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."
人物的信念感通过精湛的表演瞬间拉近观众真实感距离，沙丘世界在辽阔的远景和细腻的特写来回中构建出丰富和立体感，大胆的科幻设定和生态学完美结合并运用到极致，剧情通过梦境去制造悬念带出最强戏剧张力，即使看过小说依然能被银幕上的家族兴衰所吸引和震惊。
敢碰这样卷帙浩繁的科幻经典的人已经不多了，小说又很难影视化。要从零开始向观众介绍全新的宇宙设定、生存环境、多种族之间的关系、宗教文化语言风俗、一堆人物角色…把这些有着拗口专有名词的东西说明白就已经有挑战了。电影拎出了一条比较清晰的故事线，没读过小说也比较容易理解，蜻蜓点水地勾勒出各个人物的性格和内心。维伦纽瓦的个人风格也得到了延续，概念设计、视听语言，包括演员的表演风格都是统一的，呈现出一种恢弘、苍凉、大气的美感，器械设计都蛮好看的。汉斯季默的异域风配乐很出挑。但是这种2049风格也有短板，不太好拍激烈的情节，对于普通观众而言可能会有一点漫长而缺乏高潮的感觉。这部其实只是个《沙丘1》，后面的内容量搞不好能拍出个七部曲出来，要有所心理准备…张震戏份不算多，跟甜茶对话有亮点。
他话还没说完，人们就迫不及待地打断他：还有淹死这种死法？
普通发言：我看了两个半钟头的预告片。所以这片子是粉丝向作品么？就算画面再好看但是两个半小时的预告片还是会觉得不爽啊。
都星际殖民了，星球登陆作战，还肉搏简直扯淡
还是熟悉的维导三板斧，喜欢他的巨大物体美学和缓慢玄奥风对话的肯定会打高分，我吃不动的原因还是在于他构建的世界永远过于干净。
从第一幕皇帝派遣信使送任命开始 被画面震住了 配上汉斯季末的配乐 感官完全被打开 这完全不曾想象过的庞大异世界 维伦纽瓦替我们复制可视了出来 且156分钟没有一秒钟妥协。节奏稳的一比 两个半小时拍了个序又如何 如果能一直看到续作 是我的荣幸才对。
引用一条外媒口碑：“当下看《沙丘》，就像身处1968年看《2001太空漫游》”
极为出色的改编！可谓吃透了原著，又展现了导演强烈的个人风格。古典绘画、雕塑式的极简主义构图，低饱和度画面，用升格镜头来营造仪式感强烈的场景，以特写将角色的情绪外化（升格和特写镜头略显过多），沉默的宏大物体映衬着人在命运面前的渺小和乏力，反高潮的动作场面设计，打破俗套的三幕剧模式……这已经不是画面精美能概括了，是完善的美学体系的呈现。其美学与沙丘的故事、角色极为契合，全片充满莎翁剧式的张力和诘问，也满怀着悲悯。《沙丘》绝非简单的复仇故事，保罗从开始对救世主身份的抗拒到慢慢开始接受，但始终恐惧于这个称号将带来的战争、流血以及被神化。用“宫廷斗争”几个字远远不能概括未来沙丘故事的走向。非常期待导演能把影片拍成六部曲，打造科幻电影的新一代经典系列，达到《指环王》在奇幻电影中的境界！
其实我更想让拍《圣山》的老头拍，不过丹尼斯·维伦纽瓦也行
一部规模宏大、娱乐性非凡的电影，让人想起什么才是真正的大片。但是内里充斥着太多空洞的悲情，不过空洞可能是对沙漠电影最好的赞美。让我不满的是，凭着技术上的优点和对文本的贴近，编导却将不明显的冲突留给了未来的续集——主角的梦想从情节元素变成了为续集铺路的元素。我不喜欢把悬念留给续集的电影……
除了完美的视听美学享受，看完沙丘之后在想一个问题，一个故事的经典与陈旧的区别究竟在哪呢？
没想到会有给维伦纽瓦不及格的一天，试图把故事框架化处理，再用拿腔拿调的表演和各种巨大不明物体做史诗感，结果就是华丽、冗长、空洞，156分钟拍了个设定集＋故事梗概。好几个重要角色直接中途写没了，你搁这拍长津湖呢？本来拍得就像个大型prologue，甜茶还演了个人肉投影仪，每次手插进沙子里，就能自动投影出沙丘2首款预告片……
作为科幻片设定坍塌，科幻片就是要把设定物品，情节背景，人物行为关联起来。蜻蜓飞行器循环服帐篷器在沙漠使用的方式原因，沙虫飞鼠形成的特殊生物链条，各个种族与自然的互动方式关系，香料的作用等统统都没有，就跟机器猫口袋一样突然就拿出来用。
维伦纽瓦存在的意义就是在这个时代还有导演会想要去创造真正属于电影的魔幻性时刻，他用已经逐渐被世人抛弃的精致来创造独属于电影的魔法，那种影像纯然的瑰丽让格式化的大制作无地自容，藏在血液中的诗意让维伦纽瓦对电影一直保持着敬畏，所以你能感受到他对待每一部电影的虔诚，这才是真正的艺术家。
维伦纽瓦给扎导做了个示范，要拍慢的，至少得拍得美啊。
【B】差强人意终究是褒义词。或许正如克拉克所言，与之对应的作品应当是《指环王》，这一奇妙的预言延伸到了影像。维伦纽瓦与杰克逊都分别做出了正确的选择，于是我们见到了这里对大远景与大特写无穷的迷恋：那分别对应着《沙丘》的貌与魂。但面对《沙丘》，维伦纽瓦终究是胆怯的：甚至只有叙事风格的延伸，很难看到在《银翼杀手2049》中、那自信的、青出于蓝的美学表达。维伦纽瓦放弃做一位导演，他屈居于一个导游、同时只能是被好莱坞招安的导游：只有原著中存在的奇观，才能被精准的复原。这使得《沙丘》永无可能超越原著，但谁又能说这不是一个正确的做法的？毕竟《指环王》也直到第三部才达到顶峰，而一次成功的尝试也被我们所见证。毕竟，“It's only the beginning.”
维伦纽瓦总是着迷那些在成为神话路上意识到一切都是假象的人物，因此在电影的开头，王子反救世主的角色核心被轻巧抛出，它警告我们一切都是“设计”，都是气氛；然而他却继续冷漠地执行着他法西斯主义巨物迷恋式的场面调度，并由汉斯·季默的“音言”强化其统治（是啊，贝斯，因此我们屈服了，我们忘了在《降临》里那些声音是带有启示性的），泛滥的“闪前”最终露出了骗局的笑容：信任的消逝与未完待续的呼唤，多么美好的一对。
视听体验极致，节奏把控优秀，让人从始至终沉浸在强大的氛围之中，以至于可以忽视有些单薄的情节和人物。科幻片拍出来宗教包裹的感觉，夹杂着几分神秘与邪典色彩。若你看出了星球大战、异形、异星灾变、甚至阿凡达的味道，不要惊讶，因为它们原本就是《沙丘》的产物。佐杜洛夫斯基的遗憾，维伦纽瓦算是填补上了一些。
那时，水不再昂贵，他们想喝水的时候就能喝水，想洗澡的时候就能洗澡。
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