那一抹藍色的暴力影像 The Blue Violence 

拍板視覺藝術團九月導演專題：

那一抹藍色的暴力影像-北野武電影
The Blue Violence: Takeshi Kitano’s Film

北野武（ビート たけし）1947年生於東京，是家中最小的一個，父親北野菊次郎（他後來的溫情電影《菊次郎的夏天》裡的原型），自稱若不是專橫又貪婪的母親嚴加看管，年少時叛逆的他早就加入黑道。20歲從明治大學工學部輟學，混跡新宿，在爵士酒吧打工，也當過的士司機、脫衣舞場的喜劇演員。26歲與兼子清組成漫才團體（即日式棟篤笑）《Two Beat》，活躍於電視及廣播界，並以無厘頭的辛辣和黑色幽默受到歡迎，成為日本80年代相聲熱潮的靈魂人物。

34歲開始演電影，以大島渚執導的《戰場上的快樂聖誕》一片受到矚目，打後都不忘在他執導的電影中參上一角。42歲才在機緣巧合下執導第一部電影《小心惡警》，直言深受深作欣二的“野寇崽映畫”（Yakuza-eiga，一種日本類型電影，東映公司專長於這類影片，有明星高倉健和菅原文太以及導演深作欣二或是加登田家的參與，以日本“極道”的小混混充當首要角色的影片類型）所影響（另一位深作欣二超級影迷是Quentin Tarantino，他還拍了《Kill Bill》向他致敬），並加入一種被人稱為“暴力美學”的東西，初執導筒便一鳴驚人，創造出瞬間暴力與純粹安靜的特殊風格。

1994年8月的某個深夜，北野武騎重型摩托車發生嚴重車禍，導致面目神經受損。他高齡的母親聽到這個消息罵道：“要撞也不撞好一點的車！”車禍後的第三年，以《壞孩子的天空》及自導自演的《花火》重返電影界，當仁不讓地獲得威尼斯國際電影節金獅獎。相隔三十九年，他是第三位拿下這個獎的日本人，而第一位拿下威尼斯電影節金獅獎的日本人於98年去世，臨終前托孤於北野武：“日本的電影就拜託你了！”－黑澤明

連黑澤電影天皇也點名相挺，也是日本最近幾年在西方吃得開的作者導演，“彼得武”（藝名：Beat Takasi）更在電影界創造了一股暴力美學潮流。到目前為止，北野武演過三十多部電視劇及二十多部電影。導演了十四部電影，寫過八本小說及六本雜文。開過一次畫展。每星期還錄製七個電視節目。最近透過康城影展回歸其通俗的野寇崽電影題材，他說之前拍的文藝電影被批看不懂，沒關係，聞說北野武將更暴力也更娛樂，他只想拍些更“酷”的東西。那部電影叫《極惡非道》（Outrage）。

拍板視覺藝術團於九月為會員推介四部北野武的作品：

The director in focus for September in CUT is the famous Japanese director: Takeshi Kitano.

Takeshi Kitano, born in Tokyo in 1947, originally studied to become an engineer, but was thrown out of school for rebellious behavior. He learned comedy, singing and dancing from famed comedian Senzaburô Fukami. Working as a lift boy on a nightclub with such features as comic sketches and striptease dancing, Kitano saw his chance when a comedian suddenly fell ill, and he went on stage in the man’s place, starting his show business in 1972 as “Beat” Takeshi, the stage name he continues to use today as a performer. As part of the comic duo Two Beats, Kitano was one of the leading figures in the manzai (stand-up comedy) boom in the late 1970s. With his distinctive art of speech and his idiosyncratic perspective, Kitano became one of the most popular entertainers in the country during the 1980s.

Since his 1989 directorial debut, Kitano has written, directed, edited or starred in almost a film per year without losing the momentum of his originality and heightened artistic sensibility. The extraordinary success of 1997’s Fireworks (1997) confirmed Kitano’s place as a leading figure of international cinema. Among its numerous awards, “Hana-bi” won Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion and was named Best Non-European Film by the European Film Academy. “Hana-bi” was cited on numerous “Best Films of the Year” lists, often in the #1 position.

In 2000 Kitano made Brother (2000), his first film shot outside of Japan. “Brother”, like other Kitano-directed films such as his debut _Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki (1990)_ (US title: “Violent Cop”), Boiling Point (1990) (US title: “Boiling Point”) and Sonatine (1993), centered around yakuza (gangster) characters. The filmmaker contrasted the violence and action of those films with comedy or tenderness in films like A Scene at the Sea (1991) (US title: “A Scene at the Sea”), Getting Any? (1994) (US title: “Getting Any?”), Kids Return (1996) (US title: “Kids Return”) and Kikujiro (1999). For the first time in six years, Kitano remained strictly behind the camera on Dolls (2002), his tenth film as a writer-director.

As an actor Kitano has also appeared in films that he has not directed himself. He won international attention for his role in Nagisa Ôshima’sMerry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983). He collaborated again with Oshima in 1999’s samurai epic Taboo (1999) (US title: “Taboo”). He appeared in Kinji Fukasaku’s controversial box-office smash Battle Royale (2000) (US title: “Battle Royale”). His credits in films directed by non-Japanese filmmakers include include Robert Longo’s Johnny Mnemonic (1995) and Jean-Pierre Limosin’s Tokyo Eyes (1998).

And we are introducing four films written and directed by him in September:

3/9 Fri
花火 Fireworks
1997/103min/Color/Japanese
21 wins & 16 nominations

10/9 Fri
那天夏天，寧靜的海 A Scene At The Sea
1991/101min/Color/Japanese
11 wins & 4 nominations

17/9 Fri
偶斷絲連 Dolls
2002/114min/Color/Japanese
2 wins & 6 nominations

24/9 Fri
奏鳴曲 Sonatine
1993/94min/Color/Japanese
3 wins



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