[András Jeles|Angyali üdvözlet]天使報喜

Title:Angyali üdvözlet
aka:The Annunciation
Director:András Jeles
Release Date:1984
Genre:Drama
Country:Hungary
Language:Hungarian
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簡介。。。。。

Angyali üdvözlet, aka, The Annunciation, is a surreal account of the history of humanity as portrayed entirely by children between the ages of 8 and 12. The film begins with the biblical story of Adam and Eve as Adam (Péter Bocsor) and Eve (Júlia Mérö), are deceived by Lucifer (Eszter Gyalog), into tasting the "Forbiden Fruit" and are thurs cast out of the Garden of Eden by God and sent on an existential journey through Time. Always followed closely and influenced by the deceptively sweet, but contemptuous Lucifer.

Script written by András Jeles, based on the book dráma "The Tragedy of Man" by Imre Madách (a similar work than Goethe's Faust -- a philosophical drama and vision about mankind, its goals, existence and relevánce). The original script was rewritten and significantly modified -- giving a much more pessimistic, darker vision about the "ultimate question" of the human race. As the tale progresses, Adam personifies one of the central characters in each historical "event," materializing as a Greek general, a crusader, a Czech astronomer, and Danton during the French Revolution, among other lives as well. This effect is further amplified by the coherence of directing, cinematography, set design, and, by having the entire film (but three minor characters) played by 8-12 years old children. Though their narration might be sometimes obscuring, but it nevertheless offers unbeatable cleanness, innocence and naturalness. The film caused much controversy in Hungary, both with its highly pessimistic vision about human history (the previous film of Jeles was actually banned for more than 6 years), and with its use (or "abuse"?) of children actors.

András Jeles

我的碎碎唸。。。。。。評價指數：8.5/10

聖誕節是不是應該看這部影片呢？濃郁的宗教色彩和宗教形式。這部影片充滿著宗教以及哲學内容，開始于創世紀中亞當和夏娃受到撒旦所變的蛇的誘惑偷吃了能夠分辨善惡的禁果，激怒了上帝被趕出了伊甸園。導演憑藉著豐富的想象力，為亞當和夏娃安排了離開伊甸園之後的奇異經歷，分爲雅典、布拉格、巴黎、倫敦幾個部分，在這個過程中亞當和夏娃經歷了各種罪惡、災難，直到耶穌降臨，又爲了替人類贖罪而被盯死于十字架上，這一切都被亞當和夏娃所親眼目睹並親身經歷。

電影腳本由導演András Jeles根據Imre Madách的戲劇著作《人類的悲劇》改編而成。《人類的悲劇》是一部與歌德的名著《浮士德》相類似的作品，從哲學角度上討論了人類的根本問題——目標、存在、關係。。。由於在人類種族的“終極疑問”上態度過於悲觀與陰暗，原始的腳本被多次重寫並做了大幅度的修改。在這個“聖經故事的升級版”中的每個部分，也就是各個重大的歷史事件中，亞當這個中心式人物也順應得被賦予了各種不同的角色形象，從希臘城邦的大將軍到十字軍戰士，從捷克天文學傢到法國革命時期的革命領袖丹東，從黑死病蔓延歐洲的一個目擊者和幸存者到倫敦街頭的流浪者，親眼目睹了無數的殘殺、背叛、恐懼。。。這種悲觀主義情緒的影響更被擴大到了指導手法、攝影、場景設計等方面，使其無不充滿神秘的超現實主義以及看似荒誕的象徵主義語彙。甚至更令人不可思議的是由一群8到12嵗尚未發育的孩子來表演這樣一個成人化故事，愛、恨、性、殺戮、野心、背叛。。。可是這群天才般的孩子卻將這個有些陰暗的“曖昧”電影演得乾淨自然、真實單純、有模有樣，行爲舉止間冷靜穩重、恰如其分，氣質神韻也符合角色的性格與身份，而且還要背誦大段大段史詩式的戲劇臺詞，真是好難得啊。影片在匈牙利立刻引起了強烈的爭論，爭論的焦點集中于影片傳達出來的關於人類歷史的高度悲觀主義情緒（András Jeles之前的一部電影也因此原因被禁映了長達6年之久），以及另一個焦點問題——兒童的使用（有人稱之爲濫用）。

從視聽的角度來看，影片以童聲合唱的聖詩作爲背景音樂，除了神秘與神聖之感外，還增加了純真和可愛的感覺。攝影鏡頭無論從色彩上，構圖上都極爲考究。服裝、道具、場景都極富形式美感，表現的神秘主義和超現實主義色彩令人嘆爲觀止，讓觀者們又一次領略了東歐電影文化的非凡魅力。