基本信息
導演:BillDouglas編劇:比爾·道格拉斯
主演:KeithAllen/DaveAtkins
類型:劇情
製片國家/地區:英國
語言:英語
上映日期:1987-08-23
片長:183分鐘
IMDb連結:tt0092772
劇情簡介
影片講述的是6個多塞特勞工被驅逐到澳大利亞，並在1830年組建了史詩般的托爾普德爾蒙難者聯盟工會……"Comrades"hasbeendescribedasoneofthelostmasterpiecesofEuropeancinema.Itappearedin1987tocriticalacclaimthendisappearedalmostasquickly.
FormyopinionBillDouglas'smasterpiecestandsalongsidethebestofTarkovsky,BressonandBergman.Withinminutestheviewerispulledintoastoryofloveandpassion,solidarityandbravery.'Comrades'isnotjustone-dimensionalpoliticalpolemiceither.Farfromit.Norjustahistoricalepic.Thisischaracter-drivenstory-tellingofthehighestorder,definitely,althoughtherearemanylayerstothefilm.Itfusesandtranscendsbothnarrativedramaandtheavantegardeandcriesoutforfurtherviewings.
Inmanyways'Comrades'isanexperimentalvisionarymovieaswellasatributetothecinemathatcamebeforecinema.(Watchoutforthemagiclanternistwhoappearsinmanyguises.)Interestingly,thefamousactorsoftheday-whoDouglasdidn'twantinthefilmbutwasforcedtouse-werecastastheaffluentclasseswhilecompleteunknownswerecastastheMartyrsandtheirfamilies.
DirectorBillDouglaswasamanknewaboutpovertyandstruggle.HewasraisedinabjectpovertyinNewcraighall,whichwasthenanimpoverishedminingvillageontheoutskirtsofEdinburgh.Hisautobiographical'Trilogy'-filmedinapost-warNewcraighallthatisnowgone-ishisonlyothercinematicoutput.Butwhatawork!ItisbyfarthefinestcinematicachievementtoevercomeoutofScotland.Eventhefilmscriptsof'Trilogy'areworksofliteratureintheirownright.
