枷锁 Pouta (2009)
豆瓣:
地区:
捷克
斯洛伐克
语言: 捷克语/
时长:
140分钟
剧情:Setin1982Czechoslovakia,RadimSpacek's"WalkingTooFast"isaslow-burnpoliticalthrilleraboutasecretpolicelieutenantbuckingthesystem.Comparisonsto"TheLivesofOthers"areapt,althoughWalkingsthoroughlyunsympatheticprotagonistmakesthefilmmoreadmirablethanlikable.PicalsomakesanexcellentcompanionpiecetoJanHrebejks"Kawasaki'sRose,"thisye...
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Setin1982Czechoslovakia,RadimSpacek's"WalkingTooFast"isaslow-burnpoliticalthrilleraboutasecretpolicelieutenantbuckingthesystem.Comparisonsto"TheLivesofOthers"areapt,althoughWalkingsthoroughlyunsympatheticprotagonistmakesthefilmmoreadmirablethanlikable.PicalsomakesanexcellentcompanionpiecetoJanHrebejks"Kawasaki'sRose,"thisye...
Setin1982Czechoslovakia,RadimSpacek's"WalkingTooFast"isaslow-burnpoliticalthrilleraboutasecretpolicelieutenantbuckingthesystem.Comparisonsto"TheLivesofOthers"areapt,althoughWalkingsthoroughlyunsympatheticprotagonistmakesthefilmmoreadmirablethanlikable.PicalsomakesanexcellentcompanionpiecetoJanHrebejks"Kawasaki'sRose,"thisyear'sCzechsubmissionfortheforeign-languagefilmOscar,showinganotherfacetofthecountry'scollaborationistpastundercommunism.February'sdomesticreleasereapedfewerthan17,000viewers,signalingfestsandancillaryasthebestbetforfurtherviewing.
In1982,thetotalitarianregimeseemsinterminableandall-powerful.Short,ferret-likeAntonin(OndrejMaly),whoepitomizesthesenselessbrutalityoftheregime,isregardedasoneofthetopmeninthestatesecuritybureau.
ButAntoninnolongerfindssatisfactionfrommentallytormentinghisnetworkofinformersorroughingupsuspectedsubversives.Heseetheswithrepressedangerandboredom,frequentlyworkinghimselfintoastatewherehecanbarelybreathe.
WhenAntoninbecomesobsessedwithpretty,self-possessedKlara(KristinaFarkasova),themistressofamarrieddissident(MartinFinger),herebelsagainsttherulesofhisorganization.However,hisdecisionisn'trootedinfeelingsofconscienceorcompassion;rather,itcomesasasavageactofnihilism.
TheCzechtitle,"Pouta,"literallytranslatesas"tiesthatbind,"andtheambitiousscriptbyfirst-timerOndrejStindlplaysontheword'smultiplemeanings(from"handcuffs"to"relationships")throughoutthefilm.Althoughnuancedinmanyways,thestoryremainsuncompromisinglydark,providingfewemotionalhooksforaudienceidentification.ThecoollyobjectivehelmingbySpacek"RapidEyeMovement",favoringlongandmedium-focusshots,alsodistancesviewersfromthecharacters.
Leadingacastoflittle-knownthesps,Malyoffersatour-de-forceperfasthetightlywoundmanwhorespectsnothingandnolongergivesadamn;thesceneinwhichhemakesthiscleartohislong-sufferingwifeispositivelychilling.
AlsoofnoteisLukasLatinakasAntonin'sjovial,double-dealingSlovakcolleagueandLubosVeselyasanintellectualforcedtoplayinformant.
Craftpackagestressestheconformityandbleaknessoftheerawithcolor-desaturatedlensingandbrown-tonedproductiondesign.Standoutcameraworkfromvetd.p.JaromirKacersimulatesthefeelingofbeingwatched,whilethewell-usedelectronicascorefromindiemusicianTomasVtipilevokesanunsettlingmood.