中文名:魔鬼的契约
外文名:Zmluva s diablom
别名:ContractwiththeDevil,APactwiththeDevil
导演:JozefZachar
编剧:IvanBukovcan
主演:西尔薇·图尔博娃,VieraSimekova,伊万娜·卡尔班诺娃,ZuzanaKocúriková,亚罗米尔·汉兹利克,ReneGabzdyl,MariánLabuda,伊凡·米斯科金,弗拉迪米尔·门西克
年代:1967年
类型:电影
制片地区:捷克斯洛伐克
评分:7.0分
上映时间:1968-07-25
片长:87分钟
对白语言:斯洛伐克语
更新时间:2022-05-21 20:34:32
状态:已完结
豆瓣ID:3380371魔鬼的契约详情介绍豆瓣
剧情简介:"It’skind-ofsmalltownandbigboredom…”isthesharpjudgmentthatacharacterinJozefZachar’sfilm,ContractWiththeDevil,passesonanySlovaktown(includingitscapitalcity).Atthepointwhenstorylineexaminesandexplainstheeventsthathavealreadytakenplace,thiscommentrevealsthemainthemeofthefilm,namelytheformsofourboredom,theprotagonistsofourboredom,andwhattodoaboutourboredom.Itisathemethatmanyviewersbytheendofthe1960sappreciatedasinteresting,provocative,ordaring.However,Zachar’sfilmcertainlydoesnotmarkabreakthroughinfilmicresolutionofthetheme.Morethananythingelse,thistrifleofacomedy—popularwithviewers—isaninterestingandemblematicbattlefieldofcarelesslywastedopportunities.Itholdsviewers’attentionthroughaseriesofmerehintsatinsubordinationtothesocietalconstraintsimposedorpetrifiedbyCommunism.Buttheunfinished,carelessfilmicexecutionofthosehintsshowsinhighdefinition,sotosay,thelimitsofmanyfilmmakers’thinkingduringthepreciousperiodofrelaxedCommunisminthe1960s. Thestorylineismundane,orasPavelBrankocharacterizedit,“aprurientstorycalculatedforcommercialsuccess.[1]”Itbeginswiththediscoverybyhigh-schoolofficialsthatfivefemalestudentslefteroticphotos(presumablytheirs)inaclassroom,alongwithacontractwiththedevilthattheywouldlosetheirvirginitybeforegraduation.Theirparents’reactionsrangefrom“OurEvahasthebestupbringing,austereandChristian…andCommunist!”to“Iusedtohaveabodylikethis,too!”Theparentstrytoannulthecontractwiththedevilbytheirownavowaltosuperviseanddisciplinetheiroffspringmoreseverely.Butthegirlsrunawayfromthegynecologicalexamthatwastoconfirmtheirvirginity,andfromtheirmodelhomesandschool.Whatfollowsisaseriesofepisodesoftheir“courageous,”hopeful,aswellasembarrassingattemptstobreechtheinterdictionimposedbythetwobasiceducationalinstitutions—schoolandfamily. Thefilm’swastedpotentialismostpalpableintwoscenesthatstrivetoassaulttheviewers’presumed,unprincipled,small-townprovincialism,summedupinthephrase“don’tgetinvolvedandyou’llbefine.”Thesescenesare“counterattacks”againsttheoperationofschoolsandfamilies.Thefirstsceneisavariationonthedeviceofafilm-within-a-film:afamilyscreenstheir“morallyuplifting”16-mmhomemovieforMarcela,oneofthegirls.Thefatheroperatesthesmallgadget,thefamilyprojector,hopingtoaffirmtheworkingsofthebasicsocietalcontraption,thefamily.Howeverhisprojector,justlikehisfamily,keepsbreakingoff. Thesecondsceneisthepartyatthehomeofthesonof“big-leagueparents,”whereEmma,anotherofthegirls,performsastriptease.AccordingtoTheHistoryofSlovakFilm,atthattime“formerlyquiteprudishfilmmaking,which,ofcourse,tabooedanakedfemalebodyinthenameofCommunist—andCatholic—norms,nowincorporatedstripteaseandlovescenesthatwerenotexactlycopiedfromahandbookofappropriatebehavior.”[2]Buttheeroticchargeofthesceneisnottheonlyissue.Theinteresting,tension-creatingpolarizationbetweenthecharacters(abandonversuscorruption),theuseofcharacteristicdialogue,andtheoverall,vividlyacted“playfulness”—allofthesecontainthepotentialforabetterfilm.Thedaringculminationofthesceneisnottheimageofanakedstudent,butthehereticalburningofacrossinaglassofcognacthatissetonfire. TheparadoxicalreceptionofContractwiththeDevilatthetimeofitsreleaseisoftenforgotten.WhileJurajJakubisko’sCrucialYears(alsoknownasChrist’sYears;Kristoveroky,1967),releasedinthesameyear,wasmetwithacclaimbyreviewersandhasremainedacommontopicinworksonSlovakcinema,atthesametimeitspopularreceptionwaslukewarm,attendancelow,andsomeviewersevencriticizeditasimmoral.Bycomparison,ContractwiththeDevilgeneratedgoodticketsales.Ontheonehand,thiswasindicativeoftheleveloftherelaxationofcommunismin1967,butalso,ontheother,ofthedegreetowhichContractwiththeDevilwasbehindthetimes:thefilm,whichclearlyintendedtooffendwhatitsawasossifiedprudishmorality,actuallyreceivedpraisefromCtiborŠtítnický,thecommunist-appointedDirectoroftheKolibastudios,asa“decent”film,bothintermsofitscommercialsuccessanditscontent.[3]Paradoxicallythen,ContractwiththeDevil,conceivedasapiercingthematicbreakthrough,merelybecameapopularentertainmentfilmbythetimeofitsreleaseduetothequickpaceofpoliticalchangesinthecountry,anditdidnotcontainenoughartistrytosustainareputationamongcinéastesafterwards. 更多关于《魔鬼的契约》的精彩内容请持续关注小红帽影院。
