Discomforting place (group chart)

　　Cui Weiping: Jiangsu Yancheng person, in 1984 graduated from the Nanjing University Chinese department, presently for Beijing Film Academy professor. Before is having “Active lifestyle”, “Justice”, “Our Time’s Narration” and so on, the translation has “Prague Spirit”, “Javier Anthology”, “Leads to Civil society” and so on.

　　”Apocalypse Now” is a famous movie, reorganizes from novel “Dark Heart”. It while was expressing the anti-war subject powerfully, has actually missed a literature original works more profound subject. This issue Cui Weiping note must chat this on Sunday: Author Conrad through the description wilderness in person, the arrival human nature is how most complex the deep part.

　　Article/Cui Weiping news morning paper reporter Xie Lan edits on Sunday

　　More than 20 years ago first time look at American movie “Apocalypse Now”. On the one hand for tense brutal war scene and intense acoustics shocks, on the other hand also looks to have doubts: How modern people fell the jungle, became such strange and raw and cold? On the face spreads in the greasepaint and hand to take the spear indigenous inhabitant is being a chapter of matter?

　　Afterward knew that the movie reorganizes from novel “Dark Heart”. When novel author Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), the Polish Britain writer, is young was swindled many years sailor in the sea, the trail has spread world. One days’ he decides to come ashore to settle down, special writing. His enjoyed great popularity the work, like “Narcissus Number Heilongjiang River”, “Typhoon”, “Dash line”, “Jim Master”, takes the sea as the background, “Dark Heart” affects in a big way.

　　In “Dark Heart”, a motor boat swims against the stream, is the strange jungle, the river upstream is being occupied by legendary character Kuer along the way. Kuer from the civilized society, mother is half English, the father is half French, he is the painter, poet, musician and vigorous debater – may say, he is symbolizing the entire Western civilization, but afterward, he actually turned into a local tyrant. Saw that Kuer the person is called Marlowe, a doing business merchant. “Apocalypse Now” moved to this frame the 1960s’s Vietnamese battlefield: A US military sub-element is ordered to go to apprehend rebel army Cotts, flushes rushing ahead to kill all the way, what group leader is special troop Willard, he and Marlowe are the same, is story first person narration. “Apocalypse Now” takes an anti-war movie, is meaningful. 2001 lengthening version supplemented rushes to the French manor by mistake a play, the including people asked back directly why American did fight?, A language topic.

　　However, if merely focus on the absurdness of war, in the movie people’s inconceivable crazy behavior, then may sum up to the war on goes. If in other words, is not because of war, then the matter cannot so. This subject is tenable, actually significantly weakened Conrad’s original intention.

　　Another kind of nature

　　Said Conrad writing first nature. In glorious rich Chinese poetics tradition, the nature is a beautiful harmonious place. Starts from Qu Yuan, the people gradually have fostered such judgment: The society is the pollution is dangerous, has covered entirely the trap, but the nature is honest pure, is one evades the calamity the destination. Tao Yuanming picks east the chrysanthemum under the fence, sees Mt. Nan easely, is then typical.

　　Conrad writing’s nature with ease has nothing to do, on the contrary is a anxious place: The unvisited deep forest and bog, have not made one feel relax, instead even more lets the human be startled to palpitate. That is one aggressive strength, not talking clearly is growing or is vanishing, is angry abundant or the feeble breathing waits for death. On the earth the jungle is densely covered, the giant trees are dignified, if world king. Did not have a thing in the world emptily the rivers, silence of one kind of gigantic non-change, is unable to penetrate forest ……Under broad daylight actually not a little happy breath ……But this kind of life tranquil slightly likely is not all is well appearance.This kind is silent and bleak, is similar to a cursed inheritance. Story relater Marlowe sighed: This kind silent means one kind of appeal, means one kind of threat. What do our these flee the people who comes to here are some do? We can control that without a sound thing, or is it controls us?

　　I have similar experience. That is travels in Gannan, passes through Yellow River upstream’s some area, the vehicle opens on the jolting tiny road, the road nearby two is the uncultivated land bare short mountain, seems does the mud to pinch likely, was the sun-dried brick which some have not completed is discarded merely, strange strange, did not have any shape and rule. Afterward several days, slept steadfastly, do not think that they likely were the nightmares.

　　Barbaric original appearance

　　That time’s some merchants, regarding the world and human have filled the intense curiosity and exploration spirit, is the same with Conrad such sailor. Stands in such chaotic chaos wilderness, the human will feel one are flattening in place and returns to original state. The accumulation of so-called civilization, these humanity carefully choose the feather and decorative design in a utensil which prepares to oneself, starts one piece of one piece to start to fall off. Conrad through the oral account of Marlowe: Things, attire, attractive cloth piece by piece – only need swing fiercely will then fly away from you. Marlowe realized that this time’s person has ripped the reality of time coat, but must put out the born that way strength to come facing that kind of reality. Depending on some principles is incorrect.

　　Some people condemned that “Dark Heart” has colonialist’s judgment, described Congo River both banks’ Africa is savageness barbaric place, regarded as the local indigenous inhabitant has the person of shape shadow merely. The surface looks is this, but Conrad must strengthen so-called European Civilized Center by no means that on the contrary, he deeply suspects this view. He described these blacks indigenous, for established one kind of contact among them – in their there, relator Marlowe saw the original appearance. Although they call out, the caper, revolving, ships out each kind of scary ugly face, made human to be afraid, absolutely terrified, however you will feel, barbaric and was roaring frantically they were precisely your distant relatives.

　　In other words, these live in wilderness people, lets you arrive at oneself life once again the remote beginning. They have provided a mirror, according to your life in dark deep place. This has nothing to do with the good and evil, is only the life zero point: Perhaps, the human is the same with these barren hill quarry stone, accidentally is thrown to this world, is not carrying some kind of significance, is bringing the human body merely, will be senile and will die and corrupt thing – to a great extent, our lives accidentally exist, not?

　　Behind power and influence void

　　The past from this angle, you will discover that “Apocalypse Now” many were a little frail. If not the war, has not arrived at Vietnam, surfing master Rance, black soldier Kelin as well as that has free time to give the wife to write a letter the master chef, their lives definitely happy? Can with falling in love does the person start well and end well and grows old together? In our perhaps peaceful life Rance, Kelin and master chef, but may once have several days later, are our days gentle and substantial? The war also by no means day foreign substance, regarding some launch people of wars, the war merely is the excuse which extricates from the insignificant life.

　　Merchant Marlowe saw when mysterious character Kuer, he suffocated, Marlowe witnessed his death. At the point of death before, Kuer shouted a sentence: Fearful, fearful.. Kuer has not encountered modern warfare, what thing does he to think the terror? In wilderness what did he see? This person has the arrogant education and family background, but is also international ban barbaric custom association has written the report, is what caused him afterward completely likely is a tyrant? The surrounding people so fear him, so worships him.

　　In Marlowe eye, Kuer first is an experiencing dangers family. He withstands the risk, is not on the material or physique disciplining, but is one kind of void. He lived for many years in wilderness, all civilizations told him significance is flung in after death, wilderness had stroked him kindly, therefore – he withered, wilderness has held him, has fallen in love with him, hugged him, invaded his blood vessel, exhausted his flesh, but also used at some devil ceremony all sorts of inconceivable courtesies to enable his soul forever to belong to wilderness.

　　Kuer struggles in the nihility. In Marlowe opinion, has two Kuer: At the same time, he turns into himself fable, wealth and reputation image – in the tribal society tyrant, the deepest interior trade standing stationmaster, the successful ivory gatherer, has numerous adorers, a beautiful fiancee. In Marlowe opinion, Kuer needs provides success and power and influence to oneself the false appearance. These things along with his death, are then buried on this primitive land loess.

　　But on the other hand, facing truth Kuer. Before Conrad described like this just before the end he: Displays one cloudy arrogant and heartless strength, with timid fear – displays one kind of intense and incurable despair the expression.

　　After understanding Kuer, Marlowe has also discovered oneself destiny mystery, it, in a piece gloomy in carries on, the under foot which cannot see and not to trace, all around the nobody left, does not have the audience, does not have the slogan, not honorable, had not won the huge desire, had not been defeated the huge fear, one neither cold nor hot skepticism’s morbid state atmosphere carries on in ……

　　In our life bases, after taking off actually all sorts of magnificent coats, whether also like this went out of cultivation with barrenly? Quiet at dead of night, when we are far away the crowd, approaches itself, will feel whether also such one kind is not comfortable and terrified, thought daytime full of energy is only one kind of representation, in fact in the heart enriches by no means that but felt that is somewhat vacant and chaotic, even does some gulf, look including oneself not? Conrad writing’s wilderness, likely is our destinies, in the human life’s base, is crouching in hiding what kind dim and void.

　　[Movie introduction]

　　”Apocalypse Now”: During Vietnamese war, US military Captain Willard receives headquarters’ order, seeks has been separated from US military’s Colonel Cotts. Cotts has established an independent kingdom in Cambodia, is carrying out the barbaric cruel rule, but also often carries on the extremely arrogant broadcast propaganda to the US military. Willard’s duty was to find Cotts, and led him or massacres. Willard leads a squad soldier to swim against the stream along Mekong River, the traversing jungle goes to Cambodia, almost crossed the entire Vietnamese battlefield. He witnessed all sorts of atrocities and terror, slaughtered with the death scene, deeply received has shocked. In unceasing slaughtering, Willard also almost becomes crazy.

　　Going through many hardships Willard and party arrived at Cotts’s terrorist kingdom finally. Cotts Ben may kill Willard, but he actually does not have this, but completed the hope for a long time dead with the aid of Willard’s hand, finally can extricate from this crazy world, Willard also deeply realized in human heart caused crazy evilly. Indigenous kneels down in front of him, he may substitute for Cotts, but Willard pulls up the companion, goes on board to depart. Cotts was stopped crazily, but in the entire Vietnamese battlefield, the terror with slaughtering was still carrying on.

　　[Performance]

　　Jazz

　　DeeDeeBridgewater, said that she is nearly ten years comes to China to perform standard knight singer not to be excessive. She once performed musical LadyDay to perform jazz legendary character BillieHoliday in 1980 Paris, the god shape has both. DeeDeeBridgewater two times has the honor to receive Grammy Award, in 1998 gave to jazz generation of actress EllaFitzgerald special edition DearElla, more she won the Grammy Award best female to sing a person of honor. In addition, she is the American Country Broadcasting station NPR broad popular program Jazzsetwith Dee DeeBridgewater director.

　　DeeDeeBridgewater this time comes Shanghai performance, will pull open 2009 knight Shanghai music festival the act drop.

　　In addition, this knight singer also has other status – United Nations world food and agriculture ambassador. Her skin color made her to feel the grain compared to many people keenly felt deficiently the pain which brought to the stricken people. She also hopes that arouses public with the singing sound to this question attention. Time: On October 16 place: Cloud peak theater price: 100 Yuan get up

　　 (This article originates: News morning paper)