作者craigga ()
看板RnB_Soul
标题Spike Lee & Malcolm X
时间Mon Jan 25 02:49:38 2010
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/craigga/23327189
To quote Malcolm X,
‘It’s time to be extreme, because we are living in a time of extremism.
The people who are in power have abused it and change has to come.’
That’s where we’re at.
We can’t have moderate responses to extreme circumstances."
-- Mos Def
when asked to talk about his recent trip to Africa
黑潮 Malcolm X
205 min. 1992
Denzel Washington ... Malcolm X
Angela Bassett ... Dr. Betty Shabazz
Albert Hall ... Baines
Al Freeman Jr. ... Elijah Muhammad
Spike Lee ... Shorty
这部可能是史派克李从影以来最俱野心,最愤怒的电影,在笔者心目中甚至超越【为
所应为】,黑人领袖登高一呼开场白,跨年欣赏两百多分钟麦尔坎X的血泪奋斗,就
是李导送给我滴新年快乐礼物。看完麦尔坎X率领乡亲对抗基督教白人故事,笔者甚
至涌生跑到新生南路清真寺买本可兰经研读之冲动。
「这片拍蛮好,不过史派克李可能怕观众看不懂,所以丹佐华盛顿讲什麽前面都要加
个『穆罕默德说』。」朋友如此评论本片。
麦尔坎X还在妈妈肚子里的时候,屋外就常常聚集三K党扰民,支持泛非主义者
Marcus Garvey,认为黑人应该回非洲建国的牧师麦爸,开枪警告鬼马小精灵们莫再
靠近。麦爸日後被蓄意火车辗毙,警方说法为男子拿铁鎚打爆自己的头,然後卧轨,
自我杀害。
麦妈是个有尊严,受过教育的坚强女性,她的皮肤不够黑 (fair-skinned) 因为母亲
曾被白人侵犯,嫁给麦爸的原因之一是麦爸皮肤有够黑,她恨透自己被漂白的肤色,
希望小孩能多黑点。麦妈事件对麦尔坎X和其他黑人兄弟影响甚远,因为黑人姐妹都
被白人侵犯过,黑人兄弟复仇方式乃玷污白人女性。
丹佐华盛顿和卫斯理史奈普首度出现於史派克李电影第四部电影【爱情至上】(Mo'
Better Blues, 1990) 後,卫斯里丹佐两位帅哥分别主演了倪匡电影 (不好笑),李导
的第五部电影【丛林热】(Jungle Fever, 1991) 和第六部电影【黑潮】(Malcolm X,
1992),也就是本片。
八八年【哭喊自由】(Cry Freedom, 1987) 提名影艺学院奖,丹佐九零年藉【光荣战
役】(Glory, 1989) 拿下奥斯卡佳配,经过三次叩关男主角,终於在零一年以洛城首
部曲【震撼教育】和荷莉贝瑞共享小金人。十年後丹佐仍担任【开膛手】休氏兄弟最
新大作 The Book of Eli 後天启动作英雄,而我们的吸血鬼见愁已经不做大哥好多年。
麦尔坎X原本是个顺直头发,爱搞金发碧眼高加索妞,逞凶斗狠偷拐抢骗的小混混
,直到他在监狱邂逅精神导师 Elijah Muhammad 使者 Brother Baines 告诉小麦上帝
是黑人。接受开导後智慧大开,电影後四分之三的麦尔坎X理光头发洗尽铅华,戴起
厚重眼镜成了教诲谆谆的演说家/煽动家,不仅和老师辩论耶稣不是黑人 (not paleface)
,离开监狱时已把整部字典完整抄写一遍。
麦尔坎X向警察诉愿抗议时,只需简单手势下达口令,拐直角左转弯踏步立定,黑人
乡亲随即从愤慨暴众转型日常行人,证明穆斯林们皆安分守己的好公民,除非坏蛋不
讲理在先。其动员能力之严谨整肃可比纳粹武神,白人最怕这种冷静又肯动脑筋的黑
人。接续剧情发展请参考相关书目或维基百科。
附上麦尔坎X、金恩博士与甘乃迪兄弟生卒年月日:
John F. Kennedy
May 29, 1917 ~ November 22, 1963 (46)
Malcolm X
May 19, 1925 ~ February 21, 1965 (39)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 15, 1929 ~ April 4, 1968 (39)
Robert F. Kennedy
November 20, 1925 ~ June 6, 1968 (42)
最後请容我引述 Nas 的歌词:
Be, be, 'fore we came to this country
We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys
It was empires in Africa called Kush
Timbuktu, where every race came to get books
To learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans
Asian Arabs and gave them gold when
Gold was converted to money it all changed
Money then became empowerment for Europeans
The Persian military invaded
They learned about the gold, the teachings and everything sacred
Africa was almost robbed naked
Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships
Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went
He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces
Shot up they nose to impose what basically
Still goes on today, you see?
"Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud "
-- James Brown
身为黄种台人的笔者又该说些什麽?巨龙巨龙你擦亮眼?
(悟饭的爸爸) 孙悟空:「Don't copy me!!!」
金恩博士:「我梦见我们的祖孙八代不分黑白无常青红皂白都手牵手站在山丘上玩耍着
。」
麦尔坎X:「白人都是恶魔,我们黑人要建立伊斯兰国度自己玩,才不让白人进来!」
麦尔坎X:「我支持爱的教育,我不是一个种族主义者喔~」
麦尔坎X:「还有,甘乃迪被暗杀是白人活该,谁叫他们要欺负我们黑人四百年,再加
上印地安人五百年的旧帐也顺便拿出来算……」
穆罕默德老师:「Why don't you motherf*** shut the f*** up... this nigga, no,
NEGRO, has nothing to do with us, we love JFK very much, just like you!!!」
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