名称：ghost dog: the way of the samurai

译称: 幽灵狗：忍者之路 / 鬼狗杀手

导演: 吉姆 贾姆什 (jim jarmusch)

主演：

scott bryce

scott bryce

scott bryce ...

对白语言：英语/法语

发行公司： channel four films

制片国家/地区: 法国 /　德国 /　日本

上映年度: 1999

imdb链接: tt0165798

those who feel this is a slighted film than other jarmusch didn't get the point: this movie is about the intimacy of one's belief system, private, eccentric, but all the more touching for that. here one afro-american man picked up the "way of samurai", totally alien to his ethnic and cultural background, and made it the bedrock of his whole existence.

to me, the movie is about the inevitably arbitrary nature of any conviction, and the remarkable strength of it, however outlandish it may be. if one really wishes to believe in something, then against all odds, it will become part of you, even when it becomes very, very, inconvenient; even fatally inconvenient.

and the choice of such a conviction can transcend all boundaries. i always believe that one's birth, into a particular culture, is a mere accident. whether one chooses to be faithful to it, or rebels against it in favor of an "alien" cultural identification, is amoral; "beyond good and evil", if you will. one italian-american mobster in this film, for example, sees himself as a connoisseur of rapper, flavor flav, and talked and sang just like his black idol. the wittaker character's identification with a japanese feudalist samurai's honor system is, therefore, not as unique as it may sound.

the interesting argument jarmusch seems to be making here is, what is admirable is not the category of such a conviction, but the strength of it. can't agree with that myself; but it sure provides some antidote to our soul-less consumerist incilnations.

剧情

看书自修武士道的杀手「鬼狗」歼灭对象后，捡走目击少女的书本回家看。他下次杀人，刚好她还是坐在被害人身边看卡通，于是叫杀手把书还她。晴朗午后，鬼狗在公园吃冰时，同座的黑人小女孩拿出各种儿童不宜的科幻色情小说分享。有感于纽约的妇女阅读品味都很怪，杀手便把武士道修炼指南借她。但他毕竟很忙，不是全部时间都在读书的。昔日意大利黑帮老头曾偶然救了鬼狗一命，从此鬼狗视之如师，听他驱策四出暗杀。但对头上门要师父交出鬼狗抵命，师父也是忙不迭地出卖他。于是鬼狗一路杀上去，只留师父一条命……

这是一个只有jim jarmusch才能讲述的犯罪故事。来去无踪的鬼狗沉迷于日本武士道的规则与道德规范。每个武士都需要一个主人去效忠，鬼狗就把自己当成了louie的奴仆。louie是个黑帮小头目，鬼狗小时候被他救过一命。当louie的上司已认为他不中用时，鬼狗就出手了，他有条不紊地消灭了他的一个个敌人。但最后，他的主人射杀了他。

在一系列炫目的杀戮之外，电影中的角色还包括了信鸽，读《罗生门》的10岁小孩，讲法语的冰激凌小贩等。