--Why’d you meet with Duffy?
--I made a mistake. I made a stupid mistake.
--No, Steve, you didn’t make a mistake, you made a choice.
--You called me and left a message to call you back, it was important. When I did, you told me to forget about it. You chose not to tell me. Why’d you make that choice?
--Because Paul, I didn’t think it was important.
--Oh, fuck, yes, you did. But you went because you were curious. Because you felt flattered, because you felt special, to think that Duffy wanted to speak to you instead of me. Because you thought yourself, “Maybe I can get something out of this.” Because it made you feel big.
You always hear people talk about events out of sequence, the order of things. There is no greater grief than a parent laying their child to rest.
我们总能听到人们说反常的事情,不寻常的事情。没有什么能比白发人送黑发人更悲伤的事了。
She was a little girl trying to make it in a very grown-up world, a world where every mistake is magnified.
她只是个想在成人世界里努力奋斗的小女孩。在成人世界里,所有的错误都被放大了。【此句脑补加粗。】
And she was smart and pretty and so, so young.
她是如此的聪明,可爱,如此的年轻。
Father, you ask us to accept God’s plan, to not question his judgment. With all due respect, I don’t accept this judgment. She made the world better. Not just for me, but for everyone she touched.
神父啊,你让我们接受上帝的安排,不要质疑他的决断。但恕我直言,我不接受他这个决断!她让世界更加美好啊!不止是我的世界,也包括所有她接触过的人。
PS:
George Clooney这剧导、编得很好呀,情节环环相扣——好吧,可能略显匠气,有些镜头跟台词设计得过于刻意,平铺式的叙述也没Clint Eastwood驾驭得那么娴熟。但是在看完电影之后再回过头来看到导演跟编剧栏上列着他的名字,依然可以让人兴奋地woo一声,顺便再默默地把他在完美男人排行榜上的名次再上升一位。或者好几位。