《女人香》Scent of a Woman

131 期
2015-03-04
作者： Wales

史雷德中校：女人，你能說什麼呢？誰創造了他們？上帝一定是個天才。那頭髮…人家說頭髮就是一切，你知道嗎？你曾經把你的鼻子埋進蓬鬆的捲髮之中，只想就這樣永遠的睡著嗎？而嘴唇…當你輕觸朱唇的時候，那滋味就好像穿越沙漠之後，第一滴入喉的美酒。胸部。哇喔！大的，小的，奶頭直挺挺的看著你，就像秘密的探照燈。嗯嗯。還有腿。我不管那是像希臘式柱子，或是二手斯坦威鋼琴。而那兩腿之間…是到天堂的護照。




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史雷德中校：我還沒完呢! 來這兒的時候，我聽到一個詞，領袖的搖籃？支柱一旦斷了，搖籃也就垮了。在這裡它已經垮了，已經垮了！人性的與領袖的創造者？當心你在這裡創造的是哪種領袖？我不知道，查理今天的沉默是對是錯？我不是法官也非評審團。但我能夠告訴你，他不會為自己前途而出賣他人。朋友，這就是正直╱尊嚴，也是勇氣，這才是領袖的特質。我曾經走到過人生的十字路口，我總是知道正確的道路，毫無例外，我就是知道。但我從來不走，知道為什麼嗎？因為他媽的太苦了。現在查理他也走到十字路口，他選擇了一條路，正確的路，一條有原則，有人格的路。讓他繼續走下去吧！他的前途就在你們各位手中，那是極其價值的前途！相信我！別毀了它、保護它、擁抱它。有天你們會感到驕傲的…我保證。

Lt. Col. Frank Slade: Women! What can you say? Who made 'em? God must have been a fuckin' genius. The hair... They say the hair is everything, you know. Have you ever buried your nose in a mountain of curls... just wanted to go to sleep forever? Or lips... and when they touched, yours were like... that first swallow of wine... after you just crossed the desert. Tits. Hoo-ah! Big ones, little ones, nipples staring right out at ya, like secret searchlights. Mmm. Legs. I don't care if they're Greek columns... or secondhand Steinways. What's between 'em... passport to heaven.


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Frank Slade: I'm not finished! As I came in here, I heard those words...cradle of leadership. Well, when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall. And it has fallen here, it has fallen! Makers of men, creators of leaders, be careful what kind of leaders you're producing here. I don't know if Charlie's silence here today is right or wrong; I'm no judge or jury. But I can tell you this; he won't sell anybody out to buy his future! And that, my friends, is called integrity. That's called courage. Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of. Now I have come to the crossroads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew. But I never took it. You know why? Because it's too damn hard. Now here's Charlie; he's come to the crossroads. And he's chosen a path. It's the right path. It's a path made of principle that leads to character. Let him continue on his journey. You hold this boy's future in your hands, committee! It's a valuable future. Believe me! Don't destroy it...protect it...embrace it. It's going to make you proud one day...I promise you.

1992年的《女人香》（Scent of a Woman），有幾項經典的重要成就。其一，探戈配樂（出現於艾爾帕西諾飾Frank Slade中校之邀舞），剛好與《魔鬼大帝:真實謊言》（True Lies）出現的探戈一樣，後來由小提琴帕爾曼收錄在他的電影專輯裡（與John Williams合作），幾乎成為各大電影網站及BBS討論的經典題目。其二，顧名思義，電影與「女人」必有重大牽連。然而，片中女人的型塑，你可以說他是徹底的男性沙文主義再現，同時卻也是對女人的高度禮讚。有興趣的讀者，不妨讀讀本文擷取的第一段對話，十分erotic的描寫。



這段史雷德中校幻想女性美好軀體的囈語，從秀髮開始頌揚，絲絲撩人欲眠；朱唇方滴，如酒之醇。之後更進一步往私密處探究，這層層的交疊修辭，不禁使人想到英國詩人Andrew Marvell 的名詩《致其羞澀情人》（To His Coy Mistress）中對女人的讚揚與遐思:



An hundred years should go to praise


Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;


Two hundred to adore each breast,


But thirty thousand to the rest;


An age at least to every part,


And the last age should show your heart.


For, Lady, you deserve this state,


Nor would I love at lower rate.



用百年光陰讚揚


妳明眸


而兩百年以稱羨雙峰


三萬年給身體其餘之處


各部位何止一世紀


最終展露妳心靈美好


唉 女人，你真值得如此頌揚


若非如此 我須不愛



兩者或隱諱，或直接描述對（女）「性」的美好憧憬。一前一後，雖隔了好幾個世紀，女人香不減反增，處處四溢。然而，在女人香之外，相對透露出的可能是一種男人的體味，在意識形態上再度形塑二元對立，陰柔陽剛的互濟之勢。抑或電影文本透過二元對立，衝突，解構與重構的過程，企圖找出跨性別的新觀點？不分男女，直接就「人」（Man , either man or woman and beyond ）論「人」。博德人（Bairdman）不必然留鬍子的人（Beardman），也不一定得喝剛烈啤酒（Beerman），更不須血性殺熊（Bearman），所有過時「男子漢」（manhood）的形象他都不須有。唯一的條件，成為（博德-）人的條件只是作為「人」的最終integrity。當片末查裡不願出賣朋友而自願當代罪羔羊時，校方委員會知其內情卻不聲援解難，反而步步進逼，落井下石，中校再也無法忍耐。本文選取的第二段對話，就是這段充滿人性光輝的發言。