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Lebenslust Im Schatten Des Todes : Allan Dwans Action-Kino Lebenslust im Schatten des Todes : Allan Dwans Action-Kino Autor(en): Göttler, Fritz Objekttyp: Article Zeitschrift: Filmbulletin : Zeitschrift für Film und Kino Band (Jahr): 44 (2002) Heft 238 PDF erstellt am: 04.10.2021 Persistenter Link: http://doi.org/10.5169/seals-865474 Nutzungsbedingungen Die ETH-Bibliothek ist Anbieterin der digitalisierten Zeitschriften. Sie besitzt keine Urheberrechte an den Inhalten der Zeitschriften. Die Rechte liegen in der Regel bei den Herausgebern. Die auf der Plattform e-periodica veröffentlichten Dokumente stehen für nicht-kommerzielle Zwecke in Lehre und Forschung sowie für die private Nutzung frei zur Verfügung. Einzelne Dateien oder Ausdrucke aus diesem Angebot können zusammen mit diesen Nutzungsbedingungen und den korrekten Herkunftsbezeichnungen weitergegeben werden. 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Ein Dienst der ETH-Bibliothek ETH Zürich, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich, Schweiz, www.library.ethz.ch http://www.e-periodica.ch s Lebenslust im Schatten des Todes In Dwans Allan Dwan, 1910 bis i960: fünfzig Jahre Die Dwan-Filme der letzten Jahre, nach Filmen spricht Arbeit in Hollywood, fast ausnahmslos als 1950, das ist weder Altersweisheit noch das Kino allein Regisseur, Jahrzehnte hindurch einfach Film Abgeklärtheit eines gelebten Lebens, ist weder für sich selbst, an Film gemacht, die beiden letzten Jahre Finalität noch Philosophie. Die ausgesuchten aber sprechen immer wieder Projekte, die nicht zu realisieren Filme wurden Zürcher Filmmarathon in ist nicht am Ein Leben doch, zu doch der dichte Rhythmus richtig, denn waren. grosses - unserem Chronologie gezeigt, das ein Ganzes das wenn das Kino Glück, kein Lebenswerk, gibt der Vorführungen relativierte bloss eine am Ende, das auf einen Begriff zu bringen laufend, und ein richtiges Auswahlkriterium Sprache hätte, wäre. In Dwans Filmen spricht das Kino konnte es nicht gegeben haben, man sah, was gäbe es nichts, allein für sich selbst, aber sprechen ist nicht verfügbar war zurzeit in europäischen Archiven, s was uns durch richtig, denn wenn das Kino bloss eine Sprache und das war mehr, als man für sich und durch hätte, gäbe es nichts, was uns durch und zusammengebracht hatte in den letzten zehn bewegen durch bewegen würde, wenn wir einen Film Jahren. Am letzten Tag, nach all den Filmen, würde. erleben. Und alles wäre zu einfach. gab es dann keine Ordnung, nicht in uns Zu- FILMBULLETIN A.OB REPRINT Zu seinen schauern und nicht unter den gesehenen bombe. Ein wirklich schwarzer Film. Der Akteuren hat Filmen. Dass Dwan am liebsten von seiner verstrahlte Held hat unausweichlich seinen Tod Allan Dwan Arbeit in den zehner und zwanziger Jahren vor Augen, sein Körper verwandelt sich in immer erzählt und dass wir am liebsten seine Filme Stahl, wird unempfindlich für die Wärme, freundlich aus den Fünfzigern sahen, ja schon alles: die Liebe. Manchmal hat man den Eindruck, Distanz sagt über Dwan und uns selbst, über amerikanische es sind immer noch nicht Schatten im bewahrt, das genug Filme und Liebe Kino. Den dann Licht düsterer macht es uns unsere zum Film, ist, was ans kommt, beim Dwan-Filmen der Fünfziger sieht man an, als alles, was im Dunkeln bleibt. Am Zuschauen so was er gemacht hatte in den Zwanzigern. Schluss ein auswegloser Rückzug, ins schwer, weil Man spürt es in der ersten Sekunde, da Cornel Morgengrauen, in eine leere Karstlandschaft: wir uns immer Wilde und Yvonne de Carlo, John Payne zwei Flammenwerfer zerreissen den zur gleich mit und Rhonda Fleming, Ron Randall und Elaine Bedrohung gewordenen monströsen ihnen Stewart auf der Leinwand sind, an ihrer Menschen, da wird er gerade wieder lebendig, da identifizieren Gelassenheit und Selbstgewissheit. hat eben das Blut wieder angefangen, in möchten. seinem kalten Körper zu zirkulieren. Evidenz, so liest man immer wieder in den letzten Jahren, ist das Markenzeichen Ein hastig inszeniertes Ende, eine von Dwans Stil - über diesen Begriff wurde ungerührt registrierte Koinzidenz. Es sind die auch Hawks entdeckt, in den Fünfzigern. Der letzten Einstellungen überhaupt, die Dwan Vergleich zwischen beiden ist brauchbar, vor hat drehen können, aber das gibt ihnen keine allem da man den Kopf inzwischen voll hat zusätzliche Bedeutung. Wie er seine jungen mit Thesen und Kategorien zum Hawksschen Helden behandelt, das hat sich nicht verändert Œuvre. Wer ist pragmatischer von den beiden seit der Stummfilmzeit, und bloss weil als Handwerker, als Filmkonstrukteur? er älter wurde mit der Zeit, ist er ihnen noch Richtig surreal wirkt heute der nervöse Rio lange nicht zum Vater geworden. Schon mit bravo auf uns, neben dem staubig-trockenen fünfundzwanzig sah Dwan, auf Arbeitsfotos, silver lode. Manieristisch und wie ein heavy aus unter den sowieso schon expressionistisch fand, vor zehn Jahren schon, ein robusten und hemdsärmeligen Hollywoodleuten amerikanischer Allan-Dwan-Fan das Kino in ihren Breeches und Stiefeln. Zu von Hawks im Vergleich zu dem von Dwan. seinen Akteuren hat er immer freundlich Distanz bewahrt, das macht es uns beim Evidenz von Dwan: «Wenige Filme sind Zuschauen so schwer, weil wir uns immer gleich so zärtlich, einfach schön, einfach poetisch mit ihnen identifizieren möchten. wie, unter anderen, enchanted island, den Dwan 1958 drehte, eine Verfilmung von Der Sandsturm kommt, in suez, als der Melvilles Typee, mit Dana Andrews und Jane Kanal fast fertig ist: er wird zerstören, was Powell. Vielleicht nicht die Idealbesetzung, sorgsam und bedächtig eingerichtet ist, was und die finanziellen Mittel reichen heute alle Widrigkeiten überdauern soll. Hand in vielleicht für einen Fernsehfilm. Aber der Hand fliehen Annabella und Tyrone Power, Film steckt voller sublimer Momente. Ein die Augen zusammengekniffen, den Kopf zur Beispiel: Nach ihrer Hochzeit mit Dana Seite gedreht, um der Wucht des Windes zu Andrews fährt Jane Powell mit ihrem Boot entgehen, den zwei Kindern aus den Märchen davon, sie stellt sich vorn in den Bug in die Sonne gleich, wenn sie gemeinsam Schutz suchen und bildet aus ihrem hochgehaltenen vor der Welt und sich geschworen haben, Kleid ein Segel. Das könnte kitschig sein wie einander im Leben nicht mehr loszulassen. eine Ansichtskarte, an der Grenze zum 1 EAST SIDE, WEST CALENDAR GIRL 5 Lächerlichen, aber es ist pure Schönheit, ist Es war Liebe auf den ersten Blick SIDE (l947) wie Murnaus Rabour- zwischen dem und dem (152/) tabu.» (Dominique Legionärstöchterchen 6 brewster's din) Grossbürgersohn de Lesseps aus dem Paris 2 THE MUSIC millions des dritten Napoleon, und bei ihrer ersten MASTER (l945) Eine schöne Passage, aber man muss Begegnung landeten sie gleich im Wasser. (1927) 7 JOSETTE (1938) auch wissen, dass Dwan gleich nach dem 3 ABROAD WITH TWO farbig-paradiesischen ENCHANTED ISLAND «Tyrone und Annabella gingen allein 8 Allan Dwan und YANKS (1944) der den Gloria Swanson als einen andern Film machte von gleichen Strand dort entlang, und er sagte zu ihr: schwarz-weiss diesmal, weiss weiss 4 SUEZ (1938) Chaplin aufdem Set von sublimen Schönheit, nur "Ich nicht wo, ich nicht wann. MANHANDLED (1924) most dangerous man alive, so Aber ich will, dass du meine Frau wirst." Nur finster, dass er erst 1961 in den Verleih kam. das Meer und die Sterne waren Zeugen, und Auch hier ein isoliertes Eiland, in das der so sollte es in Zukunft immer sein, wenn er nichtsahnende Held stolpert, abgeschnitten ihr etwas zu sagen hatte, das entscheidende von der Menschheit, aber es ist keine Südseeinsel, Bedeutung für sie hatte.» (F. L. Guiles, «The sondern das Testgebiet für eine Kobalt¬ Last Idol») m REPRINT FILMBULLETIN 4.02 m Die Wege der Zwei andere Kinder, im Paris von Louis seinen letzten Tribut dabei für die Ehre Freunde XIII., im Douglas-Fairbanks-Film the iron Frankreichs: zum erstenmal muss die Fair- trennen sich, mask: D'Artagnan und Constance, sie springen banks-Figur ihr Leben lassen, im Jenseits nur das sieht man in den Strassen hin und her, auf der gibt es dann ein Encore: auf zu neuen in einer jener Suche nach einem stillen Plätzchen, wo keiner Abenteuern! unvergessli- sie sich einen Kuss chen Dwan- gafft, wenn langen geben. Eine kleine zwei Einsteliungen, kreisrunde Scheibe, in in denen Raum Zuviel Unbekümmertheit ist in diesem Stücke gebrochen, ist das Symbol für die und Bewegung ihrem Glück, zuviel poltrige Ausgelassenheit Freundschaft zwischen DArtagnan und dem so geometrisch im Spiel der Musketiere, zuviel König: ihre Leben sollen füreinander sein wie und abstrakt Selbstverständlichkeit am legendären Fairbanks- die Zacken der Bruchstelle, wenn sie gestaltet sind, Touch, als dass man dem Idyll der ersten ineinandergreifen. Doch im Verlaufe des Films wird dass man als Filmminuten trauen dürfte, the iron mask die Scheibe zum Zeichen, dass endgültig eine Zuschauer ist 1929 der letzte richtige Film von Einheit auseinandergebrochen ist, künstlich direkt Fairbanks; schon fängt die Tonfilmära an, und in aneinandergefügt: das Handeln steht von emotioneil nur einem Prolog sollte man den Helden hören, an der Politik die
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