unreliable narrator


Martin Scorsese 執導的 Shutter Island,重點是誰在叙述這個故事?受 Teddy Daniels 角色的影響,之後看 Inception,或多或少將 Teddy 的角色套入在 Cobb 中。

雖兩個角色也是由 Leonardo DiCaprio 主演,我心裡知道兩個角色是沒有關係的。多希望看 Inception 前,有片如日本菜的子薑,可以清清腦袋。

導 演 Christopher Nolan 喜歡用特別的敍事方式,讓觀眾挑戰慣常看故事的方式。是的,讀故事前先要想想誰在說這個故事?叙事人可信嗎?Sherlock Holmes 探案的故事由 Dr. Watson 敍述,雖 Dr. Watson 古怪方面應不多,但他又有沒有什麼會隱藏的,畢竟每個人也有 bias。




對比 Nolan 2000 年執導的 Memento,仍是喜歡他首部處女作,將故事斬件,再以倒敍方式描述一個失去短暫記憶能力的人替妻子報仇的故事。原來世上最不可靠是記憶。

"Memory's unreliable…Memory's not perfect, it's not even that good. Ask the police. Eyewitness testimony is unreliable. Cops don't catch a killer by sitting around remembering stuff, they collect facts…They make notes, and they draw conclusions. Facts, not memories, that's how you investigate….Look, memory can change the shape of a room, it can change the color of a car, and memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation, they're not a record, and they're irrelevant if you have the facts."

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