聖丹斯電影節
“林來瘋” 紀錄片首映 ***三顆星
從開始到現在已經快有一年了，但是“林來瘋”依然存在。在Sundance全球首映的這個紀錄籃球世界中現象級的林書豪的影片中，有這樣一個橋段。在2012年2月紐約對多倫多的比賽中，當林在最後0.5秒鐘投進一個3分球，而為紐約贏得了比賽，電影節的觀眾席裡爆發出了掌聲和歡呼。這是個典型的好萊塢式的故事，如果它不是真實的話，一定會被大家笑出電影院。而電影製片人Evan Jackson Leong很好的利用了這個故事，拍攝了一個很好的記錄片。這真的是個很好的故事。
他講述了一個底層草根得到成功的故事。一個關於種族的歧視的故事，一個關於信仰的故事，一個籃球員在經年的掙扎，淪落到最後一次機會，而一夜成名的故事，不僅僅流傳在美國，而是傳遍全世界。而且，更重要的是，這是一個關於一個好人成為英雄的故事。那個當他成為媒體新星的時候，還住在別人寓所的沙發上的故事是真實的。當林在平價商場買了10塊錢的台式飲水機，扛回家，裝上，很高興的看到它工作的時候，真的是很可愛。同樣的瞬間還有他裹在獅子王的被子里或者唱阿拉丁的歌的時候。當然也有一些陰暗面，那些丟向他的難以置信的種族歧視的言行。當林在哈佛打球的時候，藤校球迷們起哄的種族歧視的口號。看上去，林並沒有像其他球員一樣得到同等的機會，因為大家都會以為亞洲人不會是好的籃球運動員。林在電影中說：“我以前總說，如果我是黑人，我就會得到第一分區學校的獎學金。”
但是，雖然他在他成為明星前的採訪中這樣說的，但他說的時候卻並沒有帶著苦澀的情緒。Leong的記錄片很技巧的混雜了採訪，家庭小影片，NBA影片和一些很坦率的瞬間。他談到了有關種族，林的宗教信仰，但是他並不是直接從你的頭上直灌下來。你怎麼會不喜歡一個科比是壞人的影片呢？這個湖人明星在林瘋狂發生後多次跟媒體說他從沒聽說過林，直到林幫助尼克打敗了湖人。在紀錄片中，林說他知道賽后媒體會問他的，他也承認他原本計劃說“科比是什麼人？”。
但是，他想，主耶穌會怎麼回答呢？“耶穌很可能不會這樣說的。” 這是這個電影節中能讓你感覺很好的一個電影。而這是個真實的故事是這部影片最不可思議的地方。
Sundance Review: ‘Linsanity’ Published on Jan 20, 2013 06:06PM
"Linsanity"
Documentary Premieres
*** (three stars)
It’s been almost a year since it began, but "Linsanity" lives on.
In the midst of Sundance’s world premiere of the documentary about basketball phenom Jeremy Lin, there’s footage of a February 2012 game between New York and Toronto. When Lin hits a three-pointer with 0.5 seconds remaining to win the game for the Knicks, the film festival audience broke into applause and cheers.
This is a story that is so Hollywood, if it weren’t true it would be laughed out of theaters. And filmmaker Evan Jackson Leong has made a very good documentary about a great story.
Great stories, as a matter of fact.
It’s a story of an underdog who makes good. A story of racism. A story of faith. A story of a down-to-his-last-chance basketball player who — after years of struggles — became an overnight sensation. And not just in the America, but around the world.
And, more than anything, the story of a nice guy who becomes a hero. The stories about him sleeping on the couch in somebody else’s apartment when he became a media superstar are true.
When Lin buys a $10 tabletop water fountain at a discount store, takes it home, sets it up and is delighted when it works, it’s unbelievably charming. As are the moments when he’s wrapped in a "Lion King" comforter or singing a song from "Aladdin."
There are darker moments. Unbelievably racist things being said to him. Racial taunts are chanted by fans at Ivy League schools when Lin played for Harvard. To all appearances, he wasn’t given chances other players would have gotten because the assumption was that Asians aren’t good basketball players. "I’ve always said, if I was black, I would have gotten a Division 1 scholarship," Lin says in the film.
And, although he said it in an interview before he became a sensation, he didn’t say it with bitterness.
Leong’s documentary is a skillful mix of interviews, home movies, NBA film and candid moments. He hits on the issues of racism and Lin’s religious faith, but he doesn’t hit you over the head with them.
And how do you not love a movie in which Kobe Bryant is the villain? The Lakers star repeatedly told the press he’d never heard of Lin well after Linsanity began — until Lin helped the Knicks beat the Lakers.
In the documentary, Lin says he knew he’d be asked about that after the game. And he admits he planned to say, "Who the hell is Kobe Bryant?"
But then he thought — What would Jesus do? "And Jesus probably wouldn’t say that."
This is the feel-good movie of the festival. And the fact that it’s a real story is the most unbelievable thing about "Linsanity."
—Scott D. Pierce
"Linsanity" screens Tuesday, Jan. 22, 8:30 a.m. Library Center Theatre, Park City; Saturday, Jan. 26, 6 p.m., Temple Theatre, Park City; and Sunday Jan. 27, 6:30 p.m. Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City.
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