{"id":27280,"date":"2024-12-03T06:57:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T03:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/?p=27280"},"modified":"2024-12-03T07:01:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T04:01:12","slug":"clubul-de-filme-vechi-chariots-of-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/clubul-de-filme-vechi-chariots-of-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Clubul de Filme Vechi: Chariots of Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Bine a\u0163i venit la clubul de filme vechi. Aici revizit\u0103m filme clasice, care ne-au marcat copil\u0103ria \u015fi adolescen\u0163a, \u015fi le apreciem prin prisma omului matur (lol) care suntem ast\u0103zi.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Disclaimer: C\u00e2nd fac recenzii de filme noi, am grij\u0103 s\u0103 nu dau spoilere. Dar c\u00e2nd filmul are peste 40 de ani vechime, \u015fi g\u0103se\u015fti un rezumat al scenariului pe Wikipedia, chiar nu am aceast\u0103 preocupare. Care vii \u00een sec\u0163iunea de comentarii s\u0103 \u0163ipi \u201espoiler\u201d, recomand s\u0103 vizitezi \u00eent\u00e2i Paypalul, s\u0103 izbe\u0219ti acolo cu o dona\u021bie care s\u0103 merite deranjul, \u0219i apoi \u00eemi poveste\u0219ti la ce film vrei recenzie f\u0103r\u0103 spoiler. C\u00e2nd v\u0103d \u0219i bani, nu doar preten\u021bii, devin irezistibil de cooperant\u0103. Mul\u021bumesc anticipat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azi, vom revizita un film britanic din 1981, foarte necesar pentru momentele profund demoralizatoare pe care le tr\u0103im: <strong>Chariots of Fire.<\/strong> Tradus \u00een rom\u00e2ne\u0219te \u201ecarele de foc\u201d, dup\u0103 expresia din Biblie, chit c\u0103 termenul \u201echariot\u201d poate fi interpretat ceva mai liber, \u201epurt\u0103tor\u201d. O metafor\u0103 luminoas\u0103 care parcurge filmul, dezvolt\u00e2ndu-se at\u00e2t \u00een sublimul ei sacru, c\u00e2t \u0219i \u00een cel profan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dar \u00eent\u00e2i trailerul, ca de obicei. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/odtqtlhsv4E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Trailerul nu e cel mai reu\u0219it, dar recuno\u0219ti din el sublima coloan\u0103 sonor\u0103 care i-a adus un Oscar autorului ei Vangelis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scenariul (care a c\u00e2\u0219tigat Oscarul pentru cel mai bun scenariu, a\u0219a cum \u0219i Vangelis cel de mai sus a s\u0103ltat statueta pentru muzic\u0103), este inspirat de o poveste real\u0103. \u00cen 1924, la Jocurile Olimpice de la Paris, echipa britanic\u0103 de atletism a avut un \u0219ir nesperat de medalii de aur, de\u0219i \u00een acel moment, atle\u021bii americani erau vesti\u021bi \u00een \u00eentreaga lume pentru performan\u021bele lor \u0219i farmecul lor de vedete. Din aceast\u0103 echip\u0103 se desprind dou\u0103 personalit\u0103\u021bi interesante: Harold Abrahams \u0219i Eric Liddell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Materialul dramatic este structurat \u00een dou\u0103 pove\u0219ti paralele, cu o singur\u0103 leg\u0103tur\u0103: alergarea. Dou\u0103 personaje crescute \u00een medii diferite, cu preocup\u0103ri diferite, cu lumi diferite, dar care au un talent special de a alerga, \u0219i care simt c\u0103 tr\u0103iesc cu adev\u0103rat \u00een momentul \u00een care fug m\u00e2nc\u00e2nd p\u0103m\u00e2ntul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harold Abrahams este evreu \u00eentr-o Anglie foarte posh \u0219i manierat\u0103, care \u00ee\u0219i manifest\u0103 antisemitismul \u00eentr-un mod extrem de elegant \u0219i subtil, dar necru\u021b\u0103tor. Harold, jucat cu pasiune, nespus\u0103 furie \u0219i continuu fream\u0103t interior de Ben Cross, are o singur\u0103 dorin\u021b\u0103: s\u0103 fie acceptat cu adev\u0103rat \u0219i pre\u021buit de cei din jur. De aceea dep\u0103\u0219e\u0219te toate recordurile de alergare ale Universit\u0103\u021bii Cambridge, de aceea vrea s\u0103 participe la Olimpiad\u0103, de aceea cucere\u0219te sus\u021binerea \u0219i colaborarea unui excelent antrenor arab: Sam Mussabini (Ian Holm, \u00eentr-o interpretare reconfortant de lipsit\u0103 de cli\u0219ee etnice). Da, la Olimpiada din 1924, un sportiv britanic evreu antrenat de un arab a ob\u021binut o medalie de aur. Ar p\u0103rea un ideal woke, dac\u0103 nu ar fi pura realitate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\u0219adar, Harold e unul dintre purt\u0103torii no\u0219tri de foc. Miza lui e c\u00e2t se poate de teluric\u0103, de imediat\u0103 \u0219i de concret\u0103: el, un evreu, vrea s\u0103 fie tratat ca orice coleg obi\u0219nuit de la Cambridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chit c\u0103 exact ambi\u021bia lui ie\u0219it\u0103 din comun, hipersensibilitatea \u0219i, desigur, orgoliul imens \u00eel f\u0103ceau s\u0103 ias\u0103 din comun, mai mult dec\u00e2t etnia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cealalt\u0103 poveste se \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 \u00een peisajul superb de munte al Sco\u021biei. Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson)  e fiul unei familii care respir\u0103 religie prin to\u021bi porii \u0219i tocmai se preg\u0103tesc s\u0103 plece \u00een calitate de misionari cre\u0219tini \u00een China. Copilul are aptitudini atletice ie\u0219ite din comun, ceea ce st\u00e2rne\u0219te dezaprobarea familiei: alergarea nu poate fi mai presus de Dumnezeu. P\u00e2n\u0103 c\u00e2nd un vecin binevoitor le serve\u0219te solu\u021bia dilemei: alergarea e un mod de a-l sl\u0103vi pe Dumnezeu. Punct ochit, punct lovit. Dar \u0219i a\u0219a, familia nu \u00eenceteaz\u0103 s\u0103-l cic\u0103leasc\u0103 pe bietul nostru sportiv care, pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 antrenamente, trebuie s\u0103 duc\u0103 perpetu\u0103 munc\u0103 de convingere c\u0103 e un bun cre\u0219tin, c\u0103 e perpetuu cu Dumnezeu \u00een suflet \u0219i c\u0103, dup\u0103 ce se duce la Olimpiad\u0103, se las\u0103 definitiv de ambi\u021bii lume\u0219ti \u0219i pleac\u0103 \u00een China, s\u0103 se jertfeasc\u0103 pe altarul altruismului \u0219i smereniei. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\u0219adar, Eric e al doilea purt\u0103tor de foc. Iar focul s\u0103u e sacru: credin\u021ba fa\u021b\u0103 de Dumnezeu. E o diferen\u021b\u0103 \u00eentre alergarea lui Harold: metodic\u0103, studiat\u0103, intens exersat\u0103 cu antrenorul s\u0103u, cel care \u00eei transmite treptat relaxarea \u0219i libertatea interioar\u0103 necesare pentru o victorie, \u0219i alergarea lui Eric, plin\u0103 de pasiune, din r\u0103runchii fiin\u021bei, ca purtat de o for\u021b\u0103 mai \u00eenalt\u0103 dec\u00e2t el. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dup\u0103 ce \u00eei urm\u0103rim pe am\u00e2ndoi, cu crizele de personalitate \u0219i furiile lui Harold \u0219i r\u0103bdarea infinit\u0103 fa\u021b\u0103 de familie a lui Eric, ajungem \u00een sf\u00e2r\u0219it la Paris. Unde cei doi se \u00eent\u00e2lnesc. \u0218i-\u0219i ureaz\u0103 reciproc \u201efie ca cel mai bun s\u0103 c\u00e2\u0219tige\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Numai c\u0103 apare o problem\u0103. Competi\u021bia preliminar\u0103 e \u00eentr-o duminic\u0103, iar Eric nu poate alerga duminica, pentru c\u0103 e Ziua Domnului. Comitetul Olimpic Britanic, \u00een frunte cu prin\u021bul mo\u0219tenitor al coroanei, \u00eel ia la tocat pe tem\u0103, dar Eric r\u0103m\u00e2ne neclintit. \u0218i atunci, singura solu\u021bie e s\u0103 alerge \u00een competi\u021bia de 400 de metri, \u00een locul coechipierului s\u0103u Lindsay, care c\u00e2\u0219tigase deja argintul la 400 de metri cu obstacole \u0219i \u00eei cedeaz\u0103 generos \u0219ansa unei medalii. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0218tirea c\u0103 un atlet refuz\u0103 s\u0103 alerge duminica, din credin\u021b\u0103, apare pe primele pagini ale ziarelor, \u0219i, de\u0219i e luat \u00een der\u00e2dere inclusiv de antrenorul americanilor, Eric prime\u0219te un bilet de \u00eencurajare cu un citat din Biblie: \u201efor those who honor me I will honor\u201d, din partea unuia dintre americani, \u0219i asta \u00eei d\u0103 putere s\u0103 alerge ca niciodat\u0103 \u0219i s\u0103 ob\u021bin\u0103 medalia de aur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00centre timp, Harold \u00ee\u0219i ia ru\u0219inic\u0103, b\u0103tut m\u0103r de americani la proba de 200 de metri. \u00cen plus, Comitetul nu-i permite antrenorului Mussabini s\u0103-l sus\u021bin\u0103 de pe teren. Dup\u0103 un moment de \u00eencurajare duios \u0219i patern de la Mussabini, pe care se duce s\u0103-l caute \u00eentr-o c\u0103m\u0103ru\u021b\u0103 modest\u0103, \u00eenchiriat\u0103 din banii personali, Harold simte \u00een sf\u00e2r\u0219it iubirea \u0219i \u00een\u021belegerea de care avea nevoie \u0219i are un moment personal de glorie: medalia de aur la 100 de metri. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambi sportivi au un moment de eliberare personal\u0103 din ghearele fr\u0103m\u00e2nt\u0103rilor \u0219i un climax al fericirii. \u00cen cazul lui Harold, se \u00eemparte \u00een doi. \u00cel vedem pe b\u0103tr\u00e2nul Mussabini urm\u0103rind de la distan\u021b\u0103 steagul Marii Britanii ridic\u00e2ndu-se \u0219i semnaliz\u00e2nd victoria protejatului s\u0103u, cu o fericire \u00eenduio\u0219\u0103toare, care ne confirm\u0103 c\u0103 avem de a face cu \u00eenc\u0103 un chariot of fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0218i \u00eentr-adev\u0103r, dup\u0103 acest moment de glorie, Eric pleac\u0103 \u00een China, unde moare de t\u00e2n\u0103r, \u00een timpul ocupa\u021biei japoneze din perioada celui de-al doilea r\u0103zboi mondial, iar Harold \u0219i-a rupt piciorul \u00een 1925, ceea ce i-a curmat definitiv \u0219ansele la performan\u021be atletice, dar a continuat s\u0103 fac\u0103 jurnalism sportiv \u0219i s\u0103 comenteze evenimente sportive. \u00cen via\u021ba ambilor, punctul culminant a fost Olimpiada din 1924. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Titlul filmului anun\u021b\u0103 tema religioas\u0103 care \u00eembrac\u0103 povestea \u00een diverse moduri, direct \u0219i indirect, fie c\u0103 e religie ca for\u021b\u0103 mobilizatoare \u0219i eliberatoare (alergarea lui Eric), fie c\u0103 e religie ca impus\u0103 ca preocupare important\u0103, \u00een dauna altor pasiuni lume\u0219ti (familia lui Eric, periodic extrem de iritant\u0103, sau cel pu\u021bin a\u0219a am perceput-o eu), fie ca puterea care d\u0103 \u00eencredere (metamorfoza interioar\u0103 a lui Harold, de la ipostaza de marginalizat la cea de alerg\u0103tor liber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mesajul sublim, c\u0103 po\u021bi purta focul \u00een tine, indiferent cu ce lemne \u00eel alimentezi, imaginea cinematografic\u0103 de o frumuse\u021be r\u0103pitoare, at\u00e2t de chintesen\u021bial britanic\u0103 \u0219i performan\u021bele actorice\u0219ti emo\u021bionante i-au adus lui <strong>Chariots of Fire <\/strong>\u0219i Oscar pentru cel mai bun film. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0218i \u00een \u00eencheiere, s\u0103 reascult\u0103m muzica lui Vangelis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1eYGl8PNjlU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vrei s\u0103 m\u0103 urm\u0103re\u015fti \u00een social media? \u00cemi po\u0163i da follow pe&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lorenaalmighty\/\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u015fi&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lorena.lup\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>, subscribe pe&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCHBtHi6S2GlUFqETH70cjQ\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u015fi pe<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@lorena.lupu\">&nbsp;TikTok<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ce\u021bi place s\u0103 cite\u0219ti aceste articole? 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