又名：Othon
Straub-Huillet’s first color film, Othon (Les yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer, ou Peut-être qu’un jour Rome se permettra de choisir à son tour) adapts a lesser-known Corneille tragedy from
名称：眼睛不想一直闭着或者也许有一天轮到罗马自己选择 又名：Othon 年代：1970 类型：剧情 语言：法语 国家：西德 / 意大利 导演：达尼埃尔·于伊耶 / 让-马里·斯特劳布 编剧：皮埃尔·高乃依 演员：阿德里亚诺·阿普拉 / Anne Brumagne / Ennio Lauricella 剧情：Straub-Huillet’s first color film, Othon (Les yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer, ou Peut-être qu’un jour Rome se permettra de choisir à son tour) adapts a lesser-known Corneille tragedy from 1664, which in turn was based on an episode of imperial court intrigue chronicled in Tacitus’s Histories. The costuming is classical, and the toga-clad, nonprofessional cast performs the drama’s original French text amid the ruins of Rome’s Palatine Hill while the noise of contemporary urban life hums in the background. Their lines are executed with a terrific flatness and frequently through heavy accents; the language in Othon becomes not merely an expression but a thing itself, an element whose plainness here alerts us to qualities of the work that might otherwise be subordinated. “If at every moment one can keep one’s eyes and ears open to all of this,” Straub wrote, “it’s possible to even find the film thrilling and note that everything here is information—even the purely sensual reality of the space which the actors leave empty at the end of each act.”
Title：Les yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer, ou Peut-être qu'un jour Rome se permettra de choisir à son tour Year：1970 Genre：Drama Language：French Country：West Germany Director：Danièle Huillet / Jean-Marie Straub Writer：Pierre Corneille Actors：Adriano Aprà / Anne Brumagne / Ennio Lauricella Plot：Pierre Corneille's Othon adapted faithfully to cinema, set in the ruins of the Rome of now-a-days.
