红花之歌
“Sangen Om Den Eldröda Blomman” ( “Song Of The Scarlet Flower” ) was a recent and remarkable silent surprise for this Herr Von; the oeuvre is an excellent Herr Stiller silent film that this German count watched in a newly restored and tinted copy. It combines the well-known aesthetics, technical improvements and artistic merits for which the Nordic director was known and praised since those early silent times till today.  The film tells of the merry and carefree love life of young Olof ( Herr Lars Hanson ) a woodsman who during his search for true love, seduces many frauleins ( just like this German aristocrat… well, not exactly because the purpose of this Herr Von’s seduction of rich fräulein heiresses are their great fortunes… ). He will suffer disappointment and deception, all those problems that turn up in any loving relationship. Finally he will find responsibility and maturity, learning during his particular quest that his actions always have consequences in different degrees to the people around him. This Herr Von can describe “Sangen Om…” as a kind of coming of age film, the special introspective growth toward maturity of a free and easy youngster.  As this German count said before, the film displays Stiller’s characteristic artistic virtues. ; in the first part of the film, we can see elements of comedy, not exactly like the comedy of intrigues in other Stiller films, but humor of a more cheerful sort, highlighting the self-involvement of our hero. Olof ‘s frivolous flirtations with the different girls eventually turn romantic and then turn into drama. There is conflict in the troubled relationship between Olof and his father and later with the father of his beloved. The beautiful and wild natural landscapes of Norrland and northern Sweden lend the tale a certain power and is characteristic of Herr Stiller’s other silents where Nature emerges as an important character in the story. This is strongly reflected throughout the film but especially during the frantic scene wherein Olof descends into the troubled waters of a river, a beautiful metaphor for the hardships that our hero has to endure until he finds himself.  “Sangen Om Den Eldröda Blomman” is an excellent, beautiful film, a solid, technically perfect and intricate production of 1919 that demonstrates once again the importance of Herr Stiller for silent film history.
红气球之旅
本片为侯孝贤向法国导演艾尔伯特•拉摩里斯(Albert Lamorisse)拍摄于1956年的短片、在电影史上有重要地位的《红气球(Le Ballon Rouge)》的致敬之作,也是他继《咖啡时光》之后拍摄的第二部致敬外语片。  Suzanne(朱丽叶•比诺什 Juliette Binoche)每日为一出筹备中的改编自中国元曲的木偶剧《求妻煮海人》中角色的声音演出以及其它琐事忙得焦头烂额,加上丈夫Pierre远在加拿大蒙特利尔写小说,儿子Simon(Simon Iteanu)成了“累赘”,无奈,她请了在巴黎念电影的中国女孩Song(宋芳 Song Fang)照料Simon。与Simon在一起时,Song双手始终不离摄影机,并向好奇她在拍什么的Simon提及《红气球》。  Suzanne的房客Marc(Hippolyte GirardotLouise)仗着是Pierre的朋友,时常做出一些令她愤怒的事,而房租更是借口生活贫困已经好几个月未交。Suzanne有心接在布鲁塞尔的女儿Louise(Louise Margolin)回巴黎念书,决定赶走Marc,却不得Pierre理解。将一切看在眼里的Song没有参与类似琐事,她与Suzanne保持着淡然的朋友关系,多数时间想的只是她的电影:Simon发现一个无人理会的大红气球,拉着它穿越巴黎的大街小巷的过程,被她记录在摄影机里,成了一部电影中的电影。之后,该红气球也似有生命般,始终在Simon出现的地点上空飘来荡去。
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