NAKAT THE AMERICAN EMPIRE.
NAKAT THE AMERICAN EMPIRE.
Jury Gladilshchikov.
Film games in Berlin have celebrated the semicentenial anniversary of all in two years
After Cannes: the main film World championships started almost simultaneously.
Contrary to expectations anniversary fest has not been developed in the past. Fanfare
Prompt before sessions with persons of stars-visitors of different years, and also spetspokaz
Film "the Hunter on deer" and press conference on an occasion of events of 1979 -
Here almost and all. At Kanna there was the politskandalnyj 1968 ("bourgeois"
The festival was overturned by youth revolution), and at Berlin - politskandalnyj
1979 (representatives of socialist countries have left to term as a sign of the protest against
Demonstrations "the Hunter on deer", where as they considered, unattractively
"Our" Vietnameses) are represented. Organizers Berlinale counted on that in
Present celebrations concerning old scandal the hunter will take part "on
Deer "Robert De Niro, but that has promised yes has not arrived, having sent
Video apology, in which (as the German press sneered) in quality
Explanations nepriezda has four times sounded I "do not know".
HAS not wanted - And it is fine. NOT SO And it is important. AFTER ALL AT ALL anniversaries Berlin
Wished to show this time to visitors festival not the past, and the future. XXI
Centuries. The festival was spent in supermodern area of Berlin potsdamer the Parade-ground,
Which - it is still far not completely - it is built up on a place of the former wall and
Dead zone surrounding it and gradually becomes the new main thing city
The centre. Tallinn is well-known for "old Tallinn". In old Berlin all now
Go to take a look at "new Berlin".
The history with Berlin confirms the law, that never know, where will find, and
Where you will lose. The wall dividing a city was considered as a symbol of totalitarianism,
Nightmare etc. But now Berlin has appeared unique capital of Europe,
Where in the centre, on the most expensive earth, not destroying anything
Historical, it is possible to build up "city" - system
Office-bank-entertaining-trading complexes. A gold vein for
Architects. After all before them as I understand, have set the task to enter
Ultramodern buildings in developed - let a little faceless, but
Habitual - the Berlin city environment.
About architecture
Zanjatno, that the new centre of Berlin is concentrated round cinema. Except
Main festival hall Berlinale-Palast, nearby potsdamer the Parade-ground are built
Two huge multiplexes of halls almost on thirty (there now
Films from parallel, that is less official were shown
Festival programs), and also the largest in Europe IMAX 3-D - a cinema hall with
The screen, not conceding in the sizes most potsdamer the Parade-ground. Actually, not
It is so much cinema, how much film attraction.
With main hall Berlinale there was an easy overlay. At all external and
Internal effektnosti, it has appeared is inconvenient for viewings and is dangerous for
Health. First, though you in an orchestra though on a balcony, you it is obligatory
Someone's head blocking subtitles and if you sit in the first stirs
To a balcony number the bottom part of the screen is cut off by a double handrail. What for them
Have made double? And here for appearance! Secondly, in a hall it is a lot of steps, and they
Are not always shined, that too it is unpleasant, because at festivals it is not accepted
To look a useless film to the ending. Artful, imperceptible (especially in crowd)
Steps are and before an input in a building, so in the first days, having stumbled,
There has crashed down and the heap of the people has stretched sheaves. Has come to an end that magazine
"Muving pikcherz", leaving in days of festival daily, has published
Caution: look under feet! Also has repeated it through some numbers,
Having noticed, that on the average six-seven persons daily fall.
"The building was projected by the person who never was going to the cinema", - has solved for itself
The author of these strokg as has suddenly found out (everyone in something of cinciputs), that
Berlinale-Palast - At all a cinema! In free from festival fights
Time, that is 353 days in a year, it also is called differently - as theatre Stella!
The building is constructed for musical theatre. It musical. This much
Explains.
As organizers of festival grumbled, probably, all and in different occasions,
Have spent spetsvstrechu with sponsors (including owners of multiplexes),
Having made its concrete demands on a reorganisation of the festival
Spaces. Bosses in the answer have noticed, that the new areas cannot be rendered habitable in
odnochase.
About leomaniju
Being guided by the future, Berlin-2000 has tried to call in absolutely
Certain stars. Not yesterdays which entice a kalatch (in a kind
Many thousands dollar fees cash) third row festivals, and
Most that on is supernew, actual, begun to sparkle the day before
Millennium. Have flashed Milla Jovovich, Gvinet Peltrou, Alicia Silverstoun,
George Kluni, Mett Damon, authoritative, but not so cash Denzel
Washington and Kenneth Brana hardly less known, but fashionable in я п п?п я п п п?п environment
90 Dzhulianna Moore, Deborah Kara Unger, Dzhud Law, Mark Uolberg, etc. and,
At last, the Leonardo di Caprio who have appeared on the screen, that especially
azhiotazhno, first time since times of "Titanic".
Stars of cinema 60 - Anhel Molina, Charlotte Rempling's 70 levels and - even - Jeannes
Moro, of course, too sufficed. But, Leonardo, clearly, has eclipsed all. Data about
Volume, that leomanija has died, have appeared strongly exaggerated. In
Day of arrival Leo since the morning at protections near Berlinale-Palast have begun
kuchkovatsja fans. For pleasure to contemplate a sex idol of seconds twenty
(And more podi make out in tolchee!) girls have paid semidiurnal vigil on
To crude windy weather. To warm up itself, they periodically trained:
Squealed so as if Leo already would appear. As - it is false - adore to squeal in
Kanne. But, of course, when Leonardo has arrived really, squeal stood such,
That all have understood - here it, festival katarsis.
Probably, ideologists Berlinale were happy. By means of Leo they have at once accustomed
Young public to a new site of festival. Besides, I believe,
They wish to have in Berlin something of type of the Cannes ladder. To involve
Spectators, before an input in Berlinale-Palast have established big, constantly
The working telescreen directly broadcasting to press conference of idols. But
Whether ideologists of Berlin have not wanted to copy competitors from Kanna, whether
The ladder in any way did not approach for the air lock-theatre from glass, but
Ladders not at all. There is some deepening before an input, that a star
It was possible to behold not above, but from above: there also stack a red carpet. To
The same only in idle small Kanne can force thousand crowds
Gapers ezhevecherne to be going to at a ladder. And in the big Berlin at all weight
Other cares. Besides February: not May after all and not the sea.
The desire to extract more than young celebrities has prepared for organizers
Festival a trap. That there has arrived a star, it is necessary to show a film from it
Participation. And all stars now whence? From Hollywood. In the official program
Berlin (and it is competition plus spetspokazy) and always was a lot of Hollywood
Pictures (but not genre, and as though highly artistic), because in Berlin
Those "Oscar" hits which have not been lighted are traditionally untwisted
In Venice and at other main festivals of autumn. Besides, in Berlin like,
We will be expressed so, an art mainstream - the big traditional cinema, and it besides
Delivers Hollywood. But this year there was a search. If to consider, that a film
"Hotel" One million dollars "German classic Wim Vendersa is
Semiamerican (and even more than to "floor": it is removed in English, made
Germans together with the company of the Chalk of Gibson, play Gibson and Jovovich, business
Occurs in Los Angeles etc.), and "road home" the Chinese classic
CHzhana Imou though is on spirit purely Chinese picture, was
It is presented in Berlin by special division of firm "п п?п п п п п я " (Columbia
Pictures Film Production Asia) it is possible to tell, that Hollywood corrected in
Berlin undividedly.
It, can, and it is quite good. Films basically the curious. But it would be desirable to be surprised
And to something else. About Cannes, say, it is in advance known, that there grjadut such
Sensations, as a musical from Larsa background Triera (!!) with Katrin Deneuve and Bjork (!!!) and
Homosexual drama from for a long time not removing Nagisy Osimy (!!) with Takesi
Kitano (!!!). Berlin has passed without opening and sensations. Accordingly silly
(As do some) to draw for ears certain tendencies. Is not present so is not present. It is necessary
Easier to tell about separate films - almost entirely American. That
More that we become the country with normal film service, and almost all
Key films of Berlin soon leave and at us. We will begin, however, with a hit
Ours.
About senseless and ruthless
There was time (from the middle 80 prior to the beginning 90) when we did not leave Berlin
Without "Bears". Now film fans-patriots should be proud already of that,
That our film have selected for competition. "Russian revolt" Alexander Proshkina -
The first Russian blockbuster after "the Siberian barber". It is possible to tell,
Long-awaited because the manufacturer - company "NTV-Profit" intended
To let out it to Alexander Sergeevicha's birthday (it is removed on
"To a captain's daughter" and "Histories pugachevskogo revolt"), but could not, as
The mean state about its state credit obligations suited a default and has not completely given
The - promised "NTV-Profit" for an istoriko-patriotic film - a share
Dollar millions.
Let's note all good: the film looks really expensive. Usually ours
The festival cinema makes such impression as if boxes with a film were
Are found casually out in the garbage container and are strongly corroded by mice, there and then -
Well directly Europe! It is visible, that founders have not stinted scenery of fortresses,
Have got access to magnificent palaces, have sewed suits, were spent on
Mass meeting. Sergey Makovetsky in role SHvabrina is certainly good and neozhidanen
(Vladimir Mashkov in role Pugacheva is a little teatralen). The Berlin halls
Have concerned "Revolt" more likely with liking, and the familiar critic from Poland it
Simply admired. Perhaps because in roles Grineva and Mashas Polish
Actors.
At the same time the film is archaic. Music, can, and is quite good, but is used
It is banal: there is a love explanation - behind a shot "the lyrical subject" sounds.
At last (that has especially afflicted me), all battle scenes are approximate.
Our directors are able to remove about psychology, but turn in laymans,
As soon as business reaches an episode demanding professional skills.
When armies Pugacheva storm a fortress where young lovers Grinev pine and
Masha, - not to understand anything. Fight strategy is elementary not clear: the coming
gol, not hurrying up, walks along fire-throwing fortifications and lazy
trustsoj leaves from a case-shot, defending scorch it is not known where (in eyes
Fear, furies), and then suddenly and for some reason lose. Here also abuse after
This Hollywood henchman (but the professional) Besson from it "Jeanne
D'Ark ". Good, lines from it, with approximateness. I will better promulgate the version
Why suddenly young Russian heroes of XVIII century are played by Poles. On me, in
Choice of Poles the special sense giving to "Russian revolt" (excuse for
Obscene word) kontseptualnost. A film it is free or involuntarily directs on
Thought on the main problem-trouble of Russia. A trouble that in the country always
Two cultures were at enmity: culture wild steppe volnitsy and culture of the reasonable
The restrictions called by a civilisation. In film proshkina a civilisation
Wins, but everyone knows, that in the XX-th century she all the same has lost.
Accordingly it is possible to assume, that proshkin has selected Poles for roles
Young Russian noblemen once again to underline, that in Russia
Representatives of this culture simply does not remain.
Among advantages of the Berlin festival - ability of its ideologists to make
The program. They always join films so that their contact
Cut a spark. "Russian revolt" went to one day with "Beach" - thereby,
Expected, sensational film which was made by fashionable director Denni Boyle
(The author of film Trainspotting) and in which has played Dee Kaprio. Only lazy not
Abuses now "Beach", and a film meanwhile completely not senseless. Yes, over
Boyle and Dee Kaprio hung terrible necessity to make a film clear and
Cash as Leo after "Titanic" are billions in a pocket. They
Suffered. Tortures are appreciable, and as a result the film has turned out razdryzgannym. But
To reflect after it is over what.
On the one hand, "Beach" and "Russian revolt" - two the most typical and
Resisting each other the sample kinokicha. Old-fashioned (in Russian case)
And ultramodern (in case of "Beach") in style "Neshnl dzhiografik" on a visit
At MTV: Thailand, island, sharks, marihuana, Leo as that, clip installation and
Avenues On the other hand, both films are removed about a Utopia and revolt - is equal
Senseless and ruthless. In "Beach" hero Leo - the representative
Infantile generation of computer games. It is eternally shipped in dreams about
To the romanticist/glory and eternally loses a side between a reality original and
Virtual, however suddenly gets to real paradise. In a colony of the old-fashioned
Hippie on lonely mysterious island near to continental Thailand.
But it is found out, what even eskapizm (attempt sharply to be discharged of the unpleasant
The bourgeois-mercantile-and-other world) as which it is possible to consider most
Sparing (others), a pacifistic and "green" kind of revolt, - and that demands
Victims also it is extremely selfish. By the way, as any revolt, it is extremely rigid:
The colony expels the wounded liked fellow tribesman, that it the cries not
Prevented to live it in paradise. It is possible to treat "Beach" even so, that it about crash of all
Collectivist Utopias of a leaving century. It is possible so, that it about boredom of a life on
The West (at us but you will not become bored!.) and mass infantilism of the western
The young. Certainly, it and about that we are idiots if we we consider as if
Without ceremony we can subordinate (on purpose to deliver themselves pleasant) the nature or
Society.
But I will not frighten fans Leo of excessive gravity. I will better tell, that at
It in a film already two partners on sex. However, this news can
To wound somebody is stronger, than intellektualizm.
About villains
Trying to behold in the Berlin festival of 2000 though any tendencies, someone
From colleagues has written about kindness of the western cinema and its aspiration to return to
To old aesthetic forms and moral values. But with the same success
It is possible to speak about new draught of a cinema for the image of villains.
Cinema always excited not-norm. And now for some reason became especially
To interest such not-norm and even a pathology which hides under a mask
Respectableness. Two loud films of a season - "Talented Mr. Ripli" and
"The American psychopath" (in Berlin has been shown hors concours). Besides
"Spark", "crossing" etc: both films obviously antiburzhuazny, and in
Modern understanding - expose ideology jappi.
In "Talented Mr. Ripli" Anthony Mingelly would put like occurs in
"To-jappievuju" an epoch - in 50. The film is surprising already that it is better and
More unexpectedly melodramatic and epic "the English patient", for
Which Mingella Cameron has received almost as much "Oscars", how much for
"Titanic". Mingella removes traditional psychological thrillers, but is able
Them to do hardly probable it is the not best in the world. Its characters therein
Really develop. He knows the price to details, expression of eyes, saspensu and
Etc. One of the best moments in a film is when m-r Ripli, like
Got rid of all possible witnesses, suddenly meets by the ship
The girl who is pleasant to it, but it is capable to expose it unintentionally. "You
One? "- he asks." Is not present, - she responds, - with me the uncle, tetjag "- and here
Ripli sees pieces of four relatives. Than it is good Mingella: on expression
Eye Ripli you understand, that it has quickly scrolled thought in a head to spend all,
But on-delovomuotmel it, as such cloud
The people you will not interrupt.
Mingella picturized the well-known thriller Patricians Hajsmit about skromnjage,
Which thirsts a magnificent life, kills (at Mingelly - unintentionally and being protected)
The rich friend also gives out itself for it and to hide a crime,
It is compelled to kill more and more. This novel has formed a basis of a film Ren Klemana
"On the bright sun" (1960), opened actor Alain Delon. Authority
Mingelly has sufficed on calling in on leading roles colour of young cinema:
Gvinet Peltrou, Kejt Blanchett, Metta Damon and Dzhuda Law. Were "the clear head
Uill Hanting "which always seemed terribly opposite, and that in a role of the Mr.
Ripli at all does not irritate. Mingella and Damon have achieved the impossible: to a reptile
You sympathise. At what here "ideology exposure jappi"? And thus, that
Mingella obviously nesprosta has chosen for a role of a reptile of Damon from it
Positive appearance and image. If the person looks, as it is accepted,
Endows in fund of the world and speaks correct things it still means nothing.
Thus (Mingella is Mingella) it m-r Ripli - the character not cynical, and
The tragical. He has got to a trap.
"The American psychopath" Mary Harron (that which has made the well-known
Feministic picture "I shot at Andy Warhol") in this sense more rigidly and
ironichnee. The source - the novel with the same name - is considered one of the most bloody
Products of the newest literature. Business occurs in days of Reagan, in
Epoch fast an open-cast mine in economy, among vice-presidents uoll-stritovskih
The companies. All for 27 years, all studied in Harward. The Hero-sadist in the afternoon not
Gets out from dorogushchego a suit, and at night by means of every possible
Adaptations from films of horrors kills competitors, poor, prostitutes,
Casual acquaintances - everybody. In one of apartments it has something of type
"Rooms of the Dark blue Beard" where in plastic packages corpses of the killed women hang.
"The American psychopath" - satire on a new consumer society, in comparison
With which society till 1968 (against which the young revolted then still
Fathers), it seems "kind old England". The world jappi on a film is the world of falseness
And masks. JAppi - narcissuses. JAppi say politically correct speeches, but everyone
Considers itself # 1 and does not understand, why it should itself refuse in something.
The hero as it is possible to guess, is not worse at all than the colleagues-clerks. It
Simply suffers a painful stage of a narcissism. It that
The psychopath. Anyway, as you understand in the ending, that secretly do
Colleagues, can, also is worse.
The second part of a film is worse than the first, but it is strange illness of modern cinema:
After the middle films start to "be filled up". I will notice, what exactly "Psychopath"
Should become the first role of Dee Kaprio after "Titanic". Dees Kaprio designated
The record fee in 21 million dolarov, but, almost having signed the contract, it
Was frightened, that the film will hurt to its new positive image. Was frightened
Correctly.
About champions
Unconditional favourites of Berlin-2000 became "Magnolia" of the Floor of Thomas Andersona and
"The person on the moon" Milosha Forman. The film of the Anderson on structure is similar on
Fashionable among Russian sinefilov Robert Oltmena's Short Cuts picture.
The long three-hour tape unites in itself some histories, which
Develop in parallel, but unlike Oltmena are not crossed almost. All
п©п я cп?п?п п?п nervny, are unfortunate, all histories are emotionally recharged one from
Another, and during any moment of a film pressure reads off scale for two hundred twenty
Volt. It is possible to tell, that a creative principle of the Anderson - installation of moods.
By the way, he considers, that three-hour films are a special genre. Happen
Westerns, comedies, actions. And there are films in length three hours. In one of
Through histories Tom Cruise which hero conducts sexist show for is unusual
Men "Tempt and ruin" (some kind of training for diffident),
However itself it is internally cracked.
When in one of conversations I have praised "Magnolia", the colleague-critic was surprised and
Has declared, what is it sugary politically correct cinema, which I always
Abused. Well, from it at desire it is possible to take out idea, that supposedly live
It is plain-is correct and will be happy (the unique happy character
In a film - the prostachok-policeman, such new Forrest Gamp). But a film
The Anderson not so much educational, how much is ironic-sad. Besides,
When the dramatic nature (approximately on 160th minute) reaches peak and, apparently,
Just about will trample on the Hollywood humanistic pathos, from the sky on heroes fall
Thousand frogs. (In a film at Oltmena all came to the end with earthquake.) this
Unexpected and ridiculous frog hailstones too try to treat seriously (the divine
Penalty, symbol of that human existence - is transitory, and the nature -
It is eternal etc.), but it is clear, that the Anderson first of all wished to lower pathos.
And the in itself idea very much liked him. To a press, by the way,
Have hastened to assure that any frog during shootings has not suffered.
"The person on the Moon", as well as Milosha Forman's previous film "the People against Larri
Flint ", it is possible to consider as a picture simultaneously anti-and pro-American."anti",
Because speech again about the outsider (this time the comedian who has died in 1984
Andy Kaufmane) which does not wish to live by rules, and a society tears away it.
Still would not tear away, if Kaufman, on a film, entertained not so much public,
How much: for the sake of hohmy deliberately played badly, for the sake of hohmy arranged
Public fights with women, fought on TV on the air (nobody
Guessed, that all srezhissirovano), etc. Being the actor-comedian, that is
The representative of the genre assuming desire to please to public, he wished to be
As the present artist and to serve only to itself.
More shortly, Forman has again shot a film about human rights on self-determination and about that,
That America, in its opinion, this right does not recognise. That everyone
The system demands from the person that it "was entered", and is sincerely convinced, that,
Having entered, it becomes even better. But at the same time "the Person on the Moon" -
Typically American picture. After all, first, it is history of the Cinderella, and
Secondly, it comes to the end with the strange standard reference to us
Non-standard Kaufmana with appeals to live amicably and to rejoice the perfect
Lives.
Who is really good in a film so it is Kerry. I do not know, whether was the genius
Kaufman, but Jim Kerri representing him very much it would be desirable to name the forbidden
In correct critical texts a word "genius". As Kaufman it is constant
Played (even in a life), Kerry changes therein tens masks. A picture for
Kerry the superadvantageous: it has had an opportunity within the limits of one plot to play
Tens roles to show all the litsedejsky a spectrum, in which,
It appears, there are all colours.
Forman's surnames and Kerry in consciousness were not combined before. Forman's merit in
Volume, that he has guessed: "the Person on the Moon" - a picture for Kerry and about Kerry.
The destiny of Kerry in many respects repeats destiny Kaufmana. To it as it is difficult
To be pulled out for image limits (public waits from it only new "stupid"). So
Difficultly - even after roles in "Show Trumana" and "the Person on the Moon" - to convince
The cinema people in the drama abilities. As a result
Second time successively, having played two superroles, Kerry does not get to number
"Oscar" nominees. And in its Berlin too prokatili.
Not all has carried at "future festival". n P. S. Well and the best certificate
That new tendencies while are not present, - professional public still
Intrigue ideas of "Dogma". As the president of the Danish movie company has told in Berlin
Zentropa Entertainments Peter Aalbek Jensen, "by means of the"Dogma"concept
We have created the trade mark which, probably, is not so abrupt as Coca-Cola,
But still makes strong impression ".
Magazine "Results" 2000.02.29
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