2019年3月26日
卻說牆上那幀水彩人像輕描淡寫,月明星稀,但輪廓線條偏偏叫我認出是Sir Michael來。我待侍者彎身添酒之際,忙悄聲問:「畫中人會是Sir Michael Caine嗎?」侍者待酒斟滿,笑道:「對啊,從前他是我們老闆。」
我「哦」的一聲輕呼,侍者續道:「這畫是他老友David Hockney的筆墨。」我又一聲輕呼,這兒是個什麼宇宙?尋常晚飯也有back stories,這兒原來叫Langans。
趁着我的traditional roast farm duck還未端來,我趕緊看Sir Michael書,頁55上如是說:「In the 1990s I effectively retired. Well, I didn't retire, the movies retired me. I was in my sixties, the scripts stopped coming... I settled down to owning restaurants and writing my autobiography.」幽默而沉痛,我幾乎乍見Sir Michael便在不遠處一張桌子上叼着煙,呷着酒,奮筆而書,回顧生平的越陌度阡,還不忘對我笑笑。
書上頁67果然提到了David Hockney:「(In 1967 I did)Tonite Let's All Make Love in London, a documentary about London pop culture... featuring Vanessa Redgrave, Julie Christie, David Hockney and Mick Jagger...」那是那個飛仔年代的Who's Who,我見猶憐。
Double espresso了,侍者遞與我一卷菜單,不,是一卷畫,「菜單也是Hockney畫的,先生留個念。」
Let's all make love與否,Langans也sexy,London更sexy。翌日周末,約莫中午時分,城中通衢大道上聚了近百萬/百萬/過百萬人,喧笑奔騰,they say,「Put it to the People!」
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