昆西四季

冬天，蒂妲丝云顿拜访落脚於法国小山村四十余年的好友约翰伯格，两人漫步於霭霭白雪的村庄、或深或浅地，在小屋中聊起童年记忆与历史承接。春天，透过凝视动物，经历一场人类与动物关系的思辨。夏天，於山村中和三两艺术家漫谈当代政治，佐以旧时影片、音乐，探索艺术如何述说政治。秋天，蒂妲再度带着孩子拜访约翰以及约翰之子，在视野辽阔的山村生活中，发现传承的意念存在於所观看的每一片风景。 四部短片象徵四季的更迭，而山村的风景、动物、生活则是年复一年的循环，体现约翰口中「无穷延伸的此时此刻」。他的思想及人生观与古老的农舍、青翠的绿地、放牧的牛群相呼相应，说着这个世界周遭人物景物的故事，阿尔卑斯山里的小村庄，则是最迷人的舞台。 （以上来自2016台北金马影展） The Seasons in Quincy is a feature-length documentary film in four parts by the Derek Jarman Lab at Birkbeck, in collaboration with Til da Swinton, Christopher Roth and Colin MacCabe. Together, the parts constitute a film portrait of John Berger, the British writer and thinker. In 1973 Berger abandoned the metropolis to live in the tiny Alpine village of Quincy. He realized that subsistence peasant farming, which had sustained humanity for millennia, was drawing to an historical close. He determined to spend the rest of his life bearing witness to this vanishing existence, not least by participating in it. Berger’s trilogy Into their Labours chronicles the peasant life of this Alpine village and its surrounding countryside. Our portrait places Berger in the rhythm of the seasons in Quincy. The four parts of the film each address different strands of Bergers life and work. The first, Ways of Listening, directed by Colin MacCabe, deals with fathers and friendship. Spring, directed by Christopher Roth, considers Bergers writing on our relationship with animals in juxtaposition with the animals that surround him in the Haute Savoie. A Song for Politics, directed by Colin MacCabe and Bartek Dziadosz, reflects on politics through a conversation between Berger, Colin MacCabe, Ben Lerner, Akshi Singh and Christopher Roth. The last part, Harvest, directed by Tilda Swinton, revisits Quincy to meditate on belonging and continuity with John and his son Yves. 来自http://www.jarmanlab.org/the-seasons-in-quincy-four-portraits-of-john-berger.html