撰文/逍遥白鹤
最近,我从电视频道观看了一部鉴于在美国网络时代发生的真人真事拍摄的电影《高挑金发辣妹——TalhotBlond》。这是一部手法平实的小制作电影,本片导演是曾轰动全美N年的电视连续剧《老友记》群星中的女演员之一科特尼.考克斯。纵观影片的叙述方式并无眩目之处,观后可咀嚼回味的是影片所描述的事件本身。
当网络日愈成为我们生活中如影随行、不可或缺的一部分,网络上的人际交往也日愈便利而繁盛。而且,网络上的你来我往不拘泥于确切地域、真实成长背景甚至年龄的间隔,任随鼠标引领,任键盘在十个指尖起落,你尽可以虚拟角色、想象奔涌,千姿百态的ID在“下网”现形之前,可以为所欲为地扮演他或者她意欲扮演的人物,让在电脑上“对话”的另一方信以为真。除却恶意设定谋财害命目标的网络欺诈——那是属于触犯法律的罪行范畴了,网络上有些本来并无恶意的猎艳、或是调情、或是闲极无聊的恶作剧之举也能擦枪走火、导致恶性结果、甚至导致出家破人亡的惨剧,这是我始料未及的,这样的事件竟真实地发生在生活中并被搬入到这部电影里:
在理智上,托马斯明知平庸的自己与一位18岁的妙龄女郎不可能酿出结果,他只是不甘失去这一次精神出轨的兴奋和快意,他也不甘为虚无缥缈的爱情舍弃自己深爱的女儿和平稳的家庭。托马斯一面极力挽回和妻子的感情,一面仍然偷偷与“TalhotBlond”重新保持联络,恳请她保留这一份难得的“友情”,“TalhotBlond”拗不过他的执意,他们恢复了网络上的对话。
令人哭笑不得的是:当警方展开调查,顺藤摸瓜找到网名“TalhotBlond”的真实住址,那里住着一对单亲母女,女儿确实妙龄18,容貌靓丽。却原来,以“TalhotBlond”网名在网络上勾引男人的一直是四十开外、红颜尽褪、难忍孤寂的单身母亲,她盗用了漂亮女儿的照片为自己作诱饵,而漂亮女儿对所有这些“网络恋情”都丝毫不知情,“TalhotBlond”与年轻的她没有任何干系!
关于此部影片的英文简介:
TalhotBlond (2012)
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
Director: Courteney Cox
Writers: Trent Haaga (teleplay), Barbara Schroeder (documentary by)
Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Brando Eaton and Laura San Giacomo|See full cast and crew
Talhotblond is an 2009 documentary detailing an Internet love triangle which resulted in a real life homicide, in a case called the "Internet Chatroom Murder." Thomas Montgomery (screen name: marinesniper), a 47-year-old married man, pleaded guilty to murdering his co-worker, 22-year-old Brian Barrett (screen name: beefcake). The two men were involved in a love triangle with "Jessi," an 18 year old girl whose screen name was talhotblond. While the two men knew each other from work, neither had ever met "Jessi" in person. However, "Jessi" was a real person, but it was actually her own mother, Mary Shieler, who was posing as her own daughter online. Jessi was unaware of her mother's actions till after Barrett had been murdered and her mother's role in the case became widely known.