生存法则

讓我想起Savage Grace 的少年，
還有Paranoid Park裏的男孩，

這個世界許多事情並非衝著我而來，
即使非為此做些退讓，

終究止於過程漫長的抉擇，
生或者死之外的過程。


既脫離無邪的謊言亦脫離罪孽的無奈之境。




你永遠有保持沉默的權利，
對這個世界也好，對任何事物都是。

別相信所謂的真理。


於是你知道你真正擁有了什麼。
本能地為自己存活著。

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最真實的角色:
片中打電話叫J趕緊逃離的叔叔，
即使懦弱但還有那麼點人性的本質稱之為善良的那部份。

以母亲之死起始，意味深长，似乎告知一名幼儿进入动物王国的开端。
以犯罪家族为体，危险纷杂，深邃描绘一群高级物种残暴孤独的本真。
以混乱无序贯穿，深沉冷漠，近乎绘制一幅动物世界原始无理的面貌。
以教父之死结束，突兀血腥，意在宣布一位成人完成丛林考验的洗礼。
以内向孤男为引，彷徨叵测，生动记录一个稚嫩个体走向兽性的全过程。

澳大利亚拍的《Animal Kingdom》算是为数不多的2010年度的优秀英语电影之一。这部电影的特点就是安静,安静地讲故事,安静地犯罪。长镜头加导轨缓缓移动,从开头男主人公安静地坐在死去的母亲边上看电视,就注定了这不是一部符合大众口味的黑帮片。稍稍有点沉闷的节奏,但因为演员出色的表演,导演火候的把握,《air supply》的原声,还是深深吸引着我,随着剧情,一路跟到最后有力但安静的爆发。

虽然,这是一部犯罪片,但没有激烈的枪战,追车,血腥,床戏这些好莱坞的商业元素,一切是如此自然,每个转折,水到渠成。

导演也很年轻,要不是前一部短片拿了个小奖,估计到现在还没有资金拍这部筹划了十年的片子。不错,他应该前途无量。

顺便提一下,Jacki Weaver也因为片中出色的演技,获得上届奥斯卡最佳女配角提名。

       电影的开头，面无表情的少年Josh说，"I didn't realized at that time,but they're all scared,even if they didn't show."电影的最后，富有生气的警探Leckie说，"you'll come unstuck.I've got a felling about it,I think you do,too.''
       过去做过什么不重要，电影里也只在片头一小段告诉我们uncles过去的勾当，重要的是以后怎么生活。强者相互争斗，弱者寻找强者寻求庇护，无论如何，都生活在恐惧中。
   
    我不知道Josh是什么时候下定的决心也不知道他为什么要这么做。是为了替Nicle报仇，还是想摆脱生活的现状？但从他决定的那一刻起，丛林里即将产生新的狮王，并不是说他一定会强大起来，而是他不再惧怕自己的恐惧。
    剧末溅到墙壁上的血花让人想起了《大象》，但我想，最后谁也无法存活。

    再提一下Crag，也许他失控不是因为害怕，而是预感到所有人都在劫难逃。而Grandma一定是最明白这一点的人，所以她只想和孩子们呆在一起，无论何时，因为这是她最后也是唯一可以做到的事。

Welcome to the Melbourne underworld. Following the death of his mother, seventeen year-old Joshua 'J' Cody (newcomer James Frencheville) moves in with his hitherto-estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Janine 'Smurf' Cody (Jacki Weaver), and her three criminal sons - the Cody boys.

Eldest son and armed robber, Andrew 'Pop' Cody (Ben Mendelsohn) is in hiding from a gang of renegade detectives. Middle brother Craig (Sullivan Stapleton) is a successful but volatile drug dealer, whilst the youngest Cody, Darren (Luke Ford), naïvely) follows his elder brothers' lead. Just as Pope's business partner and best friend, Barry Brown (Joel Edgerton), decides that he wants our of the game, recognising that their days of old-school banditry are all but over, tensions between the family and the police explode.

J finds himself at the centre of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns his family upside down and which throws him directly into the path of senior homicide detective, Nathan Leckie (Guy Pearce).

Animal Kingdom is a powerful crime drama exploring the tense battle between a criminal family and the police, and the ordinary lives caught in the middle.

Animal Kingdom is the debut of writer/director David Michôd whose previous short films have screened extensively internationally and in Australia, including the multi-award winning Crossbow. And AFI award-winning writer, Michôd also wrote the screenplay for this project.

Animal Kingdom is presented by Screen Australia and Porchlight Films, in association with Film Victoria, Screen NSW, Fulcrum Media Finance, Showtime Australia and Madman Entertainment in association with Jetty Distribution.

from http://www.animalkingdommovie.com/