Film tjedna #002 - Quasimodov bijeg: Potraga za slobodom (r. Ema Dobrota, 2025.)

Jedno od temeljnih pitanja filmskog amaterizma: „Je l' ti film eksperimentalan slučajno ili namjerno?” Ovaj film kao da je složen tako da natjera gledatelja na promišljanje o tom nedokučivom problemu. Quasimodo je lik iz vremena prije kamere, pa je valjda normalno da od iste, čim ju spazi, bježi glavom bez obzira. Bijeg zvonara crkve Navještenja Blažene Djevice Marije gledamo iz prvog lica, a njegov je najveći neprijatelj upravo vlastiti odraz u tuđem oku. Je l' to što Quasimodova sjena izgleda kao Nosferatu slučajno ili namjerno? Jedno je sigurno... Dok nas nevina poetičnost klanjskog svijeta, odraženog u očima bjegunca, ostavlja bez teksta, on sam mudro zbori: „Blewghu-hwualb...” 

Film Eme Dobrote nastao je na radionici lošeg filma te se nedvojbeno može smatrati jednim od boljih ostvarenja s iste. Za odgovorima na pitanja „što to znači?” i „znači li to išta?” tragajte sami kao Quasimodo za slobodom.

A fundamental question of cinematic amateurism: „Is your movie experimental on purpose or was it an accident?” This one seems to have been put together in such a way so as to force the viewer to ponder this unfathomable conundrum. Quasimodo himself predates the camera, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that he runs away as soon as he lays his eyes on it. We witness the bell-ringer's escape first hand, through his eyes, while his greatest enemy is, in fact, his own reflection in the eye of another. Does Quasimodo's shadow look like Nosferatu on purpose or was it an accident? Only one thing is certain... As we are left speechless by the innocent poetry of a world reflected in the fugitive's eyes, he speaks wisely: „Blewghu-hwualb...”

Ema Dobrota's film was made at the Bad Film Workshop and it is, no doubt, one of the better films the workshop produced. Answers to such questions as "what does that mean?" or "does it mean anything?" can be found only if, like Quasimodo, you search alone.