衣领上的唇印

《衣领上的唇印》和多数冷战题材电影不同，它没走《间谍之桥》式的沉重路线，也没模仿《王牌特工》的夸张动作戏。全片没有大起大落的冲突，只有冷战年代下两颗孤独心脏的彼此敲击。适合那些喜欢用音乐讲故事、不介意情节跳脱、愿意和角色一起尴尬一起心跳的观众。年轻的伊万·麦格雷戈把愣头青的躁动和温柔都揉进了走路姿态里，他和打字员隔着打字机传情那场戏，明明什么都没说，屏幕前的我却不自觉屏住呼吸。适合对形式实验有耐心的观众，尤其适合想研究九十年代英国独立电影如何解构类型程式、用歌舞承载政治隐喻的影迷。年轻的伊万·麦克格雷格演起天真又莽撞的秘书，眼神里满是初出茅庐的躁动，和彼得·杰弗里饰演的刻板上校形成绝妙反差。

　　The main story is set in a British Military Intelligence Office in Whitehall during 1956, where a small group of foreign affairs analysts find their quiet existence disrupted by the Suez Crisis. Ewan McGregor plays Mick Hopper, who is doing his national service as an interpreter of Russian documents. Bored with his job, Hopper spends his days creating fantasy daydreams that involve his work colleagues breaking into contemporary hit songs. Louise Germaine plays Sylvia Berry, the blonde wife of the violent Corporal Pete Berry (Douglas Henshall). Sylvia is an object of desire for Mick's fellow clerk Private Francis Francis and a middle-aged pipe-organist named Harold Atterbow (Roy Hudd). Unlike the street-wise Hopper, Francis is a clumsy Welsh intellectual whose academic career has been interrupted by his army call up. The appearance of the bookish niece of a seconded American officer enables the two conscripts to pair off with suitable partners, after initial mismatching. Some of the side themes include the influence of American rock and roll on English society, the gulf between the senior analysts, who are regular army officers, and the conscripted other ranks, the work of Russian playwright Chekhov, and the appreciation of opulent theatre pipe organs. The unusual context — a military culture transplanted into a civil service style office environment — reflects Potter's own national service during the 1950s. While this piece has the form of a romantic comedy, unlike the less conventional works of Dennis Potter's middle period, it is not without graphic sex and violence, as well as Potter's characteristic flashes of dreamlike imagery. The centrepiece of this production is the surreal musical sequence set to the song In a Persian Market.

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