Friday, January 26, 2007

《日本沉沒》與《日本以外全部沉沒》之一



去年上映的日本電影《日本沉沒》(Sinking of Japan),實在是2006年的「頂級傑作」,戲名「日本沉悶」固然緊扣主題,觀眾一邊看一邊隨日本沉沉睡去是特有的互動觀影效果;最近《日本沉沒》還獲得日本雜誌《周刊文春》第3屆文春金草莓大獎頒發的「2006年十大最差電影」第二位,打低了荷李活大片《達文西密碼》(The Da Vinci Code),實在可喜可賀。日本電影人能拍出如此有心思的災難電影,只有日本真的沉沒才能向他們致最高的敬意。

《日本沉沒》本是日本著名科幻小說家小松左京在1973年發表的暢銷長篇小說,在同年曾改編成電影,2006年上映的是第二個版本了。當年小說更獲得「第5屆日本科幻大賞星雲賞長篇賞」,但最有趣的,是同屆還有一篇短篇小說獲「「日本科幻大賞星雲賞短篇賞」」,那就是《日本以外全部沉沒》,作者是筒井康隆,小松左京的好朋友,也是另一位科幻小說家。

單看《日本以外全部沉沒》這題目已夠吸引吧?那簡直就是「逆向思維」的示範作。這類思維的伸延大概就是「日本升起」和「日本以外全部升起」,故事講述日本四國突然受神秘力量驅使,全部升至半空化身成天空之城,日本人雖免除了地震的威脅,但船隻卻無法靠近運送資源和補給品,只能靠飛機與外界運輸。而一個超級大颱風正逼近這塊凌空的日本土地,科學家相信風暴會把日本島吹得像遊樂場的氹氹轉,危機一觸即發……也夠噱頭吧?

據說事情是這樣的:當年小松左京、星新一及筒井康隆合稱為「日本科幻小說界的三大巨頭」。在《日本沉沒》小說大賣的慶祝會上,星新一提議「日本以外全部沉沒」的概念,筒井康隆大為興奮,並自告奮勇要執筆完成,小松左京也同意,於是筒井康隆就寫了《日本以外全部沉沒》這短篇小說。

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