“这就像是个心病，让人忘了他之所以拼命，是为了不进监狱，他所做的一切都指向这一点，”亚历克西斯·布鲁姆在接受阿纳多卢通讯社采访时表示。布鲁姆称，尽管影片入围奥斯卡奖短名单并在国际上放映，却难以获得美国主流发行渠道。
据纪录片《比比档案》导演亚历克西斯·布鲁姆透露，以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡的每一个政治举动，都受到其正在进行的腐败审判及其避免入狱愿望的影响。
‘It’s sort of almost like a monkey on his back, and people forget that he’s motivated to stay out of jail, and everything he does comes back to that,’ Alexis Bloom tells Anadolu Bloom says film struggled to secure mainstream US distribution despite Academy Award shortlist, international screenings Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s every political move is shaped by his ongoing corruption trial and his desire to avoid jail, according to Alexis Bloom, director of the documentary The Bibi Files.
“纪录片的核心信息是：这个正把以色列带向深渊的人，背负着极其严重的法律案件，”布鲁姆在布鲁塞尔欧洲议会的影片放映会前对阿纳多卢通讯社表示。
“The main message of the documentary is that this man who is leading Israel to the bottom of the sea has a very serious legal case,” Bloom told Anadolu ahead of a screening of the film at the European Parliament in Brussels.
内塔尼亚胡于2019年因三起单独案件中的受贿、欺诈和背信罪名被起诉。他否认有任何不当行为，并作无罪抗辩。始于2020年的审判至今仍在进行中。
Netanyahu was indicted in 2019 on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate cases. He has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty. His trial, which began in 2020, remains ongoing.
布鲁姆表示，她希望观众能跳出日新月异的每日新闻周期，将内塔尼亚胡的法律麻烦视为其政治决策更广泛背景的一部分。
Bloom said she wants audiences to look beyond the rapidly changing daily news cycle and consider Netanyahu’s legal troubles as part of the broader context surrounding his political decisions.
她说：“我只想说，在每天关于死亡、骚乱、定居点以及各种激烈新闻的报道中，请稍作停顿、退后一步，记住大局。”
“I would just say, in the daily reporting of deaths and riots and settlements and all the very intense news that happens day to day, take a breath and step back and remember the big picture,” she said.
《比比档案》的核心素材是泄露的警方讯问录像，涉及内塔尼亚胡、其妻子萨拉、儿子亚伊尔以及他们政坛和私人圈子中的人士。
The Bibi Files is built around leaked footage of police interrogations of Netanyahu, his wife Sara, his son Yair and people in their political and personal circles.
制片人亚历克斯·吉布尼在找布鲁姆执导这部纪录片前，已获得超过1000小时的泄露讯问资料，影片还采访了愿意谈论内塔尼亚胡的内部人士。
Producer Alex Gibney received more than 1,000 hours of leaked interrogation material before approaching Bloom to direct the documentary, which also involved interviews with insiders willing to speak about Netanyahu.
对布鲁姆而言，这部2024年首映的影片，展示了电影如何将复杂的政治和法律问题，转化为观众能以更直接、更个人化层面体验的故事。艰难的观众之路 影片本身在触达观众方面也面临重重阻碍。
For Bloom, the film, which premiered in 2024, is an example of how cinema can turn complex political and legal issues into a story that audiences can experience on a more immediate and personal level. Difficult journey to audiences The film itself has faced obstacles reaching audiences.
在多伦多国际电影节放映前一天，代表内塔尼亚胡的律师向以色列法院申请禁令，试图阻止审讯录像的公开。法院驳回了该请求，放映照常进行。
The day before its screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, lawyers representing Netanyahu sought an injunction from an Israeli court to prevent publication of the interrogation footage. The court rejected the request and the screening went ahead.
由于隐私法的限制，影片在以色列国内也面临放映限制，但在国际上已发行并公开放映。然而，布鲁姆表示，困难远不止于以色列，尤其是在美国。
The film has also faced restrictions in Israel because of privacy laws, while it has been distributed and screened internationally. However, Bloom said the difficulties continued beyond Israel, particularly in the United States.
她解释说：“在美国发行这部电影非常困难，一些报纸甚至不愿对其进行评论。”
"It was very difficult to release this film in America, and some newspapers didn't even want to review it," she explained.
“尽管我们入围了奥斯卡奖短名单，并在全欧洲播出，但我们未能获得主流发行渠道。一家美国主流流媒体平台不愿接手，所以要让影片面世很不容易，”导演补充道。
"We did not get mainstream distribution, even though we were shortlisted for an Academy Award, and it broadcast all over Europe. An American mainstream streamer didn't want to take us on, so it was difficult to get it out there," the director added.
影片在国际上获得了强烈的关注。烂番茄目前给出的影评人新鲜度高达95%。“人们为艺术所动”对布鲁姆而言，这部纪录片也展示了艺术让观众参与政治和社会议题的能力，这是传统政治话语往往无法做到的。
The film has received strong critical attention internationally. Rotten Tomatoes currently lists it with a 95% critics’ score. ‘People are moved by art’For Bloom, the documentary also illustrates the ability of art to engage audiences with political and social questions in ways conventional political discourse often cannot.
布鲁姆说：“我认为人们为艺术所动，艺术让他们参与进来非常重要。”
“I think that people are moved by art, and it’s very important for art to engage them,” Bloom said.
“我认为艺术具有政治性。这是我的直觉。”她说，政治议题经常通过法律文件、官方声明、演讲和日常新闻报道呈现，但电影能创造一种不同形式的参与。她补充道，艺术打动观众的能力并不独立于其政治意义之外。
“I think art is political. That’s my instinct.”Political issues, she said, are frequently presented through legal documents, official statements, speeches and daily news reports, but cinema can create a different form of engagement. The ability of art to move audiences is not separate from its political significance, she added.
她说：“如果我们想推动政治变革，就不能仅靠枯燥的文献、口号或官僚手段来吸引人们。必须通过艺术，必须通过音乐，必须通过一切形式。”
"If we want to make political changes, we have to engage people not just with dry old literature, or slogans or kind of bureaucratic means. It has to be through art.
尽管在发行过程中遇到了诸多障碍，这部电影仍在通过其他渠道与观众见面——即通过电影院进行放映。
It has to be through music. It has to be through everything," she said.
这部纪录片即将在意大利大规模上映，计划在大约130家电影院放映，并同时举办相关活动。
'You cannot stop thousands of cinemas' Despite distribution hurdles, the film is finding another route to audiences through cinemas.
“人们想知道以色列正在发生什么，也想知道针对内塔尼亚胡的腐败指控究竟是什么，”意大利电影发行商兼记者朱莉娅·因诺森齐（Giulia Innocenzi）对《安纳多卢通讯社》（Anadolu）表示。
The documentary is preparing for a major theatrical release in Italy, with screenings planned in around 130 cinemas, accompanied by a live event. "People want to see what's happening in Israel and want to know what are the corruption allegations against Netanyahu," Italian distributor and journalist Giulia Innocenzi told Anadolu.
她提到部分场次的门票已经售罄，并希望这种积极的反响能促使更多电影院愿意放映这部纪录片。
She said some screenings had already sold out and expressed hope that the response would encourage more cinemas to show the documentary.
“不过，并不是所有电影院都愿意放映这部电影——毕竟内塔尼亚胡的权力很大，这本身就是一个政治敏感问题，”因诺森齐解释道。她还提到了曾有人试图阻止这部电影的上映：“《Bibi Files》在以色列未能上映，是因为该片违反了隐私法规；此外，内塔尼亚胡还在多伦多电影节之前试图阻止这部电影的放映，”因诺森齐补充道。
"But not all of them want to screen this movie because, of course, Netanyahu is very powerful, and it's a political issue," Innocenzi said. She also recalled attempts to block the film’s screening. "Bibi Files was not screened in Israel because of violation of privacy policy, but also Netanyahu tried to block this movie before the Toronto Film Festival," Innocenzi noted.
她认为，电影院相比传统媒体为政治表达提供了更多的空间——因为即使试图限制某一种传播渠道，也不一定能阻止观众在其他地方观看这部电影。
She argued that cinema can offer political expression more room than traditional media because attempts to restrict one outlet do not necessarily prevent audiences from accessing a film elsewhere.
“你可以试图阻止某个媒体平台或电视频道的传播，但你无法阻止成千上万的电影院继续放映这部电影，”她说。
“You can try to stop one media stream. You can try to stop a TV channel, but you cannot stop thousands of cinemas,” she said.