Jean Douchet
自《世界》浮出水面后,以贾樟柯为代表的第六代导演终于走过混沌、镇痛的时期,开始迎来新的创作阶段。2006年,贾樟柯凭借《三峡好人》在第63届威尼斯电影节上勇夺金狮奖,全世界开始关注这个来自中国山西汾阳小县城的男人。法国青年导演戴米安·欧诺为其作品所感动,于是带领团队来华拍摄一部关于贾樟柯的纪录片。 适值此时,贾正忙于《三峡好人》和《东》的发行工作,镜头前,他仿佛更像一个操控全局的制片人,终日马不停蹄。在此之后,小贾及其团队、法国摄制组返回家乡汾阳,闲聊儿时的趣闻乐事、恳谈创作轨迹与初衷,并以这小小的县城为原点,共同感受中国这十年来的巨大变迁……
非劇情片亦非紀錄片,《多古拉之歌》是部音樂電影,充滿印象與人文精神。 導演Partice Leconte有一天發現了一群小孩,唱著絕美的交響樂曲,他從來沒有經歷過這種感動。不久之後,他到了柬埔寨,他從來就沒有對一個國家這麼傾心。從這些強烈的情感中,誕生的是一段冒險,一段旅程。既驚奇又感人,既輕鬆又嚴肅,就像人生一樣。 法國導演勒貢偶然間聽到作曲家Etienne Perruchon的交響合唱樂章Dogora,深感震撼,始終盼望能將其影像化。直到某日他造訪柬埔寨,被當地的人物與景色所感動,「從來沒有一個國家讓我如此情緒澎湃」:勒貢如是說。一部影像與音樂完美結合的偉大作品於焉誕生。 透過純真孩子的臉龐、夕陽的梯田、綿延的水岸與船屋、垃圾山的日出,《Dogora》捕捉到生命深層最動人心弦的畫面。絕美的高畫質HD影像,每一個鏡頭都捕捉到完美的剎那。這是一首交響詩,一部擁抱生命的電影。
这部围绕着以色列隔离带的纪录片由出生在摩洛哥的犹太女导演Simone Bitton制作。对以色列国防部长的访谈贯穿全片,他声称隔离带的作用是防止阿拉伯人恐怖袭击与盗窃,这条每千米造价200万美元的隔离带根据作用与施工环境的不同有多种构建形式:农田上的铁丝网妨碍了阿拉伯农民收获果实,有时只能看着果实烂在地里;居民区中间的水泥墙、哨卡分开了犹太人与阿拉伯人,孩子们在高墙下成长……为养家糊口而参与围墙施工的巴勒斯坦工头叮嘱导演去掉他的形象,因为这可能导致他被追杀。在影片最后,加沙地区又一次被封锁了。 本片获2004年马赛纪录片电影节最高奖。2005年圣丹斯电影节纪录类评委会特别奖。
The film accompanies Magaye Niyang, a star of Touki-Bouki, a 1972 classic directed by her own uncle Djibril Diop. Following this path, we are witness of Niyang travel to a special screening of the film, which has a public release in his old town. Niyang seems detached and with a heavy longing from the past, and therefore, the film debris permeates everything with unescapable sorrow and fascination. Diop film is, first and foremost, a nostalgic travel through memory, time and recreation. It is also a watermark in contemporary experimental documentary, a very intimate portrait of a lost long journey through the past that isn’t returning anymore, a detachment of rejected fame, recognition and connection which is heavily grounded on a legacy that belongs to the past, and that connects directly to a country (Senegal) and its heritage, which is sometimes feel excruciating for the old ones (a testimony such as the taxi scene in the film, where the cab driver longs for changes, and claims that the old generation had done nothing for that). Mille Soleils (A Thousand Suns) and, in itself, Mati Diop’s crucial talent, should be a point of reference into what could easily be one of the most interesting proposals of hybrid documentary cinema which has come from France, and which deals with a strong African heritage. Since 35 Rhums, where she proved her actress talent, Diop seems like a true promise for the following years of cinema.