Benjamin Button就是这样的人。他满脸皱纹的幸存于母亲的难产时,就注定有个不寻常的人生。然而,有个小问题,他是唯一可以这样活的人。所以,童年在老年院中目睹一场又一场的死亡与离去,也不能抹去心中对所爱之人老去的阴影。他在耄耋之时拄着拐杖遇见了红头发的Daisy,蹦蹦跳跳的跑到跟前,宛如天使。这是起点。
越活越年轻的Benjamin比别人有更多的经历。他随着拖船远行世界又经历战争。在天寒地冻的俄罗斯遇见一位“白纸一样苍白”的英国外交官夫人。他们幽会在半夜空无一人的旅馆大堂,喝茶,吃鱼子酱,喝伏特加。女人说:If we are going to have an affair, you are never to look at me during the day, and we are always to part before sunrise, and we will never say I love you. Those are the rules. 于是Benjamin在天寒地冻的半夜街道上瑟瑟发起抖来。
For what it's worth, it's never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you wanna be. It has no time limit, start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or worst out of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that stop you, I hope you feel things you never felt before, I hope you meet people with a different point of view, I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start it all over again.
Tilda Swinton也有自我风格化的,对那位白纸一样苍白和神秘的女人的演绎。她衣着皮草华丽,眼神凛冽如冰,却也暗流哀伤。她述说着年轻时未能完成的梦想,最终成为电视新闻里那个成功横穿英吉利海峡的老妇,满足的哆嗦着说到:Anything is possible, I suppose. 从洗手间出来的Cate一抬头看见了这条新闻,这时刻便是两位女神的交集。