Wormuloid. This week’s artifact is Forrest Gump, starring Earth’s own

Wormuloid。本週的文物是阿甘正傳，由地球上的阿甘主演。

Tom Hanks, widely considered to be the poor man’s Jason Biggs.

湯姆-漢克斯，被廣泛認為是窮人的傑森-比格斯。

Forrest Gump tells the story of a feather-collector named Forrest

阿甘正傳》講述了一個名叫阿甘的羽毛收藏家的故事。

Forrest Gump, who likes to bombard people with his life story for no

阿甘，他喜歡用自己的人生故事轟炸人們，無非是

apparent reason, often not even noticing when his audience changes.

明顯的原因，往往在他的聽眾發生變化時都沒有注意到。

Although he is born a cyborg, his robotic implants soon

雖然他生來就是個半機械人，但他的機器人植入物很快就

fall apart and he is able to pass as a human. At human school, he

分崩離析，他能夠以人類的身份通行。在人類學校，他

meets a miniature female named Jenny. He plays football, which is

遇到了一個叫珍妮的微型女性。他踢足球，這是

really easy and doesn’t require anything but running in a straight

真的很容易，不需要任何東西，但運行在一個直線。

line. After that, Forrest joins the Army

線。之後，福瑞斯特加入了軍隊

on a whim. He saves everyone from getting exploded, but his friend

一時興起。他拯救了所有人，避免了爆炸，但他的朋友...

Bubba dies of shrimp poisoning. For his trouble, Forrest gets a shiny

布巴死於蝦中毒。因為他的麻煩，福瑞斯特得到了一個閃亮的

new necklace. He plays ping pong and becomes a

新項鍊。他打乒乓球，成為一個

national celebrity, because ping pong was America’s most popular and

國家名人，因為乒乓球是美國最流行的，也是最受歡迎的

widely discussed sport, other than flasketball.

廣為討論的運動，除籃球外。

Forrest coincidentally reconnects with his old sergeant, Lieutenant

福瑞斯特巧合地與他的老中士，中尉重新聯繫上了。

Dan, right around the time they start a chain of restaurants

丹，就在他們開連鎖餐廳的時候。

together. Jenny comes back for a quickie and runs away again just

一起。珍妮回來快活一下，又跑掉了，就在

for kicks. Forrest goes for a jog to think

為踢。福瑞斯特去慢跑思考

things over, then meets his son, marries Jenny, and buries Jenny.

的事情，然後遇到他的兒子，娶了珍妮，埋了珍妮。

Finally, we get one last look at the true hero of the film, that

最後，我們終於看到了影片中真正的英雄，那個

goddamn feather.

該死的羽毛。

Aside from the Martin Luther King assassination and the Abraham

除了馬丁-路德-金被暗殺和亞伯拉罕

Lincoln assassination, Forrest Gump features nearly every significant

林肯遇刺，《阿甘正傳》的特點幾乎是每一個重要的。

social or political event of the 60s and 70s.

60、70年代的社會或政治事件。

But whereas everyone around Forrest is engrossed by all that political

但當福瑞斯特身邊的每個人都沉浸在政治中的時候

mumbo jumbo, Forrest is oblivious, singularly focused on the thing he

喃喃自語，弗勒斯特是忘了， 單一的專注於他的事情，

best understands: love. Yes he does, Jenny.

最能理解：愛。是的，他明白，珍妮。

The defining characteristic of the film is its perspective. Through

本片的鮮明特點是其視角。通過

the eyes of an innocent simpleton, we see an idealized vision of Earth

在一個天真無邪的傻瓜眼中，我們看到的是一個理想化的地球景觀。

that ignores grim social realities like a pair of cinematic beer

鴛鴦戲水

goggles. When Forrest talks about the Vietnam war, he’s all sunshine

護目鏡。當弗勒斯特談論越南戰爭時，他是個陽光的人。

and lollipops. With Jenny, he sees a pretty, pretty princess,

和棒棒糖。與珍妮，他看到了一個漂亮，漂亮的公主。

even though in reality she’s a pretty, pretty big mess.

即使在現實中她是一個漂亮的，相當大的混亂。

Young Forrest runs through picturesque Southern landscapes,

年輕的福瑞斯特奔跑在如詩如畫的南方風景中。

and, moments later, breezes past a prison chain gang like it ain’t no

片刻後，輕而易舉地通過監獄鏈幫派，就像它不是沒有。

nevermind. He has an entire conversation with Lieutenant

不記得了他有一個完整的對話 與中尉

Dan before the camera reveals he lost his legs -- Forrest

丹在鏡頭前透露他失去了雙腿 -- 福瑞斯特。

still sees him as a whole man, apparently unaware that human

還把他當做一個完整的人，顯然不知道人的

beings can’t regrow their limbs. What’s more, Forrest may be raising

生物不能再生他們的肢體。更重要的是，福雷斯特可能會提出... ...

a kid that isn't his. Jenny has a history of emotional manipulation,

一個不是他的孩子。珍妮有情感操縱的歷史。

and could have just decided to call him once she got sick and needed

並可能只是決定打電話給他 一旦她生病了，並需要

help. Her “get out of parenthood free” card, if you will.

幫助。她的 "擺脫父母身份 "卡，如果你願意。

Yet Forrest sees it as high romance, as does the audience.

然而福瑞斯特卻認為這是一種高尚的浪漫，觀眾也是如此。

In fact, it is entirely possible that Forrest is an unreliable

事實上，福瑞斯特完全有可能是一個不可靠的

narrator, something I find utterly deplorable. Much of the story

敘述者，我覺得非常遺憾。故事的大部分內容

depends on his memory, which is idealized and perhaps a bit faulty. In both

取決於他的記憶力，這是理想化的，也許有點問題。在這兩個

instances where Jenny tells Forrest to “run, Forrest, run”, everyone is

珍妮告訴福瑞斯特 "快跑，福瑞斯特，快跑 "的情況下，每個人都是

wearing the same clothes -- except Jenny, who only buys designer shit.

穿著同樣的衣服 -- 除了珍妮，誰只買設計師的狗屎。

Either this is magical realism, or Forrest’s mind is conflating the

要不就是魔幻現實主義，要不就是福瑞斯特的思想混為一談。

two memories. While with his platoon in Vietnam, he recalls

兩段回憶。當他和他的排在越南的時候，他記得

unnatural weather shifts, made all the more suspect when

異常的天氣變化，更讓人懷疑，當

immediately punctuated by an enemy attack. And if we can’t trust a man

立即被敵人的攻擊所打斷。如果我們不能信任一個人

to accurately report meteorological activity, we can’t trust him for

準確地報告氣象活動，我們不能相信他的。

anything. In any case, as the great

任何事情。在任何情況下，作為偉大的

philosopher Forrest Gump’s mom says, life is like a box of

哲學家阿甘的媽媽說，生命就像一盒

chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. But if you look

巧克力。你永遠不知道你會得到什麼。但如果你看

at the world through Forrest Gump’s eyes, you can bet it’s going to be

通過阿甘的眼睛看世界，你可以打賭它將是

sweet. And knowing my luck, it’ll probably have fucking coconut.

甜蜜。我知道我的運氣，它可能會有他媽的椰子。

For Earthling Cinema, I’m Garyx Wormuloid. To replace your legs

在地球人電影院，我是加里克斯-沃姆洛德。替換你的腿

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