IMDB 排名第七位的记录片(目前8.3分)。
这部纪录片是关于英国艺术家安迪.高兹沃斯(Andy Goldsworthy)的故事。影片一开头,安迪就直截了当的告诉我们,他想要处理的不仅是空间概念中存在的河流形象,同时也想把时间的意涵加入,让河真正在流动,反应出“河流”的本质。实际上在他的艺术作品中,“时间”可以说是是横贯一切作品的主轴,而反应自然表象下的本质则是一贯的主题,所以他处理的题材,不仅止于河流,也扩及到在时间河流(the river of time)影响下的一切。安迪习惯将自己对周遭事物,不论是人、土地或景观的了解,转化成艺术作品。从他取法自然,取材于自然,最后也回归自然的整个创作过程,确实是相当「环境正确」的,是人与环境对话之后具体而美好的呈现。虽然终究是对自然的一种操弄,却是最不「人工」的那一种。其实用文字来描述他的创作是一种不得已的错误形式,毕竟作品本身即不言自明,同时也是难以言喻的。
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