剧情介绍

  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."

评论:

  • 皓骏 2小时前 :

    So boooooooring,看得几度差点睡着,Rooney又是这种蜻蜓点水的角色,魔王也是,反而Toni比较出彩,不是这卡司撑着,这电影真的是一塌糊涂。

  • 烟银河 8小时前 :

    画面类型片,美是真心美,主黄蓝对撞的光感一绝(办公室和铁囚笼两处尤其明显 / 通过缩小光圈来切镜的复古手法 / 雪夜里冲撞在漫天鹅毛与钢筋骨架之间的逃命小黑车 / 游乐园相关场景的美术设计是极致梦幻的,远景一拉,lights sprinkled in the wild are already telling the story / delicate lonely strikes of piano key / 比起这乏味的故事,本次的观影同伴以及老板针对他的lash out反倒有意思得多得多呢

  • 静雨 9小时前 :

    天道好轮回.. P.S:魔兔几乎没有对手戏啊...

  • 行语柳 1小时前 :

    B-. 年度失望,即便它已经在美学上实现了真正“五彩斑斓的黑”。根源在于剧作彻底的滑铁卢。第一幕的冗长散漫对叙事节奏的打击是毁灭性的,后续即使不断加速,也再也没能做到引人入胜。作为悬疑类型,转折过于平淡而失去惊喜,甚至不及我作为观众脑补的预期;作为角色研究,对人物的塑造又缺乏complexity。三位女性角色各成脸谱,卡司之间也没能有足够的化学反应。成片就像它描绘的马戏团,是一具艳丽的空壳。2022.2.5 Gaumont Parnasse

  • 荀忆之 9小时前 :

    Not my cup of tea....

  • 清乐悦 5小时前 :

    没看完旧版…太长了吧,转折太慢了吧,装服真的很不错,也有很多伏笔和暗示,演技感觉也没完全发挥…

  • 秦元槐 7小时前 :

    B-. 年度失望,即便它已经在美学上实现了真正“五彩斑斓的黑”。根源在于剧作彻底的滑铁卢。第一幕的冗长散漫对叙事节奏的打击是毁灭性的,后续即使不断加速,也再也没能做到引人入胜。作为悬疑类型,转折过于平淡而失去惊喜,甚至不及我作为观众脑补的预期;作为角色研究,对人物的塑造又缺乏complexity。三位女性角色各成脸谱,卡司之间也没能有足够的化学反应。成片就像它描绘的马戏团,是一具艳丽的空壳。2022.2.5 Gaumont Parnasse

  • 桃萱 2小时前 :

    2.5不能再多了/马戏团就很适合陀螺美学,但我这滤镜再厚也经不住这种磨蹭法,胖陀螺你哪里来的自信cooper可以撑起两个半小时的?👊🏻

  • 然槐 2小时前 :

    Nightmare.Alley.2021.1080p.HMAX.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-TEPES

  • 腾钊 9小时前 :

    好看但好老套,就和这个海报一样老套!这是21世纪的第2个十年了,我不想再看到一个乐色一样的人通过小聪明和野心走向高峰又跌回怪物的故事。

  • 空如霜 5小时前 :

    想看的内容勉强出现了,然后就没有然后了。喜看老美自己锁死影视行业,拍的都是什么几把玩意

  • 采媛 5小时前 :

    让赵本山来演吧,忽悠,接着忽悠。

  • 雯采 4小时前 :

    看了演职员表才知道是陀螺的作品www大魔王演的真的是好,前半段确实拖的有点长了,但是单就是黑色电影来讲,150分是有的,甚至比《布鲁克林迷案》还要好

  • 魏仲舒 5小时前 :

    AMC 没看过老版的,故事节奏很差,导致两个半小时让我觉得过于拖沓,毫无必要;马戏团真没必要着墨这么多,和后面的故事发展有很大的割裂感。其他方面都很好,有点可惜。好莱坞大概真的拍无可拍了,不是炒冷饭就是炒冷饭,还炒不好,食之无味。

  • 赵雅彤 4小时前 :

    当我看到电视广告"Cate Blanchette is the greatest femme fatale of all time"的时候就没办法不看这个电影了。第一个抱怨还是太长了。前后两段是两个电影吗。群星云集的,Bradley cooper其实不错。感觉是个警世片,几个教训:喝酒毁人生,不要和笑容冷艳颧骨高的金发美女打交道(适用于所有黑色电影),不管你怎么避免你都会最终变成你憎恨的父亲的模样。I still had a good time, along with 3 other people in the theater. Had a churro donut with ice cream. Absolutely delicious.

  • 隗学名 3小时前 :

    讲了一个贪婪和欺骗的故事。和蜘蛛侠一样2个半小时,但是观影途中不停地觉得长,同样时长的古奇,豆瓣短评感叹太长的却不多(虽然我也同样觉得太长了),想必是片子节奏出了问题。令人毛骨悚然的结尾,加上没开暖气的amc10,真是令人直冒冷汗,感到恐怖(为坐地铁跑那么远过去4:30-8:20感到不值)。

  • 颛孙依楠 0小时前 :

    视听出色,但是黑色氛围还是差口气,前面部分是陀螺的趣味,但是后面好像就不是一个调调了,过长的时长和缓慢的节奏让这两部分割裂感挺明显

  • 栗涵菡 1小时前 :

    老派重温。以导演的视听审美标准,以及剧本的细节之处,足可以在商业视听上冲击感官。与老版对比后更明显。

  • 豆博敏 5小时前 :

    看的时候觉得是个很老派的故事,有种特别的冷酷和直接,原来是翻拍的片子……现在的黑色故事反倒充斥着矫情和虚伪。电影水平非常一般,库柏演得还不错。但是男演员健身过度本体先于角色的存在真的不是啥好风气😑

  • 赧从蕾 7小时前 :

    有点浪费时间,剧情复古,服化道合格,演员怎么集体掉线?脱节了。

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