In 1961, Stanislaw Rozewicz created the novella film "Birth Certificate" in cooperation with his brother, Taduesz Rozewicz as screenwriter. Such brother tandems are rare in the history of film but aside from family ties, Stanislaw (born in 1924) and Taduesz (born in 1921) were mutually bound by their love for the cinema. They were born and grew up in Radomsk, a small town which had "its madmen and its saints" and most importanly, the "Kinema" cinema, as Stanislaw recalls: for him cinema is "heaven, the whole world, enchantment". Tadeusz says he considers cinema both a charming market stall and a mysterious temple. "All this savage land has always attracted and fascinated me," he says. "I am devoured by cinema and I devour cinema; I'm a cinema eater." But Taduesz Rozewicz, an eminent writer, admits this unique form of cooperation was a problem to him: "It is the presence of the other person not only in the process of writing, but at its very core, which is inserperable for me from absolute solitude." Some scenes the brothers wrote together; others were created by the writer himself, following discussions with the director. But from the perspective of time, it is "Birth Certificate", rather than "Echo" or "The Wicked Gate", that Taduesz describes as his most intimate film. This is understandable. The tradgey from September 1939 in Poland was for the Rozewicz brothers their personal "birth certificate". When working on the film, the director said "This time it is all about shaking off, getting rid of the psychological burden which the war was for all of us. ... Cooperation with my brother was in this case easier, as we share many war memories. We wanted to show to adult viewers a picture of war as seen by a child. ... In reality, it is the adults who created the real world of massacres. Children beheld the horrors coming back to life, exhumed from underneath the ground, overwhelming the earth."
The principle of composition of "Birth Certificate" is not obvious. When watching a novella film, we tend to think in terms of traditional theatre. We expect that a miniature story will finish with a sharp point; the three film novellas in Rozewicz's work lack this feature. We do not know what will be happen to the boy making his alone through the forest towards the end of "On the Road". We do not know whether in "Letter from the Camp", the help offered by the small heroes to a Soviet prisoner will rescue him from the unknown fate of his compatriots. The fate of the Jewish girl from "Drop of Blood" is also unclear. Will she keep her new impersonation as "Marysia Malinowska"? Or will the Nazis make her into a representative of the "Nordic race"? Those questions were asked by the director for a reason. He preceived war as chaos and perdition, and not as linear history that could be reflected in a plot. Although "Birth Certificate" is saturated with moral content, it does not aim to be a morality play. But with the immense pressure of reality, no varient of fate should be excluded. This approached can be compared wth Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Blind Chance" 25 years later, which pictured dramatic choices of a different era.
The film novella "On the Road" has a very sparing plot, but it drew special attention of the reviewers. The ominating overtone of the war films created by the Polish Film School at that time should be kept in mind. Mainly owing to Wajda, those films dealt with romantic heritage. They were permeated with pathos, bitterness, and irony. Rozewicz is an extraordinary artist. When narrating a story about a boy lost in a war zone, carrying some documents from the regiment office as if they were a treasure, the narrator in "On the Road" discovers rough prose where one should find poetry. And suddenly, the irrational touches this rather tame world. The boy, who until that moment resembled a Polish version of the Good Soldier Schweik, sets off, like Don Quixote, for his first and last battle. A critic described it as "an absurd gesture and someone else could surely use it to criticise the Polish style of dying. ... But the Rozewicz brothers do no accuse: they only compose an elegy for the picturesque peasant-soldier, probably the most important veteran of the Polish war of 1939-1945." "Birth Certificate" is not a lofty statement about national imponderabilia. The film reveals a plebeian perspective which Aleksander Jackieqicz once contrasted with those "lyrical lamentations" inherent in the Kordian tradition. However, a historical overview of Rozewicz's work shows that the distinctive style does not signify a fundamental difference in illustrating the Polish September. Just as the memorable scene from Wajda's "Lotna" was in fact an expression of desperation and distress, the same emotions permeate the final scene of "Birth Certificate". These are not ideological concepts, though once described as such and fervently debated, but rather psychological creations. In this specific case, observes Witold Zalewski, it is not about manifesting knightly pride, but about a gesture of a simple man who does not agree to be enslaved.
The novella "Drop of Blood" is, with Aleksander Ford's "Border Street", one of the first narrations of the fate of the Polish Jews during the Nazi occupation. The story about a girl literally looking for her place on earth has a dramatic dimension. Especially in the age of today's journalistic disputes, often manipulative, lacking in empathy and imbued with bad will, Rozewicz's story from the past shocks with its authenticity. The small herione of the story is the only one who survives a German raid on her family home. Physical survial does not, however, mean a return to normality. Her frightened departure from the rubbish dump that was her hideout lead her to a ruined apartment. Her walk around it is painful because still fresh signs of life are mixed with evidence of annihilation. Help is needed, but Mirka does not know anyone in the outside world. Her subsequent attempts express the state of the fugitive's spirits - from hope and faith, moving to doubt, a sense of oppression, and thickening fear, and finally to despair.
At the same time, the Jewish girl's search for refuge resembles the state of Polish society. The appearance of Mirka results in confusion, and later, trouble. This was already signalled by Rozewicz in an exceptional scene from "Letter from the Camp" in which the boy's neighbour, seeing a fugitive Russian soldier, retreats immediately, admitting that "Now, people worry only about themselves." Such embarassing excuses mask fear. During the occupation, no one feels safe. Neither social status not the aegis of a charity organisation protects against repression. We see the potential guardians of Mirka passing her back and forth among themselves. These are friendly hands but they cannot offer strong support. The story takes place on that thin line between solidarity and heroism. Solidarity arises spontaneously, but only some are capable of heroism. Help for the girl does not always result from compassion; sometimes it is based on past relations and personal ties (a neighbour of the doctor takes in the fugitive for a few days because of past friendship). Rozewicz portrays all of this in a subtle way; even the smallest gesture has significance. Take, for example, the conversation with a stranger on the train: short, as if jotted down on the margin, but so full of tension. And earlier, a peculiar examination of Polishness: the "Holy Father" prayer forced on Mirka by the village boys to check that she is not a Jew. Would not rising to the challenge mean a death sentance?
Viewed after many years, "Birth Certificate" discloses yet another quality that is not present in the works of the Polish School, but is prominent in later B-class war films. This is the picture of everyday life during the war and occupation outlined in the three novellas. It harmonises with the logic of speaking about "life after life". Small heroes of Rozewicz suddenly enter the reality of war, with no experience or scale with which to compare it. For them, the present is a natural extension of and at the same time a complete negation of the past. Consider the sleey small-town marketplace, through which armoured columns will shortly pass. Or meet the German motorcyclists, who look like aliens from outer space - a picture taken from an autopsy because this is how Stanislaw and Taduesz perceived the first Germans they ever met. Note the blurred silhouettes of people against a white wall who are being shot - at first they are shocking, but soon they will probably become a part of the grim landscape. In the city centre stands a prisoner camp on a sodden bog ("People perish likes flies; the bodies are transported during the night"); in the street the childern are running after a coal wagon to collect some precious pieces of fuel. There's a bustle around some food (a boy reproaches his younger brother's actions by singing: "The warrant officer's son is begging in front of the church? I'm going to tell mother!"); and the kitchen, which one evening becomes the proscenium of a real drama. And there are the symbols: a bar of chocolate forced upon a boy by a Wehrmacht soldier ("On the Road"); a pair of shoes belonging to Zbyszek's father which the boy spontaneously gives to a Russian fugitive; a priceless slice of bread, ground under the heel of a policeman in the guter ("Letters from the Camp"). As the director put it: "In every film, I communicate my own vision of the world and of the people. Only then the style follows, the defined way of experiencing things." In Birth Certificate, he adds, his approach was driven by the subject: "I attempted to create not only the texture of the document but also to add some poetic element. I know it is risky but as for the merger of documentation and poety, often hidden very deep, if only it manages to make its way onto the screen, it results in what can referred to as 'art'."
After 1945, there were numerous films created in Europe that dealt with war and children, including "Somewhere in Europe" ("Valahol Europaban", 1947 by Geza Radvanyi), "Shoeshine" ("Sciescia", 1946 by Vittorio de Sica), and "Childhood of Ivan" ("Iwanowo dietstwo" by Andriej Tarkowski). Yet there were fewer than one would expect. Pursuing a subject so imbued with sentimentalism requires stylistic disipline and a special ability to manage child actors. The author of "Birth Certificate" mastered both - and it was not by chance. Stanislaw Rozewicz was always the beneficent spirit of the film milieu; he could unite people around a common goal. He emanated peace and sensitivity, which flowed to his co-workers and pupils. A film, being a group work, necessitates some form of empathy - tuning in with others.
In a biographical documentary about Stanislaw Rozewicz entitled "Walking, Meeting" (1999 by Antoni Krauze), there is a beautiful scene when the director, after a few decades, meets Beata Barszczewska, who plays Mireczka in the novella "Drops of Blood". The woman falls into the arms of the elderly man. They are both moved. He wonders how many years have passed. She answers: "A few years. Not too many." And Rozewicz, with his characteristic smile says: "It is true. We spent this entire time together."
中间部分既断裂又冗长，流畅度很低，但是钟孟宏相比以往内敛了许多，在漫长的苦难和成长后用“瀑布”结了一个很好的尾
看的首映 蝙蝠侠出场全场欢呼 超级英雄电影里最好的视听语言 回归了DC本身的推理 导演在此之外还营造了恐怖氛围 其实有点算是惊悚片 配乐和画面更不用说 罗伯特的演技脱胎换骨 虽然几乎多半戴着面罩但仍然能看出眼神中的情绪 总体也是一个不开灯的电影 但是氛围非常好 这一版我的最爱 大家一定要看！
没想到还有一些惊悚片成分。整个故事比较随意吧，也可能太隐晦了。但还是感谢台湾能够坚持拍一些类似的剧情片。大陆就算了吧，实在不知道说啥了。
整体境界比《阳光普照》低了一级，人物角色不像《阳光普照》那么多，所以没有太多剧情矛盾点，并且拍精神类片子或多或少会让观众感觉有些刻意，这个是精神类片子的弊端，如果掌握不好，确实会很难拍出4星的骗子来，但好歹拍得还算有些情调，3星及格。
已经忘记了上一次走进电影院想立即买一张重复的电影票是什么时候了。
开头母女两人性格的小反转很精妙，最后瀑布的意象出来真的感觉到头皮发麻，贾静雯演得真好。「瀑布」比「阳光普照」点更细更日常，看完也觉得更难受。
“答应我，不要问我你好吗，我会努力地好起来……”
依旧很钟孟宏的一部，不过故事的结尾居然是这样，和我想得还蛮不一样。
哥谭谜语人也猜不出的两大困惑：1. 为什么zoe kravitz会喜欢男人？2. pattinson什么时候才能摊牌自己还是吸血鬼？？俏皮话aside，前一半确实有种扎实的硬汉派推理感，但在线索回到thomas身上时全面破局，超级英雄最大的狭隘就是跳不出family drama和daddy issue，到头来还是白人中产焦虑和自我感动实在很让人失望。
张力还是有，关系也刻画得妙。疫情期间的戏，很多人物的口罩怎么不戴好？
没懂这个结尾的意义？感觉要是开头穿插一下结尾的画面做一个吊胃口的引子会不会好点...整体氛围非常舒服，很喜欢钟孟宏镜头下对生活气息的掌握，平静的海面之下隐藏着暗流的那种感觉。色调舒服的画面有种现在和过去交织的那种氛围感，尤其配上台湾的建筑和街道，别有味道。音乐和光影也大大提升了电影的氛围，戏剧感的配乐太赞了!前半段母女关系的张力太棒，对比之下感觉后半段有些平。总感觉有些地方不够充实。总之很值得一看！！王净的表现太棒了 故事感很强 水灵的眼神带着一股狠劲
难看死了！又臭又长！做作、老套、自我沉迷、极度冗长！画面阴暗就算了，关键强光闪瞎眼啊，生理虐待了属于是！看的过程真的是如坐针毡、如芒刺背、如鲠在喉！！！！
全片大段的蓝色布景——窗外的遮天蔽日的防水涂料工程帘子、医院的画等等，瀑布的咆哮在母亲和郊外炸响，这个家庭的生活也在疫情期间遭逢瀑布般摔落，母亲作为这个生活的核心失去了去女儿、爱情、工作甚至自己精神的掌控力。不过伴随着舒缓的节奏，最终母女相互扶持，双双接受了生活的治愈。美中不足在于最后的溺水一段剧情有些与前面的部分稍显不搭调，意欲侧面烘托还是强行升华不得而知。个人感觉若是能在女儿面带微笑沐浴在阳光下疾步匆匆时结尾就圆满了。
很重的文本意识但没有特别融洽自然地跟故事融合在一起，稍显割裂了，但它的叙事又确实很像一场大雨，像瀑布，先是激烈地落下，但最终又慢慢变缓，汇入大海，抵达内心/喜欢电影里的蓝色色调/一对困境中母女的故事，谁导致她们陷入困境？/在最近低落脆弱敏感的情绪里，有被治愈到
看时边百爪挠心边恐怖感，好像有被传递讯息但没理解什么。刘冠廷抓蛇和陈以文“你有没有考过驾照”最喜，哈哈
越来越喜欢贾静雯了，前两年的《我们与恶的距离》中表现就很亮眼，这部更出彩，电影中演女儿的演员王净也不错。
摄影还是特别喜欢，那个大楼带口罩，然后全家蓝色，这样的一个合理动机的，现实落地全民口罩的反映，确实就已经很厉害了。
2.用地毯铲杀市长，把凶器放在家里，把视频的密码藏在地毯下面。
情緒帶動電影，當藍色罩布拉下，隔絕和壓抑終於如除掉口罩般長舒一口氣。感激女兒的生命力，當母親的瀑布將她捲入漩渦之中後，她仍然don't sweat it。life goes on，我也希望能好好生活。謝謝導演，一部佳作。
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