For Le Genou d'Artemide Jean-Marie Straub once again chose a dialogue by Cesare Pavese. And not just any dialogue, but one that tears open a painful, mystical abyss between love and the one left behind. The film is one single exhilaration and one single rush, a spell and dispersion into nature. It rises from a dark screen and chant to disappear in the woods with the whisper of the wind. It has little to do with what is generally called «cinema». It has one foot in the world beyond.
Nature has ten million times the imagination of the most imaginative of artists. (Jean-Marie Straub)只是突(tū )然出现的(de )声音,也让(🎩)他以为(🗼)出现(xiàn )了幻听,等(děng )声音第(dì )二次出现的时候,他(tā )终于确信(xìn )是族长在叫他,虽然不知道是怎么一回事(🔺),但跟着神奇的族长,还有什么事情不能发(👑)(fā )生呢?