Viennale 2022: WALDEN by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Viennale 2022: WALDEN by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

We need other people to define ourselves. And if these people think we are someone else we feel lost. Harry Kumel uses techniques from Griffith, the sober mise-en-scene from Carl Theodor Dreyer and the themes of Sternberg( whom he dedicates the film to) to tell this story. But he makes of all these different visions a very personal film. It is his first movie and he already shows that cinema is capable of complex feelings. He shoots Belgian landscapes of pure beauty and frenzied walks through the forest and he lets all these images emphasize the isolation of the heroine. The only real weakness of this movie is that the people who call the disguised woman 'monsieur Hawarden', had to be given a guide-dog for their blindness. But if you throw away Hollywoodstandards for 100 minutes and prepare yourself for some art from the Netherlands and Belgium, then you will not be disappointed.

如果说有这样一种东西，如家族记忆，在历史的长河中发扬光大，那么它就决定了每一代人的行动。导演讲述了她家庭中的女人们的故事，故事的背景是沃尔切西、嬉皮士梦和围绕雷纳·兰汉斯的社区。

A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans.

With everything they've got, a couple throws themselves into a sailing race lasting several days and nights on a large lake.

“我”的小姑带着两岁的表妹回到中国，在湖边待了几天；“我”决定把这些拍下来。

小镇男人爱上了一位城里的美女，他想娶她，因为娶了她可以提升他的社会地位。

村民刘大勇不顾寡妇坑的禁忌传说，执意前往垂钓，不料自己钓上来的大鱼却被湖中巨大黑影咬断半截。好事的孙瞎子警告他破坏了村里的禁忌，但刘大勇不信邪，找来渔网捕抓黑影，却被黑影撕破了渔网。此后，大勇家中厄运接踵而至，深夜哭声缭绕庭院，家中的牛犊也被上岸的黑影拖走。刘大勇在追击中用鱼叉刺伤那物，却只发现诡异的绿色血液与硕大鳞片。

快将十四岁的巴斯蒂安，随父母来到湖边度假，等待他的是美梦与噩梦共生的夏日。同居一室是十六岁的蔻依，散发着叛逆青春的荷尔蒙。她爱玩乐、爱扮鬼、更害怕寂寞，教他喝酒吸烟、邀他到舞会狂欢。在她的诱导下，他逐渐走出乖孩子的舒适区，在患得患失下迎接成人礼。演而优则导，莎乐勒庞首部作品展现的不止是青春少艾情窦初开的甜蜜、焦虑与疑惑；幽深的湖光倒影、真假难分的沉尸传说，以至如真似幻的开放结局，为夏日成长印记添上迷离阴森的色彩。