“I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians”
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„Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari”
(lisää)
„Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari”
„Je mi jedno, že se zapíšeme do dějin jako barbaři“
Ohjaus:
Radu JudeKäsikirjoitus:
Radu JudeKuvaus:
Marius PanduruNäyttelijät:
Ioana Iacob, Alexandru Dabija, Ilinca Manolache, Alex Bogdan, Sofia Nicolaescu, Mihai Niculescu, Serban Pavlu, Gabriel Spahiu, Dana Bunescu (lisää)Juonikuvaukset(1)
A young artist is planning to reconstruct a historical event from 1941, during which the Romanian Army carried out ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. One of contemporary Europe’s most distinctive creators has come out with an ingeniously conceived film that – although the topic unfolds slowly and in detail – hits the viewer with a singular emotional punch. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(lisää)Arvostelut (2)
What is the very last thing I want to see on the screen, even at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where I voluntarily opted to watch a Romanian film? THIS. Self-proclaimed creative intellectuals in tortuously long shots discussing the morality and ethics of their country’s history and debating the importance of dissecting it for young people while reminding the older generations of it. Viewers who would benefit the most from such a lecture will never watch it in this form. I give one star for the technical aspect – those long shots with additional background elements required some planning from the filmmakers. Otherwise, sheer boredom.
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The main idea of the film is to emphasize the importance of remembering the dark periods and events of national history in all their horror - in contrast to the opposing ideological stream, which tries to downplay and mitigate these voices. This is in itself very important and commendable, and I don't have much against this agitation. Unfortunately, due to its - at times strongly annoying - anti-spectator form, I found it quite boring overall. The film enriched me only with some snippets from dialogues containing interesting insights or philosophical ideas for me, but I did not find anything so fundamental there that would have a great significance for me to have seen this film. As a whole, it is tediously stretched out and too complicated. Perceiving someone reading for x minutes in Romanian a long excerpt from a book is truly a superhuman feat for me to maintain attention. The film will definitely find its audience, but unfortunately it did not capture me. Despite the strong theme, it does not contain any passage that truly grabbed me by the throat - even the promised "epic" finale did not succeed. So I say for myself: "I don't care if I go down in history as a barbarian who did not like this film." BTW: The director Radu Jude himself attended the official world premiere at KVIFF, and before the screening he informed the audience that this film is dedicated to Tomio Okamurovi, which tells you quite a bit about the director's creative intention.
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