第四部份 : 經典修復 | Part Four : Classic Restoriette

田中浪人的情人  Ronin Tanaka’s Woman, Pencil on paper, 20.3 x 36cm, 2012

貧賤家貓百事哀  Everything Goes Wrong for the Poor Cats, Pencil on paper, 20.3 x 35.2cm, 2011

田中浪人的情人
導演：伊藤一男／日本／1929／80mins

一九二九年，華爾街的股民才剛接觸生命的跌墮，小嬰兒昆德拉才剛哭成淚人，伊藤一男就拍成他的大作，偉大之名已垂手可得。中日戰爭爆發在即，人窮志不窮的浪人田中愛國但不愛軍國，但最愛的是街上巧遇的神秘異國女子。雞同鴨講的二人突破言語藩籬，以黑白光影眉目傳情，直教生死相許。想當年山今次郎和安娜．仙玳在庭園你追我逐一幕被紐約時報選為一百個最難忘鏡頭之一，但完整膠片一直軼失，後來拷貝被發現在形況甚為拮据的印尼電影資料館內等死，幸得意大利國際數碼修復協會為它深切治療，影片終可重見天日。

Ronin Tanaka’s Woman
Director: Ito Katsuo / Japan / 1929 / 80min
Cast: Yamaima Jirou, Anna Sindarin, Morimoto Furiko

It was 1929 – when Wall Street stockbrokers were desperate, baby Milan Kundera was just crying and Ito Katsuo filmed this masterpiece. The Sino-Japanese War was about to break out and Ronin Tanaka, disgusted by Japanese militarism, met a mysterious and exotic woman on the street. Lost as in translation, but lust as in caution. The scene of them fooling around in a garden was chosen by the New York Times as one of the “100 Most Unforgettable Scenes”. The complete film was lost during the war, but a copy recently surfaced in the Indonesian Film Archive. The Italian International Digital Restoration Association’s intensive work has finally brought it to light.








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貧賤家貓百事哀
導演：維西尼．格果里．納維哥夫／蘇聯／1957／243mins

納維哥夫登峰造極之作，以冷峻的影像打造窮比死更冷的世界景觀，為日後無數的倫常慘劇奠定了基調：丈夫懷才不遇，兩人無以為計，妻子紅杏出牆，附送惡疾纏身，小產連連，最後守得雲開，月明之下見到的卻是最親的手足。且慢，這麼陳腐的情節也可進入經典殿堂？只因導演以兩隻家貓的視角去敘事，活脫是俄版的《我是貓》。每一個構圖都是一張心細如塵的油畫，一秒二十四格都帶著雷霆萬鈞的繃緊來完成，緩慢的運鏡令人屏息，以至窒息。電影煞科後，傳聞家貓一度因過度入戲而自殺不遂，在當年的莫斯科引起自殺潮令電影一度被禁。納維哥夫視此為恭維。


Everything Goes Wrong for the Poor Cats
Director: Vasilii Gregori Novikov / USSR / 1957 / 243min
Cast: Dorina Vonvaiyinkov, Petr Kwazhuchkin

Regarded as Novikov’s peak achievement, this film defines “tragedy” with its solemn imagery, creating a world in which “poverty is colder than death”. The husband is underappreciated and cannot earn a living as a painter; the wife is unfaithful, sick and recently had a miscarriage. And they do not know they are actually brother and sister! How is such kitsch considered to be a classic? Because the couple are actually played by Novikov’s cats! Each composition is a careful oil painting; thunder-like camera shots are breathtaking. Rumours that a cat attempted suicide after filming concluded remain unconfirmed, but it brought about a wave of suicides in Moscow, leading to the film being banned.