ISLANDRACE

• 清晰：BD
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• 主演：Jayne Parker
• 年代：1996 / 英国 / William,Raban
• 导演：William Raban
• 国家/地区：英国
• 时长：120分钟
• 语言/字幕：国语对白 中文字幕
• 年代：1996
• 更新时间：2024-04-08 01:08:45
• 详细介绍： ArtsCouncil/Channel41996 ReviewedbyAlRees IslandRa… ArtsCouncil/Channel41996 ReviewedbyAlRees IslandRace(1995),waspartlymadeontheIsleofDogsduringanelectioncampaignfeaturingaleadingBritishNationalPartycandidiate.Tracesofclassandracialconflictaresprayedonwallsandposters,editedbetweenshotsoftraffic,busystreetsandtheLondonMarathon.ScenesofdailylifeinEastandSouthLondonarepunctuatedbycrowd-gatheringrituals-raptflag-wavingfamiliesgreetinganavyflotilla,theanxioussolemnityoftheKrayfuneral,astreetpartyandVE-Daycelebrations. Theeyescansandquestionsthoseimages,whichconnectandcontrastinform,scaleandangle.Blursofpassingtrafficseemtoflattenthescreen,TowerBridgeandDocklandsbatheindifferentlights,close-upparticipatoryshotsarecutagainstcoolerstaticimages.Livesound(withnovoice-overcommentary)isexpandedbyradioclipsandbyDavidCunningham'smusicfortheframingmetaphorwhichopensandclosesthefilm-ahigh-speedcarrideoutofandbackintotheChannelTunnel. Raban'srecentfilmsrevivethelyricaldocumentaryassociatedwithHumphreyJenningsandFreeCinema,butparticipatoryart,andafirmsenseofstructure,havebeenRaban'shallmarksformorethan25years.Hebeganmakingfilmsinthe1970sto"recordchangesinthelandscape"andtodocumentthepassageoftime,interestswhichgrewfromprocess-basedor"systems"painting,RabanwasthenoneofagroupofyoungartistsatStMartinsandtheLondonFilmMakers'Co-operative,whoturnedtofilmnotasacommercialmediumbutasawayofexploringperception,timeandchanceprocedures. WithlandscapeasRaban'smainsubject,theEnglishRealisttradition,anditseyefordetailandplace,seepedintothisadvancedoutpostofconceptualart.Atthetime,however,thenewmovementwasbetterknownforitsminimalistandquasi-scientificapproachtoart,notoriouslyrejectinglyricalabstractionandromanticismintheUSundergroundcinema.Raban'ssingleandmulti-screenfilmsofthe1970sinvestigatednaturallightandmovement,usingtime-lapseandvariablespeedsorlensestoexploretheparadoxesofcameravisionwiththeviewerasaparticipantobserver. Aftersuchlarge-scaleperceptualstudiesasthethree-screenThamesBarrier(1977),Rabanturnedtothesocialthemeimpliedinhischoiceofenvironmentalsubjectmatterandurbandereliction,eveninsuch"formal"filmsasAutumnScenes(1979).Healsomade(withMarylinHalford)hisonlynarrativedrama,thelyricalBlackandSilver(1981)basedon'LasMeninas'byVelasquez.Astylishplayonpainterlyandcinematicillusionism,itheraldedthenewromanticismoftheearly1980s,althoughRabanhimselfsoonreturnedtoobjectivefilmform.Hisone-minuteSundial(1992)brieflysumsuphisLondondocumentariessuchasThamesFilm(1986)andAl3(1994);here,theoppresiveshadowsofCanaryWharftowermarkthehoursoftheday.Bycontrast,Islandraceisonahumanscale,withpeopleattheheartofurbanspace. 详情