"Steady like a train, sharp like a razor." - That was how June Carter described Johnny Cash's music in "Walk the Line". Actually, that was exactly how I feel about this movie also. I went into the movie thinking I was going to see the biograhy on Cash's life. Well, I was kind of right, this movie is about how Cash came to realize his music and destiny, but it's also a love story of Johnny and June. The story is very subtle, nothing really dramatic, even when there's a fight going on, the director really played it down. However, doesn't mean the story won't move you. In fact, I don't think I've been touched by a movie like this for a long time.
Reese Witherspoon did such a wonderful job as June Carter. She really showed us how torn she was. She had the worst luck in men, people at the time called her an abomination to the Christian community because of her divorce, yet she still acted tough and cheery, because she still had to raise her daughters. She loved Johnny the moment they met, yet she resisted him for the longest time. First because they were both married to other people, and later because he was a drug addict and she just couldn't risk her life with another disastrous relationship.
And Joaquin Phoenix was amazing also. You can really see the pain in his eyes and his facial expressions, whether it was when he couldn't beat the drug addiction, or when he couldn't bear the disappointment from his father. He probably started loving June when he was 12 listening to her on the radio, but he just didn't know it yet until he met her for the first time. Once he met her, we all know that he's doomed.
Watching the two of them sing on stage was really cool, especially after I found out that Witherspoon and Phoenix really did sing the soundtracks. I never knew the two of them can sing! Sparks fly whenever the two of them are on stage together, and these two's chemistry really made this movie worked.
I also read that Johnny really did propose to June on stage in real life. That just made this love story even more romantic and sweet. It's a true story! :)
http://wintervalley.blogspot.com/2005/12/walk-line.htmlI saw him (Cash) being interviewed on CNN's Larry King show, where Cash spoke warmly about Elvis and said he never saw Elvis doing drugs when he was on tour with him. He also said that everyone else on the show used to crowd around the stage wings when Elvis was on to get a glimpse of him performing, he was so charismatic.
现在刚出来不久的Walk the Line还仅只是TC版(胶片直接转录,色彩偏黄),本打算等到dvdscr再说,可solokid小朋友提醒了我。他说,你不是Cash的饭丝,当然不着急。我反着一想,既然我不是Cash的铁杆,当然也用不着等到最好的版本,还是抢鲜吧。
去年是Ray,还有Beyond the Sea,今年则是Dylan纪录片,以及这个Walk the Line,分别讲了不同音乐风格里巨人的故事。这类音乐类传记片备受欢迎,因为有动听的音乐,起伏的生涯,缠绵的爱情故事,而且这些大多还是真实的。
Walk the Line的大部分笔墨花在Johnny Cash同June Cater之间的故事,其他大都简要带过。这里的Johnny,他一直在同两个东西斗争:父亲和毒品。父亲对Johnny长年以来的不满及苛求源自童年时候的一场意外,它带走了Johnny的哥哥Jack。父亲将责任推在Johnny身上,他的质问“你到哪去了”一直响在Johny的脑里。哪怕Johnny成名之后,他的父亲也没有丝毫欣慰的表示。Johnny被捕,他只会冷冷的说现在你不用努力让别人以为你坐过牢(Johnny常唱一些监狱、强盗主题的歌曲);Johnny有新房后问父亲,我的房子怎么样,他只会说还没有某某人的大。从片中看,虽然Johnny对乡村音乐的爱好原自小时候母亲的熏陶,他长大后得不到家人的精神支持。
毒品则是Johnny Cash演艺事业及婚姻的导火索,将他从天堂带入地狱。Johnny一开始接触毒品仅仅是外出巡演时接过伙伴递来的小玩意,他对这个没有什么警觉。之后他对毒品上瘾不仅仅服用时带来的快感,也有感情问题的影响。妻子对他的演唱事业并不怎么支持,她更希望Johnny能花时间陪她,还有两个孩子。至于Johnny本人,他则在妻子和心仪的民谣歌手June Cater之间折回而没有出路。毒品问题最终坏了Johnny Cash的事业,他从辉煌走向低谷,妻子更是带着孩子离开了他。
低魂落魄的Johnny只能来到June的家门前,他最好的朋友,渴望而不得的恋人。他们的初遇是一场演唱会上的意外,Johnny的吉他勾住了June的裙子。那次Johnny的目光一直没有离开台上那个活泼的身影。Johnny对June的感情甚至可以追溯到小时候他常常听Cater Family的乡村音乐,童年的梦现在活现在眼前时,可以确定,他感觉很奇妙。 June Cater一开始不能接受Johnny这样又帅又有共同语言的人,是他已经有一个家庭及两个孩子。June后来拒绝单身的Johnny,则主要因为他是个瘾君子,她不能轻易将一个家族的荣誉赌在危险的男人身上。可June没有在Johnny最需要帮助的时候束手不管,她伸出手时,便已经是一种抉择。
比较好玩的是主演Joaquin Phoenix和Reese Witherspoon是Johny和June生前亲自指定的演员,他们还接受了T-Bone Burnett长达六个月的歌唱指导,因此电影里的歌曲是由他们亲自演唱。媒体及观众对次颇为意外,他们表现得太出色了,太像了!嗯,由于看之前我做了充分的准备,对Johny独特的男中音印象颇为深刻,Phoenix的声音在我听来没有那么像,而Reese也没有June那种略厚的声线。不过这一点是我无意义的苛求。
Phoenix同学的表演非常出色。Johnny原本仅要求演他的人不要在台上拿吉他的样子像个娘们,可他如果有机会(可惜他没有)看到Phoenix的演出,特别是吸毒过量上台演出的那段,面目狰狞,绝对会印象深刻。Reese Withersoon虽然不是美女,她对June台上台下几乎两种个性的到位演绎受到极高的赞赏。如果不出意外,两人都会获得今年的奥斯卡最佳男女主角的提名,其中Reese获奖的呼声非常高。平心而论,Phoenix的表现比Reese好,Cash这个角色对演员的要求很高,可今年男主角的竞争颇为激烈,他敌不过Brokeback Mountain的Health Ledger,以及Capote的Philip Hoffman。
Johny Cash固执于演出时只穿黑衣,唱片公司老板说那看过去象是去参加葬礼,他说,或许就是。Johny对June的执著也是那样,他神智不清的时候只会念一个名字,他会在台上赤裸裸地求婚。一部电影能如此精彩地讲述他们这样真实而浪漫的故事,观众还能有什么奢求。
原发于个人Blog,还有一首Johnny Cash的现场可以在线收听
http://www.blogcn.com//user14/fitree/blog/27664692.html
与其说电影《一往无前》是摇滚音乐名人强尼.卡什的传记片,不如说是他与一个女人的爱情篇章-影片不只展现了强尼.卡什从一无所有到成就非凡,展现了他与贫寒的出身抗争、与折磨人的毒瘾抗争的故事,更生动地演绎了那个改变他命运的女人与他之间曲折又感人的爱情。那个影响了强尼.卡什的瘦小、独立、坚强的非凡女人,正是著名的乡村音乐歌手琼.卡特。琼在上世纪五十年代,就能够不理会世俗的偏见,结两次婚,分别为两个丈夫生了孩子,甚至还独自一人坐在挤满了男乐手的车里到处巡演……她的思想和行动都超前于那个时代,可以说,没有她就没有功成
本以为是另一部《Ray》,到最后发现金玉良缘才是亮点。和自己较劲的人很难自赎,但我们的一生中总会出现一位天使。这样的爱情值得传唱。俊朗侧脸拯救Joaquin Phoenix,复古造型和棕发拯救Reese Witherspoon,超好演技和敬业精神毫不浪费原型人物的指定,舞台魅力妥妥的。
到最后看哭了好吗!监狱live真心帅气啊!虽然电影主要还是讲JR Cash的人生,对爱情的细节没有太多描写,但这种真正相伴一生的爱侣还有音乐为伍的故事真是让人羡慕又感动,两个主角都演得棒,音乐真是太太太好听了
如果不是威瑟斯彭的长下巴,电影会更好看。。。作为传记电影我觉得没有Ray好看~
监狱不插电太酷了
音樂傳記片居然也是一代歌王完全不曉得。男主角又是位Phoenix難怪乎眼熟不錯不錯。Witherspoon嬌小玲瓏倆人一道真蠻般配。被愛情所感動他聼她唱歌起家她伴他同台巡演他愛了她一輩子她跟了他一生真噠假噠。
“Because you're mine, I walk the line. 因为有你,我一往无前。” Love is a burning thing.
音乐系励志片就那几个调调 差别只在歌好不好听
我看过这部电影 2011-01-25 太他妈好听了; 20180701又看了一遍,常看常新;
just walk the line all the way down to where you want to be and walk with whom you want to be
让我对菲尼克斯改变了印象,而女主角也不再是一味甜美~
Johnny Cash可是高大俊美,凤凰 你够高么?而且凤凰的歌唱得也忒一般了。就Johnny Cash的一生(哪怕只是5/60年代也好),怎么可能只拍出个爱情片? 史上最强龙套阵容 Carl Perkins,Elvis,Roy Orbison,Jerry Lee Lewis,Carter family!
帅死啦!RW的月亮脸啊。不过不让人讨厌了。JP hope you still there
杰昆奉献了影帝级表演,只可惜励志得太套路。
It must be a hard time for Joaquin, the drugs, the brothers...
他的音乐改变了世界,但他的世界却因为一个女人而改变。
重看Walk the Line,杰昆菲尼克斯不愧天才的演员。孤独、迷茫、执着、羞涩,都演全了。为了演好这片子,他接受了长达6个月的音乐训练。另外,很感慨玩音乐的不容易,既要长得帅,还要会乐器,会写诗,天生要有一副好嗓子。不像另外一小撮人,只要躲在台灯光晕底下把一个个字符重新组合就可以了。
看来演而优则唱,真的就是大陆特色。。。。杰昆菲尼克斯演的真好。。。
没有瑞茜威瑟斯彭轻盈灵气的表演,这部电影会多么沉闷啊!奥斯卡影后里面,威瑟斯彭和《莎翁情史》的格温妮丝帕特洛都是这样轻盈的表演,却都被诟病水后。
Joaquin Phoenix憑此片獲得Oscar影帝提名,那個曾在哥哥River光環與陰影下的男孩,沒能如哥哥成為魅力偶像,但卻成為實力演技派。Reese Witherspoon憑此片成為Oscar影后,雖戲份只有Joaquin一般左右,但卻更細膩精緻生動,可以從其雙眼中讀到濃濃愛意。原聲帶頗為動聽。