There’s also a companion book of same name by Rhonda Byrne. I haven’t read it but I gather it’s similar in message as the film.

朗达·拜恩也出版过一本同名的配套书。虽然我没有读过这本书，但我猜想这本书所想要表达的内容与电影主旨应该基本相似。

7. Groundhog Day

7.《土拨鼠之日》

Groundhog Day is about an arrogant TV weather man (Bill Murray) who finds himself stuck in a time loop where he keeps repeating the same day over and over. The worse part? He’s the only one who remembers the past day’s events — no one else seems to remember anything! At first he uses this time loop for personal gain. After a while though, he starts to uate his life and priorities.

《土拨鼠之日》这部电影的主要内容是比利·穆雷饰演的一个傲慢的电视气象员被困在一个时间循环中，一遍又一遍地重复着同一天。最糟糕的是，他是唯一一个记得昨天发生了什么事情的人，而其他人似乎把昨天发生的一切都忘得一干二净！起初，他利用这个时间循环来谋取私利。后来，他重新调整了自己的生活，并做出了合理的生活规划。

So this movie is a really interesting one. Forget that the reason behind the time loop is never explained, because that’s not the point. Forget that this movie is somewhat old (released in 1993). Groundhog Day has deep messages that may elude you in your first viewing, and the interpretation depends entirely on who’s watching. The movie never actually discusses the lessons it’s trying to drive — rather, they are meant to be implicitly observed and interpreted by you.

这部电影真的非常有趣。至于为什么别人都没有进入时间循环，电影中没有给出解释，因为那不是重点。这是一部1993年就上映的老电影了。《土拨鼠之日》这部电影其实是一部意义深远的电影，但在你第一次观看时可能还无法深刻体会，怎么理解这部电影也就因人而异了。影片没有很直白地去表达它所想要传递的思想和意义——你需要仔细体会才能明白其中的隐藏内涵。

Without giving away spoilers, pay attention to Phil Connors’ reaction in every scene and how it changes as the movie progresses. Also, notice how other people’s reactions change based on how he reacts. While Phil keeps reliving each day, you can see that his motivations and hence reactions change throughout the film as he realizes that he’s stuck there no matter what.

因为不能提前剧透，所有你需要留意主人公菲尔·康纳斯在每段场景中的表现，以及随着电影的进展他的状态发生了什么改变。此外，你也要留意观察其他人如何随着菲尔的状态而发生改变。当菲尔在循环中度过每一天的时候，你会发现他的动机和状态慢慢发生了变化，因为他意识到无论如何他都会一直待在这个死循环里。

What do you do when you have eternity to live? Does Phil ever break out of the loop? Watch and you’ll know.

当知道自己可以长生不老的时，你会做什么？菲尔有没有打破常规？去看看这部电影，一切都会水落石出。

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Someone in a forum likened Phil’s story with the path taken by most humans in life, where they are doomed to repeat certain problems until they attain the revelation to deal with it appropriately. Some likened it with the path of reincarnation, where humans are made to live over and over again until they attain the necessary lesson and ascend in their path. I found both to be very fascinating interpretations that I agree with. In fact I wrote a post about recurring patterns, inspired by Groundhog Day: Are You Facing Repeating Patterns in Life?

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论坛上有人将菲尔的故事与大多数人的人生道路相提并论，因为在人生道路上，我们需要一次又一次地面对同样的问题，除非我们可以从这些问题中得到启示，并且可以恰当地处理这些问题。也有人将菲尔的循环道路与轮回之路相提并论，在轮回中，人们生活了一遍又一遍，并从生活中得到启示，提升自我。我发现这两种解释都非常具有吸引力，我很赞同。之后，我从《土拨鼠之日》中找到了灵感，写了一篇关于重复模式的文章——你在生活中会面临循环之路吗？