[FilmReview]Zerograd(1988)
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视频:零城状态:超清年代:1988
主演:里奥尼德·费拉托夫奥列格·巴希拉什维利弗拉基米尔·缅绍夫阿尔缅·哲加尔哈尼扬更新时间:2022-09-28 19:32:21
工程师丽拉金来到了零城一个没有坐标的城市。那里的一切都令人费解。他发现厂长女秘书全身赤裸的坐在桌子后面打字,而来往经过的人谁也不感到奇怪。瓦拉金要求厂长满足他的一项要求,厂长满口答应,不过他说要和总工程师具体接洽,而女秘书告诉瓦拉金,总工程师在8个月前就已经淹死了。瓦拉金来到一家饭店用餐,厨师送上一个人头型的蛋糕,瓦拉金发现,那个“人头”竟和自己的头一模一样…
EnglishTitle:ZerogradOriginalTitle:GorodZeroYear:1988Country:SovietUnionLanguage:RussianGenre:Comedy,Drama,MysteryDirector:KarenShakhnazarovScreenwriters:KarenShakhnazarov,AleksandrBorodyanskiyMusic:EduardArtemevCinematography:NikolayNemolyaevEditing:LidiyaMiliotiCast:LeonidFilatovOlegBasilashviliVladimirMenshovArmenDzhigarkhanyanYuriySherstnyovEvgeniyEvstigneevPyotrShcherbakovAlekseyZharkovTatyanaKhvostikovaLenaZhanikAleksandrBespalyyRating:7.7/10EventuatedbeforetheeventualdisintegrationoftheSovietUnion,KarenShakhnazarov’sZEROGRAD,hisfifthfeature,isabiting,ifnonetoogrippingallegoryofagreatnation’simpendingabout-turnfromtotalitarianstatismtoWestern-influenceddemocracy.MaroonedinthisZerograd(“zerocity”)isanengineerfromMoscow,AlexeyVarakin(Filatov),thefilmstartswithhimdisembarkingfromatrain,littledoesheknow,hehasdescendedintoarabbithole.Alexeyisanawfullynicesofttouch,thestraightarrowtypethatservesasaudience’sproxy,andinthecity,whatheencountersisabureaucratic,bizarre,authoritarianclutterofconfusionandfrustration,thingsarecompoundedafterhebecomesakeywitnessofasuicide(orisit?conspiracytheoryisfloatedbutunresolved),heisofficiallyinstructednottoskiptown,andevencondonestheadvicefromtheprosecutorthatheshouldassumetheidentityofthedeadman’sson(what’sthelogichere?),sothathecanbebroughtfirsthandtoseethedeclarationofanewepoch,andhemightrunbutwillheescape?Allisforetoldbyanangelicyoungboyhemeetsbefore.Shakhnazarovispoliticalinquiteanequivocalway,theoldguardisrepresentedbytheprosecutor(Menshov,strenuouslyemotingconvictionandlater,humiliationwithpropriety),whoholdsforthontheloftygrailofcommunism(whichisutterlyintelligibleandpersuasive),buthasnoswayinfrontoftheheadofthecitycouncil(Shcherbakov)andthecelebratedwriter(Basilashvili),evenhisheroicsuicidalactisaflameout,theProcrusteanwindofchangeisirrefragable.ButisShakhnazarovanardentadvocateofdemocracy?Judgingsolelyfromthisfilm,itissafetosaythatheretainsaleeryeye,hemighthavealiberalmind,butlibertyisn’tsomethingthatcanbepursuedinitspurestform,theSovietUnioniscreakyandbucklesundermisrule,however,ithasanimmemorialspirit,aninherentstatehoodthatitsboogie-woogiechildrenshallneverforget.IfShakhnazarovisn’tasupernalfilmmakerofvisualfinesseandmostmembersofitsmale-dominantcastisfartoogrimandstarchybysimplyperforminginrote,whereastheiroppositesexisdismallyreducedtoperipheralciphers,namely,anudesecretary,aglamorouswomanfunctionsmerelyasachauffeur,oravoicelessmatronwhosesincererequestofadanceisinterruptedbythemaleintrusion,ZEROGRADstillremainsamarveltowatch,notmerelyvalidatedbyShakhnazarov’ssensiblepoliticalconcernsandhishomegrowncompassion,butalso,moreimpressively,bytheastonishingtableauxvivantswhichcropupinthemidstreamandnearthecoda(offeringironic,anachronisticremarkstofurthermuddythewaters),creditedtoitsproductiondesignerLyudmilaKusakova.Ittakessometimeforviewerstodiscernthatthosemuseumexhibitionsareactuallyactorsinheterogeneouscostumesandundermaquillage,betrayedbytinymovementsthatarealmostimperceptible,whatbillowsoutisthatstrangearomaof“magicalsurrealism”thatiseversofertileintheEasternEuropeancinemaedifice.referentialentries:PavelJurácek’sCASEFORAROOKIEHANGMAN(1970,8.0/10);EmilLoteanu’sTHESHOOTINGPARTY(1978,6.4/10).本文版权归作者他他所有,任何形式转载请联系作者。
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