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剧情介绍
The subtit le of Jean-M arie St raub and Danièl e Huillet’s first feature , from 19 65, “Only Viol ence Helps Wher e Violence Re igns, ” suggest s the fierce political pro gram evok ed by their rigorous aesth etic. The pretext of the film, set in Cologn e, is Heinrich Böll ’s nove l “Bill iards at Half Past Ni ne, ” w hich they strip d own to a ha ndful of stark events a nd film w ith a confro ntational angularity akin to Bart ók’s music tha t adorns the soundtr ack. The subtle st of cues accompany the story’s comp lex flashbac ks. The mi ddle-aged R obert Fähm el tells a youn g hotel bellho p of persec utions under the Third Re ich; his e lderly fa ther, Heinrich, a n architect fam ed for a local abb ey, rec alls the militar ism of the First W orld War, wh en his wife, Johanna, incurred tro uble for insult ing the K aiser. A third-gener ation Fähm el is conside ring ar chitecture, j ust as the exiled brother of Robe rt’s late wife, return s, only t o be met by their former t orturer, now a West Germ an official taking part in a celebr atory parade o f war veterans . Straub a nd Huillet make the layers of history li ve in the pre sent te nse, w hich the y judge sev erely. The tam ped-down acting and the s pare, tense visual rhetoric suggest a sta te of moral cr isis as well as the r esponse—as muc h in style a s in substanc e—that it de mands.详情
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