tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028453085695499970.post1593907706015821611..comments2023-09-16T16:47:31.332+02:00Comments on Vergerus: El cine de Straub-Huillet.- A propósito de "Moses und Aron"Luis Betránhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134514449474411431noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028453085695499970.post-68465536485392693172013-08-29T20:44:48.490+02:002013-08-29T20:44:48.490+02:00Thank you so much. But, excuse because my english ...Thank you so much. But, excuse because my english is no good, I answer in spanish and after you can translate by google to english. Sorry. Conozo perfectamente la película de Straub/Huillet y la ópera de Schoenberg. Estoy totalmente de acuerdo con lo que dice en su magnífico comentario y no tengo nada que añadir al mismo. Solo una recomendación: ¿conoce usted el "Parsifal" wagneriano filmado por Hans-Jurgen Syberberg?. Es una película-ópera realmente extraordinaria. Mis mas cordiales saludos.Luis Betránhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134514449474411431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028453085695499970.post-85870812113252232582013-08-27T03:57:41.354+02:002013-08-27T03:57:41.354+02:00“Moses and Aaron” by Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele...“Moses and Aaron” by Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet is based on Arnold Schoenberg‘s opera, and a film at the same time unites with Schoenberg’s unique music in its depiction of Biblical events of the history of the Jewish people, and makes it the object of cinematographic analysis. The film is a double (critical) deconstruction - of the relationships between Moses and Aaron as political leaders and the Jewish people whom they lead into the future, and, on the other hand – of Schoenberg’s tendency to monumentalize and aggrandize these relationships by the music. Throughout the film Straub and Huillet examine the psychological roots of Old-Testamental theological imagination – the proclivity of people to interpret their socio-political motivations as a result of their special rapport with God. Mobilizing their visual imagery as instrument of analysis the directors show Moses as a paradigmatic case of a traditional totalitarian leader who uses despotic ideology to rule over the population, and they represent Aaron as a neo-totalitarian ruler, creator of a political system based on worshiping the Golden Calf. In “Moses and Aaron” we see the depiction of two totalitarian systems – one based on direct power and deploying pompous ideological imagination to help people to liberate themselves from their humiliated condition and to lead them towards national glory, and the other is financial totalitarianism when a real leader of the masses is the Golden Calf who instead of commanding the obedience seduces people into consumerist orgies. The conflict between Moses and Aaron becomes that of two equally totalitarian but differing systems that those who lived through the second part of 20th century had a chance to observe in the clash between Soviet Russia (a typical incarnation of traditional totalitarianism) and democracies of the West (which today, in 21st century, with their austerity programs for the populations become more and more resembling the despotic rule of the Golden Calf). The sacrifices to the Golden calf shown in the film in a rather elaborate way remind us today’s austerity programs in action and the growing unemployment, pauperization and cultural illiteracy as a result. The chorus through which people’s fears, hopes and contradictory moods express itself, is especially unforgettable as mediation between orchestra and the dramatic action and stays with us after watching the film not less than Moses’ character, Aaron’s mind and the intensity of Schoenberg music. Those today, who don’t just take life as it happens but try to grasp the meaning of existential situations and political events, will take from this film a lot of fertile impressions that’ll help them to better understand our historical past and the present. The film shows that history repeats and rejuvenates itself, and we better understand more about it not to be its victims but its participants. <br />By Victor Enyutin<br /> katiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18386075177018131868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028453085695499970.post-37330825427978789122011-07-22T12:59:45.697+02:002011-07-22T12:59:45.697+02:00Estimado Luis Betrán,
Primero gracias por la tradu...Estimado Luis Betrán,<br />Primero gracias por la traducción de este texto sobre los Straub-Huillet. Resulta muy útil para enfrentarse a la reciente edición de sus películas en España. Tan sólo una cuestión que me alegraría mucho pudiera resolver. He encontrado, asimismo en la web, un artículo, firmado por el musicólogo (y asimismo crítico cinematográfico) José Luis Téllez, prácticamente idéntico al que usted publica procedente de la revista Positif y no sé muy bien a qué atenerme. Usted mismo lo puede comprobar aquí:<br />http://www.diverdi.com/portal/detalle.aspx?id=41951<br />¿Podría concretarme los datos, nº y pág. de la revista? Se trataría de un caso flagrante de plagio por parte de Téllez ¡incluso habría copiado su traducción!<br />Quedo a la espera de su respuesta. <br />Un cordial saludoEnrique Manzanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03821852434240729898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028453085695499970.post-73927519951911426102010-07-01T23:54:54.882+02:002010-07-01T23:54:54.882+02:00Gracias ,disculpa mi error al leer pero tengo algú...Gracias ,disculpa mi error al leer pero tengo algún problema de visión .Te agradezco de corazón me hayas aceptado como seguidora de este gran Bloguer.Me ha encantado tu escrito sobre la selección,hoy volví a dar una vuelta un rato,por aquí. Por eso descubrí tu bienvenida.Hasta muy prontoMaria Angustiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018493187255447512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028453085695499970.post-82709228346503187672010-06-25T14:30:09.878+02:002010-06-25T14:30:09.878+02:00Muchas gracias Maria Angustias, andaluza de Jaén c...Muchas gracias Maria Angustias, andaluza de Jaén como escribía Miguel Hernández cambiando el sexo. Mi apellido es Betrán y no Beltrán, lo que no es óbice para que seas bienvenida a Vergerus.<br /><br />Un cordial saludoLuis Betránhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134514449474411431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028453085695499970.post-52318065183071630202010-06-25T13:25:31.231+02:002010-06-25T13:25:31.231+02:00De casualidad he llegado hasta aquí y atraída tamb...De casualidad he llegado hasta aquí y atraída también por el apellido e incluso el nombre ,ya que así se llamaba mi padre y también uno de mis hermanos lo lleva puesto Nunca había encontrado un Bloguer o Espacio de un Gran Profesional ,solo los típicos (Por cierto el mío es horrible)de conocidos por Internet y poco mas .<br />He alucinado el ratito que he pasado por aquí e incluso he pedido seguirlo para tenerlo mas a mano .Felicidades la mejor alegría del día ha sido llegar aquí. <br />Un saludo .Maria Angustias Beltrán. (Andaluza de Jaén)Maria Angustiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018493187255447512noreply@blogger.com