Polish Film Masters Exhibition, Great Guangming Hall 1, 4k scanning and 2k restoration, 2019 Cannes Classics, 9 points
1. The percussion of the opening timpani reminds me of "So Zarathustra Says", and the Shostakovich-style musical language follows. If you think this is a Soviet-style socialist patriotic soundtrack I underestimated Jan Krenz, the composer who was the same age as the director, in subsequent films, used incomparable techniques to show the boundless power of 20th-century modern music in the film of the talented 30-year-old Vaida. Heroes meet and collide
The excellent long shot of the retreat of the 2,43-person company is just one of the excellent shots of this film. The fascinating studio sewer photography in the second half can shut up any critical comments.
3. The insurgents are far from being perfect. We mourn their misfortunes, but do not argue with them: the archivists who lied to themselves when they walked out of the sewers, because their wives and daughters lost their news under the German attack, and saw people scrambling to crawl out of the sewers and went crazy. The musicians, Zhi Duoxing who has his own wife and children who still seduce young female correspondents, and the company commander lieutenant who takes the life and death of company personnel as his own responsibility and voluntarily goes to death. The scene of Dante’s hell described by the musicians will undoubtedly reveal the evil side of human nature under the war, which is in sharp contrast with the famous painting "The Birth of Venus" opened by the musicians in the middle class in the first half of Botticelli.
It’s a satire, it’s a compliment, it just depends on whether you’re struggling with the devil or the angel
In any case, we have witnessed one of the most soul-stirring loves in the history of the movie. We don’t seek co-existence, but when we die, I will be by your side.
I love you, Jacek--Daisy
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