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2008-01-02 10:45:23
小红鞋
Summary:
This film, which is basically the longest narrative film ever made, is a 15-1/2 hour episodic exploration of the character of Franz Biberkopf, "hero" of Alfred Döblin's acclaimed novel, as well as the Alexanderplatz area of Berlin that he inhabits.
"Genius or madman?" That question was often flung Fassbinder's way, back in the 70s when the Munich Wunder-brat was leading German cinema to its first great period since the Weimar years. The answer is not ours to provide. What's certain, whatever his eccentricities and cruelties, is that he had the focus to write and direct 40-some coruscating melodramas in a 13-year blast of creative energy that drew equal inspiration from Germany's political past and Hollywood's Golden Age. His biggest film, likely his masterpiece, is this 15-1/2 hr. made-for-TV adaptation of Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel, which had thrilled Fassbinder since his teen years. In the lumpen figure of Franz Biberkopf (Günter Lamprecht), the filmmaker found a passive, pathetic non-hero around whom dozens of predators and victims could swarm. If you're looking for a Fassbinder starter set, try The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant or Martha or Ali: Fear Eats the Soul or The Marriage of Maria Braun. But I suggest you rise to the challenge. Put a weekend aside to savor the director in full fester. What may seem like an ordeal will end in enthrallment. —R.C.
故事发生在20年代末的德国柏林。
弗兰茨刚刚出狱，他四年前因谋杀女友被判入狱，如今他决定重新做人。而现实是残酷无情的，弗兰茨很快就尝到滋味。他以前的朋友大都自顾不暇，无力帮助他，经过一段时间的沉沦之后，他成了一个柏林亚历山大广场上叫卖“人民观察家”的报贩子。
很快，他生活中又出现了一批批各色人物，要把他重新引入歧途。一个魅力十足的神秘人物莱因霍尔德，善恶难辨，但十分吸引弗兰茨。弗兰茨盲目的信任和依赖这个陌生人，身为犯罪集团头目的莱因霍尔德却利用了弗兰茨，甚至在一次追捕中把他推出车外，弗兰茨因此失掉了一支胳膊。
弗兰茨伤愈之后，更加坚定地要重新开始。他认识了一个单纯的姑娘米策，两人相爱了。米策在弗兰茨不知道的情况下，用卖淫的钱来养家，弗兰茨十分感动。但罪恶没有忘记弗兰茨，弗兰茨被迫再次同流合污。莱因霍尔德勾引并杀害了米策，把弗兰茨推上生活的绝路。弗兰茨在痛苦和混乱中，精神失常，被关进疯人院。
最后，莱因霍尔德终因杀人罪被判刑入狱，弗兰茨出院后成了一个工厂的守门人，在麻木中了此残生。
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