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."
温子仁一向很惊悚很悬疑，而这一次的影片还多了不同的结局。
不像是2021年拍出的恐怖片，有些BGM太不搭了。。。
温导新作最惊艳的是Annabelle Wallis的形象，年代戏女主角的面孔在铅黄电影的恋物凝视下由羔羊转向魔鬼，古典恐怖风格的打光和妆容再造出木偶般的骇人眼瞳。故事的悬疑设置在拥有既往类型套路的预设基础上没有意外的反转和突破，警局屠杀一幕调度控制依旧出色。老旧鬼屋，孪生邪魔，被剥夺孕育权利的母体，雌雄同体，镜像之屋，向着陈旧文本致意的哥特情结苏醒，以疼痛和血浆的展陈回馈经典氛围的体验。无法割除的肿瘤，一如根植在社会意识大脑深处的性别阶序：共生潘多拉魔体内影子世界的复仇之路成为女性在现实生活不断被抑制被规训所积蓄怨愤的怒火喷溅。母性掩盖的神圣谎言之下，本能一旦从文化禁锢的冬眠和潜伏状态脱笼而出，杀戮四起，无法遏制。睡吧，你的梦是我的乐园，你亲手铸造的怪物，身披黑衣穿过阴影疾行皮囊腠理之间。
我的妈啊，在电影院里，录像带里反转那一刻大家都惊了！！估计大家多数人都是猜测女主精神分裂！但没想到是真！分！裂！！！瞬间从3星水平拔到4星！这个反转我是真的觉得很荒谬但又很震惊！！其他的吧，只想说，女主的妹妹是真的胆子大！！并且智商情商全部在线！！剧情很多bug最后没有解释！配乐有点电锯惊魂那味儿，非常浮夸了。
前面还可，后面真面目出来以后...动作戏太喜感了。吴宇卫，橄榄我谢谢🙏
前半段差点弃了，表演和剪辑都有一股粗制滥造的公共台电视剧味儿。没想到最后半小时警署大屠杀注入灵魂，“最美逆行者”大战拉拉帮，欢乐得飞起。这么可爱的B级片质感要是能贯穿始终就好了。
看的未删减原版，先说结论，我很失望。原版比爱奇艺引进版多3分27秒，删减内容基本就是血腥暴力屠杀场面和一些惊悚特写。豆瓣有影评说完全两种观影体验，我倒觉得对不好b级片这一口的人来说没啥区别。港真，氛围真的好，布光简直完美。但故事非常平庸，远没有温子仁以往的水准。槽点太多了，前面刻意引导成人格分裂的手法过于粗暴，后来说是寄生双生子，行吧，请出一位催眠师两句话就能唤醒尘封记忆，这种桥段放国产电影不被骂死……双生子封在大脑里，醒过来后脑勺裂开，还能缝合回去并且毫无痕迹。共用一个身体还能把胳膊肩膀倒转？为啥力大无穷飞檐走壁，战斗力之强一个人徒手屠杀荷枪实弹的整个警局！还疑似有超能力能控制脉冲让灯泡忽闪忽闪炸掉，还能让心脏起搏器炸掉？这到底是恐怖片还是刑侦悬疑片还是玄幻片？总之，失望。
温子仁玩得还是牛逼，这种寄生案例在医学史上层出不穷，作为影史却第一次呈现这么成熟。
7.5，开头还以为是传统温子仁恐怖片，实则悬疑惊悚片。黑影的真实身份吊足胃口，警察局大开杀戒非常有必要，和妹妹查出真相完美呼应。唯一不足是没能解释电器电灯为什么异常，还能控制收音机发声。就算战胜黑影，最后也还是要坐牢吧。
后半段想象力挺好的，但是就整体套路到3000个好莱坞的级别
同样是心理惊悚片，温子仁还是稳得一b[赞]而且这次升级到动作片了，完整版最后简直血Ｘ暴Ｘ到极致，爽感也到了极致。情节没有大问题，小bug自动脑补呗；节奏和气氛那是驾轻就熟的牛。就是大Boss没有对手，缺些看点。续集应该就会有棋逢对手的戏吧，有点等不及了～
阉割版。某种程度上，也可以算做是一部“温馨的家庭片”吧！
温子仁是不是好久没有自己导演恐怖片了 这片子跟那些粗制滥造的Saw续集比起来 也差不多了呀
看的原版，没有太恐怖，剧情能猜个7788。有不能解释的地方，不是鬼/异形武力值这么牛？但整个镜头感很棒。帅哥全程工具人，全靠女人顶起整片天
对铅黄电影的致敬算是亮点，本质上还是温子仁个人风格主导
是血腥的 我曾经不会看的那种 感谢朋友们赐予我看下去的力量
这部电影挺不温子仁的，没有那种渐渐渗入骨髓的小火慢煎，而是更多的实验性质，用复古阴暗的画面让你沉浸在抽丝剥茧的快速剧情中。剧情完整，结局也很意外，不过温导还是按照原来的套路拍吧，我们爱看。
第一次在温子仁的电影里看到了女性暴力美学的淋漓展现。女子拘留所里这一场像机械舞一样的打斗设计得相当精彩。女演员Annabelle长了一张标志性英式美女脸。喜欢这个孪生双胞胎的概念（有点像借用了创世纪人类最初拥有两个灵魂的概念），电影会拍第二部无疑了。
21_161。从“某”开始攻击监狱和警察局时那画面就变得好笑起来，看着他那身板飞来飞去对不起画面实在是变得滑稽起来。前半还是好看的，悬念做得好，效果也够刺激
但是整體驚悚的就是恰到好處
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