主演：OksanaBulgakova/DietmarDath/HansMagnusEnzensberger/DursGrünbein/HanneloreHoger/SophieAlexandraKluge/OskarNegt/苏菲·罗艺斯/赫尔基·施楚奈德/彼得·斯洛特戴克/AndreasTobiaaa
导演：亚历山大·克鲁格
语言：德语
地区:德国
编剧：亚历山大·克鲁格
类型：纪录片
上映时间：2008
别名：NewsfromIdeologicalAntiquity
用户标签：纪录片,德国,Alexander_Kluge,德国电影,AlexanderKluge,Documentary,2008,紀錄片
片长：570min（完整）/83min（剧场）
imdb编号：tt1423964
Whatisarevolutionary?ThewritingsofMarxandEngelsbothusethemetaphorofrevolutionasthe"locomotiveofhistory".Is,then,therevolutionaryastandardbearerofprogress,apacesetter,afrontrunner?
Noneoftheabove,becauseinaworldruledbyaturbo"devaluation"whereonlythenewhasmarketvalue,wherecommodityproductionspiralsoutofcontrol,the"trainoftime"isadeadlytrend.AlexanderKlugeinsteadoptsforWalterBenjamin'sideaoftherevolutionasmankind"pullingtheemergencybrake".Wemustholdupthetorchofreasontotheproblemsathand,andthetruerevolutionaryisthereforetheonewhocanunitefutureandpast,mergingtwotimes,twosocieties,theartistwhomontagesstoriesandhistory.AndsowecometoAlexanderKlugeandhisart.
Kluge'smonumental"NewsfromIdeologicalAntiquity.Marx–Eisenstein–DasKapital"isa570-minutefilmavailableonlyonDVDwhichisbasedontheworkoftwoothermontageartists,JamesJoyceandSergeiEisenstein.Thesetwometin1929todiscussfilmingMarx's"Kapital"whichhadbeenwritten60yearsbeforehand.Now,eightyyearson,AlexanderKlugejoinsthepartyandtakesupwhereEisensteinfailed,becauseneitherHollywood'scapitalistsnorMoscow'sCommunistswerepreparedtosendthenecessaryfundshisway.
MostofthefilmconsistsofinvolveddiscussionsbetweenAlexanderKlugeandotherMarx-savvywritersandartists.PoetandessayistHansMagnusEnzensbergercomparesthesoulofmanwiththesoulofmoney,authorDietmarDathexplainsthemeaningofthehammerandsickleontheSovietflagand,fromthestandpointoftheStoics,leaps(ratherthanmarchesatanorderlypace)intoindustrialisation,theactressSophieRoismakesanimpassionedappealforMedea,differentiatingbetweenadditiveandsubtractivelove,filmmakerWernerSchroeterstagesaWagneroperafeaturingthe"rebirthofTristaninthespiritofbattleshipPotemkin",philosopherPeterSloterdijktalksaboutOvidandthemetamorphosisofaddedvalue,amanatthepianoanalysesthescoreofastrikesongwhileworkersandfactoryownersfaceoffinanoperabyLuigiNono,thepoetDürsGrünbeininterpretsBertBrecht'saesthetisationoftheCommunistmanifestoinswingingoceanichexameter,culturalscientistRainerStollmannemphasisesthemyriadmeaningsofMarx'swritingsasscience,art,storytelling,philosophy,poetry.AndsocialtheoristandphilosopherOskarNegtlooksscepticalwhenaskedwhetherit'spossibletofindtherightimagesforallthisstuffwhenyou'relessinterestedinpedagogicalcontentthantheencompassingtheory.
Scholarlystuff,wideanddeepinscope,yetboldandplayful.ButevenifyourownstudyofMarxisnomorethanafadedmemory,itishugelyenjoyabletowatchandlistentotheseexpertsastheir"thinkinggraduallydeepensthroughtalking"andtowatchKlugeinterject,hoppingadroitlyfromonethoughttothenext,surprisinghisinterlocutors,catchingthemoffbalance,sendingthemoffonnewtrajectories.WeneverknowhowmuchagreementandvarianceishiddeninKluge'sobjections.HisaSocraticapproachtoquestioning,curious,opentoeverything,andsowonderfullysubtlethatattheendalwaysfindyourselfwonderingwhetherhehadbeendrivingataparticulartargetallalong.AlexanderKlugeisagreatmanipulator,anindustriousloom,whoweavesthemostfar-flungobservationsintohissystem.
Heisnotfilming"DasKapital"butresearchinghowonemightfindimagestomakeMarx'sbookfilmable.Thequestisthewayisthedestination.ThemodelforhisunderlyingstructureisJoyce's"Ulysses"wheretheentirehistoryoftheworldispackedintoadayinthelifeofhishero,Bloom.InKluge'shandsthisbecomesacollageofdocumentary,essayisticandfictionalscenes,interviewsandstillphotos,archiveimagesofsmokingfactorychimneys,time-lapsefootageofpoundingmachinesandmountainsofproducts,diaryentriesandblackboardsscribbledwithquotesreferencingconstructivismandconcretepoetry.
Coincidences,collisions.BacktobackwithashortfilminwhichdirectorTomTykwerstirsthingsupinaBerlinstreet,tworeadersstruggletorecitethefollowingsentence,slippinginandoutofsynchwithincreasingdesperation:"Wheneverreal,corporealman,manwithhisfeetfirmlyonthesolidground,manexhalingandinhalingalltheforcesofnature,positshisreal,objectiveessentialpowersasalienobjectsbyhisexternalisation,itisnottheactofpositingwhichisthesubjectinthisprocess:itisthesubjectivityofobjectiveessentialpowers,whoseaction,therefore,mustalsobesomethingobjective."
Nosoonerareweshown"howthehistoryofindustryandtheestablishedobjectiveexistenceofindustryaretheopenbookofman'sessentialpowers,theperceptiblyexistinghumanpsychology"thanwehavethehistoryofcapitalismisexplainedtousasagiantextensionofthefairytaleaboutthedevilwiththethreegoldenhairs–everythingisahumanbeingbeingcastunderaspell.AndthebeginningofMaeWest'sfilmcareerrunsparalleltotheleapintoindustrialisation–aformofaestheticslapstickinwhichnotcreampiesflythroughtheairbutideasandconcepts.
UnlikeEisenstein,whowasdriventodesperationbytheherculeantaskofcuttingthe29hoursof"October"intoa90-minutefilmversionandturnedtodrugsintotheprocesswhichlefthimtemporarilyblind,Klugecoolystickstohisgunsandhisninehours.Andit'snotaminutetoolong.
(ThisarticlewasoriginallypublishedinTagesspiegelon8January2009.HelmutMerkerisafilmcritic.)