Evey Hammond: [
Voiceover, introduction] Remember, remember, the Fifth of November,/ The Gunpowder Treason and Plot... / I know of no reason/ Why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot... But what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes and I know, in 1605, he attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. But who was he really? What was he like? We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. I've witnessed first hand the power of ideas, I've seen people kill in the name of them, and die defending them... but you cannot kiss an idea, cannot touch it, or hold it... ideas do not bleed, they do not feel pain, they do not love... And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man... A man that made me remember the Fifth of November. A man that I will never forget.
很久没有看过令人震撼的电影了,甚至想不起来上一次是什么时候看的什么片.
V for Vendetta, 令我震撼的不光是情节,不光是场面,不光是柴科夫斯基的1812,不光是演员们的出色演绎.
它让我真正感受到文字的力量,暴力的力量,思想的力量,正义的力量和只拥有血肉之躯的人的悲壮.
其实它不是<1984>,奥威尔的<1984>绝对悲观,绝对讽刺,将绝望的种子在我们心中最深处的角落里种下.
V给我们点燃的不仅是照亮这黑暗荒谬现实的明灯,更点燃了每个人心中早已熄灭的希望火种,不管这希望是多么的无奈和微弱.
上面那段是开场白,在刚解封的wikipedia上搜了一下Guy Fawkes,他出身于约克郡,是虔诚的天主教徒,于1606年策划了炸毁议会大厦的阴谋,以刺杀国王詹姆士一世,可是计划败露,他也被绞刑处死.直至今日,英国和其他一些国家的民间都还在十一月五号那天点燃篝火纪念这一天,当然大多数人纪念的是"恐怖分子"和"叛党"被成功抓获处死,很少有人想到一个虔诚的天主教徒在当时新教占据绝对优势的英国是如何艰难抗争,并为此付出了生命的代价的.
历史向来为胜利者所谱写,历史是单向度的,因此成长在历史中的我们也是单向度的.当我们的一切都被官方意识,国家政策,主流社会和主流媒体所定义之后,我们便迅速而无可救药的愚蠢起来,而且一直愚蠢下去,直至1984来临,动物农庄变革,美丽新世界到来而浑然不觉,不但麻木不仁浑然不觉,还要为其摇旗呐喊,奉献无限忠诚,尽好一颗小小螺丝钉的职责.
