Lizzy's Film Reviews

在歐洲的某個虛構國家裡，布達佩斯大飯店的門房總管Gustave﹝雷夫費恩斯﹞，服務完貴客Madame D﹝蒂達史雲頓﹞的第二天，Madame D就去世了，於是Gustave帶著新來的門房Zero﹝Tony Revolori﹞去到Madame D的家致哀，竟恰巧趕上宣讀遺囑，得知亡者將一幅名貴畫作留給Gustave，引來親戚們的不快，Gustave帶著畫作逃走卻遭追殺......



《歡迎來到布達佩斯大飯店》的導演是風格一向鮮明的魏斯安德森(Wes Anderson)，在本片裡，他的慣用元素都在，畫面構圖的對稱、某種程度的荒謬感、稍微不自然的演出方式、特殊色調運用等等。這些特色在《歡迎來到布達佩斯大飯店》裡發揮到極致，整部片美麗得像幅藝術品，每一幕的色調、質感、畫面安排都值得再三品味，包括歐洲經過戰爭後價值觀或社會氣氛的改變，都透過場景安排、色調、光線、美術風格等等呈現。



本片有個很巧妙的氣氛：它用了某些復古的元素來喚起一些懷舊情緒，但又用創新獨特的方式來拼貼它們，因此對觀眾依然一切新奇。既有令人懷舊的熟悉感，又帶著新氣象，讓人不斷想看更多。但與其說這是懷舊，或許更該說它創建了一個美麗夢境，如同年老的Zero追憶Gustave時說的那句話："To be frank, I think his world had vanished long before he ever entered it - but, I will say: he certainly sustained the illusion with a marvelous grace!"，甚至，這或許也是魏斯安德森的自嘲吧。



就像層層堆疊的框框或箱子，本片的不同時代分別用不同的長寬比(aspect ratio)拍攝，而最早那段時代﹝1932年﹞的戲，都是用50年代以前電影的比例來拍攝。這些不同時代的敘述方式，是透過小女孩在作家墳前回顧再回顧再回顧，經過那麼多層的回顧更加深「遙遠」的感覺，觀眾會很明白片中看到的絕大多數角色，現在都死了，一切都過去了，那個時代結束了。布達佩斯大飯店的往日風采以及人物們的熱情活力已不復見。



也因此，雖然本片有著繽紛輕鬆的氛圍，還有許多讓人忍不住失笑的幽默對白，但在本片的核心，卻有個悲傷本質：這世界常常很殘酷，世事變化也不是能被單獨一個人控制的，我們只能在先天環境之下，有限的範圍內，用自己的方式與態度決定如何過日子，《歡迎來到布達佩斯大飯店》用Gustave這角色與處世之道，提醒了大家「文明是什麼」。



Gustave不只是飯店總管，更像是飯店擬人化後的形象，色彩鮮豔溫暖有趣，但各房間內也有些秘密。他雖有人性缺點，但仍是個高貴的英雄，他很少用拳頭，在艱困的時候仍不改其善良。只不過，他大概就是生錯時代吧，在欣賞這角色的有趣事蹟與個性時，難免感覺到他與周圍環境越來越格格不入。當這世界不斷惡化，Gustave仍然堅定地用自己的價值觀，頑強地面對一切。



《歡迎來到布達佩斯大飯店》片中雖未講明，但有不少納粹與二戰的暗示，魏斯安德森拿歐洲這段恐怖黑暗的過去做為主題，搭配上Gustave這樣色彩鮮明、特立獨行的人，在不掩飾黑暗殘酷本質的情況下，製造出一部風格幽默輕盈、也不冒犯任何受害家屬的美麗電影，我感到非常佩服。就像他敢在片中以殺貓來搏君一笑吧，他就是有這能耐哪，哈。﹝他以前的電影比較常殺狗，扯遠了﹞



本片的客串演員星光熠熠，Adrien Brody、威廉達佛、傑夫高布倫、哈維凱托、裘德洛、比爾莫瑞、艾德華諾頓、Saoirse Ronan、Léa Seydoux、湯姆威金森、歐文威爾森、Bob Balaban...簡直像在走紅毯一樣，不過本片是屬於雷夫費恩斯的，很難得看他扮演如此有趣的角色，而且非常出色！我蠻希望以後能看他演喜劇的。











註：魏斯安德森的靈感來源是奧地利作家Stefan Zweig的作品。Zweig的自傳名為"The World of Yesterday"，他在逃離納粹歐洲之後，與老婆自殺了。

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經典對白：
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M. Gustave: You see, there are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. Indeed that's what we provide in our own modest, humble, insignificant... oh, fuck it.

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M. Gustave: [to Mme. Celine's corpse] You're looking so well, darling, you really are... they've done a marvelous job. I don't know what sort of cream they've put on you down at the morgue, but... I want some.

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Mr. Moustafa: There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity... He was one of them. What more is there to say?

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Mr. Moustafa: To be frank, I think his world had vanished long before he ever entered it - but, I will say: he certainly sustained the illusion with a marvelous grace!

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Zero: What happened?

M. Gustave: What happened, my dear Zero, is I beat the living shit out of a sniveling little runt called Pinky Bandinski, who had the gall to question my virility. Because, if there's one thing we've learned from penny dreadfuls, it's that when you find yourself in a place like this, you must never be a candy ass; you've got to prove yourself from day one. You've got to win their respect. You should take a long look at HIS ugly mug this morning.

[Takes a sip of water and laughs]

M. Gustave: He's actually become a dear friend.

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Dmitri: [about M. Gustave] This criminal has plagued my family for nearly 20 years. He's a ruthless adventurer and a con artist who preys on mentally feeble, sick old ladies! And he probably fucks them, too!

M. Gustave: I go to bed with all my friends.

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M. Gustave: Serge X, missing. Deputy Kovacs, also missing. Madame D, dead. Boy With Apple, stolen. By us. Dmitri and Jopling, ruthless, cold-blooded savages. Gustave H, at large. What else?

Zero: Zero, confused.

M. Gustave: Zero, confused, indeed. The plot thickens, as they say. Why, by the way? Is it a soup metaphor?

Zero: I don't know.

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