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."
全球海平面上升，被水淹没的迈阿密，世界观设定似在致敬斯科特纳的《未来水世界》。引导顾客的记忆摆渡人，用全息投影将记忆具像化的机器，种种元素让你以为是又一部《盗梦空间》或者《全面回忆》，却没曾想拍成了低配版《消失的爱人》。“追忆”这一高概念被全然浪费，恋爱脑女导演赋予休杰克曼不符气质的痴情人设，搞成了自以为可歌可泣的廉价爱情片，感情线缺失，令结尾的升华显得如此苍白无力。“迷局”也称不上烧脑难解，充其量只是一个勉强能够自圆其说的三流悬疑故事，倒是狼叔的旁白有种老派黑色侦探片的味道。偶有几个桥段的想法还算不错，但架不住整体乏善可陈，恐怕唯一让人印象深刻的只有吴彦祖那口中英混搭的尴尬腔调。以HBO的眼光不太应该能看上这种剧本还投放到自家流媒体，像隔壁网飞那种垃圾回收站该干的。诺兰弟媳？辱诺了属于是。
提取记忆 开始告诉人类这个世界是虚拟的了吗 未来水世界 为什么是水？ 一定是水 这种剧情居然拍了2个小时 兢兢业业的西方演员 整体有点奇怪啊 不像个简单的剧情片 想影射什么东西 又看不明白 剧情之下讲的绝对不是一般的情爱 反对垄断 有宗教的意思 神学 人类 意识 好模糊啊 想不明白 还有时间 宿命 线性 环线 等等 可能还有VR 哈哈 里面的有些台词不是在讲爱情 是在讲宇宙的真相 关于爱关于我们人类该追寻的东西 烧脑的宇宙真相
真的，男导演应该没人能拍出这个细腻浪漫的味道。
[2021.08.25 @Galaxy Cinemas] ？（睡得好香 很纠结要不要重看
我为什么要浪费时间在这种电影上？狼叔都拯救不了的烂片。
这导演这几年是没看片还是咋了？这也太老派！太土了！
1.故事本身不错，但是剧本平庸，文戏过多，拖沓冗长，节奏扁平，亮点太少。2.背景音乐和部分海景画面不错。3.吴彦祖几句话承包我一年笑点。而我居然在吴彦祖年华老去的时候才开始发现他的帅。4.不跳戏是很难的，狼叔每次从水缸里出来我都在想念他的钢爪。5. 不客观的五星全部献给这个分分钟把我掰弯的绝世美人，以及这个我爱了二十年的男人。
为了狼叔和阿祖而来，结果看了半小时就关了，都什么年代了，还在拍这么俗烂的电影，像是纯粹了为了冲电影公司KPI 随便拍拍的。丽贝卡怎么那么老态，83年的人看着像63年的，毫无美感，跟碟中谍里完全不是一个人。
别怪我困，你大伯哥诺兰看了估计也得困。这么宏大的科幻背景，最后讲个处对象的事，现在都这样了吗？那狼叔搁那泡那么长时间皮肤不得浮囊了。
看之前发现美国媒体给这部电影打出40%好评，这电影真有那么难看吗？不是，至少制作水准在那，这么说吧，如果5星我可以给到4星，如果100分我可以给到75分-80分这个区间，真没有美国媒体说的那么烂，这电影就是围绕狼叔，狼叔这人对于自己前女友这种眷恋，这种眷恋特别直白！这么说吧，上映前就知道导演一看见吴彦祖8块腹肌就决定让他全程露着，加上狼叔的那身肌肉，所以在两大男神肌肉对决上，吴彦祖80分，狼叔95分，完胜！果不其然为什么让吴彦祖全身露着肌肉，赚足观众的眼球啊，再说故事，狼叔在这部电影里是个多么痴情的人啊，还有丽贝卡，我之前看《马戏之王》就觉得她的歌声好美，这部再一次献唱，歌声依旧很美，很有歌手气质，一言以蔽之！这电影第一遍看可以，也就只能看一遍，二刷就看狼叔吴彦祖肉体听歌声，剧情就结束吧！
什么鬼故事，女主搞这么多就是为了一份回忆，去搞狼叔？有线索来做过回忆为什么还要牺牲这么大设局？没有别的渠道了？如果这份回忆是男财阀的还好说，这什么鬼？
美国迈阿密成了水上哥谭，金刚狼和<马戏之王>的女歌手再续前缘，末世感的设定掩盖不住小家子气的内核，片子披着诺兰的外壳讲了一个拖沓的悬疑爱情故事。
2分电影，为瑞贝卡的美貌+1星，如果不是狼叔和她这片子很难让你看下去。能看出来导演的想法很好，但是就是太小气、太年轻，还有就是女导演的通病：太细腻，什么都想拍一点，容易沉浸在自我感动之中。当然不是没有优点，里面的台词非常值得回味，狼叔和瑞贝卡在阳台那一段对白我很难忘怀，这就是女导演的优势，能够细致的表达情感。
丽莎·乔伊作为诺兰的弟妹，在自己执导的作品中满不了会带有一点诺兰家族的叙事元素。而我们也能在影片的背景设置和叙事上看得出一点端倪。
感觉只有恋爱脑，才能写出这种剧本，但叙事的情感张力，盖过了很多不足，表演真实有力真情流露，创作一定要有打动人心的穿透力，而这来自于真实的电化学风暴。
总之，打三星是因为演员。
事实证明把简单的故事通过叙事手法和结构形式变复杂高端不是谁都能掌握的技巧。故事只值两星，把简单的故事说的枯燥乏味。但是架不住丽贝卡太有魅力和风情，以及休叔丽贝卡吴彦祖三个好身材，忍不住再加一星。晚礼服包裹下露出的女性肌肤太性感了。
这二搭cp的人物设定比马戏之王里还一言难尽，如果没有恋爱脑，后半段好看点。
全球环境变暖带来的后2012城市景色还算有趣。影视里总是恋爱上头的女性，这次狼叔展现一下恋爱上头的男性是什么样，总觉得之前看过女主类似的“神秘完美亡妻”表演，get不到女主的迷人之处又出戏，对男主（整部电影）的动机（发展）并不相信，几乎没有看下去的欲望，最终善恶不明但是主角HE就俗，1.5倍速了结。狼叔那海量的不合时宜又干又酸的旁白特别凸显烂片气质，阿祖那中英混搭的台词，让人不禁联想起很多不伦不类的混搭歌词，就尴了个尬。//男主最后走进他人记忆，与女主来了一场跨越时空的浪漫吻戏那里，前面完全没有记忆机器可以这么使用的铺垫，所以看的时候比起感动，更多的是疑惑和担忧。这么不严谨的呈现，浪费了设定。
阿祖就是个打酱油的，出场没几次就被女二送去领便当了。
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