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雷雨影评800字

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雷雨影评800字（七）godmustbecrazy英文影评

800字左右吧、Thecriticsmustbecrazy

I"veprobablyseenthisfilmfiveorsixtimesovertheyears,fromitsinitialU.S."art-house"runinthelate1980s（IcanstillvividlyremembermyexperienceseeingitintheCoconutGrovetheaternearwhereIwasgoingtouniversity）tolastnight.It"sbeenoneofmymostconsistent10s.Althoughmyratingstendtofluctuateonmultipleviewingsformanyfilms,Idon"tbelievethatI"veeverthoughtTheGodsMustbeCrazywaslowerthana10.

Thefilmworkssowellbecauseofitsoddconfluenceofstyles,whichgraduallymerge.YoucouldalmostsaythestructureisHegelian,withathesis,twoantitheses,andsomethingofasynthesisattheend.Thecommonthreadthroughoutisaverytongue-in-cheekcritique,inthemodeofaparable,ofbothculture/society/civilizationandviewsaboutculture/society/civilization,includingpolitics,religion,mores,andsoon.

ThefilmbeginswiththestoryofXixo,orjust"Xi"（N!

xau,inoneofthemanyspellingsofthisactor"sname）andhisfellowbushmen,wholiveintheKalahariDesert.Anarrator（PaddyO"Byrne）tellsusabouttheirlifestyle.Beforelong,thisiscontrastedwithfootageoflifeinthebigcityinJohannesburg.Thenarrationcontinueswiththesametone,asifwe"reunfamiliarwithmodern,westernculture.WemeetKateThompson（SandraPrinsloo）,whoisgettingfedupwithherwhite-collarexistence.Wemovebacktothebushmen.AmaninapassingsmallaircraftnonchalantlytossesaCokebottleoutthewindow.ItlandsclosetoXi,whohasneverseenanythinglikeitbefore.EventuallyitcausesallkindsofproblemsandXitriestogetridofit.WearealsointroducedtoathreadaboutSamBoga（LouwVerwey）,whoisleadingrebelsinBurundi.WeseethemtrytoassassinatethePresident.Afterthis,they"repursuedbytheBurundianmilitary.Meanwhile,KatehasdecidedtogotoBotswanatobeateacher,andthereshemeetsAndrewStyne（MariusWeyers）.Eventually,allofthesethreadscometogether.

Theplotmaysoundlikeamess,anditprobablywouldbeunderlesserhands,butproducer/writer/editor/directorJamieUyskeepsthedisparatethreadsremarkablyfocusedandcoherent.Histimingforeachandforthetransitionsbetweenthreadsisimpeccable,andthewaytheymovetogetherisnothingshortofingenious.

Therehasbeennoshortageofinkspilledin（often-negative）criticismofTheGodsMustbeCrazy.Unfortunately,alotofthecriticismisridiculousandprofoundlymisconceived.Manyseethefilmasracist.Alotofpeoplewhocan"tcomprehendthefact/fictiondistinctionhavecriticizedthefilmforinaccurateportrayalsofbushmenandothercharacters.Uys"humorandsocialcritiquesarefrequentlymisunderstood.

It"ssignificantthatO"Byrne"snarrativetoneisverysimilartoPeterJones"narrativetonefor"TheHitchhiker"sGuidetotheGalaxy".WhetherthiswasadirectinfluenceonUysisnotasimportantasthecontextualcluesitprovides（theHitchhiker"sGuidemini-seriesfeaturingJoneswasnotcompleteduntil1981,buttheBBCradioshow,whichwastheoriginalformatforHitchhiker"sGuideandwhichalsofeaturedJones"narration,airedin1978）.Thenarrationisextremelytongue-in-cheekandsarcastic.Uysisspoofingbushmen,civilization,andalsosomeofthemisconceptionsaboutbushmen.Thenarrationisalsomeantasakindofdistancingtechnique.Modernwesterncivilizationisexplainedtousasifwe"realienslearningaboutthisworld.

Thisisallinserviceofamuchmoreserious,differentkindofpoint.ThebushmenareshownastheyaretoenableaLordoftheFlies（1963&1990,basedonWilliamGolding"s1954book）-likeexaminationofcivilization.ThebushmenaretheschoolboysofLordoftheFliesintheirinitialshipwreckedstate.TheCokebottlesymbolizestheentranceofcivilizationinthat"virgin"culture,andweseethehavocthenewconceptscause.TheJohannesburgandBurundimaterialbothexistinthefilmtogiveusa"flashforward"towhatthatintroductionofcivilizationcanleadto.InthecaseofBurundi,it"sadirectextensionofthefightingoverpossessions,includingland.InthecaseofJohannesburg,it"saspiralingwebofmiserableness.It"snotacoincidencethatthebushmenlearnbothviolenceandunhappinesswhencivilizationappears,andit"snotanaccidentthatweinitiallyexaminethesethingsfroman"alien"perspective.Uyswantsustolookatwherewestandasacivilizationandreassessit--anespeciallypoignantmessagecomingfromaSouthAfricaninthelate1970s/early1980s.Don"tforgetthatXiisaherohere--he"sthemostauthenticcharacterinthefilm,andhe"stheonewhoenablestheresolutionofthedilemmaintheclimax.

ThematerialinBotswana,especiallyasthethreadsmerge,suggestsakindofsolution,akindofbalance,althoughit"ssignificantthatthesolutionisfarfromperfect,andtoanextent,partiesgotheirseparatewa