来自网友【MeroMare】的评论如果你能熬过第一集还对此片感兴趣,接下来请找一个安静的地方,戴上耳机感受导演以歌传情的巧思。每一集片头或片尾都会有一首很“芝加哥”调调的歌曲,概况了那一集当下的心情。Ep.01:Animal-Pearl Jam第一集的关键字是:混乱的战场。第一集实在是太太太吵了,当然后面也有争吵的戏份,但永远没有第一集崩溃。梦中Carmy走在一条大桥上,走向被笼禁锢的熊。这是一个隐喻,他想要释放他内心凶猛的熊,但他只能非常非常谨慎。走在桥上,最后结局有解密为什么是桥在第一集的结尾,Carmy经历了种种忙乱后选择了暂时妥协——按照Cousin的“建议”制作意大利面来售卖。但他很快又改变主意,将番茄酱罐头掷入垃圾桶,“我才不会如此轻易妥协”。——这时候响起了Animal(by Pearl Jam):“One, two, three, four, five against oneFive, five, against oneSaid one, two, three, four, five against oneFive, five, five, five, five against oneTorture from you to meAbducted from the streetI'd rather beI'd rather be withI'd rather be with an animalWhy would you wanna hurt me? OhOh, so frightened of your painI'd rather beI'd rather be withI'd rather be with an animalI'd rather beI'd rather beI'd rather be with an animal”——“五对一”、“相互折磨”、“我宁愿和动物在一起”…简直就是崩溃的Carmy心声。(第一集折磨Carmy的厨师刚好也是五位哈哈哈哈。)Ep.02:Have you seen me lately?-Counting Crows第二集的关键字是:空虚在第一集的系列挑战外,餐馆又遭遇了卫生检查失利,鸡飞狗跳一整集最后Carmy才有空暂时歇息出门抽一根烟,这才发现自己正是遗忘香烟在柜台的元凶。Carmy忍不住失笑,“原来我也是问题的一部分”。此时妹妹发来短信:“你去共助会了吗?”音乐响起:"Get away from me, Just get away from me, This isn't gonna be easy, But I don't need you, believe me, Yeah, you got a piece of me, But it's just a little piece of me, An' I don't need anyone, And these days I feel like I'm fading away, Like sometimes, when I hear myself on the radio.Have you seen me lately? Have you seen me lately? Have you seen me lately? I was out on the radio starting to change, Somewhere out in America it's starting to rain, Could you tell me one thing you remember about me, And have you seen me lately?”“离我远点离我远点这并不容易但我不需要你,相信我,是啊,你曾有我,但那只是我的一小部分,我不需要任何人这些天我感觉自己在逐渐消失就像有时候,我在收音机里听到自己的声音。你最近见过我吗?我离开了广播,开始改变,在美国的某个地方,雨下起来了,你可否告诉我你能想起的关于我的事?你最近见过我吗?”——失落的Carmy心声,无人理解自己,甚至自己也搞不清自己了。此前,在Carmy接受妹妹的安慰后,Cousin发现了Carmy哥哥Michel给Carmy留下的信件时响起了Saint Dominic's Preview-Van Morrison(字幕组标识52nd street-Billy Joel有误)“That's the way it all should happen When you're in, when you're in the state you're in You've got your pen and notebook ready I think it's about time, time for us to beginAnd we're over in a 52nd Street apartment Socializing with the whino few Just to be hip and get wet with the jet set But they're flying too high to see my point of viewAs we gaze out on, as we gaze out on As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on Saint Dominic's preview, Saint Dominic's preview Saint Dominic's preview”“一切都应该这样发生当你在,当你在你所处的状态你已经准备好了笔和笔记本我想是时候了,我们该开始了我们到达52街的公寓与少数人交往只是为了赶时髦,和有钱人混在一起但他们飞得太高,看不到我的思想当我们向外凝视,当我们向外凝视就会发现圣多明的预示。”又是一个小隐喻,哥哥给弟弟的信,成为了某种复现和预示。但Cousin很快又将他放回原位,一切无事发生。Ep03:Oh my heart-R.E.M第三集的关键字:新开始在新员工Sydney(不情不愿)的帮助下,Carmy在餐厅构建了新的小组制度,以提高团队效率,更有助于团队管理。本集穿插着想起哥哥心疼到无以复加的Carmy,结尾,妹妹坚持不懈地留言,希望Carmy能正视自己的心情。而Carmy的心情亦已开始变化:“The kids have a new takeA new take on faithPick up the piecesGet carried awayI came home to city half erasedI came home to face what we facedThis place needs me here to startThis place is the beat of my heartOh my heartOh my heartOh my heart”“孩子们有了新的想法对信仰的全新理解收拾残局忘乎所以我回到家,发现被抹去了一半的城市我回家是为了面对我们所面对的这个地方需要我在这里重新开始这里是我心跳的地方噢,我的心。”——对于Carmy而言,从哥哥那里继承的餐馆就是让他心跳的原点,他要在这里重新开始,即便废墟摇摇欲坠。Ep04:Check it out- John Mellencamp第四集的关键字是:家庭以一曲One Fine Day-David Byrne开场,让人以为是在展示餐馆在制度调整后的优化成果。实际上只是一种美好想象片尾曲check it out- john mellencamp"A million young poets screaming out their words To a world full of people just living to be heard Future generations, riding on the highways that we built I hope they have a better understanding(Check it out) Going to work on Monday (Check it out) Got yourself a family (Check it out) All utility bills have been paid You can't tell your best buddy that you love him(Check it out) Forgot to say hello to my neighbours (Check it out) Sometimes I question my own behaviour (Check it out) Talking about the girls that we've seen on the sly Just to tell our souls we're still the young lions(So check it out) Getting too drunk on Saturdays (Check it out) Playing football with the kids on Sundays (Check it out) Soaring with the eagles all week long And this is all that we've learned about living This is all that we've learned about living""一百万年轻的诗人呐喊出他们的文字去一个满是只为被倾听而活的人的世界子孙后代,在我们修建的高速公路上驰骋我希望他们能更好地理解星期一去上班给自己找个家所有的水电费都已付清你不能对你最好的朋友说你爱他忘了跟邻居打招呼了有时我会质疑自己的行为说的是我们偷偷见过的女孩只是为了告诉我们的灵魂,我们仍然是年轻的狮子周六喝得烂醉星期天和孩子们一起踢足球整个星期都和雄鹰一起翱翔这就是我们从生活中学到的一切。”——什么是最佳生活?根本没有定式,暂且先试试看吧Ep.05 Impossible Germany-Wilco第五集的关键字:桥梁。第五集穿插了两个员工的视角,一个是Sydney的过往——经历失败后要如何让自己再次出发?另一个是沉迷在自己美好的愿望中,不仅没有完成工作量还让餐厅短路的糕点师。“我不会再犯错了。”糕点师懊恼地说。“不,你还是会犯错的。事情总是会出乎意料地发生。”Carmy安慰着糕点师,过于自然地将心里话说了出口,“你有没有过这样的时候,当你盯着火苗看时,你不禁会想到,如果我什么都不做,这个地方就会被烧个精光,这样我所有的焦虑也随之灰飞烟灭了。”“但是你最后还是扑灭了火。”“是的”——这段对话已经明示Carmy在上一份工作中已经有非常严重的心理问题。Carmy听Sydney讲起过往感悟时的背景音乐是Impossible Germany-Wilco"This is what love is for, to be at a place Gorgeous and alone, face to faceWith no larger problems that need to be erased And nothing more important Than to know someone's listening Now I know you'll be listening"“这就是爱的意义,待在一个地方华丽而孤独,面对面没有更大的亟待解决的问题没有比知道有人在倾听更重要现在我知道你会倾听。”Sydney也学会了求助与合作,让Carmy帮他滤油。不知不觉,Carmy的激励也成为了这两个人的部分精神支柱,如歌词所说,至少你在倾听,彼此面对面敞开心扉,构建起桥梁。可惜的是Carmy仍未能真正顺利地敞开心扉,谁来倾听他呢?Ep06:Last train home-John mayer第六集的关键字:怀旧Michael终于登场了——以回忆的形式。本集出乎意料地出现了新角度,Cousin是一个非常旧芝加哥做派的男人,他把他对现实的一成不变看作是对瞬息万变的社会的一种个人抵抗。隐隐投射了他此前不愿Carmy更改餐厅的做法,也许他是一个比想象中还要怀旧的人。最后他被Tina指出,他不想改变,也许只是不想被暴露出他的无能和无所适从。片尾曲:Last train home-John mayer(2021年的歌,非常新的复古歌曲)"No matter how you work it things go wrongI put my heart where it don't belongSo if you're comin' with me let me knowMaybe you're the last trainMaybe you're the last train homeI'm on the last train runnin'I'm on the last train runnin'And I surrender and I surrender""不管你怎么做,总是可能会出问题我把心放在了不该放的地方如果你要和我一起去,告诉我一声也许你是最后一班火车也许你是最后一班回家的火车我在最后一班火车上我投降了,我投降了。”——放下执念,他们都会登上这辆同舟共济的火车的。Ep07:最芝加哥的一首:Chiago-Sufjan Stevens第七集关键字:not ready个人非常喜欢第七集开头的“风光大片”,前面几集的闪回也做得非常漂亮。用Sufjan Stevens的Chiago剪了一个芝加哥简史。从芝加哥历史拼贴再转到主角“I fell in love againAll things go, all things goDrove to ChicagoAll things know, all things knowWe sold our clothes to the stateI don't mind, I don't mindI made a lot of mistakesIn my mind, in my mindYou came to take usAll things go, all things goTo recreate usAll things grow, all things growWe had our mindsetAll things know, all things knowYou had to find itAll things go, all things go”“芝加哥的社区正在发生变化,我对站在历史洪流十字路口的人都很感兴趣,不管他们是赞成或是反对,但我决定记述我的所见所得。芝加哥这座风之城是否能够在不丢掉本质的情况下实现进化?我有时怀疑,是否怀旧的阴翳遮蔽了我们的双眼,让我们失去判断,并转向一种完美主义式的愤怒。”——这篇食评说的不仅仅描述着芝加哥或者这家餐馆的问题,每个亟待更新的现代城市几乎都会面对这种挑战,原居民的怀旧就像一种先天的感怀,不战而败的悲观色彩。而在餐馆里,“未准备”好的不仅仅是sydney研发的那道菜式,或是糕点师Marcus的甜甜圈,甚至也不是指蜂拥而至的外卖订单...归根结底Carmy还没有做好move on的准备,他不知道他将要去往何方,他暂时只想维持看上去一成不变的“平和”。高压锅氛围里气炸了(其实这里觉得Carmy有种无奈的惨。大家都骂他asshole,谁来体谅他?谁都可以一走了之,唯独他不能。)Ep08 Let down-Radiohead关键字:放下与新生片头借用了早间料理节目的方式去讲述Carmy的困境,揭露他内心深处的梦魇。此后,他终于决心去说出他的故事——观众也终于知道事情的来龙去脉,知道为什么是桥,为什么是狼。值得一提的是演员在此贡献了约5分钟的长镜头,感情层层递进,Good show! 从剧情来说,打开心门是放下心结的第一步,他终于舍得let go了。片尾Carmy读信那里也贡献了富有感染力的情感演绎。需要鼓起很大勇气才能打开信封这是前述他最爱的老哥口头禅,可以翻译为“船到桥头自然直”穿越时空的安慰,怎么可能不泪目翻面看见老哥写的菜单后,又忍不住笑了。“他就是这样一个人啊。”不是因为这封信让Carmy走出来,而是这封信给了Carmy遥远的慰藉,哥哥的话就像在说,即使没有做好准备也没关系,不要给自己那么大压力,自然而然就好,做你想做的就好,我会一直爱你。藏在番茄罐头里的爱此处响起Let down-Radiohead“Transport, motorways and tramlines, Starting and then stopping, Taking off and landing, The emptiest of feelings, Disappointed people, clinging on to bottles, And when it comes it's so, so, disappointing.Let down and hanging around, crushed like a bug in the ground. Let down and hanging around. Shell smashed, juices flowing wings twitch, legs are going, don't get sentimental, it always ends up drivel. One day, I'm gonna grow wings, a chemical reaction, hysterical and useless”悲伤失望歇斯底里终将过去,尘埃落定,平静也将随之而来。