Iznova nam govore da je nova, mnogo jača epidemija samo pitanje vremena, da nije pitanje AKO nego KADA. Iako smo bili ubijeđeni u istinitost ovih strašnih predviđanja,... nismo bili voljni da djelujemo i da se angažujemo - jedino mjesto gdje smo se bavili njima bilo je u apokaliptičnim filmovima kao što je Zaraza. Slavoj Žižek
Komunizam za nas nije stanje stvari koje treba uspostaviti, ideal kome će se stvarnost morati prilagoditi. Komunizmom nazivamo pravi pokret koji ukida sadašnje stanje stvari. Uslovi ovog kretanja proizilaze iz prostorija koje sada postoje. Karl Marx
Uvijek su mi se sviđali ljudi koji se ne mogu pragmatično prilagoditi životu Andrei Tarkovsky
Prošle godine sam pisala da Camera Lucida nastavlja da slavi umjetnost bez ikakve praktične koristi, uprkos otuđenosti koju diktiraju pandemija koronavirusa i globalni fašizmi i rasizmi u porastu. Sada, kada se post-pandemski svijet „vraća u normalu“, potrebne su nam nove polemike o tome šta znači „vraćanje u normalu“, kako da se vratimo u normalu i zašto? Drugim riječima, kako pritisnuti dugme za resetovanje? Da li je ovaj zastoj signal da svijet ne može da nastavi ovakav kakav jeste i da su potrebne korjenite promjene? Koji će biti pokretači za vođenje društava i kulture širom svijeta – revolucija, usporavanje, samouništenje ili još više zastoja? Ako je normalnost neuroza, kako tvrdi Slavoj Žižek, da li će neuroza prestati nenormalnošću? I kako filmska kultura i politika treba da kombinuju svoje zajedničke napore za napredak? Kako su pogođeni filmska industrija i festivalski krugovi, posebno dio spektakla i kako će prihvatiti promjenu, umjesto da je poriču? U svojoj knjizi Pandemija! Covid-19 potresa svijet, razmišljajući naglas tokom izolacije, Žižek tvrdi da je, kao trenutni odgovor na krizu u svijetu potreban novi oblik komunizma, prije nego što pandemija postane globalna noćna mora, jer je „moralni zadatak tokom pandemije da ublaži patnju, a ne da je 'uštedi'. Alternativa komunizmu je varvarstvo, ili „opstanak najjačih, gdje će najslabiji i najsiromašniji prvi nestati“. Izbjegavajući tipično sloganiranje i zagovarajući dugoročnu politiku za borbu protiv pandemijske krize, on predlaže radikalnu novu vrstu komunizma, koji ne bi predstavljao komunizam starog stila 20. vijeka, već marksistički komunizam „globalne organizacije koja može kontrolisati i regulisati ekonomiju, kao i ograničavanje suvereniteta nacionalnih država... Široki komunistički pristup za koji se zalažem je jedini način da ostavimo iza sebe tako primitivno stanovište (varvarstvo).“ Jedino rješenje je napuštanje tržišnih mehanizama profita, i stvaranje samoodrživih zajednica za dodjelu resursa“.
Ali šta se brže reprodukuje: ovaj „glupi mehanizam samorepliciranja“, kako ga on naziva, virus koji „ne krije dublje značenje“ ili komentar? Opet, čini se da je jedino rješenje prema Žižeku prvi stadijum „komunizma katastrofe“, u kome je potrebna „puna bezuslovna solidarnost i globalno koordinisan odgovor, novi oblik onoga što se nekada zvalo komunizam“. Svakako, kao najkapitalističkiji proizvod, filmska industrija i umjetnost će biti najviše pogođeni ovom novom krizom, koja se nalazi između prinudnog napretka i spontanog nazadovanja.
Uz diskusije i odsustvo odgovora na novu normalnost, u našem jubilarnom dvobroju 49-50, čitaćete fascinantne tekstove naših Lucid redovnih Jean-Michel Frodona Jonathana Rosenbauma i Steven Yatesa o temama koje su raznolike poput raznolikosti filmske produkcije 2021. godine pored ograničlavajućih uslova za projekcije filmova, o mnogim novim filmskim projekcijama Louis Garrela, Pedro Almodovara, Chloé Zhao, Denis Villeneuvea, Amos Gitaia, Abdallah al-Khatiba, Joana Hadjithomaas , Khalil Joreigea, Angele Schanelec, Merawi Gerima, Joël Akafoua, Robert Guédiguiana, Kavich Neanga , Zheng Isabelle Ingold, Vivianne Perelmuter, Mohammad Rasoulofa, Juho Kuosmanena, Ninja Thyberga, Kelly Reichardt, Roumain Alexander Nanau ; o neophodnosti filmskih kanona, Bresonov i Ozuov bioskop, Šihov Pooling the paradise; sa našim novim saradnikom iz Turske, profesorom Ethemom Ozguvenom, koji donosi detaljnu analizu ekoloških katastrofa koje prijete planeti Zemlji i (ne)refleksije u dokumentarnim filmskim radovima u Pogledu u plavu planetu (čitav tekst). Festivali donose lijepe vijesti. Prvenstevno, 1. Izdanje Radničkog Filmskog Festivala Kamerat, Hrastnik, Slovenija, Kan, Sarajevo FF, Underhil, Rokumentarni Dani, Ubrzaj, GMIFF.
Maja Bogojević
|
|
We were told again and again that a new, much stronger epidemic was just a matter of time, that the question was not IF but WHEN. Although we were convinced of the truth of these dire predictions, we…were reluctant to act and engage – the only place we dealt with them was in apocalyptic movies like Contagion. Slavoj Žižek Communism is for us not a state of affairs which is to be established, an ideal to which reality [will] have to adjust itself. We call communism the real movement which abolishes the present state of things. The conditions of this movement result from the premises now in existence. Karl Marx I have always liked people who can't adapt themselves to life pragmatically. Andrei Tarkovsky
Last year, I wrote that Camera Lucida continues to celebrate art with no practical gain, in spite of alienation dictated by Coronavirus-pandemic and global fascisms and racisms on the rise. Now, when the post-pandemic world “is going back to normal”, we need new polemics on what “getting back to normal” means, how do we get back to normalcy and why? In other words, how to press the reset button? Is this standstill a signal that the world cannot continue as is, and radical change is needed? What will be the triggers to lead societies and culture around the world – revolution, slow-down, self-destruction or more standstill? If normality is a neurosis, as Slavoj Žižek claims, will neurosis stop with non-normality? And how should film culture and politics combine their joint efforts to make progress? How are film industry and festival circuits, especially the spectacle part, affected and how will they embrace the change, instead of denying it? In his book Pandemic! Covid-19 Shakes the World, thinking aloud during the lockdown, Žižek argues that, as an instant response to the crisis, the world needs a new form of communism, before the pandemic becomes a global nightmare, because the moral task during the pandemic is to alleviate suffering, not to ‘economise it’. The alternative to communism is barbarianism, or “survival of the fittest, where the weakest and the poorest will be the first to disappear”. Avoiding typical sloganeering and advocating the long-term politics to combat the pandemic crisis, he suggests a radical new kind of communism, which would represent not the old-style 20th century communism, but a Marxist communism of “global organisation that can control and regulate the economy as well as limit the sovereignty of nation states… The broad Communist approach I am advocating is the only way for us to leave behind such a primitive stand point (barbarism).” The only solution is to leave the market mechanisms of profit, and create self-sustainable communities for allocation of resources. But what reproduces itself more quickly: this “stupid self-replicating mechanism”, as he terms it, the virus that “hides no deeper meaning” or the commentary? As we thrive on meaningless communication… Again, the only solution according to Žižek seems to be the first-stage ‘disaster communism’, in which a “full unconditional solidarity and a globally coordinated response are needed, a new form of what was once called Communism.” Certainly, as the most capitalistic product, film industry and art will be most affected by this new crisis, situated between progress and regress. Providing discussions rather than answers to new normality, in our jubilee double issue 49-50, you will read fascinating texts by our Lucid regulars Jean-Michel Frodon Jonathan Rosenbaum and Steven Yates on topics as diverse as the diversity of film production in 2021 and the restraining condition of film screenings, on many new film releases by Louis Garrel, Pedro Almodovar, Chloé Zhao, Denis Villeneuve, Amos Gitai, Abdallah al-Khatib, Joana Hadjithomas , Khalil Joreige, Angela Schanelec, Merawi Gerima, Joël Akafou, Robert Guédiguian, Kavich Neang , Zheng Isabelle Ingold, Vivianne Perelmuter, Mohammad Rasoulof, Juho Kuosmanen, Ninja Thyberg, Kelly Reichardt, Roumain Alexander Nanau; on the necessity of film canons, Bresson’s and Ozu’s cinema, Shih’s Pooling the paradise; with our new contributor from Turkey, professor Ethem Özgüven who brings an in-depth analysis of ecological disasters threatening the planet Earth and their (non)reflection in documentary film works in Looking at the Blue Planet (full text). The Festival section brings reports on amazing new Workers’ Film Festival Kamerat in Hrastnik Slovenia, Cannes, Sarajevo FF, GMIFF, Underhil, Rockumentary Days and Ubrzaj FF on human rights.
Maja Bogojević
|