The subject of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub’s Der Tod des Empedokles (The Death of Empedocles, 1987) is the Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles (c. 490 BC – 430 BC), who lived in the Greek colony of Agrigentum in Sicily. His theories are mentioned in several of Plato’s dialogues. He maintained that all matter is made up of four irreducible elements: water, earth, air and fire. A mystic and a poet, he is considered to be the founder of classical rhetoric. He is also thought to be the last Greek philosopher to write in verse; two fragments of his works survive: Katharmoi (Purifications) and Peri Phuseôs (On Nature). An advocate of democracy, he came into conflict with his fellow citizens of Agrigentum and, as result, was banished with his young disciple, Pausanius. When he was asked to return, he preferred to commit suicide by throwing himself into the active volcano at Mount Aetna.
The German writer Friedrich Hölderlin wrote two versions of Der Tod des Empedokles in 1798 and 1800, and a final third version in 1820, all three ultimately unfinished. They were conceived as five-act tragedies and all three differ in plot. According to Michael Hamburger, Hölderlin’s English-language translator,
the main reason why Hölderlin finished no version of the play must be that he remained too closely identified with Empedocles, at the very period in his life when his own view of the poet as philosopher, prophet and priest – and as tragic hero – was subject to perpetual crisis and re-examination.
Huillet-Straub’s The Death of Empedocles is based on Hölderlin’s first version (the longest of the three), whereas Black Sin is based on the third version.
剧情一言难尽，歌舞片街头群舞这类型不太欣赏得来，不过体育馆斗舞那一part确实好看
开场的长镜头很棒，场景调度还是斯皮尔伯格那个味道，后面的歌舞反倒显得有些过时和冗长，不是什么情绪都要用歌舞来表达的，男女主的人设也很不讨喜，完全可以说是全片悲剧的罪魁祸首，而他们本身却完全不觉得愧疚。虽然是莎士比亚的剧本底子，但根本不让人感觉到他们爱情的伟大和浪漫
歌舞剧蛮老套的，不过光影动作色彩都是非常教科书般的。种族主义是好莱坞拍摄永恒的主题
没什么太新鲜的但演的不错 在一些（许多）小地儿悄悄讽刺LA人有被攻击到
男女主演得就像笑话 没想到斯皮尔伯格也爱上翻拍 并且与原版无异 唱得也难听
妈呀，私心喜爱Jimmy O Yang！太甜宠了吧！！！
可能因为我不太记得原版了，我感觉这一版剧情特别紧凑，而且后半段简直三观有问题…男主好尴尬，我都要出戏了
遇到主角就跳过
為什麼原版這麼生猛，老斯也能拍成主旋律⋯這就是傳說中的學院派嗎
因为，就，真的不太好嘛。
好看！！！温馨啊！！！爆米花！！想念美国的圣诞节了。。结局也很棒！Candle maker!!!!!
翻拍然后做旧算什么本事，有这个budget不如给LMM拍点跟得上时代的新作品
特别精致，调度工作做的很足，但缺乏一股创新感，光线风格讲究戏剧感，缺乏真实性
也就摄影和镜头调度还不错，其他不论是故事表演还是歌舞风格都非常陈旧老套～斯导好歹是拍出了《头号玩家》的，怎么一步又跨回了六十年前～
5.5/10
镜头调度和几场歌舞表演都不错，但观感很糟糕，其一是西区故事（罗密欧与朱丽叶）这个剧本放到现今看老派又守旧，观众不仅无法共情还会满脸问号..其二是男女主的演绎都令人失望，唱、演双重糟糕。
疫情之下的奥斯卡，影片的影响力和内涵呈现出明显的疲软，当然，西区故事的入选也必然有精彩之处。
本来想说这部比1961年那部在逻辑上更严谨，似乎能接受男女主人公相爱两天就决意私奔的后续，直到看到最后一场洗Tony的表演，这部比1961年的那部还要差。之前那部好歹算是真正的歌舞片，对里面很多舞蹈设计印象深刻，以舞蹈来表达情绪；本片舞蹈含量低，更像是拍电影中间差一些歌剧。不过比起那个年代，置景和服饰倒是更好看了。P.S.奥斯卡真的没有好影片可以不评，一届里好几部翻拍是认真的吗？
只能说我还是get不到这个故事本身，too white to me
勉强看完前一个小时，后面看不下去了，比较无聊
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