Set in an underground dungeon inhabited by bundled, ragged human beings, after the nuclear holocaust. The story follows the wanderings of a hero through the situations of survival. People wait for the Ark to arrive and rescue them while their habitat falls apart.
Delving deep into the dusty and long abandonded vaults of b-cinema in search of lost gems always leaves me with a bittersweet taste. On one hand the discovery of unexpected gems where no one would think them possible is a rewarding experience. On the other hand though it makes one wonder how many of these remarkable low-budget oddities, personal love affairs of directors never quite famous and now all but forgotten, have almost forever slipped from memory?
n any case what we have here is a little post-apocalyptic gem from Poland that is really better than it has any right to. The dystopian near future of O-BI, O-BA finds a group of survivors of the nuclear war that ravaged the Earth inhabiting an underworld concrete bunker and biding their time as they wait for the mysterious Ark, an air ship of some kind that will come and save them. The Ark proves to be an elaborate hoax, carefully designed to give hope to the malnourished and desperate denizens of the bunker, while in the meantime the dome that separates their miserable existence from the nuclear winter outside is slowly caving in.
What first striked me about the movie is the design of the bunker and the depiction of the survivors. The survivors are gaunt, filthy and terrible-looking penitents, dressed in rags and aimlessly wandering the neon-lit halls of the bunker like automatons. The bunker is a rundown, seedy place, with bright neon lights peering from all sides like the eyes of malignant beasts.
On one hand it is a slightly 80's depiction of the dystopian future but the movie never stoops down to MAD MAX cheese. Instead it combines biting political satire with the bleak outlook of a world with no future, black comedy with barbs on apathy, religion and power. The survivors, for example, are fed some kind of flour dropping from a tube that hovers in the air - later on we discover the food supervisor uses books and the Bible itself as filler for this meagre meal. There are many such short symbolic touches, perhaps not life-changing or faith-restoring, yet playful, clever and inspired.
One thing is for sure; O-BI, O-BA is not your run-of-the-mill sci-fi schlock. It overcomes its modest budget with creativity and has genuine artistic aspirations both from a writing and directing perspective. My opinion is that it should have been filmed in black and white instead of colour though. The director uses atmospheric light and shadow to great effect and it would have registered even better in stark black and white. The blue-green neon on the other hand outstays its welcome after a while. Just a minor gripe in an otherwise solid b-movie with its heart set in all the right places.
Imagine a less bleak THE ROAD (Cormac McCarthy) being injected with the satire and humour of DR.STRANGELOVE and you're getting there. See it if you can find it.
三星半。有种有意为之的松散，似乎映照的是角色的心理感受
救赎题材，拍得很克制，一切点到为止，略闷。
风格回归了八十年代的感觉，颇显政治色彩，但过于沉闷，白水一般无味。鱼眼镜头的呈现效果还是蛮有意思。
It's not bad, ”but…it's repetitive. ”
Redemption is addictive with no end in sight for sinners seeking an end
扑克与复仇的两条叙事线似乎并没有做到很好的紧密结合，以至于故事不怎么让我信服。在看电影的时候一直在想如果是斯科塞斯的话，他会怎么拍。
很难再看到的经过精密计算的电影，而且在剧作“运算”的过程中也保证了内容的可看度。注释性文本与机制的解读类似说明书般将电影进行操控，《Taxi Driver》式的情绪暗涌又把机械的运作齿轮打破，于是整部电影前后段的对峙就进入了一个僵局：慵懒、任性的自我与抗争、博弈的命运间的冰点，如同牌局一般满是疑点、猜忌，但最后都要走向胜负一方的毁灭和结束。
好无聊的电影。。。我在电影院玩了两局王者。。。
蛮平平无奇的，赌博、复仇、救赎哪条线都没讲好，不是结局监狱和足足五分钟的食指相碰的话可能只想打两个星（🤤谁的爹
没懂到底想讲什么，Oscar真的好daddy🥰才反应过来这是Tye和Oscar第二次搭戏了吧，虽然天启里他俩都没怎么见过
本片是保罗·施拉德对布列松式超验风格的临摹。背负虐囚、军事监狱罪孽的ptsd主角企图通过沉湎赌场洗刷灵魂深处的恐惧，鱼眼镜头下血腥凶残的虐囚闪回直指关塔那摩监狱种种泯灭人性的罪行，身穿星条旗的赌徒连胜是一种对美国国家权威的隐喻。然而施拉德终究否定了赎罪、解脱的可能性，人终将被创伤和罪孽吞噬。
Redemption is addictive with no end in sight for sinners seeking an end
何必要这么讲故事呢？导演应该把自己家里都包上白布，然后拿个黑笔满屋子把意淫构思都画上涂鸦就好了，怎么还能拉投资，叫上几个演员呆若木鸡一样的演一场给观众看呢？
想看施拉德拍《出租车司机》……性冷淡的表演搭配性冷淡的配乐营造出一种虚无的迷幻气息，而先验性的影像恰让观众看到了布列松新世纪通过数字媒介所延续的一种可能。Oscar Isaac可以说是年度最迷人的男性银幕形象，在存在主义的救赎中竟创造了反传统的皈依，而罪恶永远无法抹除，在审讯的囚牢中我们仍旧看到收敛的刺激感以及来自地狱深渊凝望人性的恶魔
【4】延续了《第一归正会》的观感和主题：过往伤痕、毁灭与自我救赎。片面地说风格像更迷幻的布列松。一些堪称“奇观”的调度太迷人了。
摄影和配乐都很好，但是故事不够戏剧化，多了真实感，却过于平淡让人食之无味，弃之可惜。
创伤，以及将理解和爱作为救赎。
ᐈ我不喜欢名流赌局，我喜欢低调赌博
三星半。有种有意为之的松散，似乎映照的是角色的心理感受
施拉德男主都用同一个日记本吗…片尾盯着两只手几分钟…这招太难受了
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