
他送命的原因也許是過於自信,或是低估了大自然的力量,但在旅行中送掉性命,從來並不是他所追求的。電影中,他對那位妻兒死去、不願旅行的老人Mr. Franz如此說:The core of man's spirit comes from new experiences ── 離開城市、離開固有的身份,去尋找另一種生活和生存的可能性,對他而言,是一種堅固自己生命的方法。他討厭城市的虛假和偽善,也因此希望尋找人與人之間的真誠與愛。常人眼中不可思議的行為,印證了他相信生命能夠爆發出巨大能量,就如傑克倫敦筆下小說中的主人公,往往都能在困難的環境之下激發出新的可能性。我想起余秋雨寫這過的一段話:『安適的山寨很容易埋藏憧憬,豐沛的泉眼很容易滯留人生,而任何的滯留都是自我的阻斷,任何的安頓都是創造的陷阱』,這應該也說出了許多旅行者的心底話。Chris 的死讓人痛心,但也令人重新思考自己的生命。我們的生命中,有沒有讓自己 feel strong 的時間?還是往往因為恐懼而裹足不前,直到了我們走完了一生,卻仍然像未活過一樣?
特別喜歡片中的兩首歌,都是由 Eddie Vedder 所寫和主唱的,一首叫《Society》,另一首叫《Guranteed》。這幾天在 Youtube 反反覆覆的都在聽,就似和我的旅程,共嗚著。
《Society》
Oh it's a mystery to me.
We have a greed, with which we have agreed
and you think you have to want more than you need
until you have it all, you won't be free.
Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely, without me.
When you want more than you have, you think you need
and when you think more then you want, your thoughts begin to bleed.
I think I need to find a bigger place
cause when you have more than you think, you need more space.
Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely, without me.
Society, crazy indeed
I hope you're not lonely, without me.
There's those thinkin' more or less, less is more,
but if less is more, how you keepin' score?
It means for every point you make, your level drops.
Kinda like you're startin' from the top
and you can't do that.
Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely without me.
Society, crazy indeed
I hope you're not lonely without me
Society, have mercy on me.
I hope you're not angry, if I disagree.
Society, crazy indeed.
I hope you're not lonely without me.
《Guaranteed》
On bended knee is no way to be free
Lifting up an empty cup, I ask silently
All my destinations will accept the one that's me
So I can breathe...
Circles they grow and they swallow people whole
Half their lives they say goodnight to wives they'll never know
A mind full of questions, and a teacher in my soul
And so it goes
Don't come closer or I'll have to go
Holding me like gravity are places that pull
If ever there was someone to keep me at home
It would be you
Everyone I come across, in cages they bought
They think of me and my wandering, but I'm never what they thought
I've got my indignation, but I'm pure in all my thoughts
I'm alive
Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere
Underneath my being is a road that disappeared
Late at night I hear the trees, they're singing with the dead
Overhead
Leave it to me as I find a way to be
Consider me a satellite, forever orbiting
I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me
Guaranteed







