葛洛莉亚·贝尔

Hollywood has a rapacious appetite of remaking other country’s cinematic gems to cater to stateside Anglophone audience, but Chilean director Sebastián Lelio’s GLORIA BELL is not the case, firstly, this reimagining of his own GLORIA (2013) is directed by himself, secondly, the whole production comes to fruition by way of a “you dare, I dare” challenge between him and Julianne Moore, who is very much impressed by GLORIA and will only take on the role if Lelio returns to the director’s chair, so mutually connected through a deep feeling of camaraderie (epithets like woman-empowering, genderqueer, etc.), GLORIA BELL is here to stay.

For those who have watched GLORIA, GLORIA BELL is an almost entirely shot-by-shot remake which transposes the story from Santiago, Chile to L.A.. Moore plays our titular middle-aged divorcée, who is a habitué of sundry nightspots for patronage of certain age, she loves to dance and hang loose, not ashamed of seeking carnal knowledge when she feels up to it, which mirrors a realistic situation when one has independence in one hand, loneliness often materializes in another. When one night she sets her eyes on Arnold (Turturro) on the dance floor, some spark is kindled.

A relatively new divorcé (merely one year compared to Gloria’s 12), Arnold apparently has baggages to junk before he can totally commit to a new relationship, which causes embarrassment and discord during their inchoate romance. What is quite inconceivable is his penchant of taking a powder whenever he sees fit, regardless of the circumstances, and a free-spirited Gloria has to fall victim twice of his self-serving act (admittedly, attending a birthday party of your new girlfriend’s son, with her ex-husband also presented, is quite a daunting experience, but the second one in Las Vegas is plumb inexcusable), until a salvo of paintballs unleashes her suppressed wrath and Gloria is back dancing, unwinds and beams when the eponymous song GLORIA pipes up in a wedding.

The comparison of the two heroines is ineluctable, in GLORIA, Paulina García has a more aw-shucks front to dissimulate her insecurity and the hunger for physical intimacy, here Moore is more proactive and indeed, more poised to map out her no-holds-barred investment in Gloria’s entire emotional spectrum, and it goes without saying, a bespectacled Moore emanates greater sex appeal that eloquently validates that a woman’s charisma is irrelevant of her age, whether immersing herself under the becoming bisexual lights or bitterly realizing that her hankering is a castle in Spain (very literally), she is magnificent from stem to stern, in a rare showcase where she is the cynosure of almost every single shot. As for John Turturro, who also ups the ante in portraying Arnold in a more sympathetically halting and charming manner, albeit his immaturity and callousness, one can understand why a woman like Gloria falls for him (poems are the best aphrodisiac), all he needs is to grow a pair.

On the face of it, the film feels despondent, but Lelio intelligently inputs many occasions of female solidarity here, the interaction between Gloria and her co-worker Melinda (a cameo from the legendary German actress Barbara Sukowa), her friend Vicky (Wilson, Mrs. Tom Hanks), her daughter Anne (Pistorius), her mother Hillary (Taylor), she even shares a chummy conversation about weed with Fiona (Tripplehorn), the new wife of her ex, all contributes a sense of communion among women, they understand each other, the problem lies in the other sex (Sean Astin has a wordless cameo just to cop a feel and make out with Moore).

Still, one cannot dissipate the faintly ill feeling that Lelio opts for uniformity in terms of burrowing into a marvelous character for the second time, which precludes a rating higher than its original, that said, there is no way (at least for this reviewer) to resist a lip-synching Moore lives the best version of Gloria with a candid face and a brisk attitude, let up a bit, to all the Glorias in the world!

referential entries: Lelio’s GLORIA (2013, 7.8/10), A FANTASTIC WOMAN (2017, 7.7/10), DISOBEDIENCE (2017, 7.2/10).

葛洛莉亚离婚多年，生活除了工作，子女，上瑜伽课之外，最喜欢的还是晚上去PUB跳舞，以填补夜晚驱赶不去的孤独与寂寞，顺便撩个男人也是极好的。虽然已经年过半百，但是葛洛莉亚对爱情还是充满了期待。

阿诺是曾经是一个海军军官，一年前和妻子离婚，偶然在PUB看到葛洛莉亚之后，被她脸上自信的笑容吸引，主动攀谈起来。一来二去，二人就谈到了床上。

一起吃饭，一起蹦极，一起打气枪，还有读爱情小说。做以前一个人没做过的事，这一切就好像初恋一样，浪漫的烟火熊熊燃烧，让两人的感情迅速升温。

虽然阿诺和前妻已经离婚，但是前期和两个女儿对他过度依赖，有一点事情就要找阿诺处理。葛洛莉亚和阿诺在一起的时候，也总是会打电话打扰过来打扰二人世界。阿诺一直没跟前妻女儿说清楚自己已经开始新生活，葛洛莉亚很受伤，觉得阿诺没有真正的属于自己。

为了好好的享受二人世界，他们到凯撒宫旅游。刚入住，就接到女儿的来电说前期撞到玻璃伤了腿。阿诺一遍说要好好的跟葛洛莉亚好好在一起，开始新生活。晚饭的时候，阿诺半途离开。葛洛莉亚等到餐厅散场也没有等到阿诺回来。等到会房间的时候才发现阿诺不见了，行李也都没有了。葛洛莉亚知道阿诺是回到前期那里去了。好像阿诺对他们也是有很深的依赖。

伤心不已的葛洛莉亚晚上借酒消愁，不想却被陌生人拿走所有财物。只能叫母亲来接她回家。回家之后的葛洛莉亚情绪低迷，把自己关在家里，只有一直猫陪伴。曾经的美好就好像烟花一样，只剩追忆。

葛洛莉亚还是决定跟阿诺正式告别。换了发型，带着曾经去cs时的枪找到阿诺。对，阿诺跟前妻和女儿住在一起，还照顾他们的起居。

虽然葛洛莉亚表面看起来跟以前一样乐观，她曾经说过即使世界末日，也希望可以跳舞。但是现在别人邀请她跳舞的时候还是拒绝了。

其实不管是18岁还是58岁，孤独的我们都在追爱的路上。下一个碰到的不一定就是MR.RIGHT 但是我们还是会义无反顾地去爱，去相信爱情会到来。虽然大多都是一边爱一遍被伤害，这也许就是成长吧。

Gloria Bell这个电影，我几个月前在电影院看到贴片预告之后就很期待。摩尔阿姨品质保障，预告片节奏欢快，看起来就是一个浪漫的old-chick-flick。今天早上才想起来刷了刷豆瓣，发现这部电影有一个原版，有点好奇。

看完电影出来，我点开影片的导演界面。啊，虽然这个名字我还不太熟，但这位智利导演近几年的作品我都看过。《普通女人》甚至算得上我在LGBT的T这个子分类里最喜欢的电影之一。顺着条目就看到了同一个导演在2013年拍摄的一版智利版Gloria。时隔这么短的时间翻拍自己的作品？我更好奇了。

于是回到家我马不停蹄地就翻出了这部智利版Gloria。我最开始觉得我可以直接把写在Gloria Bell下的短评剪切到了6年前的这部电影短评里了，只需要换一个主演的名字就可以了。我不知道“翻拍”的定义是什么，但这两部电影，不仅用的相同的剧本（台词都几乎一模一样），甚至连分镜头本肯定用的都是同一个。可是看完我发现，神奇的事情发生了，这两部夸张一点说可以按秒对照找不同的电影，竟然给我的最终感受完全不同。

毫无疑问差别出现在了主演身上。

13年Gloria的主演宝琳娜·加西亚凭借此片拿走了当年的柏林影后，演技是得到专业认可的出彩。如果让我类比一个和她气质最像的，英文为母语的演员，我会觉得是夏洛特·兰普林，因为这片子一度让我想到了《四十五周年》。电影整体色调是偏冷的，从始至终是带着沉重和丧的气质的，一些有笑点的台词都显得尬尬的。她射完彩弹枪几乎是落荒而逃的，这样一个情绪爆发的爽点都透露着被逼的绝望。在这部电影里我感受到的，是一种对岁月对生命的无奈，年岁在躯体上留下道道印痕，心动不过一场荒唐，她最终回归的孤独是带着悲楚的。结尾遇到孔雀的魔幻现实的华彩段落，加深了主题也更引人思考，这一点是Gloria Bell无法匹敌的。

而到了Gloria Bell，摩尔阿姨是自带光圈的啊！她太耀眼太迷人了，年岁遮不住，一副眼镜更不可能遮住。她的裸体至少我绝对自愧不如。这也就导致了影片前半段很容易被人误认为浪漫喜剧。而这个Gloria身上更是融合了美国的现代和独立，自信又有活力，这些是一段时间的低迷情绪无法抹消的。一段失败的恋情似乎只能算是她闪闪发光的生活里一个小小的污渍。她穿着一条绝美的绿色长裙，走路带风，毅然举起彩弹枪指向渣男，那是一种复仇的快感啊，酷到没朋友！看到最后Gloria翩翩起舞，我感受到的是一种“老娘单身就是最美最强”的霸气，自信坚强的女权小斗士形象呼之欲出。还有，说到色调，我在影院怀疑好几次，是我的眼睛出问题了，还是放映设备出问题了？全片像是蒙着一层粉紫色的小清新滤镜，格外少女是怎么回事？

Gloria Bell为了将这种有别于前作的气质凸现出来，最大的一个改动是加入了女主角的妈妈这个角色。忽然想到前一阵子很火的那个说法，“父母是隔在你和死亡之间的一道墙”，我之前不以为然，放到这里忽然觉得很合适。智利版Gloria是孤苦伶仃的，受到伤害时能够求助的只有家中女佣。而Gloria Bell则是更幸福的，她有一个同样美丽摩登的母亲，平时能像闺蜜一样吃饭聊天，在她需要的时候会立即出现给予她呵护，任她变回一个柔弱的孩子。

智利版Gloria中插入的政治隐喻被剔除，Gloria Bell整体更为轻松欢快。除此之外，还有一些有差别的桥段，就更像是导演调皮的玩笑了，比如诺亚方舟那一段。这些颇有意思的小惊喜我就不多透露了。

I'd like to be a nest, if you were a little bird.

I'd like to be a scarf, if you were a neck and were cold.

If you were music, I'd be an ear.

If you were water, I'd be a glass.

If you were light, I'd be an eye.

If you were a foot, I'd be a sock.

And if you were the sea, I'd be a beach.

And if you were still the sea, I'd be a fish, and I'd swim in you.

And if you were the sea, I'd be salt.

And if I were salt, you'd be lettuce, an avocado or at least a fried egg.

And if you were a fried egg, I'd be a piece of bread.

And if I were a piece of bread, you'd be butter or jam.

And if you were jam, I'd be the peach in the jam.

If I were a peach, you'd be a tree.

And if you were a tree, I'd be your sap, and I'd course through your arms like blood.

And if I were blood, I'd live in your heart.

最近我度过了一段非常混乱的时期。

作为一个共情能力过强的人，我一周内因为各种事情，别人的，自己的，至少哭了三次。

所有美好的事情都是留不住的。

我从Gloria跟妈妈一起回到家躺在地板上开始我就也躺在了地板上。

成年人的体面就是当他吻过你的脸，然后说I'll be right back的时候，无论是戏里戏外，你都清楚确切的知道他不会再回来了。

We could die tomorrow. Life just goes by in a flash. But how could we, how could we just watch and let all the good things flee.

自从去年确诊了双相之后，我不再压抑自己汹涌的情感，我想哭的时候就哭，想笑的时候就笑，想做什么就做什么，拼了命的想要抓住生命中一切美好的事情。

我不再假装每天无事发生，借口出差却拖着箱子住在公司附近的酒店，一个人崩溃抽烟到天明，然后再假装精神抖擞无事发生的样子照常去上班。

我离开了家，我push自己去social，看展，看演出，我在嘈杂的人群中扭的不能自已。我以为屏蔽一切情感之后我就不会受到影响，我以为一切会有不一样。

但我还是清楚的知道我仍然有着不切实际的幻想和奢望。

我曾经说如果我不能平静的面对我对于死亡的巨大恐惧，那么我就还要在这个世界里找寻一丝真实。

我们总是在拥有一个眼神之后就想要一个拥抱，一个拥抱之后就想要一个吻，一个吻之后就要一张床，继而一生一世一双人。

当你遇见一个人的时候就有了失去他的恐惧。而我因为拥有了这种恐惧而恐惧。

因为过于擅长分析，而被分析本身所累。因为过于擅长制衡，而被平衡本身划伤。

因为患得患失，而患得患失。

因为to Spain，而再也不想去Spain。

Las Vegas Blvd很长很长，我也太理解Gloria为什么拿了一路的衣服和鞋，却在酒店门口全部丢进垃圾箱。

因为没有意义吧。

所以为什么起舞呢，不是痛快了，不是释怀了，更不是决定拥抱新的人生了，只是算了。

只是算了。

影片一开始用平淡的手法介绍了Gloaria的生活，感觉她很能够分配自己的时间，忙碌的不需要其他人. 但这个男人走进来的时候，她不抵触，是期待的，接纳的，可是一次次的失望让她又回归自我. 太喜欢这部电影的讲故事方式了，平淡中透着情感，没有跌宕起伏，但能让你随着Gloaria哭泣欢笑，推荐30+的女性观看，要独立，活出自我！

周末看电影读到一首小诗，开始的时候觉得很好笑，这样的文辞怎可以称之为诗，可是读到最后，却是泪光闪烁，并且难以忘怀。 爱你，分分钟都想靠近你，想吃掉你，想用自己的体温温暖你，把自己都给你。 没有任何考究的语言，因为，在我眼里心里，你已经是最美的存在，只有陪伴才是最长情的告白...... 沉静平淡，不再对时间剧烈抵抗和控诉。 生活的孤独和泥泞是常态，你也不例外。得之我幸，失之何妨。 有多少人愿意卸下心防，陪你走过一生崎岖又漫长......

I'd like to be a nest, if you were a little bird. I'd like to be a scarf, if you were a neck and were cold.

If you were music, I'd be an ear.

If you were water, I'd be a glass.

If you were light, I'd be an eye.

If you were a foot, I'd be a sock.

And if you were the sea, I'd be a beach.

And if you were still the sea, I'd be a fish, and I'd swim in you.

And if you were the sea, I'd be salt.

And if I were salt, you'd be lettuce, an avocado or at least a fried egg.

And if you were a fried egg, I'd be a piece of bread.

And if I were a piece of bread, you'd be butter or jam.

And if you were jam, I'd be the peach in the jam.

If I were a peach, you'd be a tree.

And if you were a tree, I'd be your sap, and I'd course through your arms like blood.

And if I were blood, I'd live in your heart.

▎译文

如果你是一只小鸟，我想做一个鸟巢。

如果你脖子很冷，我想当围巾。

如果你是音乐，我就是耳朵。

如果你是水，我就是杯子。

如果你是光，我就是一只眼睛。

如果你是一只脚，我就是一只袜子。

如果你是大海，我就是海滩。

如果你仍然是大海，我将是一条鱼，我将在你体内游泳。

如果你是海，我就是盐。

如果我是盐，你应该是生菜，鳄梨或者至少是煎蛋。

如果你是一个煎蛋，我就是一块面包。

如果我是一块面包，你会是黄油或果酱。

如果你是果酱，我就是果酱里的桃子。

如果我是桃子，你就是树。

如果你是一棵树，我就是你的树液，我会像血一样穿过你的手臂。

如果我是血，我会活在你的心里。

”人生有许多事情，正如船后的波纹， 总要过后才觉得美丽，” 这样的笨拙又小心，永远也不会再重来， 有一个男孩爱着那个女孩......