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三毛流浪记
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作者：三毛流浪记 在 海归酒吧 发贴, 来自【海归网】 http://www.haiguinet.com
“Land of the Blind" 2006年的片子，Ralph Fiennes (English Patient)和Donald Sutherland主演。One of the best political movies I've ever seen.
I absolutely loved it, but surprisingly it seems that this movie received very poor reviews. Maybe it is just "too political" or it brings too many bad memories....
故事的情节倒不复杂：在一个fictional的(it can be any country...) 被腐朽而残酷的君主统治国家里，一个有些良心的监狱看守，渐渐被他看守的政治犯触动，最后帮助政治犯获得自由并策动了政变，将王子杀死，成立了所谓的”人民当家做主”的国家。
而在随后的日子里，这个监狱看守慢慢发现，新政府在军权的领导下，其实与原来的君主并无二致，甚至更糟糕，普通国民的尊严与自由遭受了更为惨重的践踏。。。而他自己，从原来的英雄，也因为不肯认同新政权的专制而变成了罪人，被丢进了监狱。。。
下面是我觉得写的比较好的一篇review:
Never before has a film compelling me to write such a glowing review of praise. I picked up a copy of 'Land of the Blind' at my local video store despite the poor reviews it received, and I was surprised beyond my wildest expectations.
The film centers around a nameless society ruled by an oppressive government similar to the Czarist rule of Russia. However this film uses all corrupt governments throughout history as a satire, from Iran to Cuba to France. The story follows a prison guard named Joe (Fiennes) as he meets a condemned playwright named Thorne (Sutherland) bent on ousting the current government. Tom Hollander (known best as Lord Cutler Beckett from Pirates of the Caribbean) gives an over-the-top performance as the petulant dictator Maximilian the Second. He is the epitome of greed and tyranny in the minds of the people, and Joe comes to realize this as the film goes on, prompting him to help Thorne in a coup against the government.
The film is not meant to be a dark comedy, it's more a dark look at how susceptible people are to government propaganda and manipulation. Thorne's government is just as bad, if not worse, than Hollander's, and Joe realizes that perhaps he traded one evil for another. Critics blasted this movie as taking a page from George Orwell, and they would be correct in this thinking. However the bulk of the film is a composite of real tyrannical governments throughout time, making the land of the blind a patchwork society of poor leadership.
The acting is somber but spot on, and the cinematography and editing are nearly flawless. The end of the film may leave viewers confused, but on a second viewing everything makes complete sense. Once the viewer realizes that brainwashing and indoctrination can warp a person's perception of reality, then the middle and end of the movie will be perfectly clear.
Also, several shots of elephants are juxtaposed into the film, to emphasis the parable 'an elephant never forgets'. Unfortunately, the people in the land of the blind do forget, as they have a self perpetuating habit of falling under horrible governments. Remember, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
The soundtrack is haunting and subtle, though not too subtle that it goes unnoticed. If you want a movie that hands you all the answers on a silver platter, this is not the film for you. If you want a complex and challenging thriller, then I cannot recommend this film highly enough.
作者：三毛流浪记 在 海归酒吧 发贴, 来自【海归网】 http://www.haiguinet.com
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