金钱本色

    其实，除了将哲理孕于故事当中的电影叙事模式，我也喜欢这种恰如其分的说教——电影开头，那支在黑色背景下燃烧的香烟，一个对世事洞察秋毫的老人拿撞球作比喻，讲自己对生活的感受。
    我觉得这个开头很美。

粗看了遍，没太费力琢磨蛮值得琢磨的台词。老帅哥Paul Newman的表演完全盖过了小帅哥汤酷，无悬念的得了当年的小金人。小汤当年正在壮志凌云的年代，多年混小角色终于能够和大牌导演老明星齐名共镜除了运气也的确有演技。不过彼时的他如同片中的角色，还嫩呢。

本片的模式，老家伙欣赏、提携、教导、磨砺小家伙，小家伙成长、成名、独立、与老家伙反目、争斗，nine ball or what，无伦输赢，这就是人生。结尾超帅，击节。

教科书式的摄影没得oscar有些遗憾，干净利落如同九球入袋的爽快。

非常美国的片子，带着浓浓的导演个人风格。我喜欢这份纯粹。

#1 Diegetic Sound Effect

In a movie, diegetic sound can be a very effective way to grab the attention of characters, and also the attention of the audience. At the beginning of The Colour of Money, the conversation between Eddie and his girlfriend is interrupted five times. This is to generally move his attention to the other main character, Vincent Laura. It also makes the audience begin to notice and focus on a new character. The process of the whole transition is done smoothly. When Eddie is chatting with his girlfriend, the first interruption comes in a sudden. Julian touches Eddie's shoulder to lead his attention from his girlfriend to the pool game, which indicates the audience about the other character, Vincent. As Eddie is looking at Vincent, a sharp car horn comes suddenly. This is a non-diegetic sound because it is only shown to the audience. The car horn indicates Eddie's mind and symbolizes the transition of his attention. Also, it is a subtle way to move the camera back to Eddie's scene. Additionally, the second interruption happens when Julian is trying to get the money on the table, while Eddie is astonished and quickly grabs Julian’s hand in a loud and sudden sound. The purpose of this diegetic sound is to tell that Julian is beaten by that young guy, which is a big suprise. The third interruption is Carmen's voice, calling Vincent by name, along with a ball colliding sound. It makes Eddie turns his head to the table curiously. At that time Vincent's face is first shown. When Eddie turns to his girlfriend later, the fourth interruption comes again. Vincent wins the pool games. He shouts like a kid and kisses Carmen. His shouting and the kissing sound are obviously diegetic sound because Eddie turns to them and observes them for a much longer time. This time, he shows the real interest to Vincent, the talented young man who might remind him of his early age. That's why after the fifth interruption, when Eddie hears Carmen's voice again, he cannot sit still anymore. He stands up, and walks to Vincent. Five steps, the director successfully raises Eddie's interest to Vincent, and transfers the audience's attention to the new character from Eddie.

#2 Non-diegetic Sound Effect

 A diegetic music may switch to non-diegetic music to indicate the change of character's moods and feelings. For example, a nice, smoothing bar music is on as Eddie enters the pool game room. This is the first time he decides to play pool game again after so many years. Therefore, the bar music, which is the diegetic music, is very soft and relaxing. The music shows Eddie's happy feeling and his great expectation for pool games. He hopes to give an excellent performance as goog as twenty years ago. With this kind of confidence, Eddie plays his game with a young hustler. He keeps winning at first, just like what he expects. It seems that Eddie is still a skllful and professional player. However, along with the hustler's ball dropping into the pocket, the bar music changes dramatically to non-diegetic music. This is a very loud, sharp interrupting sound played by the guitar, which acts as the turning point of the pool game. Eddie begins to lose, and realizes that he is hustled. After the first shot of the guitar, the music turns down, and becomes diegetic again. This time, the bar music is no longer in a happy tone. Instead, it is a sad music about a man laughing at his ridiculous life, which is like Eddie's state for now. He feels himself like a fool. After the game, he picks the white ball, and drops it down into the pocket. The ball keeps going down, down, down into the system under the table, along with Eddie's heart. At that moment, he feels down and upset like the falling white ball. In a pool game, a person will lose if he hits the white ball into the pocket. The white ball symbolizes losing. After all these years, Eddie still feels like he is a loser. The sound of the ball is so clear, but it should not be heard by characters. In this situation, the sound is neither diegetic nor non-diegetic. Still, the characters can hear a little bit of the ball crashing into the system, but most of the time the sound is imagined by Eddie. It is the sound of his heart filled with disappointment. According to the third scene of the movie, the music keeps changing between diegetic and non-diegetic. Sometimes it does not even belong to diegetic or non-diegetic music. All these changes are for one purpose only. To make the audience feel what a character feels.

这部可以说是某种意义上（江湖浪子Hustler）的后续！

我先给大家简要说一下江湖浪子的剧情：保罗纽曼饰演的快枪手艾迪，他的人生徘徊在赌博，逃避，欺骗的圈子里。不管他怎么躲避都走不出真正的自己。里面虽然不描写艾迪是如何横扫千军，但他说出了一个gambler的内心。

 

现在回到金钱本色！

艾迪在经过岁月的沉沦后，开了自己的小酒吧，过着清闲的日子，有个幸福的“二人世界”。某一天以为青年：文森，来到酒吧，与别人赌球。艾迪看出了他的天赋，不经想起当年的自己！决定将文森培养为徒！在文森女友和艾迪的劝说下，文森踏上了大西洋的比赛之路！文森在艾迪的培养下，从一个毛头小子已经逐渐成长为一名老练的赌徒！艾迪终于也技痒了，与人赌球。但是尝到了失败的滋味，心里的落差是他决定离开文森。这时的文森羽翼丰满继续着他的大西洋之路！

在大西洋公开赛时，师徒两人相碰火星四溅！艾迪战胜了文森！谁知这一切是文森的另一个赌局！当得知这一情况的艾迪觉得颜面扫地、深受侮辱！

在半决赛上，艾迪与文森再次相遇。艾迪的尊严驱使他放下球杆，弃赛离开了赛场。

在空旷的球室里， 艾迪和文生重新比了一局。 伴随着一句“我回来了”， 艾迪响亮地将球击了出去……

 

故事就到这里！

但是这部电影和江湖浪子一样并不是一部描述如何在球桌上如何痛宰对手 , 赢得最后胜利 ！ 相反的 , 在于他如何一次次地被撞球 , 现实生活 , 以及他们自己的个性缺陷所打倒 , 并挣扎地生存下来。文森深陷赌局无法自拔，沉溺于金钱的无尽诱惑中！艾迪心里的欲望和尊严一直在发生碰撞，令他头疼的是该如何选择自己的路！

其实我想说的就是——台球不是用来赌的！赌博和金钱会是你变得离真正的台球越来越远！

电影中还有一个亮点！——balabushika，一支漂亮的手工杆由艾迪送给了文森！也许这也是许多手工杆发烧友看这部电影的原因哦！呵呵

 

希望大家喜欢这部电影哦！

        其色冷，其蕊玄，其瑛锐，它开放在诡道的边缘，带着锐利温柔的诱惑。
        一个失意的人为了找回自己失去的东西，努力奋斗，坚持不懈。这个女人在后来背叛了文森特，文森特更加的偏执于金钱。
        只有成熟的人才会看见胜负的影射背后的实体，那只能是——利益。现在赢不赢，在利益面前，不重要。利益是一个长期的，长久的，长远的，获得过程极痛苦的东西。而真正意义上的‘赢’，也只有在获得利益的情况下才算是‘赢’。
        金钱到底是什么颜色的？在今天这样的社会，如果非要对于个人的人生选择加上什么价值判断似乎很没劲，也没意思，但不论怎么样，人活着总得有点追求，甭管你追求的是什么，最重要的是你那种向着目标努力的劲儿。不管金钱是什么颜色的，你只有通过努力拿到了金钱，才能看清它的颜色。
        金钱的魅力和诱惑是怎样把一个青涩的青年变成了一个只为了金钱而不讲良心和道德的赌徒，而一个老道的老手是怎样放弃了金钱的诱惑，讲了一把良心和荣誉。
        有的时候，你看上去是输了，但实际上你却赢了。