拉莉萨

讲述了AlovingfilmtributetoRussianfilmmakerLarisaShepitko,whodiedtragicallyinacaraccidentin1979attheageof40.Thisdocumentarybyherhusband,ElemKlimov,includesexcerptsfromallofShepitkosfilms,andherownvoiceisheardtalkingaboutherlifeandart.ElemKlimovsgrief-strickenelegyLarisaexaminesthelifeofhislatewife—thefilmdirectorLarisaShepitko—throughaseriesofdirect-addressinterviewsandphotomontages,setagainstamournfulvisual-musicalbackdrop.Typically,Klimovfilmshissubjects(whichincludehimselfandseveralofShepitkoscollaborators)withinastark,snow-coveredforest,itstangledweboftreesstandinginasmetaphoricalrepresentationofaperhapsinexpressiblesuffering,theresultofShepitkosprematuredeathwhilefilmingheradaptationofValentinRasputinsnovellaFarewelltoMatyora.InterweavinghomemoviefootagewithsequencesfromShepitkoswork(MayaBulgakovaspensiveplanecrashreminiscencefromWingstakesonseveralnewlayersofresonanceinthiscontext),Larisasmostpowerfulpassageisitsfirst:accompaniedbythegrandiosefinalmusiccuefromShepitkosYouandI,KlimovdissolvesbetweenaseriesofpersonalphotographsthatencompassLarisasentirelife,frombirthtodeath.Thisbriefsymphonyofsorrowanticipatesthecatharticreverse-motionclimaxofKlimovsComeandSee,thoughbyplacingthescenefirstwithinLarisaschronology,Klimovseemstobeworkingagainstcatharsis.Thepainisclearlyfresh,thewoundstillfestering,andKlimovwants—aboveall—tocapturehowdeepmiserysknifehascut.