导演：法兰提塞·维拉席
主演：Vítezslav Vejrazka 米罗斯拉夫·马哈切克 Cestmír Randa Vít Olmer Karla Chadimová Vlastimil Hasek Frantisek Kovárík 雅罗斯拉夫·毛奇卡 约瑟夫·赫利诺马兹 贝德里奇·卡兰 Jirí Belohoubek Jirina Bílá Monika Indingerová Ladislav Kazda Milan Kindl 伊里·弗斯塔拉
< p > InthetimeofCounter - Reformation, amillerandhissoncomeunderinvestigationby< p > InthetimeofCounter - Reformation, amillerandhissoncomeunderinvestigationbyapriestoftheInquisition whenrumorsspreadthattheirprosperitycomesfromworkingwiththeDevil. TheDevil 'sTrapisafilmdirectedbyFranti š ekVla?Il, basedonanovelbyAlfredTechnik adaptedbyFranti š ekA. DvorakandMilo š Kratochvil. ItwasthefirstofthreehistoricaldramasthatVla?ilmadeduringtheCzechNewWave(technicallyheisn’treallyapartoftheNewWave,howeverthesefilmsweremadeduringthesameeraofartisticfreedom),precedinghismorewellknownMarketaLazarová(1967)andValleyoftheBees(1968).Setinthelate16thCenturyduringtheCatholicReformation,intheMoravianKarst,situatedinwhatisnowtheEasternCzechRepublic,ittellsthetaleofamiller(VítezslavVejrazka),andhissonJan(VítOlmer),whocomeundersuspicionandareinvestigatedbyaJesuitpriestoftheInquisition(MiroslavMacháchek),whenrumorsofwitchcraftarespreadbythelocalregent(CestmírRanda),whoisjealousofthemiller’sprosperityanddegreeofrespectamongthelocalpopulace.AsexpectedfromVlá?il,thisfilmisastunningexperienceallthewaythrough.Fromtheopeningshot,anominousmanipulationofperspectivewithacloseupofamangledfigureofChristdominatingtheforegroundagainstatinyfigureinblackwalkingalongthehorizon,tothebreathtakingconfrontationalfinaleinsidethevaststalactitefilledKarstcaverns,itisawonderfuldisplayofvisualmastery.MaybenotquiteasimpressiveasMarketaLazarová,butstillfullofastonishingimagery.Asseenfromuniqueanglesanddistinctpointsofviewwhichhighlightthedirector’sremarkablesenseofawarenessofframing,motion,andpositioningontheemotionalanddramatictoneofthescene.Themostmemorablebeingarepeatedshotwherethecameraissuspendedandlaunchedwithspeedthroughtheairtowardsthemiller’sdoor.ThestoryhereisasimpleoneandIwouldsaymoreaccessiblethanhislaterworks.Withaconventionalstructureemphasizedasmuchbyitsplotandcharacters,thanbyitsexpressionisticcinematographyorauthentichistoricaldetail.Theeventsplayoutwithoutmuchsurprise,andthereisastrongunderlying,almostsupernatural,mysteriousaspectthatisleftunresolved,infactbarelyexplored,whichisslightlydisappointing,butonlybecauseit’ssofascinatingthatIwishtherewasmore.Actingisgreatallaround.Particularlythevillains:MiroslavMacháchekasthepriest,castingasinisterandimposingshadowwhereverhegoes,andCestmírRandaastheweasellikeregentbehindallthepersecution.WhileVítOlmerbringsacharismaticleadingmanpresenceinhisroleasthemiller’ssonJan,inlovewiththelovelyorphangirlMartina(KarlaChadimová),whobecomesadangerousobjectofrivalrybetweenJanandotheryoungmenofthevillage.ThefilmalsofeaturestheevocativemusicofZden?KLi š ka (perhapsthemostprolificcomposeroftheCzechNewWave). InthishissecondofelevencollaborationswithVla?Il, hiscompositionsareusedsparingly buttogreateffect, complimentingbutneveroverpoweringascene. Thebestexampleofwhichcanbeheardinanamazinglyshotcelebrationanddancesequenceattheendofthesecondact. TheDevil 'sTrapmightnotbeamasterpiece, butitisstillastrongeffort, withafascinatingstraightforwardstoryandaglorioushistoricalsettingcapturedbeautifullybyVla?Il 'sunmistakablevisualprowess. AfineworkthatwouldalsobetheperfectstarterplatetoprepareyourselfforthechallengingfeastofMarketaLazarovaorTheValleyoftheBees. Itevenhasaneasytodigestrunningtime. It' sthereforepuzzlingwhythisgemremainslargelyoverlookedandignored. < / p >详情
