, and I was talking to these Japanese surfers... He was playing all this great music — I have to find out what it was...
Lydia: That sounds great — can you hold on... (talking to daughter...) Just trying to get her to eat something... I’m glad you誶e having fun.
Bob: Yeah, it’s really different here.
Lydia：Well, that’s good. I have to get the kids off for school. Can I call you in little while?
妻子对他的感受似乎只是机械的反应，没有真正的思想交流，惟一的共同话题就是他们的儿女，不过最后似乎连女儿也懒得和父亲打招呼：
Lydia: Zoe, come say hello to your father...
(A little girl’s voice shouts“No!”in the background.)
Lydia: I guess she’s busy.
Bob: That’s OK.
Charlotte: When are you leaving?
Bob: Tomorrow.
Charlotte: I’m going to miss you.
Bob: That’s what you said the other night.
Charlotte: Well, I mean it more now.
...
语言和文化的迷失
整个世界的迷失
似乎所有的人都迷失了，唯有Charlotte和Bob还在执著地追寻着真正的自我，但没有人聆听他们。当Charlotte托着腮茫然地看着窗外忙碌的世界，当Bob穿着睡衣颓然无助地坐在床边，他们是如此的寂寞，但是他们的寂寞并不是单纯的感情上的寂寞，而是心灵上的终极寂寞。所以当这样两个人相遇，他们之间的感情也不限于爱情，更有点像soul mate。当Bob最终要离开时，两人依依不舍：
Bob: I don’t want to go back tomorrow.
Charlotte: I know. It doesn’t last, you have to go back sometime.
Bob: Why can’t it last?
Charlotte: I don’t know, it just doesn’t, reality changes things... we can’t stay here forever, unless maybe we started a Jazz band.
面对这个忙碌的世界，他们很无奈，Bob终将回到他的家庭，继续他寂寞的生活，而Charlotte也得找寻自己的职业道路。这里Charlotte最后一句话颇有意思，start a Jazz band，我们何尝不是这样，很多次听朋友说以后要开一家小店，一家书屋或者一家咖啡馆，也许只有这样我们才能逃离这个不真实的世界，过真实平静的生活，但是就像Charlotte所言：reality changes things，对于我们大多数人来说，那些终将是一些梦想。
和我们大多数人一样，影片中Bob 和Charlotte并不是和命运抗争的斗士，他们所能做的不过是静静地望着对方，静静地承受着生命中的一切。
影片最后Bob和Charlotte没有留下什么激情的话语，甚至没留下联系方式，短暂的拥抱后，Bob乘出租车赶往机场。Charlotte也渐渐消失在东京街头忙碌的人群中，音乐响起，留给我们无尽的思考和困惑。
也许所有的困惑都可以从Charlotte和Bob的两句话中找到答案，也许我们 的人生注定就不会是一个完美的人生……
Charlotte: Why do you have to be with your opposite, why can’t similar people be together?
Bob: Because that would be too easy. (如果那样的话，人生就太简单了……)
婚姻的迷失
Are you having a mid-twenties crisis?
Are you fatigued?
Do you have no idea where your career is going?
Do you hate most people?
Bob: We used to have fun, she used to like to go to places with me for my movies and we would laugh at all the weirdoes (好笑的人或事), but now she’s tired of it all. She never wants to leave the kids, she doesn’t need me, and they don’t need me, I feel like I’m in the way. It gets complicated when you have kids... that changes everything.
Charlotte: That’s too scary.
Bob: When they誶e born its like Vietnam. It’s terrifying... But it’s great being with them, after they can talk, and can do things with you.
Charlotte则是新婚不久，丈夫John总是忙碌着，天天嘴里说着I’ve gotta go，然后匆匆出门。在这个奔忙、纷乱的世界，年轻的Charlotte找不到自己的人生方向：
Charlotte: I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be. I thought maybe I wanted to be a writer... but I hate what I write, and I tried taking pictures, but John’s so good at that, and mine are so mediocre(adj. 平庸)... and every girl goes through a photography phase, like horses, you know dumb pictures of your feet...
Bob: You誰l figure it out. I’m not worried about you. Keep writing.
Charlotte: But, I’m mean.
Bob: That’s OK.
Lauren: Charlotte? How’s Tokyo?
Charlotte: It’s cool... but, I don’t know... I went to a shrine today and all these little monk’s were chanting(v. 诵经)... and, I didn’t feel anything... I even tried ikebana (n. 插花艺术), and John’s using hair products... I don’t know who I —
Lauren：Oh, wait, can you hold on one sec?
Charlotte: Sure.
(Lauren talks to somebody else)
Lauren: Sorry about that, what were you saying?
Charlotte: Oh, it’s nothing... I better go, I誰l talk to you later.
Lauren：Ok, have fun there, you誶e so lucky you don’t have any kids yet and you can go off to Japan... call me when you get back.
Bob: Lydia, I went to this great house tonight, this guy designed and built, you would have loved it.
Lydia: Oh, yeah? I wish I had seen it.
Bob: He was this fashion guy, and there were all these Japanese fashion people — it’s a whole other world, and I was talking to these Japanese surfers... He was playing all this great music — I have to find out what it was...
Lydia: That sounds great — can you hold on... (talking to daughter...) Just trying to get her to eat something... I’m glad you誶e having fun.
Bob: Yeah, it’s really different here.
Lydia：Well, that’s good. I have to get the kids off for school. Can I call you in little while?
妻子对他的感受似乎只是机械的反应，没有真正的思想交流，惟一的共同话题就是他们的儿女，不过最后似乎连女儿也懒得和父亲打招呼：
Lydia: Zoe, come say hello to your father...
(A little girl’s voice shouts“No!”in the background.)
Lydia: I guess she’s busy.
Bob: That’s OK.
Charlotte: When are you leaving?
Bob: Tomorrow.
Charlotte: I’m going to miss you.
Bob: That’s what you said the other night.
Charlotte: Well, I mean it more now.
...
语言和文化的迷失
整个世界的迷失
似乎所有的人都迷失了，唯有Charlotte和Bob还在执著地追寻着真正的自我，但没有人聆听他们。当Charlotte托着腮茫然地看着窗外忙碌的世界，当Bob穿着睡衣颓然无助地坐在床边，他们是如此的寂寞，但是他们的寂寞并不是单纯的感情上的寂寞，而是心灵上的终极寂寞。所以当这样两个人相遇，他们之间的感情也不限于爱情，更有点像soul mate。当Bob最终要离开时，两人依依不舍：
Bob: I don’t want to go back tomorrow.
Charlotte: I know. It doesn’t last, you have to go back sometime.
Bob: Why can’t it last?
Charlotte: I don’t know, it just doesn’t, reality changes things... we can’t stay here forever, unless maybe we started a Jazz band.
面对这个忙碌的世界，他们很无奈，Bob终将回到他的家庭，继续他寂寞的生活，而Charlotte也得找寻自己的职业道路。这里Charlotte最后一句话颇有意思，start a Jazz band，我们何尝不是这样，很多次听朋友说以后要开一家小店，一家书屋或者一家咖啡馆，也许只有这样我们才能逃离这个不真实的世界，过真实平静的生活，但是就像Charlotte所言：reality changes things，对于我们大多数人来说，那些终将是一些梦想。
和我们大多数人一样，影片中Bob 和Charlotte并不是和命运抗争的斗士，他们所能做的不过是静静地望着对方，静静地承受着生命中的一切。
影片最后Bob和Charlotte没有留下什么激情的话语，甚至没留下联系方式，短暂的拥抱后，Bob乘出租车赶往机场。Charlotte也渐渐消失在东京街头忙碌的人群中，音乐响起，留给我们无尽的思考和困惑。
也许所有的困惑都可以从Charlotte和Bob的两句话中找到答案，也许我们 的人生注定就不会是一个完美的人生……
Charlotte: Why do you have to be with your opposite, why can’t similar people be together?
Bob: Because that would be too easy. (如果那样的话，人生就太简单了……)