Abbas Kiarostami's new work "Reproduction as it is" not only explores the relationship between originality and forgeries, art and reality, but also attempts to analyze the impact of identity on life. The film's protagonist, British scholar James, gave a lecture for his new book "Perfect Copy" in Tuscany, Italy, explaining that "a good copy is more valuable than the original". Such a bold and unique point of view is difficult to bring comfort to Zhu Xueqin and Wang Hui, who are caught in the door of plagiarism, because it is not easy to reproduce works of art such as oil paintings and sculptures to the point where they resemble the real ones. Plagiarism, plagiarism and industrial knockoffs are not the same thing.
During World War II, the Dutch painter Migren, known as the most fake master in history, used a forged Vermeer work "Jesus and the Adulterous Woman" to exchange 200 Dutch looted paintings from the Nazi Air Force Marshal Goering. famous painting. "Jesus and the Adulterous Woman" was so ingenious that no one believed it would be a fake. In order to prove that he was not a traitor but a hero who saved the Dutch national treasure, Migren copied Vermeer's works under the supervision of armed guards and several art critics. The Dutch government was surprised to announce: "Megren painted with the consummate technique of a master artist, embodying the essence of the famous painter of the 17th century. There is no doubt that this crazy genius painted seven paintings by Vermeer." Glenn's paintings reached or even surpassed the level of Vermeer (1632-1675), the master of the same name as Rembrandt.
"Shadow Samurai" (1980) Replica of Takeda Shingen Shadow Samurai intimidates the enemy and stabilizes the military, even if Takeda himself plays a role. Unable to isolate; art collector Schörsted appreciates the talents of the masters of pseudo-painting, the Persing brothers, and deliberately built the Persing Brothers Museum in northern Germany: "If Van Gogh spent five hours painting a work, they did it in the same amount of time, If Rembrandt spends four months, they will do the same." In his opinion, it is more difficult to reproduce a masterpiece perfectly than to create a painting by himself.
"Reproduction as is" is clearly inspired by these classic cases. James believes that it is irrelevant who the author is and whether it is original or not. The fake establishes its own value in the process of guiding people to explore the original. Artistic reproduction is similar to human reproduction, aren't we all copies of our ancestor's DNA? A French woman, played by Juliette Binoche, invites James to a museum to admire an "original forgery". The latter disagreed and felt that there was no need to emphasize originality or reproduction, just appreciate the beauty of the painting. The real originality of "Mona Lisa" belongs to "Mona Lisa" herself, and the painter just copied her mysterious smile.
In the second half of the film, there is a sudden peak. The debate between French women and British scholars about whether art is original and whether it is necessary to emphasize originality soon entered the level of life. The scholars became the replicas of the French women's husbands. The two are at each other's throats, not only a "copy" of single father Abbas and single mother Juliette Binoche, but also a projection of many viewers' long, bleak and boring married life.
The cafe owner and a passerby made suggestions to their wife and husband respectively. The former thinks that your husband is so handsome and considerate, and he should be content with taking you out for coffee after 15 years of marriage; passers-by don’t know and don’t want to know that these two are married. What a problem, just kindly remind your husband that maybe your lover just wants to rest on your shoulder for a while.
Easier said than done. It's all about being tired and falling asleep when you shouldn't, so why is a husband snoring louder on the night of his 15th wedding anniversary than his wife dozing off while driving on the highway? Is disappointment worse than a car crash? Which is more important, the wife's fantasy of romance or the husband's insistence on reason?
The husband is reluctant to take a photo with a newlyweds because his present is their future; stimulated by the newlyweds, the wife is more eager to replicate the happy past. Tuscany, the birthplace of the Renaissance, is like a dream in Abbas's lens, providing a wonderful background for understanding art and love; Italian humanities, human feelings, and the beauty of human nature are intertwined by French women and British scholars. Romance and rational debate and more brilliant.
The French woman inspired James, whether it is "original" or copying, the value of an artwork lies in its own quality, and what the two world needs most is mutual understanding and tolerance, which is the best interpretation of his theory. "Replicate" does not explain the future of the protagonist. This is a good movie in Juliette Binoche's mind: it does not answer all questions, but leaves room for the audience to think. ("Xinmin Weekly")
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