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Cremaster
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悬丝
(美国)
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Director:
Matthew Barney
导演 |
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The conceptual departure point of
"Cremaster"is the male cremaster muscle, which controls testicular
contractions in response to external stimuli.
This is a self-enclosed aesthetic
cycle consisting of five feature-length films. The cycle unfolds not
just cinematically, but also through the photographs, drawings,
sculptures, and installations. The primary theme is sexual
difference. There are sequences that imply sex, gestation, birth and
death in symbolic ways. The director weaves a mythic, self-contained
universe that riffs on biology, cinema, architecture and American
history. |
“Cremaster”概念上的出发点是男性的提睾肌，它的功能是在感受到外界刺激时控制睾丸的收缩。
这是一个封闭的美学循环系统，由五部长片组成。这个循环不仅是通过电影手法来呈现的，还有照片、绘画、雕塑和装置艺术。很多段落用象征的方法暗示着性、孕育、出生以及死亡。导演编织了一个穿插着生物学、电影、建筑和美国历史的神秘世界。 |
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Cremaster 1
Footage:
40min
片长
Year:
1995
出品时间
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On the football field of Bronco
Stadium, a flock of stewardesses and showgirls converge,
forming intricate dance/movement patterns while two Goodyear
blimps hover above them. In the blimps a woman writhes and directs
the dancers on the field, using red and green grapes to draw the
patterns on the floor under the tables. |
在Bronco体育场上，一群空中小姐和艳舞女郎聚集在一起，舞蹈和运动组成了难以理解的图形，这时两个带有Goodyear商标的小飞艇在她们头上盘旋。飞艇里，一个女人躲在桌子底下，用红色和绿色的葡萄摆成各种图形，来控制体育场里的舞蹈者。 |
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Cremaster
2
Footage:
79min
片长
Year:
1999
出品时间
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This installment about America,
mythology, and death focuses on executed
murderer Gary Gilmore, who sits in a strange, womb-like car
in a Utah gas station. Barney constructs a personal narrative from
elements and symbols of the American west. |
这一部分是关于美国、神话和死亡的，讲述的是已被处死的杀手Gary
Gilmore的故事，他呆在犹他州一所加油站的一辆奇怪的子宫状的汽车里。Barney以自己的方式使用一些元素和象征符号描述着美国西部。 |
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Cremaster 3
Footage:
182min
片长
Year:
2002
出品时间
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This is either the final episode
or the climactic one. It encompasses a dizzying number of themes.
Much of the action takes place in two New York landmarks, the
Chrysler Building and the Guggenheim Museum (where much of Barney's
work is actually shown). It concludes with an old Celtic myth "Fionn versus Fingal
the Giant". |
这既是最后一部也是整个系列的高潮。它包含了数不清的主题。很多表演都是在纽约的两个标志性建筑——克莱斯勒大厦和古根海姆美术馆（Barney的许多作品就是在这里展出）——里进行。影片结束于一个古老的凯尔特神话“Fionn大战巨人Fingal”。 |
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Cremaster
4
Footage:
42min
片长
Year:
1995
出品时间
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Set on the Isle of Man, this
episode centers on a motorcycle race, re-interpreted as the
formative process of gender determination. Flame-Haired Satyr slowly
taps his way through an eroding floor into the sea, as competing colour
coded motorcycle teams set off in opposite directions to circle the
Isle of Man. |
这一部分的地点在曼岛，中心内容是一场摩托车赛，它被按照性别决定论重新阐述。红发的森林之神慢慢地踱过被侵蚀的地板走进海里，与此同时不同彩色标记的摩托车队出发，沿相反的方向环绕曼岛。 |
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Cremaster 5
Footage:
55min
片长
Year:
1997
出品时间
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Filmed in the Budapest Opera
House, the lush operatic spectacle is accompanied by fairies, a
magician, various attendants of unspecified gender and species, and
a bevy of live pigeons. All are watched by The Queen of Chain while she sings.
Beautifully shot with sweeping camera angles and an intriguing use
of water, the film is full of Weird images. |
拍摄于布达佩斯歌剧厅，华美的歌剧场景中还有一些仙女、一个魔法师、各种各样难辨雌雄和物种的使者以及一群鸽子。所有这些都逃不过正在唱歌的Chain女王的眼睛。电影使用优美的平移镜头拍摄，还对水进行了有趣的利用，屏幕上充满了怪异的图像。 |
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参考资料
References |
Official website
官方网站
The Wonderful World of Barney |
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Oct 7, 2005 |
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