the sunset limited

hbo 投資電影，改編自cormac mccarthy（《200萬奪命奇案》no country for old man 原作者）的同名舞台劇劇作。

一間房，兩個人——一位叫「黑」，一位叫「白」。「白」在跳火車自盡之時被黑拯救，整個故事發生在「黑」一間位於紐約的公寓，「白」是哲學教授和無神論者，「黑」是前罪犯與教徒，二人就在房間中討論神與人的問題種種。

the sunset limited is a play by american writer cormac mccarthy. the play involves only two nameless characters, designated "white" and "black", their respective skin colors. offstage, just before the play begins, black saves white from throwing himself in front of a train, the sunset limited. all of the action takes place in black's spare apartment in urban new york, where the characters go (at the behest of black) after their encounter on the platform. black is an ex-convict and an evangelical christian. white is an atheist and a professor. they debate the meaning of human suffering, the existence of god, and the propriety of white's attempted suicide. (via wiki)