In Skazka, Alexander Sokurov weaves digital magic to create a phantasmagorical vision of the Afterlife, worthy of Dante. But wait: are we in the limbo of Purgatory, or a paradoxical Paradise reserved for notorious men of world history? Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler, Churchill and more: all are present and accounted for. Since they exist only as archival media images, each figure comes in a serial set.
In the blackest of political comedies, these fallen men beg, in turn, to be let through Heaven’s Gate – but the angels who peek through never open wide. Little wonder, as the former leaders wander listlessly, bitching (in a Babel of multiple languages) about each other’s clothes, hair and hygiene.
In what is effectively a work of animation, Sokurov has pulled together many talents into an extraordinary technological feat. It blends pictorial elements from art history to form an endlessly unfolding landscape, replete with fog and ghostly armies of the sacrificed victims of history. Announced as Sokurov’s last film, Skazka is an inspired riff on the high culture of Peter Greenaway mixed with the low culture of mash-up artists Soda_Jerk. Can we now expect some entrepreneur to bring us the interactive Skazka video game?
源自：https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/skazka
影音处理的能力毋庸置疑，对话内容略没意思。
这届金马最让我失望的电影。全程卖弄无聊的历史笑话，摄影画面也自以为是，台词更是完全没有认真雕琢的态度，现在拍电影可真是件容易的事。
【C】形式上对我而言是全新的，历史与AI技术如同新旧接轨，人物的迟滞与错位，缓缓挪动如同动态画作。内容上看完全是接受范围之外的直男电影。
In Skazka Alexander Sokurov weaves digital magic to create a phantasmagorical vision of the Afterlife worthy of Dante. But wait: are we in the limbo of Purgatory or a paradoxical Paradise reserved for notorious men of world history? Mussolini Stalin Hitler Churchill and more: all are present and accounted for. Since they exist only as archival media images each figure co...
- 比较无聊的木偶戏。
