电影的名字是happyness而不是happiness,可以理解为There is no “why" in happiness, there is an “I”——你不用问为什么人人都看似如此幸福,而我却不幸福;如果你努力去追求你的幸福,你也会有你的幸福。
来自独立宣言”every man is created equally and has the same opportunity to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.”
美好的台词,花了很长时间整理出我喜欢的小部分。
It's an I in "happiness',there's no Y in "happiness",it's an I(Please read aloud)
I met my father for the first time when if was 28 years old,and i made up my mind as a young kid that when I had children,my children were gonna know who their father was
It was right then that I stated thinking about Thomas Jefferson the Declaration of Independence and the part our right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.And I remember thinking:How did he konw to put the "pursuit" part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue., and maybe we can actually never have it no matter what. How did he konw that?
I'm the type of person,if you ask me a question, and I don't konw the answer,I'm gonna to tell you that I don't konw., but I bet you what: I konw how to find the answer, and I'll find the answer.
What would you say if a guy walked in for an interview without a short on and I hired him? What would you say? He must've had on some really nice pants
Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something, not even me.
You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves,they manna tell you you can't do it.If you want something, go get it. Period.
You gonna trust me, all right? I trust you.
Thomas Jefferson mentions happiness a couple times in the Declaration of Indipengdence. May seem like a strange word to be in that ducument, but he was sort of… He was an artist.
Lord, don't move that mountain, give me strength to climb it. Please don't move that stumbling block, but lead me , Lord, around it. My burdens, they gets so heavy, seem hard to bear, but I won't give up. Because you promised me. You'd meet me at the altar of prayer.
让这八个镜头带我重温。
镜头一:They all looked so damned happily.
为赚取全家基本生活费而拎着几十磅的仪器在医院间奔波推销的一个早晨,他遇到了一位开着红色跑车上班的绅士,简短的几句交谈后,那一瞬间开始凝固,Chris环顾川流的周围,在初阳的罩射下,每个人脸上都挂着满足的微笑。 They looked so damned happily. (他们看起来都他妈的那么幸福。) Why couldn’t I look like that? (为什么我就不能这样?)
Yeah. Why couldn’t I look like that? 我到底比其他人缺乏什么,我为什么就不能由衷地获得这个小小的满足。想起陈小春《大地回春》的一句歌词:基因欠缺什么,总不如人。人与人的差别甚至是越发露骨地暴露在人的面前,公平问题的争执永远不休,我们能做的只有PURSUIT。
镜头二:He should pay you. I’m sorry.
这并不是个光彩的镜头。Chris为了推销自己,赖着股票经纪公司的负责人一起上了出租车,而到最后那位负责人下车了,没有付钱。可怜的Chris不忍将仅剩的养家糊口的一点钱为这次额外的而且渺茫的自我推销买单,选择了逃跑。他一边跑,一边哭吼:He should pay you. He should pay you. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.(应该他付钱的。对不起。)
倒霉的Chris在千辛万苦得到面试资格后,竟在面试前一天因欠税被拘留至面试前一小时才释放,满身油漆而衣着邋遢的他不得不就这样步入面试室。面试最后有了以下对话: —Chris, what would you say if a guy walk in for the interview without a shirt on. And I hire him. What would you say.(如果有个人连衬衫都没穿,就跑来参加面试,你会怎么想?如果最后我还雇了这个人,你会怎么想?)—He must had on really nice pants. (那他穿的裤子一定十分考究。)
Chris通过了面试,然而他面对的却是末路里更残酷的选择。长达6个月的实习培训期没有薪水,而最后能被正式录取的只是20个实习生里的一个。选择参加实习,这意味着在6个月里他要在全力以赴地把录取资格拿到手之外,还要抽时间推销那鬼机器来维持生活,还要抽时间照顾5岁的小儿子。更残酷的是,这个时候她妻子却狠心地决意离去。妻子嘲讽而又隐含无奈的一句:Salesman to internship backwards? (从推销员倒退到实习生?)深深地刺痛Chris男人的自尊。
在小儿子Christopher打篮球时兴高采烈地宣言“我要成为职业篮球员”时,Chris开了个玩笑说自己篮球天分很低,由于基因问题,作为儿子的Christopher也很难成为职业篮球员。小儿子的热情被泼冷水,失落的神情刺伤了Chris。于是他说了以下一些话: Do not let somebody tell you that you can’t do some. Not even me. (别让别人告诉你,你成不了才。即使是我也不行。) You’ve got a dream. You’ve got to protect it. (如果你有梦想的话,你就要去捍卫它。) You want some. Go to get it. period. (如果你有理想的话,就要去努力实现,就这样。)
接近尾声的时候,他们仍是住在收容所,小Christopher问起了妈妈离去的原因,Chris用坚定的语气为儿子排除了烦忧,5岁的Christopher摸着父亲的下巴,突然说了一句: You are a good papa. (你是个好爸爸。)
到此时我才突然发现了5岁的Christopher也是如此的坚韧和刚强。小小年纪的他似乎明白一切,他理解他父亲,他懂得适时给他父亲以安慰和力量。理解总是万岁。Chris付出了那么那么的多,一句’you are a good papa’足以使他感到一切都是如此值得,力量仍旧是源源不断。在成功的道路,每个人都需要一个源泉来支持自己的梦想,或亲人,或情人,或挚友。
镜头八:Knock knock.
电影的最后一幕是Chris终于被正式录取后,与Christopher牵着手,边走边笑,直至背影消失,只剩一串爽朗的笑声。 他们玩的是猜谜游戏,尽管最后那几句没领悟明白,但是轻松的语气和笑声让我感到了幸福的温馨。 —Knock knock. —Who’s there? —Nobody. —Nobody who? Nobody who? —… —That’s funny. I like that.