Dear you, Who's reading this letter? Where are you and what are you doing now?
For me who's 15 years old. There are seeds of worries I can't tell anyone. If it's a letter addressed to my future. Surely I can confide truly to myself.
Now, it seems that I'm about to be defeated and cry. For someone who's seemingly about to disappear. Whose words should I believe in? This one-and-only heart has been broken so many times. In the midst of this pain, I live the present.
Dear you, thank you I have something to tell the 15-year-old you. If you continue asking what and where you should be going. You'll be able to see the answer. The rough seas of youth may be tough. But row your boat of dreams on. Towards the shores of tomorrow. Now, please don't be defeated and please don't shed a tear. During these times when you're seemingly about to disappear. Just believe in your own voice.
For me as an adult, there are sleepless nights when I'm hurt. But I'm living the bittersweet present. There's meaning to everything in life. So build your dreams without fear. Keep on believing. Seems like I'm about to be defeated and cry.
For someone who's seemingly about to disappear. Whose words should I believe in? Please don't be defeated and please don't shed a tear. During these times when you're seemingly about to disappear.
Just believe in your own voice. No matter era we're in. There's no running away from sorrow. So show your smile, and go on living the present. Go on living the present.
Dear you, Who's reading this letter I wish you happiness...
《最好的時光》是侯孝賢的作品,他巧妙地將女主角舒淇和男主角張震的一段不悔愛情,自20世紀初起跨越了將近100年,在台灣3個最具代表性的時代裡,一窺3種截然不同卻同樣感人的愛情觀。發生地點更自當年繁華極盛的大稻埕,穿越過基隆、台中、雲林、嘉義、台南和高雄,最後結束在現今的台北。侯孝賢在電影中並以清末民初時期的南管樂曲「共君結託」和「茶薇架」、文夏的「戀歌」和「星星知我心」,以及「RAIN AND TEARS」和「SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES」等多首歌曲,精準呈現出當時的愛情氛圍。使這120分鐘的電影,竟驚見了一段段動人的愛情和台灣100年的歷史擦身而過。《戀愛夢》、《自由夢》和《青春夢》於是就像是3顆奪目的寶石,牢牢嵌鑲在侯孝賢這部電影傑作上,閃耀非凡。
"Dolls" is three stories about extraordinary love; all consuming and bordering insanity. The main story, literary the red thread, as the bound beggars are bound together by a red string, is the wandering of Matsumoto and Sawako. Not only do they structure time, but they also function as silent narrators.