1967年,丹麦电影导演乔根·莱斯(Jørgen Leth)创作出颇具实验色彩的作品《完美的人(Det perfekte menneske)》。也许乔根本人都没料到,四十多年后,他的作品竟会以如此奇特的方式被人记起和关注。始作俑者拉斯·冯·特里尔,Dogma95的发起者,他邀请乔森按照常识(challenge on the technique)、表达手段(absence of figure)、自由发挥(challenge on personal limit)、动画(形式的多样化)、内容(deprivation of contents)等电影创作的五种基本形式重拍《完美的人》,且在重拍基础上还要进行再创造。周旋于孟买、哈瓦那、布鲁塞尔等地,一部奇特的电影人之间的互搏悄悄诞生…… 本片荣获2004年Motovun电影节国际影评人费比西奖。
长篇影评
1 ) 限制就是自由
刚看完,没完全明白。但通过制造障碍,超于障碍的过程达到自我解脱的主题还是比较明显的。理想的状况下,所有的从事创造前沿的人类都是在走这条路,只是只有最具天赋最有毅力的人能够坚持走下去。 跳出自己熟悉的圈子总是痛苦的,如果我没有记错,五个障碍的顺序依次是: 1. 常识(challenge on the technique) 2. 表达手段(absence of figure) 3. 极限(challenge on personal limit)-自由发挥 4. 自由度(对filmmaker来说,电影当中还是有很多东西是没有控制可能的)-动画 5. 内容(deprivation of contents)
约翰拍摄的五部短片,是在践行电影创作的五种原则,虽然影片并没有直接说明,但还是可以概括为:常识(challenge on the technique)、表达手段(absence of figure)、自由发挥(challenge on personal limit)、动画(形式的多样化)、内容(deprivation of contents)。乍一看有点复杂,不过在拉斯和约翰的讨论中,他们提出问题,又推翻现有的障碍,重新树立新的障碍,这就迫使莱斯不得不在原影片的基础上重新构思故事和人物。做为一个人类学家,约翰必须尝试一次次地解决拉斯为他设置的种种限制、命令与禁令,对约翰来说,这不但是一次充满了陷阱的竞赛,还是超越自我极限的一次挑战。
Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier | 丹麦 | 2003 | 90 分钟 | 35毫米 | 丹麦语配中英文字幕
The Five Obstructions
Together with Danish documentary film veteran Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier enters the world of documentary filmmaking and takes on the task of challenging conventional ways of documentary and film production. In 1967 Jørgen Leth made a 13 min. short film called “The Perfect Human”, a document on human behaviour. In the year 2000, Trier challenged Leth to make five remakes of this film. Trier put forward obstructions, constraining Leth to re-think the story and the characters of the original film. Playing the naive anthropologist, Leth attempts to embrace the cunning challenges set forth by the devious and sneaky Trier and must deal with the limitations, commands and prohibitions. It is a game full of traps and vicious turns. “The Five Obstructions” is an investigative journey into the phenomenon of filmmaking.
Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier | Denmark | 2003 | 90 minutes | 35mm | Danish with English & Chinese subtitles
Before I write about the obstruction I am assigned to, I’d like to write some of my feelings of the original version of the Perfect Human at the first time. This short experimental documentary shot in 1967 really gave me a new experience of different types of images. Two people doing meaningless things in a boundless room, presenting this process makes itself meaningful. It is a little bit abstract and hard to understand, but also really cool and interesting.
The biggest difference between obstruction 1 shot in Cuba and the original version is that obstruction 1 is colored. It is really interesting that how significant different impact these two skills bring to us. The black-and-white version conveys less subjective emotions and establishes a space with sense of outer space. The colored version is more like a documentary. And by giving answers to the questions, audience has less open space to think about the movie itself, instead, they are presented by the director’s view.
However, Leth still used trick in this obstruction. He left enough time between the answers and questions, which helped the audience to think more.
And because it was shot in Cuba, the characters were changed and style of the set was more exotic. Images wit high saturation combined with the 12 frames skill created a strange asthetics. It was more like a supplement of the original version. People in different races can all be perfect human. There are different types of perfect human.
The most difference between obstruction 1 and other obstructions is that this obstruction is relatively representational. The narrative (although a little bit hard to understand) still plays bigger role than the technical skills or formats. I think it’s to some extent an advantage. But it is also necessary to try new techniques for experimenting and keeps the industry of movies developing and alive, which reminds me of the newest movie of Ang Lee. I really love the idea of using a half transparent screen to divide the real life and the obstruction 2. And the asthetic style of obstruction 4 also attracts me. Using cartoons to create transitions through so many scenes quickly, it enables us to show what we cannot show via cameras.
And the obstruction I like most is obstruction 5. Leth is reading the transcript Trier wrote for him in his tone. The transition of their roles finally expresses the aim of Trier. He wanted his idol fail, but Leth never failed and gave surprising outcomes. He was the perfect human himself, and this is how perfect human falls.
"This is how the perfect man falls." 莫名其妙的精彩!!!从未看过这般设置的纪录片,甚至说是电影也不为过。You really see Leth in his eyes and never know how he ends the section. Obstruct, Deconstruct, and construct. Chris
没怎么看懂。最后的旁白简直是诗啊!
拉斯设置的五道障碍之反射自己,可以作为解读反传统反规则反人类甚而反自己的天生反骨拉斯冯之启示小品
求个中字
完美电影在规定情境下的拍摄难题~从侧面来解释电影拍摄的困境
捉对厮杀
Lars可太坏了w
很有趣的超长电影挑战,不仅仅是纪录片。看到创作过程的点滴,两个人的对话沟通,以及同一个概念下五种形式的创作。作为电影人的自我拷问自我突破,学习意义。三星半。
三星半,可以看作电影创作者的自我反省。
拉斯·冯·提尔绝对是控制狂。
Freedom should be the most horrible obstruction.
很有趣,打破了对“纪录片”的概念
已自制中字,去微博搜索即可 | 调皮。
A self-finding projet
anti-anti
8分,大胆又精细,邪恶又崇高,哪怕是拍纪录片,他也还是那个让我痴迷的拉斯冯提尔
喜欢这种游戏。我跟他们一样不喜欢动画片。。。哈哈
"This is how the perfect man falls." 莫名其妙的精彩!!!从未看过这般设置的纪录片,甚至说是电影也不为过。You really see Leth in his eyes and never know how he ends the section. Obstruct, Deconstruct, and construct. Chris
很难想象相同的文本在不同的场景下竟有了完全不同的解读。五道障碍,是人生的障碍,是愚弄世界的障碍,是脱离这愚蠢世界走向观察者身份的障碍,是创造艺术的障碍。你走向独立的每一步都有其障碍。拉斯对约尔延爱的深沉。
喜欢第三个!我觉得这样的游戏恰恰要求了提问者的机敏与品味。私以为第四个确实不怎么样……尤其是这种画风的动画 真的很容易拍成屎哈哈哈哈哈
将五部片子连起来看 相当有趣味性