蒙古生活Taiga(1992)
導演：UlrikeOttinger
語言：Mongolian/德語
類型：紀錄片
上映日期：1992
德國 481分钟
蒙古生活Taiga(1992)的劇情介紹
ThefilmsofUlrikeOttinger(b.1942)areshapedbyafascinationwithplace,atopicalandtopographicalcuriositythatdrivestheirwanderlustacrosslocalesbothimaginedandreal,fromthefantasticallyspectralBerlinoftheearlyFreakOrlandoandthenostalgiashroudedVienneseamusementparkofPrater,tothevast,remotesteppesofCentralAsiaexploredinTaigaandthebusybanquethallsofpresent-daySeoulinTheKoreanWeddingChest.Ottinger’sfictionfilmskaleidoscopeacarnivalesquevisionoftheworld,stagingunpredictableencounterswitharemarkablymotleycastof“freak”outsiders–lovers,pirates,brigands,graftersandtheiradversaries.WhileOttinger’sdocumentaries,incontrast,focusinsightfullyonthequotidianrealityofeverydaypeople,butarenolesscolorfulandexuberantintheirspiritedexplorationoftheplayfulandpoeticintersectionofthetraditionalandcontemporary.
BorninKonstanz,Germany,Ottingerspentmuchofthe1960sworkingasapainterinParis–whereshealsostudiedwiththelikesofClaudeLévi-StraussandLouisAlthusser–beforelaunchingherfilmcareerinBerlinintheearly1970s.Ottinger’searliestfilmsgrowoutofhercloseassociationwithvariousBerlinsubculturesandartscenesandinvolvedcollaborationswithsuchluminaryfiguresasTabeaBlumenschein,aswellasIrmHermann,KurtRaabandMagdalenaMontezuma,actorscentraltotheFassbinderscene.InternationalrecognitionandreknownfollowedherfirstfeaturefilmMadameX(1977),whichespeciallydrewtheinterestofqueerandfeministcriticsandscholarsintheU.S.TothisdayOttinger’sfilmsareheldupfortheirradicalness,notonlyofnarrativebutalsooftheirtreatmentofsexualityandofgenderitself.ARenaissancewoman,Ottingerwritesherownscripts,frequentlyoperatesthecameraandevendesignstheoftenelaboratesetsandcostumesshowcasedinherfilms.
ThefalloftheBerlinWallandamassivefundingcrisisfor“artcinema”coincidedatthebeginningofthe1990stoinspireadistinctshiftinOttinger’scinemaawayfromthetheatricalextravagancesofherearlyfilmworktoamodeofcarefullyobserveddocumentary.Yetunitingandcross-pollinatingOttinger’sdocumentaryandfictionworkareasetofrunningthemes–aconcernforthenormativefunctionofpoweranditsabilitytorepressandostracizedifference;anostalgiaforthecosmopolitismofpre-warCentralEurope;andadelightintherichnessandbeautyof“othercultures,”betheypopular,archaicorsimplynon-Western.
Taiga
DirectedbyUlrikeOttinger.
Germany1992,16mm,color,501min.MongolianandTuvinianwithEnglishsubtitles
OttingerreturnedtoMongoliatocraftherincredibleepicdocumentaryportraitofreindeerherdersonthefarNorthernsteppes.Whileofferingrareglimpsesintotheshamanicceremonies,hunts,weddingsandamusementsthatcolortheherders’lives,Taigausesitsninehourstoresistanynotionofthenomadsassimply“exotic”bycreatingafullyimmersiveencounterwiththeMongoliansdailyroutinesandrituals.Bearingmesmerizingwitnesstoaworldseeminglyoutoftime,Taigaisultimatelyastudyincontrasts:betweenthevaststeppesandtheintimacyofthenomads’privatespaces,betweenthemobilityofthenomadiclifeandthefixityofOttinger’scamera,betweenpre-modernpracticesandtheircontemporaryvariations.
BorninKonstanz,Germany,Ottingerspentmuchofthe1960sworkingasapainterinParis–whereshealsostudiedwiththelikesofClaudeLévi-StraussandLouisAlthusser–beforelaunchingherfilmcareerinBerlinintheearly1970s.Ottinger’searliestfilmsgrowoutofhercloseassociationwithvariousBerlinsubculturesandartscenesandinvolvedcollaborationswithsuchluminaryfiguresasTabeaBlumenschein,aswellasIrmHermann,KurtRaabandMagdalenaMontezuma,actorscentraltotheFassbinderscene.InternationalrecognitionandreknownfollowedherfirstfeaturefilmMadameX(1977),whichespeciallydrewtheinterestofqueerandfeministcriticsandscholarsintheU.S.TothisdayOttinger’sfilmsareheldupfortheirradicalness,notonlyofnarrativebutalsooftheirtreatmentofsexualityandofgenderitself.ARenaissancewoman,Ottingerwritesherownscripts,frequentlyoperatesthecameraandevendesignstheoftenelaboratesetsandcostumesshowcasedinherfilms.
ThefalloftheBerlinWallandamassivefundingcrisisfor“artcinema”coincidedatthebeginningofthe1990stoinspireadistinctshiftinOttinger’scinemaawayfromthetheatricalextravagancesofherearlyfilmworktoamodeofcarefullyobserveddocumentary.Yetunitingandcross-pollinatingOttinger’sdocumentaryandfictionworkareasetofrunningthemes–aconcernforthenormativefunctionofpoweranditsabilitytorepressandostracizedifference;anostalgiaforthecosmopolitismofpre-warCentralEurope;andadelightintherichnessandbeautyof“othercultures,”betheypopular,archaicorsimplynon-Western.
Taiga
DirectedbyUlrikeOttinger.
Germany1992,16mm,color,501min.MongolianandTuvinianwithEnglishsubtitles
OttingerreturnedtoMongoliatocraftherincredibleepicdocumentaryportraitofreindeerherdersonthefarNorthernsteppes.Whileofferingrareglimpsesintotheshamanicceremonies,hunts,weddingsandamusementsthatcolortheherders’lives,Taigausesitsninehourstoresistanynotionofthenomadsassimply“exotic”bycreatingafullyimmersiveencounterwiththeMongoliansdailyroutinesandrituals.Bearingmesmerizingwitnesstoaworldseeminglyoutoftime,Taigaisultimatelyastudyincontrasts:betweenthevaststeppesandtheintimacyofthenomads’privatespaces,betweenthemobilityofthenomadiclifeandthefixityofOttinger’scamera,betweenpre-modernpracticesandtheircontemporaryvariations.
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