"Veteran experimental filmmakers Danielle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub helmed this unusual adaptation of a novel by Elio Vittorini. Focused on the triumphs and failures of a group of laborers and farm hands who pooled their resources to operate an alternative collective farm after the end of World War II, Operai, Contadini features a cast of 12 actors who read aloud from Vittorini's book for the duration of the film, either reciting from memory or using a clearly visible script. Hardly designed to be a crowd pleaser, Operai, Contadini proved to be controversial among the audiences for its showings at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight series." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
"The group makes up a primitive community which seeks to erase not only the distress created by the war but also the hardships of life and hunger, and to protect them from violence, misery and fear. Amid the ruins of this post-war period, the characters build and invent a rapport both in their professional and daily lives between themselves, the sexes, generations, diverse social and geographical origins, and antagonistic political camps.
The group maintains a 'register', a kind of diary, as if it were entering the minutes of an inquiry or a trial." -Steve Grayson
"my favorite Straub-Huillet films are Too Early, Too Late and Operai, contadini (2001), both color landscape films with especially acute senses of place as well as of nature in all its harsh beauty." - Jonathan Rosenbaum
美国版《辩护人》。超高密集度台词看着太累，人物过于繁杂，形象不够明确，对于背景需求过高，看了一大半才知道究竟在纠结些什么，以及对于被告形象写得太单一了，完全正面的人物让剧本显得不够复杂，如果对于法官是这么单一的批判，那一整部作品的现实意义在哪呢？
the whole world is watching Shanghai
【YVR-Park】三星半。也许因为是政治系学生的原因，对本片有格外的期待。而片中对权利和身份的抗争也不免让人联想到现在的境况。都说历史是循环，这不假，但也希望他是螺旋上升而不是单一平面的重复。而索金可能还是更适合当编剧，本片有些冗长沉闷了。不过话说回来，现实中又哪有那么多语言上的剑拔弩张呢？有时候一语中的提纲挈领反而更加掷地有声。
好好啊！看完现场再看一遍线上版还是觉得好好啊！！！
10多年前在《看电影》上读到过这个项目的存在，那时定的是斯皮尔伯格掌舵。十多年兜兜转转，不仅没胎死腹中，还恰好赶上了这个为少数族裔发声的时代，这才叫命运吧。而在佳片稀缺的2020年，索金的这部作品算是矮子里的将军了。
Debate大于Art的实证。所有的审判都是反道德的，其反面即所有雄辩都是反理性的。抛弃现实的多异性和复杂性，是一种手段，也是目的。
真的好想看一次现场。
一个惨痛背景下温馨的故事。遇到灾难所体现的那种人类互助的温暖。
有一些点如“酒吧的窗内是惬意奢靡的50年代，而窗外却是鲜血淋漓的60年代”这一幕着实引人深省。但表面看索金是在沉痛的批判，但他越沉痛就越说明他爱美国之深。
美国这类真实事件改编的电影跟非虚构文学一样，细节考究，但是太冗长，看得缺乏代入感。然而豆瓣用户就喜欢给这种电影打高分，其实是给“民主”打高分。
It’s surprising how much has changed and how much hasn’t...想起《辩护人》，但毕竟Sorkinism，文戏更犀利，看报道说真实情况的戏剧性有过之而无不及。
他们的平民团结可以带来正义或者改变，不论输赢，起码曾经为之抗争过。
20年过去了。
最后的总结陈词是肾上腺素，瞬间拔高。
头一回看这种官摄的音乐剧！！！！！超过想象的好看！这种凯尔特音乐我很喜欢……！
前几天刚看完波拉特2，无法联系起两个拜伦科恩。。。
这部音乐剧不仅做到了令人难忘的音乐效果，亦在幽默的基础上增添了人性的光辉。
黑豹党那条细流和越战大背景的穿插得神乎其技，不然灯光只打在这七个人身上的时候就太像中产知识分子垄断的幻梦了。群像精彩，索金一再示范什么台词是功能性台词，什么台词是蛊惑人心。
"it's nothing compare to the contempt my gouvernment has for me"
It’s surprising how much has changed and how much hasn’t...想起《辩护人》，但毕竟Sorkinism，文戏更犀利，看报道说真实情况的戏剧性有过之而无不及。
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