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入围2020年威尼斯电影节影评人周单元 Abluescreeninformsthatwarhasbegun.Whatwillbeneeded?Collectthemen,findguns,ormaybesomeonewillgivethem.Weneedalocation,acountrywherethewarwouldtakeplace.Noproblem,theColonelisarealpro,hehascausedwarstoorder,oronorders,onmultipleoccasionsindifferentcountries.Nowhisfollowershavegrownupandcausedawarinhiscountry.Hedoesn’twantto,buthehastofight.Heisoldandtiredofwar.HewantstobeatthetablewithasteamingpotoftastymuttonribsandstareataninnocentTVscreenwiththenewson,andthedressed-upnewsreporterannouncesthatthewarhasbegun.
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ThoughDelluc'scareerwasshort-lived,itburstvigorously(7filmsin4years)thatitforeverleftitsimprintonfrenchcinemahistory,andtheyrightlyhonouredhimbygivingtheannualPrixDelluctothebestFrenchfilmoftheyear.Hewasresponsibleforthecreationofinfluentialcinema journalslikeLeJournalduCiné-ClubandCinéa,foundingnumerousfilmsocieties,writingcountlessarticlesandcoiningtheterm"cineaste".Dellucbelievedthatfilmsshouldbesetinthenaturalwithoutelaborateposturing,andcharactersshouldbeportrayedinanintimatewaywherethepastandpresent,illusionandrealitycanbecorrelated,allconsideredtobeavant-gardeatitstime.HediedonlyafewweeksaftertheshootingofTheFloodattheageof33.
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AmassiveearthquakestrikestheUnitedStates,whichdestroystheWestCoastandunleashesamassivefloodthatthreatenstodestroytheEastCoastaswell. Ifyou'rewonderingaboutthisfilmandwhyit'sdubbedinItalian,thenreadthefollowingcommentfromIMDb: Ihavealwayswonderedaboutthedisappearanceof"Deluge".Whyforsomanyyears,seeminglysinceit'sreleasein1933,thisfilmvanishedfromthefaceoftheearth.Afterseeingit,courtesyoftheeffortsofMr.WadeWilliams&Co.,I'mstillpuzzled,butIhaveatheory.In1933,"thecode"wasenactedthatprettymuchtookcareofsexandviolenceinHollywood.Whilenotanexplicitfilmbyanymeans,"Deluge"doesdealfairlyfranklywithsexuality,lustandrape.IwonderifRKOdiscoveredtheyhadafilmthattheycouldnotre-release,muchlikethefabledlostWarnerBros.comedy"ConventionCity".It'sashamefor,whileitisadatedfilm,Ifinditquiteuniqueandsurprisingforit'seraandafairlysuccessfulattempttocreatesomethingdifferentinanerawhenfilmswerealreadybecomingcookiecutterby-productsofthestudiomachine(notthatmanyofthosecookiesaren'ttasty,mindyou).AndeventhoughtheonlyavailablecopyatthiswritingisdubbedintoItalian,Idon'tfindthatahinderance.Anexcellentjobwasdoneinsubtitlingthefilm,andmuchofthefilmisvisualanyway.
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WhentalkingaboutLouisXVIandhiswifeMarieAntoinette,whatimmediatelycomestomindarelace,tallwigs,flamboyantclothesandcolours,Versailles,or…theguillotine.Here,betweenthesetwoextremes,existsamiddleground,aperiodoftimeseldomexplored:thefewmonthswhenthelastkingandqueenofFrancewereimprisoned,withtheirtwoyoungchildren,inablack...