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A brilliant and outragously funny satire of society, 7 December 1999
Author: Dave Joerg ([email protected])
"Flodder" is one of the funniest movies ever made and few people realise that it is a Dutch movie made by none other than the Holland version of John Carpenter, the famous Dick Maas, author and director of the thriller "Amsterdamned". The Flodder family is the reincarnation of the term a-social. When the whole family bunch, basically all bastards, criminals and sluts must be relocated from their City slum because of toxic waste under their house, the city council house no choice. The only available space is in the "Zoendal" - the "Sun Valley" the best area in Amsterdam where all doctors, snobs and businessmen can afford to live their lives. And where the central point of interest and politics is the tennis club of the community. The Flodder family brings devastation to the tranquil world that ruled before. They are simply unbelievable. The characterisation is incredibly funny, beginning with Ma Flodder who searches other people's trash cans for food or making illegal liquor in her cellar and ending with the eldest daughter who is the biggest slut on earth. Together they make the most horrible family imaginable, a sort of immoral mirror image to the Brady Bunch or the Waltons. When the City counsel of Amsterdam hoped that the Flodders would show their good will to be more civilised in their new area, it turns out that Holland's most famous family would rather bring out the worst in the rich people of "Sun Valley"-wonderland. The rest is a hilarious, brilliant and well made social satire that can be watched as a provocative movie as well as a straightforward comedy. Dick Maas at his best. I salute him! Flooder was the Dutch smash hit in 1986 and brought two sequels and a tv series. All of the sequels were nice but not as great as the original.
Flodders (1986) is available on DVD in Germany in a dubbed German version in Dolby Digital 5.1. under the name:
"Flodders -Eine Familie zum knutschen"
Why is First Floor Features, the producer of the movie not bringing the Dick Maas blockbusters out on DVD in the Netherlands, I wonder. The are not even available on video there. These movies have so much potential, still to this day and have a huge silent but true following.
m2211：又是摄影美学。莎翁的台词自不用多说。音效也很赞。
以前看中翻的莎剧总是不以为然，原来莎剧的精髓在英文，这台词听的真过瘾！摄影就不多说了，就提一下黑白电影里用烟雾转场挺有意思的。这次又把戏剧与电影的融合推向另一个高度，可见科恩兄弟对风格的深刻理解，他们在我心中是目前这一方面的天花板（不过）。以前看中翻的莎剧总是不以为然，原来莎剧的精髓在英文，这台词听的真过瘾！摄影就不多说了，就提一下黑白电影里用烟雾转场挺有意思的。这次又把戏剧与电影的融合推向另一个高度，可见科恩兄弟对风格的深刻理解，他们在我心中是目前这一方面的天花板（不过这次弟弟没来hhh）。
舞台剧 极简 黑白 光影美学
美则美矣，但几乎毫无必要吧……看预告片我以为要拍得很抽象，当我发现这是真的要把故事原原本本完全过一遍的时候我的内心几乎是崩溃的。
影像风格上极力靠近上世纪电影的质感，摄影构图、布景有点布列松极简主义的味道，两位老戏骨台词功力无可挑剔，算是众多改编版本中比较出彩的一部。
绝妙的视觉风格，感觉把黑白光影运用到了极致，呈现的效果超越了一般意义上的复古。但同时也几乎放弃了对原作的任何解读，感觉就像是用影像的形式看了一版set design极其出色但文本保守演绎也没有态度的话剧。
感觉都不像个电影了……精致的摄影+大段的莎剧独白，动用这么庞大的财力就是为了拍一部真·电影化的舞台剧?
对于向来不在看之前了解演职员表等背景的人来说，看到是乔尔科恩导演挺惊讶的，一个是他脱离科恩兄弟这一导演组合，再一个科恩兄弟的作品一向是无限接近现实，再加上自编的剧本，代表性的如《冰血暴》，而本片改编自莎士比亚的经典戏剧《麦克白》，很明显和科恩之前的风格大不相同，影片采用1.37:1接近正方形的比例和黑白色调，布景极简，作为电影舞台感更重，脸部特写居多，关注点集中在演员演技上。而台词也充满原著中的诗性，。
舞台剧 极简 黑白 光影美学
3.5黑白光影运用，剪辑手法有特色。更多的像一出背叛，复仇的舞台剧。
一星给影像，一星给台词，一星给表演，是a24专属电影了。
【NYFF59 - ACH全球首映】近年在电影里看到过最好的黑白摄影之一，美得毛骨悚然。虽然依旧是麦克白的陈规故事，但是科恩在这部电影里做的aesthetic简直无与伦比，半戏剧半实景式的布景、转场、特写，都精致得每一框都可以当画。Frances McDormand的表演不用说了，Danzel其实也给我点惊喜，有点之前扮演者没有的外化疯癫。4.5，真的太需要在大银幕上感受美感了。
舞台劇的獨白，雖是黑白但是每幀都能感受到畫面帶來的鮮明感！每位演員的演技可以說是相當在線，整個佈景也是相當了得。
极简服化道，剩下的就全是细节和特写，相当托华盛顿和科恩嫂的表演。他们完成地非常出色。连女巫都演得出彩。相较之下，演麦克迪夫的黑人演员很逊。
一眼看去立即会想到劳伦斯奥利弗的几部莎剧改编电影，同时外景是塔可夫斯基式的，城堡是德莱叶式的，建筑内光影有点费里尼味…唯独没看出来哪里像科恩。莎剧原词卡在“日常腔调”和“舞台腔调”之间魅力略微流失，演员话剧式表演被放在特写镜头里所有小动作和控制不到位的表情都被无限放大，科恩正反打则完全失去了曾经的魅力。这版改编看似风格化（然而kitsh）但并未给出什么值得深探的视角，我唯一能试着尝出的新味道大概是“用衰老来解释对权势的痴念贪执”。总之较为失望吧
與其吃力不討好地仿古，拍成科恩兄弟擅長的黑色喜劇不是更有意思嗎？
场景和摄影很对，但又没全对，感觉像是穿梭于1921年和2021年之间。缺了几分韵律，几分留白，架不起张力
丹泽尔同志操着一口地道美式英语把麦克白从英武上将到践祚登基到野心覆灭的复杂的悲剧性的心理活动诠释的如同白开水，只在最后十五分钟的末路对决中进入了状态，凭着那个拾起掉落皇冠的动作，原谅这个男主角提名。弗太后的麦克白夫人也只能说是无功无过，出场不过五分钟的女巫令人印象深刻。
布景完美致敬后者，配上极简的构图，让观众的注意力几乎全部集中在演员的表演和台词上，让人感受纯粹舞台剧的魅力。
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