落花流水春去也
(Charly)
雷夫‧尼爾森 Ralph Nelson
1968｜USA｜Color｜103min
播映時間與地點
電影：11/21 (六) 20:30
蘇格貓底二手書咖啡屋
一九六八年的《落花流水春去也》（英名：Charly），電影改編自丹尼爾‧凱斯（Daniel Keyes）的醫學科幻《獻給阿爾吉儂的花束》（Flowers for Algernon)。男主角克裏夫‧勞勃遜扮演的心智障礙者查理，獲得奧斯卡最佳男主角獎。
30歲的查理，大腦卻停留在只有6歲兒童的程度。學習遲緩的查理，在輔助他的老師和神經系統醫療人員幫助下，接受大腦植入針對弱智者研發的實驗機器。實驗結果，查理如脫胎一般，得到超越一般人的智慧。
然而，當一個曾經因弱智被捉弄、被歧視的人，如何面對這樣的轉變？當朋友在不知情的情況下依然試圖捉弄他、以及思考醫生對他前後的另眼相看，他所看到的社會現實對他造成一波波的心靈衝擊，並讓他對『正常』的文明周遭產生質疑。主人公由一個被看作白癡的人變為天才，所得到的或許不只是和大多數人一樣正常的生活，而是從前後的生命經驗，體會更多的生命價值。
（撰文︰吳昱慧）
Charly Gordon, a bakery worker with an IQ of only 59, is selected as a test-subject for a pioneering experiment in intelligence enhancement. The experiment is successful and Charly rapidly progresses in learning until he becomes a genius. But his emotions lag considerably behind. After his primitive advances are rejected by his teacher, he becomes a social dropout. Charly returns and Alice accepts him. But then he learns that the effects of the experiment are starting to reverse themselves.
Daniel Keyes’ novella Flowers for Algernon (1959) was an instant classic from its publication. It won the Science-Fiction community’s Hugo Award that year and Keyes’ full-length novelization of the story also won the 1966 Nebula Award. Cliff Robertson, then a novice actor, purchased the rights to the story and personally shepherded it through to filming. And one can see what drew Robertson to make such personal investment in the project – Charly is a choice actor’s role. The Best Actor Oscar awarded to Cliff Robertson for his brilliant performance.
（撰文：徐珮芬）
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