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西班牙先锋导演PerePortabella的代表作之一,这可不是波兰的华沙而是西班牙的&quot;华沙&quot;...<br/>　　<ahref=&quot;https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pereportabella.com%2F&link2key=ff3a505ae6&quot;target=&quot;_blank&quot;rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;>http://www.pereporta<wbr/>bella.com/</a><br/>　　PerePortabella(b.1929,Barcelona)isaveteranSpanishfilmmakerwhosenarrativefeatures—richininterludes,plotdiversions,atmosphere,andunexpectedsynchroniesbetweensightandsound—limntheavant-gardeandexpandtheexpressivepotentialofcinema.Portabella,whobeganhiscinematiccareerasaproduceroffictionfilmsimplicitlycriticalofGeneralFranciscoFranco,hadhispassportrevokedwhenLuisBuñuel'sViridiana(1961),whichhehelpedtomake,&quot;embarrassed&quot;SpainattheCannesFilmFestivalin1962.WhendemocracyreturnedtoSpain,PortabellaservedasasenatorintheCatalangovernment.However,throughouthisvariouscareers,Portabellacontinuedtomakecinema,investigatingmeaninginthemovingimageandflexingthenotionofgenre—particularlyforhorrorfilms,fantasyfilms,andthrillers.<br/>　　WarsawBridge.1990.Spain.DirectedbyPerePortabella.TheideaforWarsawBridge,alessconceptualfilmthanAccíoSantos,startedfromalineinanewspaper:&quot;Thebodyofascubadiverwasfoundinaburntforest.&quot;PortabellaelaboratesnarrativefragmentsfromthiskernelinaprocedurethatrecallsthatoftheFrenchnouveauroman.MadeastheColdWarwasending,thefilmcritiquestheSpanishintelligentsia'sindifferencetopoliticalandhistoricalchange.<br/>　　WarsawBridgeisdated1989,theyearofthefalloftheBerlinWall.IfthepredominantlookinNocturno29wasthatoftheupperclassesinthesixties,inWarsawBridgewehaveshiningimagesofthenewintellectualsandtheamnesic,progressive,Europeanpoliticalclasses.Butbeneaththatsparklingsurfaceofspectacularsocio-culturaleventsandthefrivolouslifeinahappyEurope,liesthetensionofbrokenmemoriesandpersonalandhistoricalcataclysms.Filmedasmeticulouslyascontemporarycommercialcinema,WarsawBridgeshatterstheplotintoathousandfragmentsinaEuropeanlandscapebrokenbythereturnofHistory.ItisthereforenotstrangethattwoyearslaterGodardshouldbetheauthorofasiblingfilm,GermanyYear90NineZero,explicitlytheheirtoRossellini’sGermanyYearZeroin1947post-warEurope.<br/>　　Regardlessthisfilmisincrediblevisuallyandemotionally.DefinitelynotforthefanofHollywoodfilms,orevenindependentfilms,oractuallyanyfilmwithanytypeofstructurednarrative.Butifyouletthefilmtakeyouandsuspendandexpectationtherewardisveryworthwhile.