简介：WiththistitlereferringtoBeckett,VIFFprogrammeranddirectorMarkPeransonsketchestheevolutionofAlbertSerra’smasterfulElcantdellocells.Peransonfilmedtheproductionprocessfilledwithimprovisationandminimalactingasaquesttoaserenevisuallanguagethatspeaksforitself.Quitefunnyaswell,obviously. Inthis'makingof'aboutAlbertSerra’slatestfeatureBirdsong,thedirectorandVIFFprogrammerMarkPeransontakesalookathowSerra’soeuvrecameabout.Serrararelyworksfromascriptandleaveshisamateuractorsandcrew,allfromasmallvillageoutsideBarcelona,inignoranceaboutthepreciseintentionsofhisfilm.Hestartsfromabasicambition;inthisfilm,forinstance,hewantstostripthebiblicalstoryoftheThreeWiseMenofanydramaticcloakinordertoturnthequestofthethreemenintoapureactofunknowingsurrender.Peranson,whohimselfplaystheHebrew-speakingJosephinafilmfurtherspokeninCatalan,observesthecrewandactorsintheirimprovisationalquestforthebestshot.SerrashippedoffhisregularcrewtoaCanaryIslandhehardlyknewhimself.Thisinterventionwasintendedtounlinkthefamiliarbondbetweenactorsandlandscapeandraisethenarrativetoanabstractlevel.ThecontrastbetweenPeranson'scolourfulshotsandtheblack-and-whiteaestheticsofBirdsongisgreat,butthetwodirectorsalsodisplaysimilarities. Bothinthefeatureandinthedocumentary,longtranquilshotsarejuxtaposedbetweentheshortdialoguesandbothfilmsendwithapropheticpicturethatsafeguardstimefromallurgency. BirdsongisselectedfortheSpectrumprogramme. IFFR09…