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."
话讲到一半强行咽回肚子里，想要通过空镜，远景和bgm来塑造的氛围总是吊着差一口气，让我全程在冲与不冲之间艰难换档
看得直打哈欠……果然猜到是这样，《钢琴课》就把我给看困了。寡淡无味。
恐同皆深柜…故事很好隐藏了许多情绪，也因此难以代入角色。人物设定，钢琴等延续自钢琴课，表现西部旷野与新西兰小岛的美学风格不同，但一样被坎皮恩抓到精髓。勇敢正义的西部精神得不到延续是因为渐渐被恶意取代
终于看到一部“电影”了，要是能在大银幕上看感受应该会更好。
温柔一刀 | 我想看完后大家都会有两个疑问：男孩是故意的么？犬之力是什么？要没有最后男孩戴手套玩绳套这一幕，估计第一个可能是还个悬疑。毕竟父母刚从叔叔的葬礼上回来，验尸官都只是在怀疑炭疽而已，而男孩已然知道问题出在哪里。答案显而易见。犬之力的解释按百度说法：电影里那句话是出自圣经，犬之力是象征异己的、毁灭性的力量。 | 改编自托马斯·萨维奇的同名小说
Delivery my soul from the sword, my darling from the power of the dog. 喜欢整个冗长又压抑克制的氛围，角色的张力和耐心，最后谷仓里点烟的戏份。Benedict身上真的有种莫名的敏感和孤独感。豆瓣2500纪念。
一个阳刚男同被娘炮收拾的故事，我男朋友看得很生气，我看得有点爽。
好一出「犬山少年杀人事件」！初看昏昏欲睡，二刷脊背发凉。这个故事很有必要从彼得的视角重看一遍。影片在叙述上有个“陷阱”，简·坎皮恩塑造了菲尔这个妄自尊大、强横粗暴的男性形象，并让萝丝和彼得处在他的窥视与凌辱中，直到最后一刻彼得才峥嵘尽显。笼罩全片的凝视被打破，所谓的阳刚之力被瓦解。所有信息都隐藏在不经意的细节中。简·坎皮恩已有大师风范。
太精致了。导致大部分观影过程都沉溺细节容易忽视剧情框架，但故事讲得可真是沉得住气。类似的“恐同即深柜”的扭曲身份认同话题，和Tom à la ferme 在每一个维度上都截然相反的处理。
7 简康平拍了几年电视剧 现在拍一部如此电影感的电影都有股电视剧味 确实不如血色将至 全片最出色的竟是克斯汀
人物细节刻画牛逼，虽然谈不上有什么剧情，但这几个人物却个个鲜活，简坎皮恩作为导演的确厉害啊。不过个人并没有很喜欢这整个电影，慢刀子刻人，也钻脑仁，还做不到好好享受，有点闹心。
犬之力，下克上，underdog斗掉了恶龙，并不是复仇爽片的西部故事。视觉上令人想到《打开心世界》囧妹如是说：同性只是其中一个元素但你不能把它当gay片看。这只是一个有弱点的人被另一个也有弱点的人用一种叫“惺惺相惜”的心灵毒药毒杀的故事。这种心理上的张力和决斗用《灵契》类比更合适。Phil这个人物形象层次复杂多元，内在和外在矛盾慢慢，旧时代和新时代，健硕与瘟疫，老相识和新的入侵者，最后死在了结绳传统代代相传的习惯恪守里。这个角色无法不令人动容。没想到克里斯汀邓斯特也开始演年轻人的妈妈了，岁月无情。
220326 - ……啊？……就，啊……？奥斯卡，没有足够的片子就别凑数提名了，放过我吧…………
kodi的抽烟戏超性感，可太喜欢这种阴郁凶狠瘦弱美少年了
拍得很漂亮，但故事很多地方不清不楚，男主的痛苦和占有欲来自哪里 男主对男孩的转变来自哪里 上一秒戏弄下一秒的示好 示好是真心还是假意 如果是假意 到真心的转变来自哪里 不能是明示男主是gay后马上看上男孩吧
看完就知道不要得罪医生或者懂医学的，任你再牛逼，我只要些许动动脑子你就要嗝屁。有点鸠占鹊巢的意思！什么高评7点几，不好意思没看出来！
时过境迁，我终于理解不会隐藏自己的人才是真的弱者，我们终其一生被什么打败？其实是性格。
看到最后一刻才知道这是个恐怖悬疑故事而非乡村纯朴同性爱情故事，有毒的小狐狸玩死了忠诚的老狗～邓斯特的表演很赞，马脸也不错，简导的奥斯卡bd应该是锁了。
Campion导演西部硬核片，奥斯卡大热门，摄影精到，影片有多角度的表达及解读，情欲占有欲，身份及自我认同，家族纷争的隐秘暗流，蛮荒到逐渐逼近的阶层分化，剧情很好，角色都自有逻辑，是真正戏剧式的冲突，导演用了诸多暗示，环境的渲染，妖冶的配乐，最后犀利出刀。一定要注意片头的独白... 卷福/奇异博士 表现相当出色
BC的演技炉火纯青了，菲尔让人心疼，为什么人们对于和自己不一样的人不能少一点敌意多一点包容爱情与年龄无关，也可以和性别无关对吗？
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