I've always wanted to watch "Underground", and I know the content of the story in general, but I'm really watching it, but I've been in a trance again and again. I don't think it's the movie I've liked for a long time. I paused several times to check the title and movie information. Think it's so different? I thought that films of this kind must be heavy and depressing, or at least restrained and profound. But after watching it for half the time, it is still full of madness, absurdity, noise... accompanied by endless drum music, and the "underground" people seem to have long been forgotten by the director. But looking at it, I finally understand why Emile Kusturica is being hailed as a genius director, and Underground is being hailed as a great, landmark film -- and there's more to it than the absurdity. good way? From 1929 to 2003, there was a country on the Balkan Peninsula in southern Europe called "Yugoslavia". In 1995, the film "Underground" opened with a clear meaning: "To my fathers and children, not long ago, there was a country somewhere, and its capital was Belgrade." In 1995, although the six republics of Yugoslavia already had The four declared independence one after another, the Confederation of the South has been disintegrated, but the two republics that have not become independent form the "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia". "Yugoslavia" is still there, but Kusturica knows the fate of the individual and the country. , making it past tense in advance. In 2003, the "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" was renamed "Serbia and Montenegro", and "Yugoslavia" completely became a former country. The former Yugoslavia is now divided into seven countries, and every step of its disintegration has been violent. The Slovenian War, the Croatian War, the Bosnian War, and the Kosovo War, the battles ranged from a dozen days to several years, and the death toll ranged from dozens to hundreds of thousands. "Underground" seems to be very fragmented, but it actually has a clear and complete structure: war - cold war - war. In the darkness of the night, on the empty streets, a small and medium brass band followed a carriage and dashed all the way. The shadows of the musicians were projected on the building, expanding, deforming, and twisting. Two drunk men on the carriage, Hei Zai who fired the gun and Ma Gao who threw the money, they were celebrating Hei Zai's joining the party. The sound effects of horns and gunshots remind me of Jiang Wen's "The Sun Always Rises", but when the sun rises in "Underground", the German bombers came, the buildings overturned, the crowd fled, and the zoo was destroyed... Ma Gao's younger brother, Ivan, is a breeder. Holding the little orangutan Sony, who escaped from death, he howled in panic and sadness. Hei Zai's wife is about to give birth, but he is only concerned about his friendship - Natalia, a beautiful drama actress, rushes to save Mei. Ma Gao is still fighting with the prostitute who brought home last night. , the bombs fell in clusters, but they could not stop their attack to the climax. Kusturica used absurd methods to mix political, sexual, and real historical events from the very beginning, and used madness, absurdity and humor as the carrier to start this former Yugoslav country with the fate of countless individuals. and the story of the fate of the nation. In 1941, when the Nazis occupied Yugoslavia, members of the Yugoslav Communist Party, Hei Zai and Ma Gao, launched a resistance movement and were arrested by the German army. In order to protect his family and relatives, Ma Gao hid them all in the basement, including Hei Zai's expecting wife and Ma Gao's stuttering younger brother Ivan. Hei Zai was quickly arrested, and Ma Gao heroically rescued Hei Zai who was being tortured and sent him underground. It's been 20 years since he went in, until the wedding day of the black boy's son Yura, the chimpanzee got into the tank and opened fire, blasting the basement. All were killed by Ma Gao in the basement. The film revolves around three main characters: the poet-politician arms dealer Ma Gao, the fanatical revolutionary Hei Zai, and their common lover Natalia. The characters and fates of the characters are complex and full. After Ma Gao rescued Hei Zai, he stole Natalia along with him. He seemed to be for Hei Zai, but he had prepared a comfortable room full of her pictures for Natalia a long time ago and kept her for his own use. After the end of World War II, Ma Gao regarded the legendary black boy who had died as a national hero on the ground, sang praises, erected a monument, and personally directed the shooting of his biographical film. As a close comrade-in-arms of the country's number one hero, Hei Zai, he naturally accepts the love and worship of the people, and has made enough political capital to hold a high position. In the underground, Hei Zai and the others believed that Ma Gao said the anti-French-Spanish war was still going on. They made guns and artillery efficiently to serve the country. In two decades, in addition to a steady stream of guns and ammunition, they built a tank. As a result, Ma Gao became an arms dealer with bulging pockets. Underground people also love Ma Gao. They believe that because of Ma Gao, they can stay underground safely, have food and clothing, have water, electricity and toilets, and have love, music, and the birth and growth of a new generation... But How did they know that the air-raid alerts, "Lily Marlene" and the battle broadcast were also sent to them by Ma Gao. Or maybe they are used to seeing the light of the sky, being used to being orderly, and being used to themselves, each other, the group, and the underground society. Facing Natalia's accusation of "murderer, thief, criminal...", Ma Gao confessed: "It's all because of loving you", while continuing to lure her into the abyss. In Natalia's words: in your script you play the hero and I play the prostitute. "How beautifully you lie!" Natalia exposes it over and over again, but sinks into the whirlpool of accomplices and accomplices again and again. For safety, pleasure, fame and fortune... She can coquettish the black boy and have sex with horses. Gao Ran was in tune with the Nazis and even embraced the Nazis, but Kusturica clearly had a tender heart for women, because at the same time he endowed this pretentious and lovable woman with incomplete humanity, such as letting her love her brother, Make her suffer and struggle. Ma Gao and Natalia are undoubtedly authentic liars and speculators. The two help each other to make the lies seamless. Hei Zai looks more upright than the two of them, but in fact he can't stand dismantling. Hei Zai's wife and children, especially his son, undoubtedly died directly from his fanatical worship of the country, nation and leader. He naturally loves his son who was born in the basement, but when he takes his son from the happy wedding scene directly to the "battlefield" of life and death, it is too late for this son who has not seen the sun in 20 years, who points to the moon as the sun and the deer as a horse. Sadness, let him go into battle. Of course, giving birth to a son and letting him go to war is not a unique hobby of Hei Zai. There are many such fathers. He picked up and grabbed to chase after the "enemy plane", and abandoned his son who could not swim in the river. At that moment, his choice had torn up a father's love for his son, in the name of "patriotism". His love for Natalia seemed to be passionate, brave and romantic, but he robbed it time and time again, tied it and left. In his eyes, women, like Ma Gao, are just tools. Only at the end of the film, seeing that everything was in tatters, he followed his son, and in the ideal society conceived by Kusturica, the society where only nature and free living beings in nature, Hei Zai became the real meaning The people above, normal people, care about their relatives, treat friends leniently, and enjoy family happiness. Ivan stayed in a madhouse in Germany for another 20 years. He climbed down an underground tunnel and told a truck driver that he was going to Yugoslavia. The driver laughed: "There is no Yugoslavia on earth!" All the humor and absurdity of the film It ends abruptly here. After learning that this big deception was made by his brother, Ivan found Ma Gao in the chaotic fire of the civil war, beat him to death with a stick and then hanged himself. This time, Marco could no longer hold him off the noose. Hei Zai ordered his subordinates to kill the captured arms dealer couple, but after confirming that it was Ma Gao and Natalia, he crashed into a pillar and cried, calling: my brother, my lover. At the end of the film, all the main characters died, but they, as well as the animals who died of gunfire, happily swam across a river of life and death, climbed ashore, and gathered on the green grass under a large blue sky and white clouds. For the first time, pure joy flowed, and the first deceased mother Yura hosted the grand wedding banquet of her son and daughter-in-law here. People wept with joy, released their past suspicions, drank and sang, danced and sang. Natalia's younger brother also no longer needs a wheelchair and dances with his ecstatic older sister. Ma Gao still had a face full of lust and exaggerated expressions. He was forgiven by Hei Zai, and he couldn't help but twist his body like a clockwork. Ivan, who has been lame and stuttering all the time, smiled and stared at the camera, summing up his speech fluently: "We have built new houses here, with red roofs and chimneys where birds nest, with open doors to welcome my dear Guests. We are grateful for the sun that nurtured us, the sun that warms us, and the green grass in the fields, reminding us that we have such a wonderful home. With pain, sadness, and joy, we should remember our country. When we give our children When telling a story, start with this fairy tale: 'Once upon a time, there was such a country...'" The land under their feet was slowly breaking away from the mainland, drifting to the ocean, becoming an isolated island. Strange imagination, sadness and joy, tears hidden in laughter, incredible expression. The actors' performances are fantastic, let's just say, even the "performance" of the gorilla Sony can't pick up the flaws. The trumpet of the brass band almost becomes the support of the film's rhythm. The trumpet sounds, always circling and repeating. Repeatedly, there are also air raid sirens, "Lily Marlene", weddings, Ma Gao picking up his watch, Ma Gao being ridden as a horse, Ma Gao being beaten on the head with high heels by Natalia... A simple repetition of appearances, metaphorical repetition of reality and history: strife, war, death, deceit, lies... everything is like some kind of fable. In his handling of celebrating the victory of World War II and Tito's death, Kusturica blends documentary film with his own in a bewildering seamlessness. At Tito's funeral, dignitaries from all over the world gathered. Brezhnev stood side by side with Hua Guofeng, Mondale was almost next to Arafat, Mrs Thatcher, Kim Il Sung, Daping Zhengfang, Saddam... The Yugoslavs must have been proud of the friendship expressed to them by almost all countries. (Please do not reprint) The actors' performances are fantastic, let's just say, even the "performance" of the gorilla Sony can't pick up the flaws. The trumpet of the brass band almost becomes the support of the film's rhythm. The trumpet sounds, always circling and repeating. Repeatedly, there are also air raid sirens, "Lily Marlene", weddings, Ma Gao picking up his watch, Ma Gao being ridden as a horse, Ma Gao being beaten on the head with high heels by Natalia... A simple repetition of appearances, metaphorical repetition of reality and history: strife, war, death, deceit, lies... everything is like some kind of fable. In his handling of celebrating the victory of World War II and Tito's death, Kusturica blends documentary film with his own in a bewildering seamlessness. At Tito's funeral, dignitaries from all over the world gathered. Brezhnev stood side by side with Hua Guofeng, Mondale was almost next to Arafat, Mrs Thatcher, Kim Il Sung, Daping Zhengfang, Saddam... The Yugoslavs must have been proud of the friendship expressed to them by almost all countries. (Please do not reprint)
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