非洲冒险天堂

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  • 包括两部美国探险家EugeneW.Castle在30年代初前往西… 包括两部美国探险家EugeneW.Castle在30年代初前往西非时拍摄的纪录短片。 'AfricanPygmyThrills'(1930)10m,prod.EugeneW.Castle.CastleFilms,whoseseries'TheAdventureParade'resultedinanumberofcommerciallyexoticfilmsonethnictraditionsandcultures,actuallyutilizedauthenticmusicinthisfilm,insteadoftheboringorchestralscoresthatweremoretypicaloftheera.Althoughthecontinueduseoftheterm"theselittlemen",andtheembarrassingattempttocomicallyportrayanoldermemberofthegroupasacynicseemscondescendingtopresent-daysensibilities,thefaithfulrecordingofthebuildingofavinebridge50feetabovethewaterisremarkable.Climbing150feettothetopofariversidetree,avineisfixedtoaningeniousboatswain'schair,andamemberofthegroupisswungtoasimilartreeontheoppositesideoftheriver.Overthenexteightdays,acompletebridgeofseveraltonsisbuiltofvines,thecrossinginitiatedbyclimbingeithertreetotheheightoffiftyfeet.Whilesuchfilmsrepresentproofthatevensensationalistfilmsoftheeracontainedoftensuperbethnographiccontent,italsoillustratesthefrustrationmanyofthesecinematographersmayhaveexperiencedinseeingtheirworkdumbed-downfortheatricalshowing.Nevertheless,thedocumentaryaspectofthefootageisimportant,andrepresentsanauthentic,ifsomewhatclumsyattempttoportraysignificantelementsoffarawaycultures.'AfricanPygmyThrills'ishistoricallysignificantforoneotherreason:featurefilmmakerWernerHerzoghascitedhisviewingofthisfilm,asachild,astheimpetusforembarkingonacareerinfilm. 'WildMenoftheKalahari'(1930)30m,prod.C.ErnestCadle.Inoneoftheearliest"talkingpictures"shotinwesternAfrica,expeditionleaderandlecturerDr.C.ErnestCadleoftheCameron-CadleexpeditiondescribestheKungBushmenas"amongthemosttreacherouscreaturesonearth".Hethen"baitedthemaswewouldananimal"togatherthemforcamerashots,andnotedtheireatinghabits("hedoesn'tchew,butsimplyswallowslikeadog").

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