浴火鸟

You have sense enough,said father zossima.don't give way to drunkenness and incontinence of speech.don't give way to sensual lust and to the love of money.and above all don't lie to yourself.the man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie come to the point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him or around him. and so loses all respect for himself and for others.and having no respect he ceases to love.

Tom Prior and Oleg Zagorodii in FirebirdDirector Peeter Rebane and leading actor Tom Prior (The Theory of Everything and Kingsman: The Secret Service) fought to bring Sergey Fetisov’s memoir of a secret love affair between two soldiers in the Soviet Air Force to the big screen. Co-written and co-produced by the pair, Firebird is a sensitive if not slightly melodramatic true story of gay love in Soviet-occupied Estonia. Firebird opens in 1977 with Sergey (Prior) serving his last few weeks of conscription. His girlfriend Luisa (Diana Pozharskaya) has started planning their life together, but Sergey soon becomes distracted by dashing fighter pilot Lieutenant Roman Medveyev (Oleg Zagorodnii).Looking like silver screen icons of the bygone age of Hollywood, the two men bond over their shared interest in the arts. Sergey once had dreams of becoming a stage actor and a night at the ballet seeing Stravinsky’s ‘Firebird’ brings the pair closer together. Their relationship is all clandestine late-night encounters and longing glances. Luisa hasn’t spotted their connection, obviously placing herself as the third member of a love triangle.An anonymous report exposing Roman’s indiscretions is a reminder that sexual relations between two men wasn’t just frowned upon, it could be punished by five year’s hard labour. The pair must make a decision between risking their lives in the face of escalating KGB investigations, or hiding their feelings. It’s desperately romantic, even if the film chooses melodrama over realism.Firebird’s narrative does take the most obvious turns. The weakness of this film is its reliance on obvious twists and cliched character development. Sergey embarks on an acting career, whilst Roman continues in the military. Tensions heighten when Roman embarks on married, domestic life with a woman whilst Sergey is more relaxed about his sexuality. Firebird leans less on the perilous action of being gay in the Soviet era, but instead on more clandestine affair cliché. Despite the obvious journey, it’s a beautifully realised account of love flourishing against a cold, loveless background. Prior and Zagorodnii look good together, Prior sweet and wide-eyed whilst Zagorodnii is handsome and chiselled. The camera zoom is on their faces, every micro-expression of longing picked up by the lens. The choice to use an international cast speaking English won’t please everyone. Using Estonian dialogue with subtitles may have added an authenticity because at times the Eastern Bloc accents are a little distracting;Parasite proved that if a film is good enough, people will happily read the subtitles.

Still from firebirdFirebird looks visually stunning. The intimate scenes are romantic, with late-night swims and dimly lit lovemaking. Some may criticise that the romance is sanitized with the camera moving away when the mood heats up. This is a film about stolen glances, not steamy nights. For a debut feature director who is famed for music videos and tour documentaries (he was also a Eurovision producer), Rebenae knows how to create an atmosphere. The production design should also be commended. The story can be told between any two men, in any part of the world, in any era in history. It is clear through sets, costume, and sound that this is a Soviet-occupied state in the 1970s. What Firebird lacks in originality, it makes up for in atmosphere. The threat this will all be taken away from them lingers over every scene together. In the daytime, the coldness of military life is reflected in the grey colour palette. The scenes transform from a sterile greyness to a warmness as they meet under dim lights, and in the reflection of the moonlight by the river.Firebird will be familiar to many romantic film fans. It relies on well used tropes that were better executed by Call Me by Your Name and Brokeback Mountain. Anyone looking for that uplifting gay love story should move elsewhere. While it’s a beautiful film, it brings nothing new to the library of LBGTQ+ movies.Yet somehow, it will be enough if someone watching this film can resonate with the story.

作者by Amelia HarveyAmelia is a freelance writer, frustrated novelist and occasional wrangling of international students. She is especially interested in LBGTQ culture and 1960s and 70s music. She also writes for Frame Rated, The People’s Movies and Unkempt Magazine, amongst others. Her favourite films include Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Moulin Rouge and Closer. You can find her on Twitter @MissAmeliaNancy and letterboxd @amelianancy

不知剧情的改编程度占比多少 看完觉得些许狗血但总归是有情绪波动的 两人前期的每一次独处都让人担心受怕 中尉渣了点但按照背景却又是能够理解的无可奈何 貌似女主对两个男主的情感演绎不够完整 到头来只剩了个惨 但一些细节表明她其实早感觉有问题 所以对于一、四年后的字幕跳过式发展不太接受 不往深层想的话是没有表现女主的无辜反觉着急结婚生娃式特别突然又刻意的 因而后面的二人世界再甜蜜 更像一场梦 还很难让观众真正开心起来 士兵的塑造是最合理的 是做自己 是有勇气的爱 因为时代的黑暗 他的爱 他们的爱 只能存在没有时间没有思想的地方 观后感只有难受、心疼、遗憾 看到Sergey 新年夜只能在本属于他们的公寓角落悄悄落泪心都化了 真实故事的改编也许应是这样 现实往往不像剧本 大多都是这样的过程与结局 真实的Sergey在2017可能一个人离开了人世 带着忘不了的爱 带着因时代产生的遗憾……

So cliché. The movie seemed good at first, but then became boring after 30 minutes. The WW2 theme was good but the storyline wasn't. The Storyline was boring and script was meh. It was forced and full of wrong decision-makings and issues that could easily be avoided. (I loved the scenes when they visit Sochi for summer. So Beautiful.)以及，Luisa真的太慘了…(The actor Diana Posharskaya who plays Luisa is the one shining light in the film but sadly the story wasn't really about her character :(P.S. The English lead spoke in a really weird clipped accent and I wondered if he was attempting to imitate a Russian accent and failing. 英文很令人出戲真的😂

他有错，不该玩弄彼此的感情，更不该牺牲Luisa他也有错，不该越发肆无忌惮，也不该在后面坐上那辆火车。

但是情不自禁，这是Sergey对爱情的追求与付出，他愿舍弃一切，愿背负鄙夷目光。

Roman相信他也有尝试过放下，但是当两人身份对转，多年后他卑微的站在门外等Sergey时，就知道这段感情于他不仅是刺激和偷尝禁果这么简单。

如果有可能，相信他们在那小小的房子里真的会长相思首。

但是当看到这一段情景时，却总有一种在看甄嬛传甘露寺的感觉，随时下一秒幸福的泡沫就会被揭破一般，紧张而悲伤。

看过之后和朋友都相信，Roman是自杀的。

处于矛盾漩涡的中心，他背负的太多的，却又什么都放不下。

他的自傲，他的爱情，他的事业，他的身份。

至少最后，他可以英雄的牺牲。

如果不能同时落在那个人心里，他便选择留在天上，可惜也留下了两颗空荡荡的心。

感觉杂糅了浪漫主义和现实主义，前期军营中的镜头、情节都偏向浪漫主义，后面罗曼可能为了保全自身而与别人结婚生子就更现实主义，虽然说是现实，但还是感觉有点不适，可能是对罗曼的刻画镜头太少了吧，那么帅一人，干嘛不多一点视角呢，这个脸看着都要高潮了。

也许正是因为改编自真实事件所以后面情节才那么现实吧，大胆猜想一下，导演主要改编的应该是在前期军营阶段，所以看起来才那么唯美浪漫，后期回归现实罗曼难免负上了“渣”名。

要保住事业，保住性命就要有一道“护身符”，我看的时候一直在想罗曼后面是不是会有一次坚定的选择谢尔盖，但是他没有，在他的生活中他可能无法选择，所以他选择放弃了自己的生命，剧情如果按照我的想法去发展的话，可能会很励志，也符合大众的期待，罗曼的形象也会得到一个逆转，但也会失去故事的真实性，导演这样取舍可能也是想把电影往现实引吧，但与前面那么浪漫唯美就显得不太融洽了。

总的来说，故事没有很惊艳，但演员颜值有惊艳到，罗曼真的好像郭品超pro

郭品超（高仿老公）

奥列格·扎戈罗德尼（正版老公）

自从青宇后，我很久没看耽美一类的书籍和片子了。

最近工作压力超大，突然想看看这些片子了。

因为最近看了《军区大院》，所以入坑了军人的禁忌之恋，然后没想到，就搜到了一部冷门片。

军官和士兵之间的反复纠结终究无法永远在一起的悲伤。

谢尔盖和罗曼终究不能像单军和周海峰那样可以在一起，因为前者存在于现实，后者存在于那个虚构的世界。

所以这种感情只能存在于超于时间，超于空间的地方，最终罗曼牺牲去了天堂，说这样我们可以永远在一起了。

淡淡愤懑的忧郁突然压抑至极。

很久了，没看到这种一点点冲击心灵至压抑的片子了。

正所谓世间的故事就那么几种，悲欢离合八九不离十，同性异性的爱也不过是两心相悦，终身厮守，棒打鸳鸯不能如意，加上法律制度国家宗教民俗等等因素，也不过就是这些个情节。

然而到了电影里面，演员的颜值和演技就成一部电影的加分项了，这些正好应在这不电影里。

浴火鸟应该是前苏联的一部芭蕾舞名剧，映衬了浴火而死的男主角，在妻子和爱人之间无法忍受，选择去阿富汗战场，不幸离世。

给另一男主留下无尽的思念。

看得我非常生气。

Sergey的不成熟做法害死了自己的爱人，并且让同妻变得一生羞辱，孩子没有父亲。

真的希望他去陪葬！

虽然Roman也到了很多低级错误，但相比S的，不在一个伤害等级。

太气愤了😡一些小点也不能接受。

非要在结婚的时候两个人单独见面吗？

非要不锁门就让朋友撞见吗？

非要写封信表达自己的委屈，造成别人家破人亡吗？

搞得这么难看干什么！

从被举报开始就注定了悲伤的结局。

俩人的人生态度和生活方式也是造成悲剧的原因。

本来想说美好的肉体和端正的容貌能弥补一切，然而看到婚内出轨，内心还是十分恼火。

该说不说，法律条款禁止搞基在无形中增加了同妻的数量。

前期从相遇相识到相知相恋，相互吸引，逐步靠近，真的很美好。

尤其树林子里的第一个吻，产生的化学反应十分强烈。

罗曼倾身靠近欲吻，谢尔盖先是后倾，等两个人对视片刻后才终于吻上。

md嗑死谁了我不说！

这恋情消亡于世俗，在一人陨落后，连祭奠都消散在风中。

最后谢尔盖将罗曼送给他的飞机模型给了罗曼的儿子，悄然离去。

犹记得当初罗曼送他时说，有了这模型，谢尔盖就不会忘记他。

如今斯人已逝，连回忆都变得遥不可及了。