2010年3月15日 星期一

昔日香江

當大家都在談論【歲月神偷】時,栗子妹卻忽然想起【年年有今日】。


誠然,【年年有今日】有點胡鬧,橋段更有抄襲之嫌,但電影中那些關於香港歷史的片段,真的教栗百看不厭。我們所處的這片土地,由平淡到璀璨,當中經歷過的風浪,絕對引人入勝。


Nury Vittachi 曾在專欄中,猜想現今年青一輩如何看世界:


... I mused on her view of the world. She would never have seen a camera without a digital image screen on the back. She would never have seen a portable music player larger than a deck of cards ...


She would never have looked up a fact in an encyclopedia, as opposed to Wikipedia. She would be unable to imagine a world where exchanging opinions would involve paper, ink, envelopes, stamps ...


She would be surprised to learn that there were once two Germanies, or that you had to take a boat instead of a tunnel-train to go from Britain to France. She would think you were being ridiculous if you said Hong Kong was once a piece of Britain instead of part of China ...


有人覺得殖民地的歷史是恥辱,千方百計要抹掉,不讓後世探究。只是,不知從前的歲月,哪會珍惜今日的幸福?一向不以為歷史是包袱,會拖著進步的後腿;栗只知道,做人不能忘本。


4 則留言:

  1. She would never have seen a "floppy disc", I mean the authentic one that makes a "flop" sound when you wave it like a fan. 
    She would never have seen a manual can opener.
    She would never have seen a typewriter ribbon.
    She would never have seen a roll of 5-part computer printout paper.
    She would never have seen a slide rule.....
    [版主回覆03/17/2010 20:15:00]A roll of 5-part computer printout paper? Did I see one before?

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  2. 「栗只知道,做人不能忘本。」就憑這一句知道您為人情真,重情義﹗
    [版主回覆03/17/2010 20:16:00]才不是呢, 要我飛男友, 即飛都得

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  3. 栗子妹,晚安呀
    我也看了 【歲月神偷】,卻還未看【年年有今日】!

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  4. The wheel of time is more powerful than anything combine. It is foolish to pretend that the past didn't happen and it is equally foolish to think that something is impossible. 

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