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."
各方面很合格的爆米花电影 而且非常中文friendly 懂得都懂 看到许久没见的元华还蛮亲切的 加上杨紫琼和梁朝伟还有一些非常港式的场景也勾起老港片的回忆 尚气的妈看着好眼熟后来看演员表是陈法拉 梁朝伟和陈法拉的打戏不禁让我想起了叶问和宫二 不是挑刺但是我真的很想问 父母都浓眉大眼为什么生了个小眼睛尚气（虽然我喜欢小眼睛）【发现自己真的好久没进电影院 上次去是鬼灭之刃无限列车 再上次是冰雪奇缘2
等啊等 终于出资源了
老外对华人文化的印象: 太极，阴阳，以柔克刚，用气胜力，看重传统，代代相传。
在影院里找回了小时候第一次看到迪士尼动画版《花木兰》的感觉。武指相当好，动作戏再搭配上特效赏心悦目。这样的奇幻片本应该由自己的电影工业拍出来的，如今却已墙外开花墙外香。自绝于世界的「自信」护身，继续做「全球第一大电影市场」的梦，然后安详地永眠吧。至于乳化与否，这其实已经是一个循环论证：「当一个人能完美避开所有乳化的可能性时，ta就已经乳化」。UA Galaxy 2021.09.18 @2021-09-18 16:31:20
看这架势，如果换成沈腾（刘思慕）、贾玲（奥卡菲娜）、费玉清（梁朝伟）、徐冬冬（小灵）是不是老卖钱老来劲老内个了？
剧情逻辑太糟糕了，导致根本无法共情。三颗星一颗给「水龙吟」，一颗给「卧虎藏龙」，最后给龙、灵魂和祖先，终于进入了超英宇宙。
朋友们看这片儿是咋想起来成龙、《卧虎藏龙》、西方凝视以及俄狄浦斯情结的？这整个不就一土嗨嘲乐大杂烩嘛。作为一部院线电影，制作规模自然更大了，但整体看下来，似乎也没比年初DC那部《蝙蝠侠：龙之魂》好到哪儿去。
避重就轻。在漫威片里节奏算是比较有创新的，不过像《黑豹》一样加入的少数族群电影的新奇感，却显得有点傻。
天蝎座安排了一切 好久没踏入电影院 也好久没有完整地看完一部片了 动作很炫酷 pop song也好听 原来男主妈妈是陈法拉演的 好漂亮啊 最戳我的一句是 i will never leave u again 其实不算什么特别的台词 却差点红了眼眶 （hoodie盖着腿好comfy哈哈哈
作為算中華文化的一分子，这样把什么都混搭真的好吗……好在梁生在哇，奥菲小姐在……
中西真没法结合，至少在漫威宇宙中是这样的。
准三🌟！制作是不差的，偶尔为了人物成长/高潮戏铺设感情慢下来，（过了前10分钟）总体剧情推进还是比较顺。内核本质其实欧洲戏剧的内核（男人之求之爱之得之失，个体如何找到/成为自己等等，家庭/亲人）。整部片的最外表和一些构成元素的确是沾着中国的边，也做得不错，那只long大概是我在电影里见到做的最好看的龙。另部分台词和中文对白真的是有极大进步空间。梁朝伟当然是各种好，各种会演，且Awkwafina很棒，尴尬之时还好有她，最后打完靠在男主肩头那一下也着实演的好。所有华裔都喜闻乐见的一部片吧，漫威也是时候推出了。打戏还可以，还不少，很利索，当然也十分太极，之前看预告片以为会扑街，结果完全是预告没剪好。还算不错的blockbuster吧，若身为华裔华人，还是值得去电影院一看吧。
不能说难看，只能说毫无新意——西方可真爱弑父这个题材；倒是动作场面的确不错，整部电影与其说是拍给我们看的，不如说是拍给游离于双重文化的abc——从这个角度来看，就有意思多了。当然，最离谱的肯定是杨紫琼对着刘思慕说你长得真像陈法拉。P.S.女性几乎承担了片子一大半的功能性角色。
去掉刻板东方文化的壳子就是个冒险片，但是剧本没有很敷衍或者很大的硬伤，武打和特效也在线，这就比《长城》《花木兰》之流强多了，观感接近《功夫之王》，长辈爱说教，奇珍异兽满地跑，21世纪了穿着魔改汉服住山里大宅子，小兵整一群黑衣忍者，东方龙面露凶相……好莱坞拍别人文化的电影可真容易啊，都不用深入当地文化仔细研究，拍出来的东西本地人都能欣然接受，其他国的人更会认为你国文化就是这样，为弘扬本国文化而努力创新却因为细节不符被指指点点的人只会深深感到无奈
如果我是导演的话，我觉得起码演员必须要用标准的国语流利地说出：“尚气在商企上汽上漆上气不接下气很伤气。”这句话才能通过面试。
这是中国元素最多的一部漫威电影。娱乐性非常强。就娱乐电影和当前中美电影合作的出路来说，这部电影无疑是最成功的的！故事来说，就当前评论的人来说，都是跳着看，没看完的。满大人最后被恶魔吸走了灵魂，跟他们一家子没关系。故事主要讲尚气认识自己，成为英雄的人生历程，满大人说的是对的，他不放下十环，爱人就不会死。他虽然有权力，有十环，但心里还是有爱的，只是被恶魔蛊惑，放弃是他自己的选择，不放弃还能追求什么呢？这是我看漫威这么多年来，华人主演最多的，说国语最多的，中国元素最多的一部美国最卖座的娱乐大片！值得观看和收藏！希望以后中美电影有更大更多的合作！
《尚气》，《黑寡妇》和《毒液2》是漫威镇馆三宝啊
OST好听。中国人就一定要武功高强住在满地神兽盘龙在潭的桃花源里么。跟Raya 还有花木兰里对于亚洲文化的yy如出一辙。
一言难尽的感受，就像上海人从来就没有什么“上海粗炒”一样，西方人脑海里的东方味道，就得是酱～很努力用心的造怪兽：麒麟狮子龙甚至圆滚滚的六足带翅膀的“浑沌”都有，可是画虎画皮难画骨，那条泥鳅样的龙实在是不太可爱～好莱坞估计还是看上的梁生一边探戈一边武打的技巧，从《英雄》到《一代宗师》就没输过～怎么就铁线拳大魔头统治世界了呢？好莱坞还是想讲个“弑父”的故事，说你们“哪吒”不就是吗？兄妹俩还真像分裂的哪吒～林家珍同学比刘亦菲更适合演美式花木兰，再看到杨紫琼和元华周采芹，欧米伽了～不管怎样掩饰，还是有太多政治文化输出的痕迹，有什么事是解决不了的？那就去夜店K歌蹦迪～twice～被禁不亏～
观感意外很好，流畅也很完整。后半段比起漫威宇宙可能更适合哥斯拉怪兽宇宙。纪念时隔20个月第一次进影院，我太怀念这种下班后立刻往影院冲的感觉了。
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