2011年4月25日星期一

《The Other Side of Midnight》


Marie-France Pisier 去世了. 資深影迷自然記得她是杜魯福《Antoine Doinel》系列的Colette. 影友立即找回《Love on the Run》(1979)中 Christine (已辭世的Claude Jade) 與Colette對話的片段重溫. Marie-France Pisier 是法國人, 卻也拍過一套《Les Sœurs Brontë》(The Brontë Sisters, 1979) , 飾演講法文的Charlotte Brontë (Isabelle Adjani 與Isabelle Huppert分飾 Emily Brontë 和 Anne Brontë ) . 然而我卻心繫《The Other Side of Midnight》(1977) 這套美國電影, 只是一直沒有機會觀看. 想不到欣賞影片之時, 竟是為了悼念Marie-France Pisier.


Isabelle Huppert, Marie-France Pisier, Isabelle Adjani

《The Other Side of Midnight》改篇自被譽為「鬼佬瓊瑤」劇作家 Sidney Shelton 的暢銷小說. 當年小說風行, 霍士二十世紀電影公司以為影片一樣能夠賺得盤滿缽滿, 並沒有著意另一套科幻特技電影的冒起, 結果舢舨衝炮艇, 這套從此寫進電影歷史的電影叫《Star Wars》. 《The Other Side of Midnight》的失敗就像一個時代的分水嶺. 然而小說的暢銷也間接催生了無線長篇電視劇《狂潮》, 奠定了本地電視劇豪門恩怨式的格局. Noelle Page也就是雷茵 (狄波拉) 與邵華山 (周潤發) 的前身...



二次大戰前夕, 法國女子Noelle Page (Marie-France Pisier) 不幸被父親出賣 (她本身就是婚外情的產物), 要她犧牲色相去換取財富. Noelle Page結識了美國空軍Larry Douglas (John Beck), 以為可以付託終生. 野心勃勃的Larry回國服役後, 很快便將Noelle Page拋諸腦後, 與Catherine Alexander (Susan Saradon) 結婚 ─ 用的也是對待Noelle Page的同一套手段. Noelle Page忍痛墮胎, 把心一橫, 決定向負心人報復: 先是成為電影演員, 利用自己的美貌扶搖直上, 後來更成為希臘大亨 (Raf Vallone) 的情婦, 借助對方的財力將Larry玩弄於股掌之中. 可是Noelle Page竟然與Larry愛火重燃. 她更唆使對方殺掉妻子, 然後遠走高飛. 陰差陽錯下, 兩人被控謀殺. 揚言要拯救Noelle Page的希臘大亨, 秘密收留了逃過一劫的Catherine, 設局讓Noelle Page和Larry受到制裁. Noelle Page的感情與命運, 還是再一次所托非人.

雖然沒有看過原著, 單看影片也推測得出故事的一二. 小說中對Noelle Page和Catherine角色描寫得更為深入, 而負心人Larry更是在法庭上才得知Noelle Page的真正身份與用心. 但影片完全沒有保留這些震撼人心的衝突位 (寫劇本的是《Summer of 42'》作者Herman Raucher) , Noelle Page、Larry、Catherine三位主角之間的交錯不夠緊湊, 影片亦過於側重Noelle Page的篇幅. 唯有希臘大亨臨場一擊, 才增加結局的荒謬與悲涼: 大亨心胸狹窄, 有仇必報, 卻也救回無辜的Catherine, 突顯了Noelle Page與Larry的冷酷無情.

Noelle Page一角令人搖頭嘆息: 從天真無邪的少女, 變成人盡可夫的婊子. 她曾拒絕出賣自己, 最終也選擇出賣自己作為向上爬的工具. 至於Larry根本不值得她去愛 (諷刺是Catherine也對Larry投以信任), 如此負心無情, Noelle Page又怎會看不出他的為人, 但她精心策劃的復仇大計, 卻也敗在自己對Larry的留戀上, 白白忙了一場.

《The Other Side of Midnight》故事奇情, 但影片拍得一般, 人性醜惡的描寫與對抗命運的悲劇感, 肯定不及原著小說. Marie-France Pisier演得還可以, Noelle Page遠比Catherine一角吸引, 難免將初出道的Susan Saradon比下去. 論成績《The Other Side of Midnight》實在不佳, 但影片找來大師級Michel Legrand配樂 . 據法國傳媒估計, Marie-France Pisier可能死於溺斃, 這種悵然若失的戲劇性結局, 竟然與她飾演的Noelle Page一樣殊途同歸.

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