《爱与慈悲》的两个部分——从前与现在缺一不可。这倒不是简单出于了解事态由好变坏的剧情走向,而是由于快乐与痛苦交织的回响,就像教堂里的唱诗班一样,从很早以前就开始在布莱恩的脑海里萦绕不散。讲布莱恩·威尔森(美国著名摇滚乐队海滩男孩成员)的故事到底需要几个演员?《爱与慈悲》给出的答案是至少两个。他焦虑的青年时期由保罗·达诺出演,那是《宠物之声》和《美好感受》时期,六十年代的黄金岁月。二十年后的中年布莱恩换成了约翰·库萨克,此时已目光呆滞的他战战兢兢地在镜头前挪动着脚步。导演比尔·波拉德试图在两个时间段的跳跃之中找寻更多的布莱恩:在电影开场不久的一段欢乐的蒙太奇段落中,有与 The two parts of “love and compassion” - both before and now. This is not simply a matter of understanding the story of a deteriorating story, but of the echo of happiness and pain, like the choir in the church, which has long been in Brian’s mind . The story of Brian Wilson (a member of the famous American rock band Beach Boy) needs at least two actors? “Love and compassion” given the answer is at least two. His anxious youth, starring Paul Dano, was the Golden Voice of Pet and the “Feelings of Beauty” and the Golden Age of the Sixties. Twenty years later middle-aged Bryant replaced John Cusack, at this time has been dull eyes, he moved gingerly in front of the camera. Director Bill Pollard tries to find more Bryant out of two time-bound jumps: in a cheerful montage passage shortly after the opening of the movie,