你能原谅我吗？  大老作家(港) / 她的伪造游戏(台)

Rows of mansions,cubic office with rigorous work rules,old fashion jazz music.....you can make a decent guess about the location without seeing the actual neiborghood.And yes it's new york, again.From countless films depicting people living in this metropolis,This one is the newly update with similiar background but a memorable twist.

New york is the epitome of big cities.In one corner,billionaire is drinking wine in Michelin restraunt,in another,charlatan is stepping on the bench hawking his wares.Everybody is busy surviving in this merciless capitalized junggle.Lee Isreal is this lady so ordinary that get no one's attention but made her own special story.When our protagonist Lee Isreal met her publisher,all she got were bitter words,"you can't success if you dont play the game","you can be an asshole when you're famous".A person have to work his ass off to climb the social ladder in this city or you be knocked out.

Lee Isreal,whose books stood on the discount shelf,can hardly make a living after losing her job.But as the implication of her name and her unpopular interst on jewish writer,she would probably contrive some crafty ideas.And here it is.By selling her old letters,she explored a whole market of "originals".Her unfond skill suddenly became an advantage.Piece by piece,she started to make famous writer's letter that escaped the scrutiny of most people.Not everyone could imitate this.That's explain her cherishment of those fake originals and her anger when her friend Jack try to sell her letters arbitarily,"these are literature treasures!!"

While revealling Lee's history of counterfeit,the story also shade light on her life and freindship.She is an lonely lady with a sick old cat,an alcholic with a gay drinking buddy, and a book writer with limited recognition.She share her secret fraud with jack and sharing became a bond of genuine freindship but when the bookshop owener want to extend thier freindship,the fraud become an obstacle.Just like she want to write book without concerning sales,she want to be a good neighbor but can't make her own room clean,all these contrary narratives somehow decriminalize her as a fraud but a midlle-aged poor lady who deserve some sympathy.When the final scripts rolls in,we know that her letters that personating other famous writers was so impressive that even some biography included them before knowing it's fake.Even an honest people may show a bit of admiration,at least i do.

Another great story,wonderful music.Norah jones song describe new york city as a beautiful disease,this melancholy tone sing well with the story.When the film gives a few shots of new york city,it create not familiarity but a sphere of possibilities,you just don't know if the people walking by is a delicate criminal ,a talented writer or a cat lover,maybe all of them.

电影的奇妙之处是端坐屋中，却能尝遍天下酸甜苦辣的人生。不看这一本《你能原谅我吗》，我压根无从知晓一个纽约的过气作家会如何穷困潦倒。

电影不是很好看，但触动神经。开篇Norah Joans的爵士歌曲和身材笨拙年已51岁的失意作家形成反讽对比，同样是讲书店、书信，可不是那本经典的《查令十字街84号》的优美克制；同样是生活拮据窘迫，也无法够上沈三白芸娘的贫士风雅，这就是一个孤独得只剩下一只猫的爱的女人挣扎于世的故事。触动我的是两位演员的表演，不露痕迹，真实残酷，才华横溢，同时获得奥斯卡最佳女主角和最佳男配角的提名。

女主不可爱，但让人同情，再卑微的灵魂也要有自己的一憩之地，更何况是受过教育曾经畅销的作家。安慰来自江郎才尽后意外发现的造假书信技能又带回了久违的成就感，安慰也来自同是天涯沦落人两只酒杯碰撞的温暖和笑声，终究还是被命运欺负和碾压，自己的选择怪不了任何人，也由此写下了这段自传，成全了这本电影。

真人真事，无奇不有，此刻在世界上无数个城市黄昏时匆匆走过的人群里，不知道有多少我们不了解的人生，大家各自珍重。

身边只有一只猫的中年女作家Lee，因为性格古怪又不注意个人行为被出版商解雇。生活落魄从变卖书籍到忍痛割爱变卖名人真迹，尝到甜头后开始伪造名人书信。此时她结识了满嘴胡言浮夸又不靠谱的gay蜜Jack，两个过去心比天高的人，惺惺相惜，成为了互损酒友。

整体故事虽然过于平铺直叙，但夹杂的冷幽默和到位的爵士配乐都非常加分，而且男女主都太会演了，Melissa尤其让人惊喜，她把以前喜剧方面的天赋都收敛起来，把Lee Israel这个人物刻画的生动、有趣、脆弱、敏感，可爱可怜可悲。

影片最后重逢的高光片段，互相调侃中的真情流露简直让人心碎。“我犯了错，但是我不后悔，这是我一生中最美好的时光，”生活的真相就是这样不是吗？

（btw我对片中无处不在的Courier字体毫无抵抗力！