HUNTERS ON BEARS. TODAY IN BERLIN THE INTERNATIONAL OPENS
HUNTERS ON BEARS. TODAY IN BERLIN THE INTERNATIONAL OPENS
FILM FESTIVAL.
Valery KICHIN
It is festival especial, it - the fiftieth. That it
Anniversary coincides with border of a century and even a millenium, here consider
Circumstance symbolical, taking away to the Berlin festival
Unique place in film history.
In 1951 the festival in then Western Berlin began modestly:
The countries-participants was only twelve. It awarded prizes on the genre
To categories - the "Gold bears" were at a drama and a comedy, at films
Criminal and musical. It is not deprived the bases - a film opera
"Hoffmann's fairy tales" differently it would be difficult to compete with the criminal
Tape Andre Kajatta. Even it is a pity, that subsequently clear understanding
Features of the genre worlds somewhere has left festival practice. And
Together with it the whole film genres have left.
The USSR in Berlinale did not participate and for the first time has appeared on its poster only
In a year, and that in the retroprogram of German film societies, with a film
Fridriha Ermlera "an empire Fragment". The Soviet film bosses long
Maintained quarantine, pretending, that the festival does not exist. And
Have broken only in 1974, having directed in investigation a film "With you and without
You "- Rodion Nahapetova's director's debut. The picture has not received
Anything, but the gap in a wall has been punched - the next year to Berlin
There have gone "Hundred days after the childhood" Sergey Soloveva, which and
Has hit our first Berlin "Bear", taking silver for
Direction. After "big brother" to Berlin cinema-men were pulled also
All amicable "camp". And it became the important step to collecting business
Europe which have broken up after war.
Since then the Berlin festival saw one in continent reunion
From the main problems. Often to it subordinated the policy, going on
Art compromises and trying to humour the guarded
"Communists". Reorganisation in the USSR became for our relations with Western
Berlin an euphoria epoch; then to we rub to its official languages it was added
The fourth - Russian. When our democracy uvjazla, Russian translators
Have retired.
One of the main events of a present film holiday is outright connected with
Policy. Has come it is time to correct injustice: it is declared
Special display of a film of Michael Chimino "the Hunter on deer" - it
Revenge, its triumph. 21 one year ago this drama saga about Russian
Emigrants in America and tragedy of the Vietnamese war it has been shown on
Berlinale also has called loud scandal: Soviet delegation,
Headed by critic Evgenie Surkovym, already on the first shots
Has in a pointed manner left a hall. Delegations of GDR have joined it,
Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Cuba and some countries of the third world,
Dependent on "the Soviet help". The festival which was passing on
The isolated islet in the den of "socialist camp", was
It is interested in kind relations with Councils. The demarche has been noticed, and
It is possible for itself to present, in what difficult situation it has appeared entering
In jury Larissa Shepitko. As a result of Berlinale has brought down all the
"Bears" on films from Algeria, Denmark and Germany nowadays for a long time forgotten, and
One of the best tapes of film history has not received even a consolation prize.
In the USSR to it for long years priknopili a shortcut anti-Soviet and for
Its viewing on video on a boundary 90 it was possible to ring out in prison.
Today director Berlinale Moritz De Hadeln names "the Hunter on
Deer "one of key films in festival history. To Berlin
Founders of a picture are flied, and Robert De Niro is awarded by the personal
Retrospective shows.
Anniversary promises to become especial also because at Berlinale has appeared
The new house. "TSoo palast" near the zoo will remove a film palace on
Periphery, and in the centre of the German capital, in new quarters "Berlin
The XXI-st centuries ", there was a huge festival complex. And the area near it
It is named Marlene Dietrich's by name, which thus in eight years
After death has returned from exile home.
When anniversary, any changes seem sign. And whether means this
Moving from a zoo to Rejhstagu change of priorities in motion picture arts -
Far away from wildlife, is closer to a policy, - will show time. In
Any case, Moritz De Hadeln who has seen all program, with
Especial satisfaction marks an abundance of pictures of the political
Soundings, and also the films, trying to learn a lesson from history.
Fight for "Bears" will enter 21 full-length and 11
Short tapes. Among them Alexander Proshkina's film "Russian
Revolt "on motives Pushkin" the Captain's daughter "with Vladimir Mashkov
In role Pugacheva. At it strong contenders: "Coast" of Denni Boyle,
"Talented Mr. Ripli" Anthony Mingelly, "Magnolia" of the Floor of the Anderson,
"Road home" CHzhana Imou, "Rita's Legend" folkera SHlendorfa, "Hurricane"
Normana Dzhuisona, "the Person on the Moon" Milosha Forman... At opening -
"Hotel in one million dollars"; the classic of German of cinema Wim Venders has removed
This "a black comedy" on stsenarnoj Bono's to idea from group U In a role
The agent of FBI - was Swept by Gibson, and the plot rotates round investigation
Murders millionerskogo the sonny in mean los-andzhelesskom hotel. In
Film have acted in film also Amanda Plammer and Bono Is lovely Jovovich. A premiere
"Russian revolt" it is appointed to Saturday, on February, 12th, to it the day is taken away
Session which at all festivals is considered the least prestigious.
Qualities of a film here at anything - simply image of cinematography,
A little interesting the world, is necessary to us, obviously to recreate
From zero.
The jury is entrusted to head - for the first time in practice of the European festivals -
Whether to the 35-year-old actress and the politician from China Gun ("Farewell,
My concubine "), to a member of Vsekitajsky meeting of national representatives.
Therefore the fourth official language of it Berlinale becomes Chinese.
Into jury structure enter, in particular, Brazilian director Uolter Selles
("The Central station"), a German star Maria Schrц?der ("Emi and the Jaguar") and
Star Spanish Marisa Paredes ("High heels"), and also great
Pole Andrzej Vajda.
One more Russian film - "the Voroshilovsky marksman" Stanislav
Govorukhin - the second is selected for participation in the "Panorama", for value
To program Berlinale. It will open a tape of the Filipino of Chalk CHionglo
"The king burleska". The picture represents rather specific genre,
Which has glorified the Philippine cinema all over the world, - histories about
"Dancers of the macho", the teenagers earning for a life by the erotic
Dances and prostitution. A subject rather actual for Philippines, where
The sex industry became hardly probable not a main profitable craft,
Transformed paradise islands in the huge public house for Europeans and
Americans. Passion to an exotic sensuality - one more clear
Weakness of the Berlin festival.
"News" 2000.02.09
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