想东想西的烂苹果

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天知道我多么喜欢《阳光小美女》（Little Miss Sunshine）这部电影。昨天晚上重看一遍，除了一如既往地欣赏其中关于loser生活态度的诠释，看到super freak的舞蹈场面一如既往地想掉眼泪，Abigail Breslin的大眼睛和小肚子一如既往地可爱之外，更进一步地差点为Paul Dano疯了。

Paul Dano，脸部五官和轮廓的线条都很淡，像一只揉成一团的面包，没有特别突出的地方（除了下巴比常人稍稍长出一些），也少有过于情绪化的表情，然而偶尔给个侧面的镜头，他的眼神里溢出的东西却足以让水融化在水中（如下图）。这张面包脸，将他与好莱坞流水线上产出的诸多漂亮男孩区分开来，自由地演绎各种不正常的孩子。正是这些病孩子一次次沉默地绽放在大银幕上，好莱坞才不至于那么无趣。

统共看过三部Paul Dano演的电影（刚发现我想看一直没找到的《长岛迷情》（L.I.E.）是他01年主演的片子）。他是《邻家女孩》(The Girl Next Door）中男猪的两个死党之一，戴副很傻的眼镜、成绩好得女孩子误以为是木瓜脑袋的那种，最后勇敢地做起自拍小A片男一号；他是《快餐帝国》（Fastfood Nation）中的餐厅小工，把掉在地上的肉饼捡起来放在汉堡里还加一口唾沫，对现实不满总惦记着来点极端行为，比如抢劫自己工作的店面；然后，他是《阳光小美女》中9个月不说话、极度信奉尼采，留披头士发型穿着复古的Dwayne，在影片进行到1小时08分钟时第一次开口——大吼一声“Fuck”，因为想做飞行员的他不得不接受色盲的事实。Dwayne让Paul Dano受到前所未有的关注，甚至在豆瓣里也能找到小组，尽管我们组不到十个人也从来没人发言。

在IMDB上查资料时，发现有人问Paul Dano是不是Virgin（因为15岁的Dwayne显然是lol），这又涉及到如何区分角色和演员本人的问题。《阳光小美女》中全家上台跳舞的段落，Dwayne的动作尽管有宣泄的意思在里边，但如果生活中的Paul Dano如电影中那么自闭，他是必然做不出来的，我猜这个和演技没有太大关系。事实是，Paul Dano有自己的乐队，不太张扬的滚范儿，再说，长得老实也不等于不会搞笑啊。

正如生活中吸引人的男孩往往不是帅哥，而是些真正有意思的怪孩子。Paul Dano令人抓狂的，也就在这些地方，比如Dwayne的经典台词——Do What You Like and Fuck the Rest。

附：Paul Dano个人资料（IMDB）

Date of Birth：19 June 1984, Wilton, Connecticut, USA
Birth Name：Paul Franklin Dano
Height：5' 11?" (1.82 m)

Trivia:
    He and Billy Kay were already friends at the time L.I.E. (2001) was filmed, having worked together on an earlier film (The Newcomers (2000)).
    Winner of the Best Debut Performance (for L.I.E. (2001)) at the 2002 Independent Spirit Awards.
    Graduated from high school on June 22, 2002.
    Lead guitar and vocals in the band Cherry Revision, based out of Wilton, Connecticut.

Personal Quotes:
[On why he chooses acting over music] "I think I'd be too stubborn and have to do it on my own terms. There's a lot of hope in music and there are some really amazing artists out there, but as far as popular music goes, a lot of it is just not for me. So I don't know where I'd fit in or whatever."
"Everything you do, every experience that you have, enlightens you a little bit or worsens you. L.I.E. was big for me. I think it's one of the best things I've been a part of in my life so far."
[On working with Daniel Day-Lewis in the movie "The Ballad of Jack and Rose"] "It was incredible. I mean, Daniel Day-Lewis and I were enemies in the movie. I'm the "snake" and his daughter Rose is the "rose". You couldn't get any more opposite from the character I play in ("The Girl Next Door") than the one I play in that. I'm the villain, the snake, sleazy and like this sexual creature. There were days when we wouldn't even look at each other until the end of the day because we were intense. I got into that; it was great. It would help me, too. You know, I look up to him. Before I even auditioned for the movie I did so it was incredible.
[On preparing for his role in Little Miss Sunshine] "In my house, I tried not talking for a couple days and it was almost impossible to be at a dinner table with my parents and not point out to them what I thought was silly that they were saying. You just want to rebel! It was so difficult."
[On working with Steve Carrell] "I knew Steve from The Daily Show and that funny scene he had in Bruce Almighty. I didn't maybe know him by name at that point, but I was just like, "That dude is hilarious!". He's genuinely a very down-to-earth, sweet guy. I have a lot of respect for him. We became good friends. Nobody was really on a pedestal or anything. When you're working with people you look up to and they put you on the same level, it makes your job a little easier confidence-wise. I never felt nervous, it was just a lot of fun."

Actor:
In Production
2000s
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2008) (pre-production) (rumored)
Where the Wild Things Are (2008) (post-production) (voice) .... Alexander
There Will Be Blood (2007) (completed) .... Eli Sunday

Little Miss Sunshine (2006) .... Dwayne
Fast Food Nation (2006) .... Brian
Weapons (2006) .... Chris
The King (2005) .... Paul Sandow
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) .... Thaddius
"The Sopranos" .... Patrick Whalen (2 episodes, 2002-2004)
    - All Due Respect (2004) TV Episode (as Paul Franklin Dano) .... Patrick Whalen
    - Everybody Hurts (2002) TV Episode .... Patrick Whalen
Taking Lives (2004) .... Young Asher
The Girl Next Door (2004) .... Klitz
Light and the Sufferer (2004) .... Don (AKA: Light)
The Emperor's Club (2002) .... Martin Blythe
Too Young to Be a Dad (2002) (TV) (as Paul Franklin Dano) .... Matt Freeman
... aka A Family's Decision (USA)
... aka Too Young to Be a Father (USA)
... aka Trop jeune pour être père (Canada: French title)
L.I.E. (2001) (as Paul Franklin Dano) .... Howie Blitzer
The Newcomers (2000) .... Joel

Soundtrack:
The King (2005) (performer: "Helplessly Hoping", "Sad & Beautiful World")