Armand Assante演技非凡.在片中神经质的深邃双眼隐藏在模糊镜片后面.凌乱花白头发和脏兮兮的外套.动作僵硬坚持.口吻略带痴狂.由他饰演尼采,算足够精彩.改编自心理治疗畅销作家欧文·亚隆的同名小说.故事背景为19世纪末的维也纳.电影讲述真实人物的虚构事件.关于两个男人和两个女人.片子大量引用尼采著作及言论.内容涉及强烈的哲学,心理学,人类学及伦理学因素.过多的专业词汇和段落让人喘不过气.探讨人的生存,死亡,以及孤独.生活的本质和意义.还有遥不可及但偏执荒谬的情感和自杀.作者想象力丰富并有非凡胆量.将视角锁定这位哲学大家.编纂他的人生,他的孤独和爱情.以及衍生出来的医生和情人的命运.还有男人之间经历波折反复后萃取出的安静友谊.电影的剪辑手法高超.画面色感干脆犹豫.配以间断的小提琴,古典乐,美声咏叹调以及歌剧.内容繁复沉重,思维性和逻辑性极强.以致给人压迫感和绝望感.这大概便是哲学的痛楚.
{We do not want either to conceal or obscue the fact as if we had to ba ashamed of it.
 We are two ships, each of which has its goal and its course.
 We have to become strangers to one another because it's the law to which we are subject.}

{It's the first time i relieve my lonliness.
 It's melting. It's melting away.
 It's a paradox. Isolation exists only in isolation.
 Once shared, it evaporates.}

这个哲学男子的眼泪终于来得适时却不可预计.坐在椅子上摘下眼镜开始抽搐和哭泣.
是值得看多几次的电影.对白晦涩优雅.艰深难测.潜藏命运乖戾粗暴的沉默抚慰.
当尼采哭泣.When Nietzsche Wept.2007.