真相大白（国语版）

莫怪用英文写，这是以前的某次练笔...

I.Before the movie

    Kept myself in the hotel room watching HBO for two days . The finding of <Everything Is Illuminated> largely reduced my sense of guilty for not being anywhere when in another city. Right in the first 2 minutes I was attracted by its humorous dialogue, special shooting and floating Ukrainian music. If a movie is able to catch you in the first 2 minutes, you have to go on with it till end.

    Jonathan Safran Foer, An American Jewish young man, went to Ukraine to look for a village called "Trachimbrod", where his grand father was saved by an Ukrainian girl during World War II. He wore big, black-framed glassed and black suites. Likes to collect things, say, a bottle of hand cream from a train, a peice of potato that was supposed to be his dinner but unfortunately fell to the ground, and a small insect crawling across the sunflower field. His guide was a Ukrainian young man Alex, who liked American pop culture such as Michael Jackson and punk. The driver, Alex's grandfather, was a weird and easily irratated old man. The 4th member was a "mentally deranged" little dog of the family, which had an odd name:Sammy Davis Jr. Jr.
 
II.In the middle

    I started the movie in relaxation, but it became heavier an heavier as the story went on. Merry Russian melody gradually turned to a sad tune . The truth was closer. On the beautiful vast land of sunflower there used to be blood and violence. How can you forget? It's carved in your bones and embeded in your muscles. It's not gone with the wind but buried under the earth, under the flowers, along the river and in the sunshine.
 
III.After the movie
 
    Some people choose to remember. Jonathan has been trying to collect things he met in his life, in case of "forget things that happend". Lista has kept those old staff for decades of years, in memory of the dead and waiting for those who are coming.
 
    Some people choose to forget. Alex's grandfather tried to get rid of his miserable past with life long efforts.
        
    It's easy to remember but hard to forget. That's why Alex's grandfather killed himself in the end, lying in the bathtub with great contentment, just like the moment he was born. Perhaps only death can release.
 
IV.Beyond the movie
   
    The past is always with you. Every part of your body is able to remember, even if you yourself try to wipe them off from your mind.
    They are with you, giving unexpected bits of hurt on heart at some moments of life, till your last breath.

这是一部本色的电影，本色的场景，本色的风光，连记忆也是本色的恬淡。或许过去的记忆真的能够印刻在现在的风光中。那一片灿烂的向日葵，和那一抹被战争所拉扯的断垣残壁。完全不同的两处场景，却记载着一个小镇的变化。人间天堂与纳粹地狱，这并不是什么骇人的改变，在那个记忆流转，被人珍藏却因此忍痛的岁月里－－这些变化都是如此平常。以至于电影最后，奥古斯丁的姐姐对老者发出了这样的疑问：“战争结束了吗？”这是在二战结束60年后的疑问，她生活在人们所能参悟的时间范围之外，她守候着一只只盒子，希望有人能够来认领，那些被守候的生灵却无法让她得到任何回复。没有人进入她的木屋，没有人涉足那片向日葵，这对于她而言，只能证明这个世界仍未和平。纳粹，犹太，枪声。这些东西都附加在她的身上，她的记忆中。
Jonathan梦中流淌的那条河流，一件件等待后人发觉的信物在流水中趋向一个不为人知的边界，他们是不能带着这些东西进入天堂，这些随波逐流的东西正等待着一个个像Jonathan一样的后人来寻找。
“她是为了证明自己的存在。”
这是Jonathan对这种留存的解读，我们曾经纪录过很多数字，死难者，幸存者，失踪者。。。但是是否很有会去记得那一个个故事，发生在他们身上，那一个个片断，蜡黄的照片。谁会记得？或许让某些应该被铭记的东西随波逐流能够让某段记忆深深地藏入大海和这个永存的地球融为一体。
这个“一根筋的寻根之旅”，最后alex的爷爷在浴缸中自杀。是的，在60年前他就已经因着犹太人的身份而死去，这是一中弥补，对于他而言那些岁月的痛苦会在顷刻间袭来，在他看到奥古斯丁的照片时，在他触摸的河岸的沙土时，在他凝视犹太六芒星时。他是和奥古斯丁生活在同一个年代的人，他们在经历那场浩劫时付出了同样沉重的东西，生命，爱情，或者灵魂的本质。

真相大白，这个译名或许太过通俗，这个故事并不单单纪录了一次寻根之旅，更多的是那些风光，那些在纳粹践踏之后仍然瑰丽的绿色和广袤的平原。当ALEX向向日葵中心的小屋走去时，他这个乌克兰人同样也被这样的风光折服，这个被战争肆虐过的地方却存在这样的美景。但是这却是悲鸣的，这片向日葵只不过是她心目中的祥和，她在此处躲藏，因为战火或者是一只只留给失踪者的盒子。

或许是因为导演的处女作，这部电影所突出的棱角太多，却没有集中的体现，是一次异地的感悟，还是一场类似<little miss sunshine>的探索之旅。或者只是那些单纯的记忆和突然需要我们记忆？

战争结束了，在60年之后，在那个如此美丽的小镇遗骸之中结束了，在那堆积满一墙盒子和记忆的屋子中，战争结束了。不是纯粹的呼唤和平，也不是在这个漠视历史的时代呼唤某种回归，只是这么单纯地看到她脸上的笑容，或者欣喜。战争结束了，终于有人回来领回自己的盒子，那些记忆太过负累，那条涌动着血水的河流终究还是证明了那段历史，证明了数度存在。

my second favorite movie. 轻轻的，淡淡的，幽默风趣，没有丝毫做作。恰到好处的点到为止，给观众留下充分的遐想空间

btw 欧洲真是个养人的好地方，只可惜再也回不去了~

没看到开头，看完后，回想到老头鲍里斯看到一帮无赖般找矿人，就回忆起以前的纳粹了，乌克兰小伙子亚历克斯不解的问爷爷：二战前乌克兰人不喜欢犹太人？这句话是全篇很重要的台词。

剧情:传统的故事,但感情平实流露自然,有种暖洋洋的感觉.以两个民族文化的差异为铺垫展开故事,很幽默.尤其吃土豆一段几乎达到爆笑.

摄影:东欧城市,田园风光.虽不是美不胜收但换换口味还是不错的.整体采用暖色调,符合影片本身气氛.向日葵小屋一幕印象尤其深刻.

配乐:非常精彩.民族音乐尽显当地热情民风!

表演:伊利亚.伍德的表演很有味道,木讷而可爱,少许犹太人的谨慎和美国人的自大.其演技成长相当迅速.那个乌克兰小伙子是个十足笑料,也很出彩.其他配角表现也相当不错.

最后要说美国独立电影发展得也相当顺畅,尤其是近两年.各大公司纷纷加大对其所属独立电影公司的投入,最显著的就是sony classic,fox searchlight.当然还有warner independent pictures,其<晚安好运>,<天堂此时>去年也都表现不俗.