看碟八卦 My Architect: A Son's Journey (2003)

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2005-05-11 10:07

我这个礼拜不能出门，建筑师情节定期发作，在家看些记录片碟。
http://www.myarchitectfilm.com/
My Architect: A Son's Journey (2003), 卢康(Louis Kahn) 的私生子拍的关于他爹的记录片。卢康真是个天才都是inconsiderate jerk 的典范！做的房子又大又糙，毫无亲和力，整体线条宏伟，流畅，独特，overwhelming ，观者马上惭愧自己怎么能拿可住性这样粗俗的要求来要求这样伟大的建筑。
卢康在工作和私生活上也是个彻底的jerk. 有三头家，每家一个孩子。他儿子大概每周能见到他一两回。每个夏天，他都保证会来跟母子俩渡假，他儿子说：“爸爸，你是真打算来而没来成么？还是随便说说好让我妈挂电话？因为我们等了又等，等了又等。”就是有三头家，他还是个工作狂，逼所有的职员都超时工作，睡在办公室里，包括他自己！然后就这样，还因为经营不善破产了。贝诒铭在片子里，多少有点沾沾自喜的说：“卢康他脾气太坏。我对客户比较耐心，中国人嘛，咱们今天达不成共识，好，先不谈，下会接著提这个喳。他不行，当时就犯急。(又不会讨好人)竞争肯尼迪图书馆的时候，我把办公室弄的干干净净，到处放上鲜花；他那，好嘛，一进去一团糟，到处睡着人，桌上是半个吃剩发霉的三明治...”
他死的很古怪，在中央车站的候车厅里心脏病突发，身上的护照还把地址涂掉。他的情妇，制片的妈妈，坚持说他是准备离开家来跟他们正式在一起，二十多年后还这样认为。当然观众都看的出这个女人有多可笑可怜。我们和她儿子一起，不禁为她心酸。也许这样更好，毕竟真相不重要，重要的是她的生活有所依托。阿门。

所有打算为艺术献身于艺术家的少女都应该被强迫看一遍这片子，引以为戒。

嗯，字不够，图来凑

tiffany · Post by **tiffany** » 2005-05-11 11:22

atiti · Post by **atiti** » 2005-05-11 12:07

hmm, I think I watched it back in 03, so I may not get all the details right. But I remember not quite liking the director (i.e. the son) while I was watching it. I guess part of the reason was I felt he spent too much time feeling sorry for himself. Not that I think he doesn't have the right to. But it was done in away similar to Ren XianQi singing "so hurt"... I don't know, I guess I prefer that kind of feelings be kept at home unless you have a beautiful/innnovative way of showing them. I was expecting this documentary to be about Kahn, from an interesting angle of an illegitimate son, but I somehow had the impression that the son is more interested in himself -- he still spent much of the movie talking about his father, but (at least for me) he was too self-conscious in the process.

oh, and I remember there was a scene where he cornered his mother with a question about his dad, and I felt he simply didn't have the right to force her to confess to a camera like that.

洛洛 · Post by 洛洛 » 2005-05-11 12:14

路易康的作品不是我的favorite，大概是我不喜欢素混凝土的建筑。他的东西在美国后来没有发展，大概也因为素混太考施工技术。不适合半吊子的美国工人。素混要表面上完美，很讲究浇铸用的模板，特别的费时间。
knowing我很不好意思地说，这样的jerk我也想当，有才华（又有钱）的女建筑师，又有三个痴心的情人，哗！

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2005-05-11 12:25

Yes. This documentary is neither a master piece nor was it about Louis Kahn's work due to the lack of creative motive or unique angle. I think what touchs me a is his personal effort to heal from a childhood long struggle between myth (what his mom told him) and reality (what he saw when he looked back). The way he treasured those very few moments with his father, the pictures they took in one afternoon, the crazyboat drawing book they made one night, and his half sisters similar experiences, is sweet yet painful, and really makes my heart ache.
His interview with his mom, yes, a bit tough. But her choice of life affected his whole childhood. She chose to live in twisted version of her own world and prisoned her son too. He had to right to question her, even if it is in front of a camera. After all, this is not reality TV. It is a documentary that noone might care about at all but himself. This is his personal journey to shatter his mother's lies and find out the truth of his father, eventually.

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2005-05-11 12:31

洛洛 wrote: 我很不好意思地说，这样的jerk我也想当，有才华（又有钱）的女建筑师，又有三个痴心的情人，哗！

你太贪心！我要是又有才华又有钱，长期痴心的情儿两个就够了：一个在家做四菜一汤，一个陪我去加勒比海在甲板上晒太阳喝rum 跳舞及其他。
他用的素混还叫表面完美么？不是看着都很糙？想起原来我曾经愚蠢的把sandstone 的房子表面当作是很细的混凝土表面。

atiti · Post by **atiti** » 2005-05-11 12:41

I'm probably too hard-hearted - I wasn't touched

And I still don't think he has the right to question his mother with a camera, precisely because this is not reality TV where all participants agreed to expose themselves to the public. If it is his personal journey, he could just ask her w/o recording the process on film, why does he need to show this to other people to heal his childhood wounds?

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2005-05-11 12:53

I am sure his mother agreed to be in this film. The other mistress of Louis Kahn also showed up, but apparently calm, sensible and healed. And I am sure he questioned his mom again and again before off camera. But sometimes, there is a certain closure that one looks for. He must feel he needed to record all this to get there. As a filmmaker, he wanted to make this film.
But I agree with you. He did not come up with a uniquely beautiful/innnovative way of showing his feelings, and failed to touch you. But hey, not everyone is as talented.

洛洛 · Post by 洛洛 » 2005-05-11 13:53

是很完美的啦，你看第一张图墙面上的钉子眼儿（rebar hole）都是整齐排列的，这在浇铸前做模板的时候就要把rebar固定好，就很花工夫。
我坚决不改我的梦想，不贪心还叫什么梦想。

tiffany · Post by **tiffany** » 2005-05-11 14:17

还是专业人士看的出道道来啊。我欢喜赞叹的说。

Elysees · Post by **Elysees** » 2005-05-11 14:21

所有打算为艺术献身于艺术家的少女都应该被强迫看一遍这片子，引以为戒。

洛洛说的钉子眼在哪儿？我拼命看没看出来......

洛洛 · Post by 洛洛 » 2005-05-11 14:24

把第一张图存下来看，拿放大镜看左边。

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2005-05-11 14:31

Why bother?

dropby · Post by **dropby** » 2005-05-11 14:37

洛洛真是内行看门道啊, 我们就看个热闹.

Elysees · Post by **Elysees** » 2005-05-11 14:40

我的天，亲爱的洛洛，你也太专业了。。。。。。
立刻仰头45度看洛洛~

洛洛 · Post by 洛洛 » 2005-05-11 14:47

老子吃饭的家伙嘛~
背过头小声的说：要是能借此骗到一两个sg也不错哎...

Elysees · Post by **Elysees** » 2005-05-11 14:59

我非常遗憾的说，对不起啊，洛洛，我不是摔锅真的不是我的错，你别怪我。下辈子啊，下辈子！

Knowing · Post by **Knowing** » 2005-05-11 18:07

洛洛 wrote:是很完美的啦，你看第一张图墙面上的钉子眼儿（rebar hole）都是整齐排列的，这在浇铸前做模板的时候就要把rebar固定好，就很花工夫。

哎，rebar hole 难道不是事前浇铸好而是事后打出来的？