善舞的死者
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: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.
张文森
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:1975年夏,祖国西南边疆某地蛇灾蔓延,军民、畜禽时常罹难早先施用蛇药突然失效,情势非常严重。蛇学家、归国华侨牛玉声奉命率领一支考察队急切奔赴灾区。在调查研究的基础上,牛玉声认为,有一种黑眼镜蛇出没在这一带,它正是考察队觅寻的新蛇种,其毒液是研制新蛇药的原料。他建议考察队迅即奔赴毒蛇活动猖獗的国境线附近寻捕。李钧是考察队中"另有使命"的队员。他受命暗中监视牛玉声,对牛玉声一举一动抱有怀疑和警惕。李钧的恋人田甜,是一个纯洁、开朗、活泼的姑娘。她担当了考察队的向导。她不满李钧对牛玉声的监视。某日,牛玉声追踪黑眼镜蛇至国境界碑处,李钧持枪以企图越境的"叛国者"的罪名将他遣返回去。田甜气忿不已,断然与李钧分手。为了研制新蛇药。牛玉声继续工作。这天,考察队又发现了一条粗大的黑眼镜蛇。为了生擒毒蛇以取毒液,牛玉声奋力与毒蛇搏斗,不幸,凶猛的毒蛇将毒液射入他的眼中。田甜忿然砍死了毒蛇。牛玉声为失去这条活蛇而严厉批评了田甜。急救车载着牛玉声和田甜等几个护送人员,冲开雨雾,在公路上疾驰,田甜为自己的过失而负疚,决心补救这个损失,于途中跳下汽车,消失在茫茫雨色中。牛玉声被送进医院,主治工程师恰是田芳。牛玉声得救了。田芳告诉丈夫,女儿正是田甜。牛玉声的心里发出对女儿深沉的呼唤。此时,田甜被毒蛇咬伤,正晕倒在森林里,她的身旁蠕动着被擒的毒蛇。牛玉声及时赶到,把她救起,并生擒了毒蛇。新蛇药使田甜美丽的眼睛重新张开了。历尽坎坷的牛玉声一家团聚了。然而命运又一次驱走了刹那的欢榆,李钧奉命来逮捕牛玉声。牛叮嘱妻女:"等着我……"他坚信,乌云散去,即是朗朗的晴空。