说来,对林奕华——这位香港的鬼才导演和作家的敬意确实来得有些迟了。今年四月,张爱玲的《小团圆》出版甚嚣尘上,某杂志推出张爱玲的附册一本,里边收录了一篇名为“林奕华访问林奕华——与张爱玲的六段缘”的文章。尽管前面有马家辉、宋以朗、陈子善等诸家纷纷撰文爆料,然而我还是被林奕华的这篇看似与《小团圆》无关的文章深深感动。与其他诸家所刻意展现的亲昵感不同,他与张爱玲的私生活始终保持着适当的距离,“缘”指的是纯粹的灵感和启迪。 In fact, it is indeed a bit late for Edward Lam, the Hong Kong ghost director and writer. In April this year, Eileen Chang’s “Little Reunion” was published in a large volume. A magazine published a copy of Eileen Chang’s book containing an essay titled “Edward Lam’s Visit to Edward Lam and Eileen Chang.” Although there were Ma Jiahui, Song Yilang and Chen Zishan in front of them, they all broke the news. However, I was deeply touched by this piece of Edward Lam’s article which seemed unrelated to “Little Reunion.” Different from the intimacy that other families deliberately show, he and Zhang Ailing’s private life always maintains an appropriate distance. “Remaining” refers to pure inspiration and enlightenment.