简介：dolce… 1999,60min,colour,BetacamSP,Stereo StudioBereg Quest(Japan) producer:YudjiKogure internationalprojectmanagerHirokoKodjima writtenbyAlexanderSokurov camera:KoshiroOtsu sound:SergeiMoshkov editors:AlexeiJankowski,SergeiIvanov Summary Thefilmdealswithrealpeople:thewell–knownJapanesewriterToshioShimao,whodiedin1986,hiswidowandtheirdaughter.Yetthefilm'sdocumentaryapproachisonlytheframeworkforapenetratingbiographicalportrait;videoisusedhereinan“intimate”way,tocapturetheinnerworldsofthecharacters.Thedramaticeventsofthewriter'slifeandworkmakeforastorywhichitselfrevealsthequintessenceofthefilm–maker'sreflectionsonJapanandtheJapanesepeople.Theprincipalnarrativestrandisalyricalmonologue,thatoftheheroine,MihoShimao,thewriter'swife.Shelivesonasolitaryislandfarintotheocean,withherhandicappeddaughter,shunningvisitors. Shediscoversherselfthroughself–analysis,aformofcatharsisbroughtonbythespiritualdenudationofthisexistence.Thisprovestobethepivotaleventinherlife—aconfinedlife,whereactionshavecometomeanlessthanemotions. Thefilm–makerhererevealsthecontoursofmemory,thecontrastsoffeelingsandthenuancesofthepsycheinanimpressionistmanner.Theonlywaytoenterthisworld,tobeabletoapproachitsexquisiteflavourandperversepain,istomakeafilmakintoalyricalpieceofmusic,withtenderness,“dolce.” AlexandraTuchniskaya TranslatedintoEnglishwithassistancefromBenjaminHalligan.…