My mother laughed

Ma mère rit

This book is an autobiography by Belgian director Chantal Akerman. It focuses on the author's companionship with her mother during the last period of her life. It also tells the author's complex experience of intimate relationships, her growth experience as an independent female filmmaker, and the painful memories that her Jewish ancestry brings to her family.
Written in an autobiographical style, the book's colloquial, direct and chilling prose exposes the prickles and loves beneath the surface of everyday life. Printed entirely in color, it echoes Akerman's self-analysis, creating a profound connection between image and text.
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What makes this book one of the most interesting and important works of nonfiction in recent years is its striking equivalence of content and form, confronting the paradoxes of illness and death that arise from the loss of loved ones. —Los Angeles Review of Books
"Tell me a story." Movies and books leave behind some of the mother's stories, but conceal the most important stories - those in Auschwitz... Perhaps this is why there are so many long silences in Akerman's films. Laughter is a cover-up; perhaps it is another kind of silence. - The Guardian
Akerman's writing is distinct from her filmmaking: far from being avant-garde, her prose is straightforward, even simple, but never simplistic. —Publishers Weekly
This book reflects a depth of love and life, quietly, persistently, and movingly replaying moments both good and bad. - Frieze
Ackerman's writing is obviously not flowery, but concise, indifferent and even cold. The sentences and lines are simple, and many punctuation marks are omitted. She likes to use very small words to evoke deep emotions. - ARTnews
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She always knew how to preserve what was alive. I will miss this true master. — Apichatpong I invited her to a seminar on Proust because of her 2000 film, The Beguiled. The Beguiled is an interesting and successful adaptation of Proust's work. It doesn't tell Proust's story exactly, but it is Proustian. Her films always have Proustian characteristics... She makes time for silence. — Antoine Compagnon (Professor at the Collège de France and Proust expert)
- Sofia Coppola Her work has a unique effect on us, it changes our way of thinking, our perspective and our understanding of film, simply by its focus on certain things and its rejection of others. - Todd Haynes When I was a student, Chantal Akerman's "Jeanne Dielman" had an immeasurable impact on me. - Gus Van Sant Her films mean a lot to me, but it is impossible for me to regard her as my role model. She is unique, she is not someone who can be captured, grasped or borrowed. And her departure is like a part of me being stripped away from me. - Claire Denis

2024-04-01

北京联合出版公司

New Thinking

208

9787559674197