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1、VIEWINGHISTORYTHROUGHTHEFILMMAKER'SLENSAgnieszkaHolland,lecturedeliveredSunday,December1,2013NationalGalleryofArtWhenIwasthirteenyearsold,IbecamefascinatedwithancientRome.TheimpulseforthatwasahighlysuggestivePolishTVadaptationofBillyWilder'sTheIdesofMar
2、ch.Idesperatelywantedtoenterthisintenseworld,andsoIdecidedthatImusthavereincarnatedmanytimesandthatinancientRomeIhadbeenBrutus,withallhiscomplexityandremorse,onlytoreturnintheRenaissance,butnotasMichelangeloorLeonardo,butasanunknownfriendofthelatter(who
3、,bytheway,hadamysterious,dangerousrelationshipwithBuonarotti).Ievenkeptdiariesasthesepretendedincarnationsofmine.IwasalsoconvincedthatoneofmyincarnationslivedinoccupiedPolandduringtheSecondWorldWar,butthisseemedtopainfultowriteabout.Itwasn'tuntilyearsla
4、terthatthissubjectcamebacktome.Idon'treallybelieveinfilmsdescribinghistoricaleventsthathappenedagesago.Thestrongertheremoteness,themorearbitrarilyafilmmakerhastopresentit.Thisengendersacertainriskoffallingintothemostcommonlyencounteredkindofkitsch:simpl
5、ification,anachronisms,andovertaestheticization.Theeasieststepistoimitatetheexternaltimeindicators(thougheventhisrequiresintuition,knowledge,anddiligence),suchascostumes,props,andarchitecturaldetails.Themostdifficulttaskistodiscoverthesenseofinnertruth,
6、whichmakesthestorydeeplyrootedinthehistoricalcontextbutatthesametimedoesn'tmakeitlooklikesomehistorymanualarticle.Therecipeforsuccessistopresentthehistoricaleventsintheiroriginalcomplexity,butinawaythatwouldmakethemodernaudiencerelatetothem.Iwillnotbefo
7、cusinghereonfilmspresentingeventsfromfarthertimes,especiallyfromperiodsthatdidnotleaveusnumerouswrittentestimonies:asubstantialpartofantiquity,prehistorictimes,thepre-ColumbianAmerica,orthecivilizationsoftheVikingsandnumerousbarbarictribesarevirtuallyim
8、possibletorecreate,apartfromthepurelyexternal,superficiallevel.Thisiswhymostofthemoviesaboutthesetimes(dependingontheirbudgetandonthefilmmaker'sandproducer'sconcept)arepureentertainment,theyareclosetoafairytaleorakindofmetaphoric