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  • OmarAmiralay是叙利亚最著名的纪录片导演,从70年代… OmarAmiralay是叙利亚最著名的纪录片导演,从70年代就开始拍摄纪录片,大多涉及到阿拉伯世界特殊而敏感的政治、宗教和民俗文化,作品多次被禁,本人也曾流亡海外多年。  AFloodinBaathCountry  [TUFANFIBALADEL-BA'TH]  DirectedbyOmarAmiralay  Syria/France,2003  Color.46min.ArabicwithEnglishsubtitles.  In1970,OmarAmiralaymadeashortdocumentary,Film-EssayontheEuphratesDam,inpraiseoftherulingBaathparty'sprojecttoconstructanimpressivesystemofdams.Today,afterfatalconstructionflawshavebeendiscovered,hiscontroversialnewfilm,AFloodinBaathCountry,exploresthemetaphoricalimplicationsofsuchweakness.Withoutcommentaryorcriticism,Amiralay'sfilmexposesBaathpartypropagandaanditsdebilitatingeffectsonthepeopleofal-Mashivillage,400kilometersnortheastofDamascus.Thecameramovesslowlyfromstudentstoteacherstogovernmentofficials,witheveryonerecitingtheexactsamepraisesforthepresidentandslogansglorifyingtheBaathparty.Thefilmistheharshestindictmentyetoftheregime,portrayingthedevastatingeffectsof35yearsofrigidBaathpartyruleonSyriansociety.  "Thereisnothingenigmatic,bycontrast,aboutOmarAmiralay'sdocumentaries.They'reasoutspokenascanbe--andyetthey,too,conveytheirargumentthroughunforgettablystrongimages."–StuartKlawans,TheNation  Thefilmmaker'sfirstfilmisashortfilmtothegloryoftheEuphratesdam,theprideoftherulingBaathparty."Iregretthisyouthfulerror".33yearslater,heunveilstheindoctrinationatworkinthevillageclassroom.  Thereisnothingenigmatic,bycontrast,aboutOmarAmiralay'sdocumentaries.They'reasoutspokenascanbe--andyetthey,too,conveytheirargumentthroughunforgettablystrongimages.AmongthemostforcefulofhisfilmsisAFloodinBaathCountry,whichhastheaddedbenefitofencapsulatingAmiralay'scareerforyou.In1970,freshoutoffilmschoolandfiredwithenthusiasmfortheBaathregime,hemadeashorttitledFilm-EssayontheEuphratesDam.AtthebeginningofAFloodinBaathCountry,youseefootagefromthisearlywork:briefviewsofdamconstruction,shotinexpertimitationofAmiralay'sbelovedDzigaVertov.Meanwhile,onthesoundtrack,thepresent-dayAmiralayspeaksofhisdistressathavingmadesuchafilm.Constructionwasshoddy;damshavefatallycollapsed.AsfortheartificialLakeAssad,beneathwhosewatersstandinundatedvillages,itnowseemstoAmiralaytobetheperfectsymboloftheBaathregime,whichseekstosubmergealllifeinSyria.