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."
新千年以来，不论其他，只论枪战的话，我非常喜欢炸掉中环的《风暴》；只论动作的话，我非常喜欢动作够硬的《导火线》。万万没想到，《怒火》集齐了枪战和动作两个元素，而且都拍得非常硬、非常够劲。谢霆锋竟然能够顶得住，而且在文戏部分远超甄子丹。整部电影的声音处理得非常尖锐，飙车时轮胎摩擦的声音、刀划过空中刺入身体的声音、打断骨头的声音以及混战的枪声，几乎有些刺耳，这些声音所带来的的沉浸感、疼痛感，让人着迷。p.s.片头看到了《风再起时》的预告，接下来香港电影就期待这部了。
港產警匪片會否止於這一部？少了溫情時刻全程火爆，甄子丹的MMA綜合格鬥技，配合雙谷硬朗簡潔的動作設計，李忠志飛車場面是久違了能保持香港地理景觀的寫實性。陳木勝到最後執迷於亦正亦邪善惡難分的生存環境衝突，說是雙雄片正邪對決，更是雙生兒一樣的一體兩面，謝霆鋒飾演的前警察被同伙出賣、背叛成匪，與甄子丹戲中堅持個人信念不同流合污被警隊內排斥，事實是殊途同歸。乃至前者的個人復仇，動搖了一直可信賴的制度，兩人面對的困境，被迫做出選擇也只是合乎個人良心。在香港警匪片越見變質，執法部門在影視印象上漸漸公安化後，陳木勝以場景回應舊時代警匪片，他擁抱又懷疑公義的態度，顯得可貴，我們也處身在兩位男主角所象徵的警察，不再復存的時代。如果能再拍下去，會否拍出他個人版本的《The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance》？
19年以后，感觉hk警队的价值体系是混乱的。纪律部队里除非是对头，必撑同袍。宇宙丹这么轴的人到哪里都会被整的够呛。但谢霆锋肯定也不冤，所以整个片子其实还是老实人对抗混乱邪恶。hk男星也不知在哪里找的整容医生，大家都有一张光滑的肿脸。四十出头的霆锋反而被衬得像个鲜肉，年轻时觉得他太像县城tony，反而现在正好。各种枪战，追车的大场面戏都很下本很奇观。香江夜景和追车尖沙咀，提醒我这个大陆游客好久没去购物了🚬不过最喜欢的还是最后一场教堂里的对打戏，打得够精彩又够浪漫，香港导演最后的骄傲尽显。滚字幕的时候看着泪目，陈木胜导演，RIP🙏
“我们最擅长的，就是稳妥…”这话不就是目前的身边事？等一等，再等一等，是不敢担责任的等。和怒火街头也有一些有趣的重合，比如说开头出现的关sir，比如邦主的性格，比如在饭局上对邦主的介绍。但整体上戾气更重，打得更狠，比较遗憾群戏的刻画比较差劲，但基本上大银幕看下来没受多大影响。
枪战还次于14年前迈阿密风云电影版。但是作为进阶版手工电影已经很好了。指望香港导演拍的类型片能够比肩17年前的借刀杀人和26年前的盗火线，那纯属妄想。
虽然吃书了，但重新吃到桐亚糖真的很感动呀😤。
（7）张崇邦才应该去坐牢。生活经验告诉我们，不管谁给你做了什么保证，stick to rules是第一准则，不管谁随便僭越平步青云，你是你，耶稣不保你，自保为上。
航班取消，跑来看场首映。“崇邦”和“刚敖”，两个名字，一种对立。主题仍是港片永恒的主题。最值得看的是谢霆锋和动作戏，小谢的帅和疯魔，非常贴合角色。回忆段落中，他一笑，我如沐春风！这家伙根本不会老啊！
不错，把亚丝娜前面的剧情补齐了，希望还有后面的
挂着一个小说第一章的名字。
找回10年前看刀剑神域的感觉，甚至还有所超越。
甄子丹真的感觉老了。动作戏没有当年的
中规中矩吧，毕竟看了那么多年港片。只是2021了，男人们依旧在枪林弹雨里激战，他们的妻子依然只能诠释担惊受怕的形象，做歹徒手里孱弱的人质。
香港老牌演员拍戏是真拼真打啊，拳拳到肉，荷尔蒙超标，谢霆锋宰人时的表情迷死我了！一刀把甄子丹的手扎穿时太解气了，明明一句谎话就能挽救6个好警察的生命和前途，偏要说实话，呸，装什么正人君子大圣人白莲花，恶心！呸！真恶心！最后才醒悟这个世界有灰色地带有啥用，6个好警察已经被毁了！要不是为了过审，把甄子丹也端了才解气！在巨幕厅看的，超过瘾！
3.5，与《拆弹专家2》的题材撞车绝对不是偶然。“被警队”（共同体）排除在外，面对革职或调任的警察（执法者，被主流话语承认的身份）这一主题的频繁出现是2019年以来香港的集体无意识，正如同陈木胜上映于1997年的作品，同样通过“调任”作为影片的开场。和邱礼涛使用叙事诡计不同，陈木胜对于隐喻的使用在于对于双方平行，甚至全知的视角，并不假定对于双方的道德判断，而是将香港电影经典的“双雄恩仇”叙事界定为一场自己人反对自己人的故事。一切都发生在叙事内部。甄子丹饰演的张崇邦伊斯特伍德般的塑料正义感是不可信的，陈真正需要言说的在影片结尾———代表着命运的教堂被改造成了色彩斑斓的角斗场，反派宣称着自己“并没有输，并在一个形式感的慢镜头之中倒下———是陈木胜本人对于自己的死亡的预演。
陈木胜用他毕生的精力，捍卫了港产动作片的荣光。
剧情虽然很是熟悉，但不同的视角确实能够带来新的体验，更加细腻的情感线可以体验到。面对生死瞬间做出的选择是很重要，但也有可能是一种无奈。如果互相很是理解，那原谅一回，也未必不可。
节奏和讲故事确实有问题～演员都很拼～打戏也ok～
略北京腔的配音有点拉垮，但还是熟悉的港片味道，现在真的已经越来越少了，谢霆锋演技也是max，比相对木讷的甄子丹要好的多。甄最后的不屑，也没有觉得有多高大上，只是自比清高的置身事外罢了。
《怒火》很可能是硬桥硬马的香 港动作大片的落幕之作。陈木胜在动作场面的构建上的确有一手，并吸收了甄子丹的动作设计风格。追车戏很亮眼，尤其是跳车救娃，是对《宝贝计划》的升级。更喜欢那些拳拳到肉的打斗戏，终极对决仿效《杀破狼》；甄子丹勇闯贼窝对标《导火线》，竖直式的场面调度非常过瘾。最后街头混战有些贪大，所以有些杂乱。人物和人物关系非常丰富，有很大的解读空间。谢霆锋的疯魔悍匪形象塑造得非常成功，阴邪、愤怒、癫狂、爆裂、悲壮感，全都有了。他就像一把刀子，重重插进了腐败的官 僚主义之中。
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