简介：ThePowerofEmotionexplainsthatemotionisn'ttobeconfusedwithsentimentality.Emotionisancientandmorepowerfulthananyartform.Thefilmlooksatyoungcoupleswhorunintodifficultiesastheytrytotranslatetheirexperiencesofloveintocleardecision-making.Awomanwhohasshotherhusbandprovidesajudgewithapuzzle.Thosewholovecanbringthedeadbacktolifebymeansofco-operation.That'sthefocusoftheopera,ThePowerPlantofEmotionsandtheOperaofthe20thCenturycinema. AlexanderKluge:ThePowerofFeeling WhenIstartedworkingonThePowerofFeeling,Iwasnotinarationalstate.Ididnotsay,IhaveasubjectandnowIwillmakeafilmaboutit.InsteadIwasspellboundandobservedinmydirectsurroundings,forexample,howfeelingsmove.Ihavenotreallydealtwiththethemeofmymother'sdeathandthefactthatshewastheonewhotaughtmehowfeelingsmove.NorhaveIdealtwithhowshedied.Thatwasanentirepaletteoffeelings:Allfeelingsbelieveinahappyend,andeveryonebelievestacitlythattheywillliveforever:Theentirepaletteissomehowoptimistic,apositiveattitudetowardslifehavingbeenputontheagendaaslongasshewasyoung,aslongasherbodyheldout,fromonedaytothenextshecollapsed.Shejustsuddenlycollapsed,likeinanoperawheredisastertakesthestageinthefifthact.ItfeltasifIhadobservedanairraidoradisaster. ThefilmThePowerofFeelingisnotaboutfeelings,butrathertheirorganization:howtheycanbeorganizedbychance,throughoutsidefactors,murder,destiny;howtheyareorganized,howtheyencounterthefortunetheyareseeking.Whatisallthisorganizationoffeelingsabout?Generallyfeelingstendtobeadictatorship.Itisadictatorshipofthemoment.ThestrongfeelingIamhavingrightnowsuppressestheothers.Forthoughtsthiswouldnotbethecase.Onethoughtattractsotherslikeamagnet.Peoplethereforeneedaffirmationbyotherpeopletobesureabouttheirownfeelings(tocounteracttheacquisitionoftheirfeelingsthroughoutsideforces).Throughtheinteractionofmanypeople,forexample,inpublic,thevariousfeelingsalsohaveamagneticattractiontooneanotherjustlikethoughtsdo.Feelingscommunicatethroughtheirmanifestationinpublic. Thecinemaisthepublicseatoffeelingsinthe20thcentury.Theorganizationissetupthusly:Evensadfeelingshaveahappyoutcomeinthecinema.Itisaboutfindingcomfort:Inthe19thcenturytheoperahousewasthehometofeelings.Anoverwhelmingmajorityofoperashadatragicend.Youobservedavictim. Iamconvincedthatthereisamoreadventuresomecombination:Feelingsinboththeoperaandtraditionalcinemaarepowerlessinthefaceofdestiny'smight.Inthe20thcenturyfeelingsbarricadedthemselvesbehindthiscomfort,inthe19thcenturytheyentrenchedthemselvesinthevalidityofthelethalseriousness.