“Malcolm X”, Spike Lee’s first ever biography picture depicting the tragic yet legendary life events as well as the long-lasting legacies of the historic black activist/leader with the same name, who is apparently being dubbed to be one of “the most influential figures” during the Civil Rights Movement Era alongside with Martin Luther King Jr., although oftentimes not as critically well-acclaimed in terms of political reputation compared to King, due to a lot of his controversial approaches and emphasis which were much different from King’s “endorsements of non-violence”, which he instead proposed the specific idea that “ways of violence would sometimes be needed as means of self-defense”, and because of this and many other seemingly radical statements that were being suggested out, was inevitably misinterpreted and misunderstood by not only white folks within the general public, but as well as by his own racial peers or racial group of people, and was indeed constantly deemed an out-cast throughout his political campaign career, as “someone who was promoting the ideas of hatred and violence towards white Caucasians”, or which was that of the case of one-sided depictions that was being repeatedly reported and carried out by many different media outlets out there, at the time/during the particular time period.
In this specific essay, I’m going to further discuss as well as talk about another exceptionally legendary and world-renown civil rights activist figure coming from yet another corner of the world, who happened to appear within one particular scene towards the near-end of this specific film, whose appearance during the entire movie, although only for a brief few minutes, makes everything that was being presented surely more interesting as well as memorable. South African activist Nelson Mandela, who seemed like he was acting in a school instructor/lecturer position within a local South African primary/elementary classroom setting that way, where the classroom was apparently filled with plenty of school-aged children, and, where none of those selected child actors were actually being white Caucasians (by possibly obeserving and telling from the looks, outward appearances and basic skin tone complexions of them), but rather all of African descent, hinting/suggesting it was probably from a time period still during the so-called “Apartheid” racial segregation era within the country itself. After the specific shot of several couple kids quickly standing up and shouting out loud the immediate catchphrase of “I am Malcolm X!”, Mandela, standing in front of all of his students, with his own voice firm and steady, loudly yet proudly stated out the following lines, and no doubt that they surely came from the very deep bottom of the particular civil rights leader’s heart, as he would find himself nodding his head to and aligning with these words once coming out of Malcolm X’s mouth there : “As Brother Malcolm said, we declare our right on this earth to be a man. To be a human being. To be given the rights of a human being. To be respected as a human being, in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intended to bring into existence”, and then the statement itself was rapidly followed after by the last ever line of the whole entire filmwork, which is - “by any means necessary”, while showing the actual historical footage of Malcolm X making the speech during one of his past advocacy gathering rallies, which by this point basically wraps up the entire ending of the whole movie there, with the general credit rollings coming right after that. It is indeed notable/note-worthy that, although being as black civil rights leaders/activists from two separately/individually different countries - South Africa and America, which both also happen to share the specific similarity of being nations with long past histories of facing/dealing with white colonization, the historical circumstances and situations which Mandela himself had to face within his own country, may not be that different from Malcolm X’s, after all. “Aparthied”, which is a Afrikaans (localized South African language/dialect) word/term meaning and standing for “apartness”, by literal definition in English equivalency/translation, is indeed in its very essence, simply yet another form of the political policy of “Racial Segregation” mainly focusing/aiming at the intentional separation of parting blacks from whites within the general societal environment of South Africa, which was by all means, in many ways undeniably similar to the general societal situations/cicumstances which continued on during Malcolm X’s generation back in time within the States. It would be safe to say that generally speaking, in a larger sense, similar societal environments would usually result in similar life experiences of human beings living/residing within the world themselves, no matter whether if these supposed experiences would be that of good or bad, negative or positive; Thus, in yet another sense, it would probably also be absolutely/totally true to conclude that, on this particular matter, Mandela and Malcolm X would also undoubtedly happen to share a deeply profound bound, common symphysis, empathy, and/or resonance, as well as extraordinary internal connections with each other (no matter if spiritually or mentally), since both men are driven by ultimately similar greater goals/aims/ambitions in nature throughout each of their seperate life paths.
The historical episode/chapter of the specific “Apartheid Era” within South Africa in almost any sort of way deeply connects to the “Racial Segregation Generation” within the United States, as it is obvious and no secret that as human beings, our fates as well as destinies are indeed oftentimes interwined as well as deeply connected with each other in subtle and covert manners, whether we would come to realize that or not. So, as a matter of fact, it would be an extra important mission here for us all to gradually learn to how to fight/combat alongside with each other’s shoulders and be able to support each other throughout the process that way, almost like war-time comrades in a sense, just like how Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X were each continuously keeping on doing, instead of fighting/combating against or turning our backs on each other, for this is the only possible way here in order to reach ultimate social justice as well as societal equality for all folks out there, as collective human beings living on this earth. After all, individual power/strength may be small and limited in potential influences or generalized impacts, but once combined altogether that way, the actual result from it could be something that is ever lastingly unignorable, and definitely not to be underestimated.
不错的,通过这部电影了结了Malcolm X这个人物,不然对这人一点都不了解。主要讲述Malcolm X通过争取美国黑人权利所做的努力和成就。但他的社会发展的成长,是靠伊斯兰教的阿訇提携的,发展到后来,跟阿訇穆罕默德发生了分歧,自己想沿着自己的思想带领自己的信徒,按照初衷继续前进,但在形式上,Malcolm X所服务或者工作于或者供职于的伊斯兰教,发生了分裂,因为Malcolm X到与教宗产生分歧的时候,已经发展成一股不可忽视的势力了。但与伊斯兰的教主相比,势力还是稍弱,而且他所提倡的思想包括非暴力。黑人的国内的向白人争取权利的行动,最后变成了内部斗争,结果是伊斯兰教主谋杀了他。但是在伊斯兰教主所领导的信众发展壮大过程中,Malcolm X发挥了很重要的作用,他是一头不知疲倦的牛,而幕后的教主穆罕默德以及刚开始提携他的狱友是收益最多的。那个时代,对于领袖人物,美国国内都是风行暗杀和谋杀,同时期的总统肯尼迪被谋杀,接着Malcolm X被谋杀,再到后来影片中出现的马丁·路德·金被谋杀。原先也只知道丹泽尔·华盛顿的盛名,这次看完本部影片,看影片介绍时,才知道男主角是丹泽尔·华盛顿扮演的。演技还是不错的。7.5分,3.5星吧。
本期影啪《黑潮》,推荐人代表,举办时间2022/6/4 - 6/12,共有4名永无岛成员参加。圆桌回顾讨论于6/12 20:00 - 21:00进行。
AE: 我挺喜欢这部的,给我一种节奏很有力的感觉,想起阅读马雅可夫斯基和聂鲁达的政治诗时的感觉。
代表: 我觉得挺好。他电影里的社会议题,还有爵士乐、灵歌,我都很喜欢。
Anni: 我觉得有些段落还可以,但整体看来并不怎么样。导演能力没什么问题,但只是满足了作为一个流畅的电影最低限度的标准。结尾也有点多余。高潮的暗杀拍得还不错,别的没有太多可以说的。
代表: 我觉得他那些拍摄的方式像漫画一样,看似很玩世不恭,但都挺严肃的。
Anni: 确实有点像漫画吧,但感觉并没有平衡得特别好,入狱前比较有趣一些。总体来说我还是觉得他算是个有意思的导演,准备再看一下《为所应为》《黑色党徒》什么的。
代表: 《为所应为》应该是把漫画感发挥最完整的。
吴洛斌: 代表能说说斯派克·李的社会议题么?他如何呈现?我好些朋友说他表达激进。
代表: 我不懂他的议题啊,我不是美国人,不了解黑人历史。其实我比较好奇他加入的那些爵士啊,灵魂乐啊全是黑人音乐,跟他拍的这部电影是否有意识形态的因素。
(利申和理非)对比同为黑人民权斗士的马丁路德金,Malcolm X的知名度可以说是低到难以想像。当中的主要原因当然是Malcolm不像马丁路德金,甘地和曼德拉般,对比同为黑人民权斗士的马丁路德金,Malcolm X的知名度可以说是低到难以想像。当中的主要原因当然是Malcolm不像马丁路德金,甘地和曼德拉般,喊着的不是"和平理性非暴力"的口号,而是喊着By any means necessary这种激进派的口号,所以自然不会进入到当权者宣传系统的一部分。也因如此,我在上一年看完Spike Lee 黑色党徒之后就对他这部由Denzel Washington主演,讲述了Malcolm X成长以及为黑人民权斗争的电影产生了很大的兴趣,最终在这个特殊的节点把这电影看了。
Malcolm X的成长过程可以说是很Tragic的,父亲是泛非主义的牧师,Malcolm 六岁的时候被那个年代还极度猖狂的3K党活活打死,而母亲是被白人强奸而生下来的孩子,耻于自己较白哲的肤色而一直陷入精神问题之中.Malcolm在父亲死后被强制送往了寄养家庭,成年后成为了NY街头的小混混,很快就锒铛入狱。看到这里,按正常的轨迹,Malcolm将会沦为一名普通的街头黑人小混混,不断进出监狱或者在街头被人乱枪打死。可是他在狱中遇上了一名笃信伊斯兰教的伊斯兰国度牧师,从此他也成为了一名伊斯兰教徒,并在狱中阅读了大量书籍,取得了硕士学位,也对白人压迫黑人的历史有了更多的了解。出狱后他加入了伊斯兰国度,开始为黑人民权运动发声。这个时期Malcolm X极为激进,认为所有白人都是魔鬼,耶稣和先知穆罕默德都是黑人,鼓吹黑人优越主义与种族分离等等,也是提倡以暴制暴,公开反对其他如马丁路德金等民权斗士。但是渐渐的他和伊斯兰国度的领导者以利亚·穆罕默德产生了分歧,后者更陷入了性丑闻和以权谋私。在Kennedy 被刺后他发表的争议性言论令他被伊斯兰国度禁言90天,也让他有了去圣城麦加朝圣的机会。麦加朝圣对Malcolm X产生了巨大的影响,他看到了不同肤色的教徒在麦加和谐的相处,让他抛弃激烈的黑白分离主张,也公开反对以前的自己和伊斯兰国度。他开始和不同宗教、种族的民权运动人士如马丁·路德·金合作,共同支持了1964年的民权法案。在那时期,他也公开发表他的著名演说《选票还是子弹》,抛弃了黑人建国的主张,呼吁黑人参加民主选举,也与社会主义工人党(美国托派)会面。其后他收到了伊斯兰国度的死亡威胁,家中被放火,最后在一次集会中被伊斯兰国度的极端分子乱枪打死(get your hand out my pocket的由来) 。
只看在麦加朝圣后的Malcolm X的主张,其争议性是比较小的。而且不可否认的是白人在历史上对黑人的罪行是罄竹难书,对黑人的歧视也是众所周知的问题,因此1960年代的黑人民权运动在出发点来说是毫无问题的。
而对Malcolm X最大的争议当然是其"By any means necessary"的言论以及他主张的以暴力对抗暴力的思想了。作为在一个和平地方长大的(伪)知识份子,我自然是一名和理非人士,毕竟从小的教育环境都是给我灌输马丁路德金,甘地和曼德拉的和理非思想。但是当我真正了解到当年黑人受到的不公正对待和白人3K党的暴力行为时,我开始有了更多的反思。假如你是1960年代的黑人,你处于小数,大众没有意识到你受到的不公正对待是多么反人权,制度正在不作为什至助长对方的气焰,这时候要求你拿起武器自卫和反抗是不是还是错误的呢?黑奴制,白人3K党的暴力行为是血淋淋的历史,也是不可否认的历史,种族隔离制度在我爸小时候的年代还存在,而黑人用暴力去对抗这种不公义的行为又是不是合理的呢?假如是不合理,为什么政权可以宣扬自己革命的正当性和合理性?为什么五四运动,武昌起义被我们认为是正义合理的呢?
当然我也不是赞扬暴力的人,也不认为暴力是解决问题的有效手段。我认为我们要反思这种暴力的源头在那里,怎么样才能在源头中解决问题,而不是单纯的谴责,不然有一天我们面对的就是"By any means necessary"的愤怒抗争者了。
一个主张强硬维护权益的黑人领袖,非常漫长的电影,囊括马尔科姆X的一生,说不上对错,但愿可以拥有更少的争端。导演是斯帕克李,尼克斯的死忠...
真是对斯派克·李无语 冗长 说教 心理活动表达方式low的不行 稍微有一点点反思性 这么激进的人又是宗教人物,不多说点什么?前史介绍一个小时基本都是无用的,对后续人物成长有半毛钱关系吗 那黑人群体之间就没有理念冲突?啥都没讲出来,无语
根据美国黑人民权运动领袖马尔科姆·X的自传改编的传记长片,既与史实基本相符,又毫不枯燥,生动可感,展现了马尔科姆·X从混混罪犯到激进黑人伊斯兰组织演说家、再到经历彻悟褪去锋芒并遇刺殉道的个人生涯。丹泽尔·华盛顿本身就与马尔科姆外貌相近,加上无懈可击的表演(柏林影帝与奥斯卡影帝提名实至名归),感染力十足——即使你不大认同他的主张与演说,也不由得为他的口才、激情与真诚而折服。斯派克·李的导演功力也足够强大。三个部分剪辑得都很流畅抓人,如第一幕的闪回穿插(不断复现的雨夜火车场景)、第二幕监狱戏的快速铺陈、演讲时在彩色影像与黑白画面(肯尼迪葬礼与马尔科姆在记者包夹下的坦诚而引起轩然大波的回答),以及遇刺前的放缓节奏处理。布光与运镜很风格化,金黄色高光回忆、天旋地转与俯拍摇移。俄罗斯轮盘赌+1。(8.5/10)
相比马丁·路德·金,Malcolm X更强硬,所以更容易被干掉。改信伊斯兰这招真的很聪明,从根上颠覆。影片融合了很多形式,比如第一部分的夸张舞台式,以及很多新闻片段。结尾有个小彩蛋,一群戴着X帽子的黑人明星,包括乔丹、约翰逊等等
今天是马尔科姆X遇刺50年纪念日,能通过这跌宕起伏又振奋人心的200分钟回溯他短暂的一生,真是非常棒。和金不一样,X是伊斯兰,并认为黑人应该拿起武器保护自己,学会团结自爱之前不接受其他族群的施舍——或许这也是他为什么没有得到金那种历史形象吧。但,看看这部电影吧,他一样伟大
Malcolm X在狱中转型期间被训诫要「戒肉戒色」, 这一幕李教授拍得相当轻快,但猪肉和white women在表述中被并列为white men的所有物实际上是电影中相当重要的一环。NOI要求把白人女性和猪肉视为同「物」是为了塑造出一种能与白男抗衡的US Islamic Black masculinity(同时洗白领袖的同性恋传闻?),但也间接导致了黑人族群间的无差别厌女。一个把异族女性当块猪肉的人,很难不对着妻子吼「别在老子家里大声说话」,当然在这一部分负面内容李教授呈现得就比较矜持了。21.7.16补充,X遇害后,跪下让X枕着她腿的是活动家河内山百合子,李教授给改成了他太太(亚裔的隐身)
三个多小时,要看你讲平权还要听你“讲耶稣”……我是不行了。
演讲史观何时休 汤姆大叔们 何时收了你们的神通
DenzelWashington真的不演烂片。。这部片子也算是美国黑人民权运动的一个里程碑了。SpikeLee的洞察力可以说和WoodyAllen不相上下。最后曼德拉居然也来客串了……本片是Martin Scorsese's top 10 films of the 90's
华盛顿背了那么多场演讲戏,辛苦了,他的念白厉害。最后还把曼德拉拉过来站台。一部三个多小时体量的片子,做的紧凑,三大段鲜明,风格上也有变化,一是爵士时代的世情犯罪,弱光多镜头晃,整体轻浮;二是狱中入道到掀起风浪,风格沉稳开始偏冷色调;三是宗教内乱朝圣鉴真,乃至殉道,独立电影风格更显
马尔科姆的激进类似今日被污名化的极端女权,是不够了解或不去了解而傲慢的妄下结论的产物,你真正去掰开她他们的心看看、感受感受,她他们是强大的、系统性的压迫之下的刺猬,紧张的竖起浑身硬刺,目标却只是简单而善良的平等自由罢了,比起扔燃烧瓶的kkk、当街杀妻的厌女男人,她他们极端在哪激进在何?所以,不要着急忙慌的割席,要懂得求同存异
除夕当天跨年夜看完,因为爷爷的病情,一整天都郁郁寡欢,倒是符合了这样一部“严肃”的大戏。知道是好作品,没想到李老头身上是有不少大师风范的,要知道这可是200分钟的电影,却做到了一丝一毫都不拖沓、冗长。Malcolm每一个阶段都有不同却非常贴切的表达方式,又浑又渣时跳跃脱线但却充满着时尚的新鲜生命力的节奏,监狱中转变期慢慢的改变速度也跟着人的成长一起变缓,后期过渡到伟人般的悲壮与意义。观者甚至无需支持或哪怕理解他的立场,便可以完全沉浸到故事中,了解这个到底还是在美国黑人运动中起到了至关重要作用的人物。可以说无论是名人传记类型,还是黑人民权类型,都是数一数二的杰作。丹泽尔·华盛顿,功不可没。而最后最惊喜的,竟然是刺客的扮演者——彼时还是炸鸡哥的炸鸡叔!那么年轻就达成了阴阳秒变脸,杀人不眨眼的功力。
从街头混混到精神领袖,最后被自己曾相信的极端宗教主义所杀害,这人生也挺讽刺的。最后连曼德拉都请过来谈人生谈理想了,过于纯粹的政治翻案反而让人感觉有那么一点不真实,但看得出这是导演Spike Lee至今为止最动情的一部片子了
马尔科姆的'X'代表的是美国黑人被抹去、被歪曲的历史,而史派克.李想要强调的就是马尔科姆如何通过学习和斗争让非洲美国人了解了这段不为人知的历史。可惜的是,无论是黑人领袖马尔科姆,还是导演史派克.李本人,都错误进入到“模仿史学”的领域,因为,从影片的叙事来看,他无法让人了解到“非洲美国人”这一概念的文化意义和精神内核。由大量的文献和考古资料得出错误的结论,大多是由于“观念”的问题。对于黑人来说,这个观念是'stay black'。保持黑色的基础应该是学习和传播知识,这是马尔科姆不及马丁.路德.金的原因。历史的核心是由文化和思想所构造,而不是单纯的政治和疆域,学习历史,比对文献及考古资料,训练的是人的思维方式,而不是凭一己之力获得“力求客观”的“史实”。时势哪能造英雄呢,时势造出来的多是怪物。
第65届奥斯卡金像奖最佳男主角提名
黑人领袖马尔科姆·X的信仰之旅,如果宗教引领着他走出迷途的人生,那么他所践行的无数信仰的论辩也随着宗教上的背叛而失效。一个理想主义者混沌后的醒悟,理想成了被利用、被玷污的集团利益的护身符。马尔科姆最后更像是用迎接死亡高姿态去摧毁那些伪善的权力和信仰。马尔科姆的“不惜一切代价”远比它本身复杂、困难得多,在诡谲的历史阴云中,被掩盖着的是人的伟大。
对于Spike Lee,我实在喜欢不到点上去,但又喜欢这样的小老头
6分。摄影没得说,光影效果真的很棒。内部矛盾怎么产生的没有交代清楚,整个叙述平铺直述,没有高潮。
前半段小混混成长史在斯派克·李花哨的叙事下呈现出了别样的魅力,大量被打碎的时间线,剧情进展的快节奏,夸张的人物造型和连珠炮语速都让这部人物传记有它自己的特色在,而X出狱后的段落则用了比较成熟的手法,振聋发聩的演讲颇具纪实感,也让观众体会到宗教领袖对教徒的侵略感,由此可见李说的不仅仅是种族歧视,还有宗教狂热所导致的问题,X的结局就是个警示。
不懂为什么要拍成一个画风花里胡哨、好像歌舞片一样的东西,弱化了马尔科姆x实际非常惨烈的生平。同时对他性格的复杂度呈现得也不够。就很两头不靠。