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  • EugenKlöpfer EdithPosca 弗里达·李察 KarlHarbacher 尤利乌斯·E·赫尔曼 RudolfBlümner
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  • Sylvester,bythehugelyunderratedLupuPickisoneofthel… Sylvester,bythehugelyunderratedLupuPickisoneoftheleastknownfilmsofthesilentera,andunjustlyso.Pick,thedirectoroftheslightlylessobscureScherben,isalmostasforgottenasthis,hismasterpiece...afilmthatwithoutdoubt,init'stime,wasoneofthemostimportantoftheGermansilentera.  ThisgreatKammerspielisthemiddleentryinatrilogywrittenbythemasterscreenwriterCarlMayer,allthreeofwhichwereintendedtofallunderthedirectorialauspicesofPick:thefirstwasScherben,thesecondwasSylvester,andthelastwasDerLetzteMann,which,asthefilmwentintoproduction,shifteddirectorialhands--andwasultimatelyhelmedbyanotherofMayer'songoingcollaborators,thegreatF.W.Murnau.  MuchhasbeenmadeaboutthesupposedinnovationsofDerLetzteMann/LastLaugh:thatitwasthefirstfilmtobeproducedwithoutintertitles,andthatitwasthefilmto"unchainthecamera"viatheintegrationofsubjectivecameramovements.SomeattributetheseinnovationstoMurnaucompletely,othersgivecredittoKarlFreundforinnovatingthemovingcamera.OtherssuggestthatitwaswithinthescriptforLetzteMannthatinstructionsforthemovingcameracanbelocated,andthatthisinnovation,inthisfilm,restswthMayer.  Asfortheintertitleissue,themythiseasytodebunk:inGermanyatleast,onecan,throughexplorationofchronologicallyprecedingtitleswrittenbyMayer,seethatthisscreenwriterhadbeenseekingoutthiskindnarrative-pictorialpurityforyearsalreadybythetimeLetztewentintoproduction.Hintertreppe,Scherben,DieStrasse,Sylvesterallran,ininitial,domesticGermanrelease,withone-to-nointertitles.ThatmakesDerLetzteMannthefifthfilmthatMayerscriptedforexecutionwithoutintertitles.  PuttingasidetheissueoftheprecedinguseofmovingcamerabyYevgeniBauer,RaulWalsh,GiovanniPastrone,D.W.Griffith,etc--theissueofwhoinGermanywhofirstconceivedandextensivelyutilizedthesubjectivemovingcameraisputtorestwithasimpleviewingofSylvester.  LikeallCarlMayertales--andlikeScherbenbeforeit--Sylvesterisanexceedinglysimplestory...itisNewYearsEve,andalllevelsofthesocialstrataarecelebrating.Likearestlessdeityexploringthesubstanceofhishumancreations,inallthecollidingfacetsoftheirexistence,thecameracomesinoutoftherollingwavesofthevoidofnighttime...announcingwithasingleopeningintertitletheinscriptionfromtheTowerofBabel:"Gogoletusgodownandthereconfoundtheirlanguage,thattheymaynotunderstandoneanother'sspeech."  Withthiswemoveinoffoftheocean,andintoacity--itisNewYear'sEveandthestreetisaseaofrevelers.HerePickandMayer'scameralingersforacoupleofminutesbeforepickingupthethreadthatconstitutesthe"story",towhichtherestofthefilmisoblivious:  Asmallfamilyunitwhichrunsalow-downbaronthemainthoroughfareintownconstitutesthecentralzoneofthefilm.Ahusbandandwifearekeepingthefoodanddrinkscomingtothedrunken,lower-workingclassrevelerstossingconfettiandstreamersfortheholiday.Ababysleepsinacarriage.Suddenlyanominousdarksilhouetteappearsonthefrostyoutersideoftherearkitchen'swindow,andissightedbythewife,whoinstantlydeflates--allherjoyandenthusiasmforthecomingcountdowntomidnightareinstantlysapped.  TheintimateKammerspielwhichfollows,triggeredbythearrivalofthewife'smother-in-law,isconstantlyorbitedbytheworldoutside.Thecameracontinuouslyplacestheemotionalstrifeofthetrioofthemanandhiswife,andherterriblefeudingwithherschizoidmother-in-law,intocontextofthelargerhumanuniverse.Intercutwiththeirscenesofimpendingtragedyandnearoperaticgloomareshotsoftheobliviousstreets:grandhotelswithelegantappointmentsandwell-heeledrevelersintuxflowingoutoflimousines,organgrindersandpanhandlerswithbeatenfacescrushedbyprisontime,bawdybourgoise,flappers,rowdylaborers,streamersandconfettieverywhere.Whereasmostfilmsplacetheircharactersinthecenterofthehumanuniverse,absorbingallthesignificanceandspiritualgravitymadeavailableviathestory,Sylvester,despitethepathosoftheimpendingtragedyinthetinyfamilyunit'sunfoldingdrama,de-emphasizestheimportanceofthefamily...thenarrativestrainsattimestodisassociateitselfwiththem,lingeringforsolidstretchesofminutes,trackingupanddownthestreets,pickingoutstrangerafterstranger,settlingonnooneandeveryone.  It'sviathisdis/associationthatthepowerofthefilmmultiplies,gatheringtheforceandimpactofthecruelrealityofexistence:aworldpayinglipservicetotherestofitself,eveninit'smostawfulofcrises.Theworldspins;lifegoeson.ImentionedinmypreviousessayforSylvester:  Istillbelievethattobetrue.WhatMayerwasattemptingtodohereisverydifficulttoarticulateinwords...thustheopeningstatementfromBabel.Thisisafilmbeyondlanguage,beyondageneralstatement.Thatbarrierthatconfoundsitsexplanationisthesameexistentialbarrierthatexistsbetweenthefamilyunitandtheworldoutside,whichisthebarrierthatexistsbetweeneveryhumanheart’slivedlife,andtherestofthesurroundingworld.ToparaphraseTomReganinMiller’sCrossing:“Nobodyreallyknowsanybody—notthatwell.”

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