| 词条 | Proteus (2003 film) |
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| name = Proteus | image = | image_size = | caption = | director = John Greyson | producers = Anita Lee Steven Markovitz Platon Trakoshis Damon D'Oliveira John Greyson Jack Lewis | writer = John Greyson Jack Lewis | music = Don Pyle Andrew Zealley | cinematography = Giulio Biccari | editing = Roslyn Kalloo | distributor = Strand Releasing | released = 2003 | runtime = 100 mins | country = Canada South Africa | language = English, Afrikaans, Dutch }} Proteus is a film by Canadian director John Greyson. Although the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2003, it did not have a general theatrical release until 2005. The film is based on an early 18th century court record from Cape Town.[1][2] The film also attempts to explore unanswered questions, such as why prison officials tolerated the relationship for a full decade before Blank and Jacobsz were executed. (In an interview packaged with the DVD release, John Greyson notes the real Blank and Jacobsz began their relationship when they were both teenagers - Blank having been imprisoned on Robben Island at age 16 - and were actually known to be a couple for twenty years before they were charged with sodomy and executed, when they were both nearly 40.) Intentional anachronisms - such as transistor radios, electric typewriters and jeeps - are also used in the film to illustrate Greyson's larger theme that homophobia and racism of the type that led to Blank's and Jacobsz' executions are still very much present in today's world. These twentieth-century objects, including modern (c. 1964) dress on many occasions, are invariably presented in juxtaposition with eighteenth-century items. The eighteenth-century prison commandant, for example, is replaced by a former subordinate, who wears a twentieth-century guard's uniform and is often accompanied by a fierce-looking Alsatian on a short lead.[3] A 'wetbag' is seen, as it was used as a torture devise in Apartheid South Africa.[3] A extract from the speech Nelson Mandela made at his sentencing hearing in 1964, before he was imprisoned on Robben Island, is displayed at the end of the film.[3] PlotSet in 18th-century South Africa, the film dramatizes the true story of Claas Blank (Rouxnet Brown) and Rijkhaart Jacobsz (Neil Sandilands). Herder Claas Blank was serving 10 years for "insulting a Dutch citizen" and Rijkhaart, was a Dutch sailor convicted of committing "unnatural acts" with another man. The two men initially hostile form a secret relationship, using trips to a private water-tank to bond. The two prisoners on Robben Island who were later executed for sodomy in 1735 by drowning, after jealousy of other inmates caused problems. Their relationship also had a racial component, as Jacobsz was a white Dutchman, while Blank was a black Khoi. The film also stars Shaun Smyth as Virgil Niven, a Scottish botanist who befriends Blank for his knowledge of South African flora, including the Protea but may in fact have his own sexual interest in Blank. Cast
ReceptionReview aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, reports the film has a 86% audience rating out of 87 views.[4]Dennis Harvey of Variety stated that the "film has enough erotic and exotic content to win arthouse viewers" but it "lacks lush aesthetics and impassioned complexity, ending up a tad remote".[5] Giving the film 3 out of 4 stars, Ken Fox of TV Guide said "the postmodern touches never detract from what is at heart a deeply moving love story".[6] Dave Kehr of the New York Times stated "a heavy, pretentious and derivative film" and it had been "gussied it up with fantasy sequences and formal games that distract from the dramatic core".[7] References1. ^{{cite journal |last1=Ben-Asher |first1=Noa |title=Screening Historical Sexualities: A Roundtable on Sodomy, South Africa, and Proteus (with Brassel, Garrett, Greyson, Lewis, Newton-King) |journal=GLQ, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Studies |date=15 December 2005 |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=437–455 |doi=|language=en|ssrn=1316545 }} 2. ^Michelle MacArthur, Lydia Wilkinson and Keren Zaiontz (eds.) {{google books|fQQZBwAAQBAJ|Performing Adaptations: Essays and Conversations on the Theory and Practice of Adaption|page=190}} 3. ^1 2 Gary M. Kramer {{google books|tiw7ET-wCWwC|Independent Queer Cinema: Reviews and Interviews|page=36}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Proteus |work=Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/proteus_2004 |accessdate=19 December 2018}} 5. ^{{cite news |last1=Harvey |first1=Dennis |title=Proteus |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/proteus-3-1200539291/#! |accessdate=19 December 2018 |work=Variety |date=15 September 2003 |language=en}} 6. ^{{cite web |last1=Fox |first1=Ken |title=Proteus, TV Guide |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/proteus/review/137568/ |website=TVGuide.com |accessdate=19 December 2018 |language=en}} 7. ^{{cite news |last1=Kehr |first1=Dave |title=FILM IN REVIEW; 'Proteus' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/30/movies/film-in-review-proteus.html |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=30 July 2004}} External links
14 : 2003 films|Canadian films|South African films|Films set in South Africa|English-language films|Afrikaans-language films|Dutch-language films|Canadian drama films|LGBT-related films based on actual events|Films directed by John Greyson|Canadian LGBT-related films|South African LGBT-related films|LGBT-related drama films|2000s LGBT-related films |
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