这种难以名状的小扫帚 This Unnameable Little Broom (1985)
豆瓣:8.1
地区:
英国
语言: 英语/
时长:
11分钟
剧情:BoastingthelongesttitleintheQuays'entireoutput,this1985filmisgenerallyknownasThisUnnameableLittleBroom,thoughtheQuaysthemselvesrefertoitasGilgamesh.Itbeganlifeasaproposedhour-longChannelFourprogrammeexploringaspectsoftheancientBabylonianEpicofGilgamesh,theoldestknownsurvivingworkofliterature,whichwouldcombinepuppetanima...
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BoastingthelongesttitleintheQuays'entireoutput,this1985filmisgenerallyknownasThisUnnameableLittleBroom,thoughtheQuaysthemselvesrefertoitasGilgamesh.Itbeganlifeasaproposedhour-longChannelFourprogrammeexploringaspectsoftheancientBabylonianEpicofGilgamesh,theoldestknownsurvivingworkofliterature,whichwouldcombinepuppetanima...
BoastingthelongesttitleintheQuays'entireoutput,this1985filmisgenerallyknownasThisUnnameableLittleBroom,thoughtheQuaysthemselvesrefertoitasGilgamesh.Itbeganlifeasaproposedhour-longChannelFourprogrammeexploringaspectsoftheancientBabylonianEpicofGilgamesh,theoldestknownsurvivingworkofliterature,whichwouldcombinepuppetanimation,dancesequences(courtesyofchoreographerKimBrandstrup)andlive-actiondocumentaryelements.However,ChannelFourweredubiousabouttheproject,andonlyagreedtofundashortanimatedsequenceasapilot-whichisallthatwasultimatelymade.
Butevenwhendivorcedfromtheoriginalplannedcontext,ThisUnnameableLittleBroomstandsupverywellonitsownasashortparableofcrueltyandoppression.TheGilgameshcharacterisportrayedasachildlikefigure,seeminglyweldedpermanentlytoatricycle,withagrotesquelyswollenheadthat,Picasso-like,simultaneouslypresentsbothaprofileandafrontalview.His'kingdom'isabox-likeconstruction,seeminglysuspendedinmid-air,withadistantforestjustoutofreach.
Atthestartofthefilm,GilgameshsetsvariouselaboratesnarestolureEnkidu,theforestcreature,intohisdomain.Theserangefromconventionalbooby-trapstoaltogethermoreunsettlingcreations,notablythedeskdrawercontainingwhatappearstobeadetached,pulsingvagina(theQuays'typicallyobliquereferencetothepointintheoriginallegendwhereGilgameshsendsaprostitutetoseduceEnkidu).Enkiduhimselfisabird-likecreature,partlymadeupofgenuineanimalskeletons,whosewide-eyedguilelessnessproveshisdownfall.
ThefilmhadnumerousinspirationsbesidestheGilgameshlegend.ThefrenziedviciousnessthatpervadesthefilmwasatributetoAustrianwriterKonradBayer,thedesignofGilgameshwassourcedfromartworkbyHeinrich-AntonMüller,oneofatrioof'outsiderartists'(theothersbeingFriedrichSchröder-SonnensternandAdolfWölfli)thattheQuaysoriginallyintendedtodedicatetheirfilmto,butshynesspreventedthem.
However,theyweren'ttooshytoincludeaback-handedswipeinthetitle-'HunarLouse'isasatiricalrepresentationofLunarHouseinCroydon,theheadquartersoftheHomeOffice'sImmigrationandNationalityDirectorate,whichcalledtheQuays'visastatusintoquestionatthetimetheyweremakingthefilm.Thoughthiswasalarmingatthetime,theexperiencehelpedfueltheparanoid,Kafkaesqueatmospherethatpervadestheirfilm.