Kristian Levring

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kristian Levring is a Danish director born in 1957 in Denmark. He was the fourth signatory of Dogme95. He lived eight years in France. He graduated in editing at the National Film School of Denmark and has edited a large number of documentaries and feature films besides directing two feature films, among these, Et skud fra hjertet (1986). He is the recipient of some 23 Danish and international awards for his commercials. The King is Alive (Dogme 4) is his third feature film. The King is Alive tells the story of a mixed group of tourists in Namibia, Africa, whose bus breaks down in a remote, abandoned village (formerly a mining town). Facing starvation, dehydration, cabin fever, and death, one of the group decides to stage a production of Shakespeare's King Lear and casts the others as characters. As the thin veneer of civilized behavior breaks down, the group experiences the absurdity of putting on a play (for no audience except one lone indigenous man) in such dire and fatal circumstances. Filmed in stark digital and adhering to the tenets of Dogme filmmaking, The King is Alive is a fascinating study in the dark heart of people under extreme stress. Herzogian in its theme and mood, the film's location (remote Namibia) is as much a character in the film as the actors, like the space ship in Ridley Scott's Alien. The King is Alive features Jennifer Jason-Leigh and Brion James (Blade Runner's "Leon"; Cabin Boy). Dark, tense, and desperate, it stands as a powerful piece of filmmaking. Levring's next film after The King is Alive is called The Intended and features some of the same actors from the former. Set in the jungle of Borneo in the 1920s, it concerns an isolated English settlement/ivory trading station. Similar in nature to The King is Alive, it focuses on what happens to small isolated groups under both internal psychological pressure and external pressure from the environment around them. As The King is Alive was filmed by Dogme rules and restrictions, The Intended instead has steady camera shots (rather than shaky/handheld) and ambient music throughout. Subtle yet powerful, the film explores Conradian contexts through the lens of a female perspective. Its influence can be seen in the Australian frontier film The Proposition. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kristian Levring, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

克里斯蒂安·莱福林（Kristian Levring）是丹麦导演，1957年出生于丹麦。他是"道格玛95"宣言的第四位签署者，曾在法国生活八年。毕业于丹麦国家电影学院剪辑专业，除执导两部故事片外，还剪辑了大量纪录片和故事片，其中包括《枪击心脏》（1986）。他因广告作品荣获约23项丹麦及国际奖项。《国王不死》（道格玛4号）是他的第三部故事长片。 影片讲述一群背景各异的游客在非洲纳米比亚旅行时，巴士抛锚于偏远废弃村落（旧矿镇）的故事。面对饥渴、幽闭与死亡威胁，其中一人决定排演莎士比亚戏剧《李尔王》，并分配其他成员扮演角色。当文明行为的脆弱表象逐渐瓦解，这群人在绝境中为唯一原住民观众演绎戏剧的荒诞性被层层剖开。影片采用鲜明的数码摄影并恪守道格玛拍摄准则，深刻揭示了极端压力下人性的幽暗本质。 其主题与氛围颇具赫尔佐格风格，纳米比亚的荒芜之境如同雷德利·斯科特《异形》中的太空船，成为与演员同等重要的叙事载体。詹妮弗·杰森·李与布里翁·詹姆斯（《银翼杀手》中"里昂"扮演者）联袂出演。这部黑暗、紧张而绝望的作品堪称电影艺术的力作。 莱福林在《国王不死》后的新作《意图》沿用了前作部分演员，故事背景设定于1920年代婆罗洲丛林，聚焦与世隔绝的英国殖民据点/象牙贸易站。与《国王不死》相似，影片着力刻画孤立群体在内部心理压力与外部环境压迫下的生存状态。不同于前作遵循道格玛规则的拍摄方式，《意图》采用稳定运镜并贯穿环境配乐，以女性视角探索康拉德式的叙事语境，其深刻影响可见于澳大利亚边境题材电影《关键协议》。

克里斯蒂安·萊福林（Kristian Levring）是丹麥導演，1957 年出生於丹麥。他是"道格瑪 95"宣言的第四位簽署者，曾在法國生活八年。畢業於丹麥國家電影學院剪輯專業，除執導兩部故事片外，還剪輯了大量紀錄片和故事片，其中包括《槍擊心髒》（1986）。他因廣告作品榮獲約 23 項丹麥及國際獎項。《國王不死》（道格瑪 4 號）是他的第三部故事長片。 影片講述一群背景各異的遊客在非洲納米比亞旅行時，巴士拋錨於偏遠廢棄村落（舊礦鎮）的故事。面對飢渴、幽閉與死亡威脅，其中一人決定排演莎士比亞戲劇《里爾王》，並分配其他成員扮演角色。當文明行為的脆弱表象逐漸瓦解，這群人在絕境中為唯一原住民觀眾演繹戲劇的荒誕性被層層剖開。影片採用鮮明的數碼攝影並恪守道格瑪拍攝準則，深刻揭示了極端壓力下人性的幽暗本質。 其主題與氛圍頗具赫爾佐格風格，納米比亞的荒蕪之境如同雷德利·斯科特《異形》中的太空船，成為與演員同等重要的敘事載體。詹妮弗·傑森·李與布裏翁·詹姆斯（《銀翼殺手》中"里昂"扮演者）聯袂出演。這部黑暗、緊張而絕望的作品堪稱電影藝術的力作。 萊福林在《國王不死》後的新作《意圖》沿用了前作部分演員，故事背景設定於 1920 年代婆羅洲叢林，聚焦與世隔絕的英國殖民據點/象牙貿易站。與《國王不死》相似，影片着力刻畫孤立群體在內部心理壓力與外部環境壓迫下的生存狀態。不同於前作遵循道格瑪規則的拍攝方式，《意圖》採用穩定運鏡並貫穿環境配樂，以女性視角探索康拉德式的敘事語境，其深刻影響可見於澳大利亞邊境題材電影《關鍵協議》。