Nevertheless,thePastisthePast

WhenMichaelCacoyanniswroteanddirectedthisfilm,hewasattheageof77,andthisishislastwork.quot;TheCherryOrchardquot;isthefinalplaybythegreatestRussianwriterandplaywright,AntoChekhov,andoneyearafterthisplaywaspublishedandtransformedintostage,Chekhovdiedoftuberculosis.Theremustbeareasonfortherenownednon-Englishwritertochoosesuchclassicashislastplayforthestage.Chekhovalwaysregardsquot;TheCherryOrchardquot;asacomedy,whileeveryoneelse,whetheritwerethetheatricaldirectorsduringhistimeortheaudienceatcontemporaryworldallthinkotherwise,sameasourdirectorofthisfilme.Yousensenobitofsnarkyhumor,happinessfortheneweraorevenslightestcomedicelementofcertainmovementoractionoftheactorsoractress,eventhoughintheplaytheperformanceweresupposedtobefunny.TheworldgiveshundredsofdifferentversionsofinterpretationonwhyChevhovrelentlesslycharacterizedhisworkascomedy.Yet,fromthefilm,wecaneasilytellthatthefilmisdisipatedwiththedirectorx27;ssorrowsandregretsforthegoodolddaysandagonyforhishelplessnessandvexationforthechanges,nomatterhowfaithfulandscrupulouslyheseemedtohaveaccordwiththeoriginalplayfromlinesandsetting.IagreedwithoneofRottenTomatoescommentthatquot;itdragsalongindrenched-in-the-pastnumbnessquot;,especiallythelast40minutes,whichdedicatedsolelytothegoodbye-again-again-goodbytotheOrchard.AlthoughoutofChekhovx27;soriginalfour-actdrama,thelastactalsosolelydescribestheleavingoftheCherryOrchard,itdoesnotsoundtootediousanddull.However,whentheactwascutintovariouscinemapiecesandwheneverypiecestillonlyconveyedpityandsympathyofthepastglory,iteasilyirritatedtheaudience.Afterall,fromthebegining,weknowtheideaofthefilmisthelong-strechingstoryofletgoofthepastandwedonx27;tneedaseeminglyclimaxtojustofficiallymemorializethepast.Butsomehow,afterknowingthatitwasthelastworkofthefamousdirectorinhislateseventy,allbecomestolerable,understandableandmoregrateful.Theactingofeachcastissovividthatyoualmostcanfeelthecharactersfromthebookjumpedinfrontofyouandeveryoneofthemliveduptomyimagination.Andtheysoscrupulouslyperformsinaccordancewiththeguidanceprovidedbytheoriginalplaysthroughthemoderncinematography.SometimesIfeelabitillusionalthattheywereonthestageinarealplay.Maybethisisalsothereasonwhysomeofthemodernaudiencecannotacceptthewaythefilmwasbuiltandpaced.本文版权归作者丁小费所有，任何形式转载请联系作者。