该电影系根据美国著名小说家Raymond Carver的短篇小说"So Much Water So Close
to Home”改编，电影将片名改为Jindabyne也另有其深意，该小镇在60年代因为筑
坝工程而被沉没在湖底，一个新镇在湖边拔地而起，因此Jindabyne这个片名是个隐
喻，暗指透过貌似风平浪静的现实生活的湖水表面，隐约能注视到那模糊的，埋藏
在湖底深处的不安定过去和日常生活的死水下，那其实激烈非常的情感暗流。
Back home, Stuart sits at the table with a drink of whiskey in front of
him. For a crazy instant i think something's happened to Dean.
"where is he?" I say. "where is Dean?"
"outside," my husband says.
He drains his glass and stands up. He says, 'i think i know what you need.'
he reaches an arm around my waist and with his other hands he begins to
unbutton my jacket and then he goes on to the buttons of my blouse.
"first things first,' he says.
he says something else. but i don't need to listen. I can't hear a thing
with so much water going.
'that's right,' i say, finishing the buttons myself. 'before dean comes.
Hurry.'
但电影中关于凶手的处理，显然没有小说高明。小说中对于杀害土著女孩的凶手只
是轻轻一带而过：
'well, they got him', she says. 'if that's any consolation. they arrested
him this morning. i heard it on the radio before i come. A boy right here
in town.'
而电影中，凶手成为一个老电工(在电影开头就有交代)，该凶手时而在影片中神秘
而骇人的出现，让人差点以为这是个关于连环杀手的悬疑片，成为自始至终笼罩在
电影里一层阴影。我觉得这个处理让这部电影中力图进行的人性反思被这个凶疑的
元素削弱了，成为了一种遗憾的干扰。凶手在这部电影中应该只是个一个轻轻带过
的引子而已，任何多加的笔墨都只是画蛇添足。
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