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ShortfilmEmpireisbasedonaradiodramaSorry,WrongNumberbytheAmericanwriterLucilleFletcher.Actually,Sokurovdrawsonasinglethemeformingthebackgroundforthestoryofthethriller—thewomansillness…Theheroineisbed–riddenandheronlymeansofcommunicationwiththeoutsideworldishertelephone—untilakillerinterruptstheconversation…Sokurovremovesallthedialogues,leavingusalonewiththeheroine—“alivingskeleton”amongtherefined,withatouchofModern–style,furnishings—whoislisteningtoaradiobroadcastingofTraviata,withitspleasformercyandlove.Anelegantcoffin–homeisthespatialcentreandsymbolizationoftheentirefilm.Andinsidethecoffinwecertainlyseetheactress—thefamousRussianballerinaAllaOsipenkowhoplaysnotonlytheheroinebutalsoherownself.Thismetaphoriccinema–imagebearsanallusiontothegreat“handicapped”SarahBernhardtwhowasreportedtosleepinacoffin,aswellastotheentirecomplexofaesthetisedDecadence,convertinganapologyofDeathintoalifestyle.Hereisthekeytothecodeofthetitle.Empireisastylethatattemptedtoreanimatethedeadancientharmony.TheheroineofSokurovsfilmcommunicateswithherphoneastheonlypartner,andsortofinterfereswiththebeyond,attractingthisair—intangibleyetsaturatedwithdanger.Itisfromtheradioairthatsheaccumulatesbothpleasureandtranquillity—theariaofdyingyetbelovedVioletta,whilethekillerssilhouettematerializesfromthephoneair.Achamberpot,overturnedandspiltbythekillerinhaste,remainstheonlyevidenceofhumanactivitiesinthisboudoirofDeath.Sokurovsmetaphor,cladinnaturalisticdetails,producestheeffectofironicdisclosure:“awetspot”isleftafterasymbol.ThefilmwasshotasastudyworkofaVGIKstudentS.Sidorov.AtthattimeSokurovdidnothaveachancetolaunchaprojectofhisown,thereforeheusedthispossibilitytowork.VisualconceptionofthisfilmanticipatesaconsiderablenumberofSokurovsfutureexperiments:lightthatmodelsthespace,levellingofcolours,correlationofcontrastingtextures.如果您喜欢智蜗电影（www.zhiwor.com）分享的《帝国影视解说》，别忘了推荐给你的好友！
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