December 1969, Thelonious Monk in Paris. Before his evening concert, he records a programme for French television. The rushes show a Thelonious Monk who is in the grip of the violent factory of stereotypes from which he tries to escape. The film becomes the crossing of this great artist, who would like to exist only for his music. And the portrait in hollow of a media machine a...$some greatness cannot be recorded$确实是罕见影像,看Monk表演好享受,结尾静默画面我也有一些喜欢,但narrative全部依靠素材本身的纯展示型纪录片未免太省力了。$#Berlinale72论坛 想法是好的,但很遗憾影片并没有完全体现出导演对法国电视台白人工作人员的指控。Alain Gomis可能想学Sergei Loznitsa,对影像不过多处理,主要靠剪辑让achive footage说话,可惜他这种activist director经常无法抽离自身,无法放弃反向歧视,最后呈现的不过是一部又一部过敏体质下的作品。Thelonious Monk在片中多次被法...$#72ndBerlinaleForum档案^40’-57’