1980年简•西摩尔在经典爱情片《Somewhere In Time》中将其浪漫成熟之美表现无遗。其后将主要精力投向电视界,曾先后在荧屏上饰演过皇后、贵妇等多样角色,其古典高贵的气质令人为之倾倒,更赢得“电视剧皇后”的美誉,也是少数能摆脱“007”电影阴影的邦德女郎之一。
音乐也是这部电影给很多影迷带来隽永感动的重要因素之一。主题音乐改编自拉赫马尼诺夫的帕格尼尼主题狂想曲第18变奏曲。拉赫马尼诺夫(Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873-1943)的帕格尼尼(Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, 1934)主题狂想曲第十八变奏曲由钢琴与乐队协奏。拉赫玛尼诺夫虽然是俄国人,却是晚期浪漫主义的一面旗帜,他不曾直接受教于德奥浪漫派的大师们,但是他的身上却流淌着自舒伯特,门德尔松,直至舒曼,李斯特的血液。
导演牺牲了这一切,竭尽所有的精力用来描绘这两个人之间细致入微感情。对话也很少,在河边第一次相遇,Elise说的第一句话是:“is it you?”,让人一下子想起张爱玲的那句:“你也在这里吗?”。只有Elise在舞台上借剧场演出时讲出的那一段话是全片中感情最丰富的时刻。
“The man of my dreams has almost faded now.
The one I have created in my mind.
The sort of man each woman dreams of in the deepest and most secret reaches of her heart.
I can almost see him now before me.
What would I say to him, if he were really here? Forgive me, I have never known this feeling.
I've lived without it all my life.
Is it any wonder, then, that I failed to recognize you?
You ---who brought it to me for the first time.
Is there any way I can tell you how my life has changed?
Any way at all to let you know what sweetness you have given me? There is so much to say. . .
I can not find the words. Except for these --I love you! ”