Siddartha (Dhritiman Chatterjee) is forced to discontinue his medical studies due to unexpected and brutal death of his father. He has to now find a job in stead. In one job interview, he is asked to name the most significant world event in the last ten years. His reply is 'the plain human courage shown by the people of Vietnam', instead of the expected - man landing on moon. The interviewer asks is he is a communist. Needles to say that he does not get the job.
He reaches a coffee shop where he is offered to work for the communist party. When he does not show any interest the party leader tells him about an opening for a medical representative. To escape from the heat and have a snooze, he goes in to a cinema. As a government propaganda newsreel is being shown before the feature, a bomb explodes in the cinema hall. In the stampede that follows, Siddartha, breaks his watch. He goes to a watchmaker but he cannot afford the repairs.
Waiting to cross the road, he notices a sexy girl. He drifts back to his days as a medical student in a flashback. The professor is explaining anatomy of female breast. Many flashbacks and dreams occur to Siddartha through the film.
On his way to hostel, he has an encounter with some hippies. Along with an ex-classmate, he goes out to see a porn film but to their disappointment, the film turns out to be not-so-pornographic.
In such constant wandering in a Calcutta, disintegrated relationships with his sister and a Naxalite (militant communist) brother, his friendship with Keya is only thing that keeps him sane.
Keya is a simple girl. They enjoy each other's company but they cannot make any commitment to each other due to the circumstances.
After yet another attempt at a job interview, Siddartha leaves the big city to take a modest job of a salesman in a far off small town. He writes to Keya that he still cherishes their relationship. And that he has heard that bird call again but this time it is for real, and not his mind. After completing the letter, he comes out to the balcony of his modest room. The bird calls again. He also hears the sombre chants of a funeral procession. As he turns to the camera, the picture is frozen.
This is the first film of the Calcutta Trilogy. The other two were and Seemabaddha (Company Limited, 1971) and Jana Aranya (The Middle Man, 1975). All the three films study the effect the big city of Calcutta has on the educated youth and the price it extracts from them.
The seventies were a difficult period for India and West Bengal. The Corruption was rampant; the Naxalite movement had created havoc in Calcutta. In fact, they had turned parts of Calcutta into 'liberated zones'. By the time the Naxalite movement died down, in 1975, Mrs. Indira Gandhi (then, Prime Minister of India) suppressed the fundamental rights and declared "Emergency" for her own political survival. Her son, Sanjay Gandhi became a dictator of sorts without any official designation. The opposition leaders were thrown into prisons.
About his social responsibilities as a filmmaker, in an interview with Cineaste magazine, Ray commented, "You can see my attitude in The Adversary where you have two brothers. The younger brother is a Naxalite. There is no doubt that the elder brother admires the younger brother for his bravery and convictions. The film is not ambiguous about that. As a filmmaker, however, I was more interested in the elder brother because he is the vacillating character. As a psychological entity, as a human being with doubts, he is a more interesting character to me. The younger brother has already identified himself with a cause. That makes him part of a total attitude and makes him unimportant. The Naxalite movement takes over. He, as a person, becomes insignificant."
In a letter to Seton in 1970, Ray wrote that Pratidwandi was the most provocative film he had made till then. The film is said to have evoked extreme reactions. "People either loved the film or hated it", Dhritiman Chatterjee told Andrew Robinson, Ray's biographer.
本质上还是青春爱情小品，放在了70年代好莱坞的大背景下，让一些伤痛小清新都裹上了Valley气质。未成年的小孩明星和成年不得意的女性，进行了一场两个多小时的爱情追逐，相伴或者闹变扭都像过家家一样，前两场奔跑的戏份是恰到好处，最后一场双向奔赴就添了几分刻意。我始终不看好女孩能忍耐男孩的幼稚到何时。至于PTA拿亚裔开涮这事儿，好莱坞不就这个德性么，zzzq不过是老白男掩耳盗铃罢了。
一个安德森喜欢色彩斑斓的东北乱炖
PTA半自传体的《1973年的弹子球》，比弗利山庄那段最好，然并卵，跟主线无关。
日本原版的人物动机不够合理，节奏也不紧凑，这版对这两点都做了改动，把这两个缺点突出到了夸张的程度。观感类似看世纪初那些爱自己编词的字幕组翻译电影：大量牵强的本土化，另外强行塞入不少过时的网络俗梗。电影里有两个情节和现实是重合的：1.魏翔第一次演男主角，2.这帮导演和演员没找编剧。
当警察都去抓捕嫌疑犯，只有我去营救白色裤子的你。当观众都在聚焦摩托车，只有你来扶起摔坏吉他的我。我是倒车一流的女司机，却应付不了感情没油的窘境。你是舌绽莲花的推销员，却售卖不掉彼此试探的真心。越南战火连天，石油不断减产，政客在掩盖真相，演员在编织谎言，只有你说不会忘记我，是真的。
能看出导演在挑逗那股安全线，制造某种天真烂漫又有点中二喜感的青春童话，但就是没用劲儿。这种题材他就拍不出个啥。
虽然背景是70年代但是这个故事很现代，Gary和Alana开始得很easy，你爱撩我会骚，但又分分钟会跟第三人fall in love的样子，各自几经挫折他们又拥抱在一起了。一度看得我很迷惑，不知道这要传达啥…
勉强3.5…是失望的…
有点儿意思，但意思不大，失望更多。关于一个对生活有野心有热情的姑娘，折腾的疲惫很真实也转瞬即逝，出了小酒馆聚众即兴演起电影很飞，但只是起了个调，完了就…没了？有种微妙的将人物们用完即弃的感觉…
天那些老直白男演员的joke如此陈旧几乎是惨不忍睹，但也衬得alana过分可爱哩🍐💛
采访中说比起年代更多是因为人物而拍，但确实更多被70s vibe打动了，实名人物、具体事件，PTA的once upon a time in LA。从以唱片连锁店名做片名到配乐选曲以及HAIM（而且 Alana 怎么这么会演？？）、Tom Waits 出演就奠定了基调，还有出色的摄影和调色，夏天的味道。私恋失调的光晕再次袭来，霍夫曼的儿子也和霍夫曼一样干了电信销售（电爱）的活儿… 就 feel the vibe 吧 （RioLiv的翻译版本很棒）
另外说本片政治不正确的可以去死了，借用其他网友评论，“对放大真实的70mm，还原LA的荒唐叙事不满的，就是会在莎翁剧作里加黑人主角的”
笑还是能笑，但是无比做作的煽情桥段败光了所有喜剧元素的好感，太烂俗的起音乐慢镜头回忆煽情然而煽不动，就全场尴尬的太难受了，导演技巧太匮乏了，做部彻底的喜剧不行吗，非要生拉硬拽个情感转折人物弧光，强行升华个锤子
开心麻花的戏，你要说好看吧，看后又记不住任何，你要说不好看吧，毕竟你也跟着笑了
有点像当年的 Punch-Drunk Love，属于那种怪咖爱情小品，但又不太像，70年代的西海岸背景类似《性本恶》《不羁夜》，胶片感超级重，有些地方真的笑出声，男人都又渣又幼稚，最后不如选个清纯的。。Cooper Hoffman太乖了，想抱着他猛亲两口，女主稍微不太好看了一点
人人青春年代的慌乱懵懂跨越时空大不相同却永远relatable（我会到老还会喜欢coming of age题材吗？）至于显得种族歧视的设定个人觉得是在还原70年代真实的状况吧，观众的笑就和snl的种族玩笑引人发笑一样，总不能全zzzq？
2.5 整体感觉是撒开手意淫青春爱情乱拍一气的混乱
C+ / 舒适，甜蜜却保守的时代氛围感。纵有光线的设计，但运镜方式决定了「私恋失调」里的灵气无法复现。
绝对轻快的、愉悦的、曼妙的好看，会让人暂时将烦恼抛之脑后的好看，以至于观看过程中会不自觉地扬起嘴角。这不仅是属于PTA的70s玩乐时空，也满足了人们对复古爱情片的一切想象，就连腐朽批判的部分也变得如此诙谐有趣。鲜活的Alana Haim给这部影片注入了太多直接的能量，心神不定的思念在孤寂的夜晚发酵，沉默呼吸的节奏在电话中传递，时代灿烂的韵律在矛盾的角色身上复现，Alana和Gary向着彼此相视奔跑的那一刻就像是刺破了阴暗世俗的甜蜜曙光，一种穿透了上世纪虚假梦幻的身体势能在当代迸发复活，和二十年前那句“我现在拥有爱了”同样充满着力量，这是属于蒙太奇之外的部分，一个多么老套却又不失诚挚的“技巧”，甚至比「私恋失调」里溢于言表的氛围形式更能深入作者本真。你们究竟还想要在这般纯真的电影中找寻到什么？
语调松弛，调度撩人，构筑起的70年代情境也是可信的，每场戏都能看到充沛的荷尔蒙，但总归是有佳句无佳章。兜兜转转讲了一大圈，中间一度开启了创业的成长线，没想到最后还是落回到爱情这个点上，问题是没觉得男女主角之间擦出了什么火花，也看不到奔跑中本该储蓄和释放的能量。不过那些犹疑与野心，倒是映照出了年轻岁月里所有不甘平庸的心情。
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