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."
爽就完了，剧情有点bug。。为啥另一个含了放射性物质的男人居然一点事没有
霓虹美学与John Wick团队的动作指导算是本片比较亮眼的部分。其余部分只能说是太令人审美疲劳了。｜6.0
真的是很一般，简介上还说要做成「杀死比尔」的风格，搞笑呢，给比尔提鞋都不配！动作场面不算多但一味的追求暴力血腥，一点美感也没有，而且女主是金刚不坏之身么，知道只有一天时间存活，还全程打了鸡血，被中弹好几次依旧跟没事一样，这主角光环也太夸张了，真的不符合常理！还有剧情也是很随意，逻辑性不好，最后反派死的也太快了，还没到高潮的就仓促结尾了。总体来说，各方面都比较粗制滥造，比较差！
照理说挺热闹挺火爆挺拳拳到肉的啊，乍看也挺Girls help girls的，但就觉得这整体观感吧，平铺塌的。算了不分析了，可能是我的问题，间歇性看啥啥不顺眼……不过我愿意为浅野忠信接演性少数角色加一星【喂】看这片的唯一收获可能是发现自己的脸盲症在日益加重……把伍迪哈里森当成化了老妆的欧文威尔逊你们敢信？(*/ω＼*)
穿着鬼冢虎的女主复仇，可能是想复刻杀死比尔，但是剧情实在太套路了，以至于逻辑都讲不通，感情也来得突兀。
如果主演换成男的，这片子早就被喷出翔了。但现如今只要套着个女性主义的题材，甭管多么塑料廉价的剧本、动作和表演，都能被捧出花来。你说制片方是为了流量和资本，这么鸡贼可以理解，但作为观众有啥可开心的？以前大街上看耍猴你知道喊一声残忍，现在进了马戏团就觉得这是艺术了？说到底不过是把“女性视角”和“猎奇”划上了等号，换种方式继续消费而已，本质上还是逗你玩，这种态度莫不如说是对女性更深层的侮辱。
又一部标榜女性视角的、仿 John Wick 式的工业流水线作品，Netflix 对于这种题材真的是驾轻就熟，却也实在审美疲劳了 @Netflix
从死神来了3追到现在，伊丽莎白还是那么有魅力，米希尔本来也是大帅哥，可惜戏份不多，打了个酱油。
导演是视觉特效出身，日本大城市夜景还是比较美的，各种霓虹灯。据说有疾速追杀的导演参与动作，不过猛禽小队其实也有，效果却挺差。动作可以，不过特技缺少。
不懂二次元的人可不可以离二次元文化远一点啊！！！这是什么超低配但全是熟人的杀死比尔啊！女性向爽片✖ 禁药宣传片☑
文戏完全不能看，只能看打戏，两星，加一星给女演员MEW，毕竟是看着她长大的。
这种开头就让人猜到反派的剧情实在俗套，不过一上来就残血的设定比较少，看个霓虹，看个打架，看个女孩救女孩也还行。
好看，一气呵成，一点不拖泥带水。从科洛佛道10号到冰血暴，一直很喜欢外柔内刚的女主。这次终于主演大女主动作片，不负所望。
女性为主角的动作片拍好了挺难的。要么场面不够大，动作不够狠，要么剧情不够连贯，要么脑子不够使，这部电影基本是失败的典型案例。
七拼八凑的典型网飞行活，角色无不令人生厌，夹杂着廉价的影棚光和俗不可耐的东方想象。
各方面都可圈可点，尤其打戏。匕首肉搏那段简直满分，上一次在大女主电影里见到那么狠的打斗都是塞隆的极寒之城了。就是霓虹色彩和主题叙事有些剥离，没分析出个所以然来。
风格化上下了大功夫，霓虹国的辐射战士，靠兴奋剂续命的设计会让人想起《怒火攻心》的暴躁与疯狂，“杀手”故事本身并无太多新鲜的亮点，人物残缺的悲剧性撑不起来足够丰满的感动与共情。
联想电影，蛇眼起源。视觉特效出身导演，联想，遗落战境，腰间持枪，尤其腰间持枪，也挺爱霓虹灯。
但这些日本元素一点也不日本 欧美人继续对东方文化的意淫罢了
女主满身伤痕一脸不羁追杀黑帮的样子太帅了，虽然身手实在不怎么地，也就是完成指定动作水平，谈不上看头。比较有趣的是和小女孩之间复杂微妙的人物关系，让每一次转折都有了令人信服的动机。集齐一堆大明星男配真是不易，浅野忠信也不跟国村隼多打两个回合，可惜。
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