蓝领阶级 Blue Collar

Paul Shrader, rather renowned in his role of screenwriter (Scorsese's Driver or De Palma's Obsession) impeccably takes charge in his directorial debut. Needless to say, the writing is excellent, with sound pacing & change of character's attitudes as the stakes evolve. The treatment of a heavy topic mixes dramatic tones (e.g. tax-collecting scene), seriousness & depth (notably thanks to a grand & radical speech), and a welcome humour full of wisecracks (and a hilarious disguise during the heist!). What considerably raises the movie's worth is its substance and truth value: representing the misery of the working class and how it is maintained, from both internalist & externalist POVs.

对工人阶级的生活进行了细致的描绘，其中种族矛盾与阶级矛盾贯穿始终，最后的那句关于“斗争”的台词可谓点睛之笔，风格写实，内容统一。

“I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half”你看到的阶级内部的相互攻歼其实也源于外部无形操控的剥削。得益于施拉德和他哥炉火纯青的编剧水平，群戏里角色也不是空泛的符号，对话精确地描摹了工人的血肉、情绪、动机与选择，将日常写得黑色幽默也是种本事。施拉德的视角无疑是男性的，但当他把对边缘个体的关注分散到群体，拧巴的自怜与自嘲就会被冲淡一些，同时也削弱了他投射的自恋，讽刺在角色的互相映照中变得清晰。果然为混进导演行列首作有超常发挥么。。真的觉得很不错。。

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