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."
如果导演是想让观众能亲身体会主角心浮气躁的焦虑情绪，很显然他从表面形式上做到了，但这种烦躁感更像“楼上装修”那种感官上的直接刺激，而戏剧的张力和心理层面引入则比较欠缺。另外，看得出Kristen Stewart很努力想要演好这个角色，可惜这惺惺作态的样子和强装的讲话怪声实在太别扭了，还是霹雳娇娃更适合她。
明明阿萨亚斯把克里斯汀·斯图尔特调教得好好的，为什么在这部片子里又成了这副鬼样子？所有纤细闪动的微表情非但没有表现出王妃的敏感痛苦的内心活动，反倒显得无比地做作、神经质。
1. 起初没看出来是KS；
用很多细节展现戴安娜对自由的向往，音乐和画面都很考究，不错的一部作品。
女演员刻意的发音，重心全在前面，后面的发音几乎是空的、飘的、破的。加之前面很大一部分情节全都按照配乐的情绪走，非常焦躁不安。而故事剧本几乎找的都是微不足道的小事情，让人感觉黛安娜无理取闹，难为皇室，难为工作人员。查尔斯的演员又比较帅，而且剧情中他的角色看起来非常讲理。这个片子是皇室洗白公关片吧！
我的身体很沉，一半来自珠宝，另一半来自痛苦。我的时间很紧，一半用来就餐，另一半用来呕吐。人生早已暗无天日，却还要被柔软的铁幕围住。灵魂早已泣不成声，却还要被闪耀的项链束缚。体面而虚伪，精致又粗俗，整齐而刻板，庄重又轻浮，这是无数人梦寐以求的豪门格调，是我无数次渴望逃离的炼狱熔炉。戴安娜王妃的传记片，体量不大，但确有过人之处：音效叙事的成功典范。复杂且华丽的配乐编排，对塑造氛围和情绪起到极大推动作用，甚至有点喧宾夺主。提琴如同催命曲一般刺耳，闪光灯则如同枪杀。在旧庄园的大厅中，斯宾塞握住手电筒，如同重返英灵殿的圣骑士。她宁愿在一片漆黑的旧庄园里与鬼魂为伴，也不想走进看似祥和欢乐的冰冷晚宴之中。她和旧衣服对话，和鸟对话，和鬼魂对话，但就是无法与自己的命运对话。最后，她变成了守护童年时光的稻草人。
视听形式和《困在时间里的父亲》类似，通过虚实混淆的画面和激烈的古典弦乐交织渲染，具像化主人公痛苦焦虑的内心世界。多处远景和平视镜头追求工整对称；厨房一整条情节线的设置；餐前的体重秤、必须紧闭的窗帘、层层裙装、珍珠项链等意象，从内到外隐喻君主制这一华美牢笼。直接的视听震撼，夸张所以动人，不正是电影的长处吗？谁不知道真实的戴妃肯定不会表现得这么“夸张”啊，要看人物的“真实状态”（不过是被压抑着的表面状态）你直接去看纪录片史料吧。KS的整体表现不错的，餐桌吞珍珠那场表演尤其触动到我。玛姬这一人物的设置是唯一的暖色了，’Diana,the shocked’和’Spencer’同样寓意着解放和希望，至少在这一情节、这一时刻。
一个看似陈旧的却也是永恒的话题，它从历史的语境中脱身而又依靠历史的幽灵的指引前进，在它的背后是电影史和主体的全部历史——焦虑，逃离，对自我的指认，“这里有两个我”，必得先分裂出另一个我才能将其扼杀。所以电影只可能有一个视角，它在开始时就已经结束。
下定决心整理婚姻前三天的戴安娜王妃，斯宾塞是她的姓。很多心理戏，丈夫明目张胆的出轨，两个儿子还小，没有一个人可以帮她，包括王室。唯一信任的女仆，被换掉，自己的私生活被媒体过度关心，而王子不被所扰。回忆起无忧无虑的童年，更觉得孤独和缺乏爱。王室的清规戒律，束缚住她，吃什么穿什么，自己都不能做主。儿子害怕打猎，作为母亲只能冒着生命危险去“现场营救”……怎么看，戴安娜都太让人心疼。明明她没有错，仿佛全世界都在害她。斯图尔特很用力，戴妃的抑郁、崩溃还是很令人难过的。发型和动作还是很有感觉的。
k的演技飘忽不定，肢体形态上太差了不像个贵族。同样飘忽不定是选取的视角，女主的情感爆发一会痛苦脆弱得让人同情转而又感觉是神经质的作。
Really tired of all the Diana impersonating actors and stories trying to depict what really happened to a real woman who got caught in a loveless marriage under constant spotlight. It’s just so very tiring. Let her Rest In Peace.
最震惊的当然是小K在奥斯卡预测榜一骑绝尘这件事，救了个大命，这演的什么东西？眼神飘忽各种耸肩小动作一大堆，还有能不能求您别扭来扭去了。。。学院有捧她的闲心能不能去看两集《王冠》？艾玛柯林姐姐那演技不值得一个艾美奖提名吗？😡
斯图尔特演的有点用力了吧，好看是挺好看的，但这种压抑过于溢于言表了。
压抑孤立的形式感始终做的很足 配乐是心理惊悚感的加分项 但文本实在是减分项 削弱了镜头设计上呈现的被控制与无助
不知道历史上真实故事是咋样，但看得出来皇室生活和丈夫的出轨让斯宾塞被压迫的踹不过气，在艰难的反抗……斯图尔特的演技在肉眼可见的成长
不太理解Larraín为什么要把这个题材做成系列，第一次惊喜第二次就会变成套路，元素堆积情感夸张，而且感觉很大程度上都是观众自身的预设和脑补。
看着她表情做作🐍一样扭来扭去的样子我真的要精神崩溃了
闹米沃茨演《戴安娜》，K演《斯宾塞》，都是一样的问题，人物高于故事，只能作为两边的粉丝特供片来看，而他们和真实的戴妃又很隔阂。这部片子更是全程由人物在推动故事，导演水平有限，那些形式上的东西其实没啥看头（看到很多评论说到《闪灵》，库神的那些“形式”这哪里能比哦）。
# 78 Venezia # 满分！果然这就是敢和沙丘同场竞争的霸气所在，斯图尔特值得给影后了，把身处皇室的痛苦压抑，为了自由而奋斗抗争的状态演到极致，不，这不是演，她已经和黛安娜王妃融为一体了，她叫斯宾塞
最后带着两儿子在奔跑，在泰晤士河边吃炸鸡，真的松了一口气，好好奇英国皇室为啥没有被历史所淘汰？（真的有好大段没听懂讲什么）
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