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."
很多人可能没有意识到，维伦纽瓦极有可能开启了一个继星战、异形等经典科幻电影之后的一个崭新时代。影片基本忠实原著，改编也较为恰当，不能说十全十美，但就营造一个世界的开端之作，已然足够，十年序幕徐徐拉开！
看到张震出来的时候太激动了，看到他说中文更激动，看到甜茶回答中文更更激动，以至于我完全没听清他们在说什么。。。(¬_¬)
现在，即便是维伦纽瓦，做个不恰当的比喻吧：
「两个多小时的预告片」评价很精准，哈哈哈哈。全片都是古老与未来、自然与科技的融合，就像钢筋铁骨的宇宙飞船降落在山水之间或沙丘之上的图景。甜茶的忧郁和神秘气息太适合这个角色了！
好无聊，毫无新意。几百年前中国人的武侠小说也是这么写的。掠夺资源，党派纷争，美国人的脑袋里还有别的东西吗？一万年过去了，人类打架还在械斗，还在玩资本主义这一套。你跟我说这叫科幻？不要营销了，搞笑
OMG维伦纽瓦的美学杀我！这才是史诗大片该有的氛围感。近几年觉得汉斯季默的配乐有点烦，和诺兰拆伙之后和维伦纽瓦的合作很有惊喜，特别是几段极具神秘感的配乐像姐妹会的段落特别喜欢，有些时候还是觉得配乐有点没必要有点满。海王好帅哦！大虫子特效做的真不错。又美又恐怖又震撼的沙漠。战斗机和飞船样式是仿蜻蜓吗？哈哈
沙漠犹如星辰大海，沙虫遨游在沙海之中，每一粒沙子象征着一颗星球，人类征途的脚印远不止于此。★★★★/8.7/*2
6.5/10。在困意与扇醒自己来看奇观间切换。并没有读过原著，所以看完最震惊的点是这种故事是如何成为科幻经典的。维伦纽瓦的服化摄影依旧简洁，但也许过素了；同样问题出现在配乐上，有史诗感却过强。不停出现的预言画面强化着电影预告片属性，赞达亚广告般特写多到让我翻白眼。说了很多缺点，但不可否认它可能是十年内最适合大荧幕观看的电影，还有啥自行车！
这是科幻片？这不就是古装片？帝国诸侯殖民乱斗少主人惨遭灭门的万年套路，下一集是不是少主化身阿拉伯的劳伦斯，走文化融合群众路线，好殖民者带领土著反击坏殖民者的故事了？
这是科幻片？这不就是古装片？帝国诸侯殖民乱斗少主人惨遭灭门的万年套路，下一集是不是少主化身阿拉伯的劳伦斯，走文化融合群众路线，好殖民者带领土著反击坏殖民者的故事了？
也许是刚看了《基地》的关系，对比过于强烈……《沙丘》同样也是经典IP的影视化，但无论在叙事、剪辑、表演和配乐上，都非常令人满意。印象里《沙丘》的书比《基地》读起来要困难得多，虽然电影势必需要删减，但二者结合呈现出了很容易理解并引人入胜的效果，刚看完就想要看第二遍。明显《沙丘》再CG制作上更花功夫，好的CG就是不会让人停下来想“哦这是CG做的啊”， 因此同样是具有星际旅行能力的文明，《沙丘》的总体设计更加契合观影者对未来的想象。非常期待后续！
沙漠香料=中东石油?装束也和中东人民异曲同工。
这种片子我们不给高分，还有谁给高分，猫眼淘票票么？全程起范儿，逼格满满。这是一部很独特的科幻大片，即便这样的故事本可以做得特别商业、特别热闹。但维伦纽瓦还是将之纳入个人风格当中，使得影片呈现一种宏大、悲怆、宗教味以及仪式感。尤其是汉斯季默的宏大配乐一路轰鸣，史诗感也就出来了。未必适合所有人，但真的全是我的嗨点，很爽。
对这部电影吝啬使用“史诗”的观众，性格得有多犟啊？
万万没想到，扑翼机只要一出来我就忍不住想哭，因为觉得某老师一定会喜欢这种大蜻蜓一样的飞机，一定会抓着我的手摇晃说这个东西太好玩了！旁边的人要是看到我每次看到扑翼机都在抹眼泪估计会觉得这个人有什么问题。
徐锦江三进三出单骑救主，岳医生妙手藏毒玉石俱焚。
另类王子复仇记前传，我就没搞懂你们外星人科技都这么发达还能开个人领域了，打架尼玛还是拿匕首互搏。剥下科幻的外衣，野蛮程度和争夺和权利的游戏并无区别，还是封建主子那一套，发展科技的时候不能建设下精神文明吗？女人依旧是黑袍+头纱遮住脸，看得我只想用社会主义的铁拳把这吃人的制度砸烂
大家好，我叫蒂莫西.甜茶。身在贵族家，老爸奥斯卡。母亲力量大，杀人靠说话。海王好兄弟，师傅是灭霸。女友赞达亚，绿了蜘蛛侠。世界很复杂，没人说人话。生来责任大，代价祭全家。皇帝人在哪，看我弄死他。
不过瘾的慢动作打戏，10000年➕了还在冷兵器搏斗，the one（天选之子）和帝王公爵殖民主义的老套设定，人物形象还没立起来就咔咔死了一堆人…作为一个没有看过书的人只觉得还是一头雾水。
终于得以开启新世界，不知道佐杜洛夫斯基是否能得到慰藉。幽远的战歌一响起，属于异域的沙尘就扑面而来。节奏是缓慢的，信息量却很大，随着主角梦境的不断闪现，如同盗梦空间一般得以在现实/梦境、戏内/戏外不断游走。懂得节制的导演是多么可贵，用古典的气质去创造宏大历史，不能更迷人了。
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