雕像也会死亡

<p>　　《雕像也会死亡》（Les statues meurent aussi，阿兰·雷乃、克里斯·马尔凯，1953年出品，27分钟）尖锐地指摘了西方殖民主义对非洲古代艺术的戕害以及自称热爱非洲艺术的上等阶层的贪婪与伪善。本片的主角是来自黑非洲的人物雕像、面具和其他非洲艺术品，可是它们的演进场合并非黑人的田园，而是白人的欧洲，艺术品市场和艺术品拍卖会是它们频频出没和滞留的直达地。这些本来被非洲部族用来反抗死亡的面具和雕像，现在却呆在博物馆的橱窗里静静地死去。此时，画外音告知咱们：“当人死去的时辰，他便进入了汗青；当这些雕像死去的时辰，它们进入了艺术；这种关于死亡的学问，咱们最初称之为文明。”由于本片具有鲜明而激烈的社会指摘认识，自拍竣之日起即遭到法国当局禁映，直到1963年才解禁。本片由长于剪辑的阿兰·雷乃操刀剪辑，由强于写作的克里斯·马尔凯撰写解说，充实发扬了两人各自的强项，可谓强强合作的结晶。<br/>　　This collaborative film, banned for more than a decade by French censors as an attack on French colonialism (and now available only in shortened form), is a deeply felt study of African art and the decline it underwent as a result of its contact with Western civilization. Marker's characteristically witty and thoughtful commentary is combined with images of a stark formal beauty in this passionate outcry against the fate of an art that was once integral to communal life but became debased as it fell victim to the demands of another culture.</p>