心灵的印记才是真正的绝症——Mysterious Skin, the movie

看了双性恋导演Gregg Araki在2004年的作品Mysterious Skin。这里引一段来自imdb的plot:

“The summer I was eight years old, five hours disappeared from my life. Five hours, lost, gone without a trace…” These are the words of Brian Lackey (Brady Corbet), a troubled 18 year-old, growing up in the stiflingly small town of Hutchinson, Kansas. Plagued by nightmares, Brian believes that he may have been the victim of an alien abduction. Local Neil McCormick (Joseph Gordon Levitt) however, is the ultimate beautiful outsider. With a loving but promiscuous mother (Elisabeth Shue), Neil is wise beyond his years and curious about his developing sexuality, having found what he perceived to be love from his Little League baseball coach (played by Hal Hartley veteran Bill Sage) at a very early age. Now, ten years later, Neil is a teenage hustler, nonchalant about the dangerous path his life is taking. Neil’s pursuit of love leads him to New York City, while Brian’s voyage of self discovery leads him to Neil – who helps him to unlock the dark secrets of their past. Based on the acclaimed novel by Scott Heim, “Mysterious Skin” explores the hearts and minds of two very different boys who come to find the key to their future happiness lies in the exorcism of their collective demons.

同性恋生活中的一项社会性(social)主题就是AIDS。这个不祥的词语背后带着无限的悔恨——却不知是后悔那一次不慎的放纵,还是后悔自己来到这个世界上(因为几乎所有同性依恋症都是与生俱来的)。这是一种困惑的 (confused)悔恨,在众多绝症中,也唯有AIDS才能给人以这种心灵�

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