ThesubtitleofJean-MarieStraubandDanièleHuillet’sfirstfeature,from1965,“OnlyViolenceHelpsWhereViolenceReigns,”suggeststhefiercepoliticalprogramevokedbytheirrigorousaesthetic.Thepretextofthefilm,setinCologne,isHeinrichBöll’snovel“BilliardsatHalfPastNine,”whichtheystripdowntoahandfulofstarkeventsandfilmwithaconfrontationalangularityakintoBartók’smusicthatadornsthesoundtrack.Thesubtlestofcuesaccompanythestory’scomplexflashbacks.Themiddle-agedRobertFähmeltellsayounghotelbellhopofpersecutionsundertheThirdReich;hiselderlyfather,Heinrich,anarchitectfamedforalocalabbey,recallsthemilitarismoftheFirstWorldWar,whenhiswife,Johanna,incurredtroubleforinsultingtheKaiser.Athird-generationFähmelisconsideringarchitecture,justastheexiledbrotherofRobert’slatewife,returns,onlytobemetbytheirformertorturer,nowaWestGermanofficialtakingpartinacelebratoryparadeofwarveterans.StraubandHuilletmakethelayersofhistoryliveinthepresenttense,whichtheyjudgeseverely.Thetamped-downactingandthespare,tensevisualrhetoricsuggestastateofmoralcrisisaswellastheresponse—asmuchinstyleasinsubstance—thatitdemands.如果您喜欢利得影视(www.lidermuye.com)分享的《没有和解》,别忘了推荐给你的好友!
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