[觀影心得] 遠離非洲 Out of Africa (1985)

[觀影心得] 遠離非洲 Out of Africa (198

[基本資料]

導演: Sydney Pollack 薛尼‧波拉克
編劇: Kurt Luedtke 庫特‧魯德凱
原著 "Out of Africa", 作者: Isak Dinesen 伊莎‧丹尼蓀
主要演員:
- Meryl Streep 梅莉‧史翠普
- Robert Redford 勞勃‧瑞福
評價: 3.5 / 4

[觀影心得]

這是一部女作家非洲移民、遊歷的史詩般自傳電影。

隨著女主角 Meryl Streep 的視角，神遊非洲大陸的風土人情，陪襯著底蘊渾厚、穿透力強的經典配樂，真是一大享受。

電影改編自 1937年發行的同名自傳小說 Out of Africa，作者是丹麥女作家 Karen von Blixen-Finecke，筆名為Isak Dinesen。

Isak Dinesen 另一部廣為流傳的小說，就是著名的 "芭比的盛宴"。

Karen Blixen 本人，攝於 1920 年的肯亞。

Karen Blixen 跟她的非洲家僕們合影

1918年探險旅遊的 Karen Blixen

晚年的 Karen Blixen

對比的劇照

丹麥女作家嫁給瑞典男爵 Bror von Blixen-Finecke，於1913年 (芳齡28歲) 移民非洲，一直到1931年農場失敗，負債累累返國，在非洲大陸共度過了17年的青春歲月。

丹麥女作家的愛人 Denys Finch Hatton 真實存在，並非虛構人物，1931年墜機身亡。

Karen & Denys

延伸閱讀 - I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills

女星 Meryl Streep 飾演丹麥女作家 Karen Blixen。

男星 Robert Redford 飾演 Denys Finch Hatton。

電影片尾男主角的喪禮上，女主角感人至深的送別詞，全文(原文)如下：

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon at night.

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil.

He shall preserve thy soul.

The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in.

From this time forth and even forevermore.

Amen.

The time you won your town the race...

we cheered you through the marketplace.

Man and boy stood cheering by...

as home we brought you, shoulder high.

Smart lad, to slip betimes away...

from fields where glory does not stay.

Early though the laurel grows...

it withers quicker than a rose.

Now you will not swell the rout...

of lads that wore their honors out.

Runners whom renown outran...

and the name died...

before the man.

And round that early laureled head...

will flock to gaze the strengthless dead...

and find unwithered on its curls...

a garland...

briefer than a girl's.

Now take back the soul of Denys George Finch Hatton...

whom You have shared with us.

He brought us joy...

and we loved him well.

He was not ours.

He was not mine.