自卫

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it? -- Nietzsche, The Gay Science

The film starts with our martyr whose name is Casey. Casey has been carpentering for a company diligently for 10 long years as a sensible accountant. But since he is in a surrealistic film, his coworkers deny him of everything. He is biologically alive but devoid of being-in-this-world. Even the narrator bullies him by expose to us his most private moment of musterbation. He is a slave, living in the antithesis, the denial of his own being-aliveness. Unable to act for himself, voluntarily disavowing all of his own liveliness. He lives his life as if his alivneess itself is a sin and a torment. And which is possibly due to an ancestor or his being tricked to bite a fruit.

He was crucified by four gangsters from Motorbike Ville. Life instinct kicks in. Resurrected on a hospital bed. He is reincarnated with the superpower of affirmation. Immediately he affirms his own life. He wants to be alive. He wants to protect himself. He doesn’t know how. The teller told him a hand-gun will do. Yes. The ultimate phallic signifier.

Affirming is, however, not easy. He bumped into a contender of his will of “to own a handgun” — it was the rule number 11 of the Karate Academy — “Guns are for the weak.” He acted like an orange peremptory bady. He stopped affirming his own life and began to affirm the reactive thought of “I am not weak.” He found himself a new passion. Yes, the Karate Academy will save him.

His protagonist sized life instinct propels him forward. After only two months of training, as a yellow belt, he defeated his brown-belt classmate. He is now ceremonially a real karate man.

But an antithesis can not exist by itself. It logically presupposes a thesis. And in our case the thesis is “Karate is for the strong” and it in turn presupposes the Karate Academy’s(the slogan giver’s) existence. His yellow belt is an amulet signifying the Academy. It empowers him. He can not affirm himself without it. He needs the academic affirmation to be a phallic-owning real man.

The Academy reels in, all of this is but the Sensei’s trap. The Sensei now demands our protagonist to serve him. Whatever Casey feels, whatever he wills, the Sensei overpowers him. He is again being bullied. Only this time with blood dripping down from his hand. He ceases to be a man, he is a tool willed by Sensei. He eventually ceases to be a human. The cost to be a real karate man is to give up his own life.

The acute memory of the Motorbike Ville woke him up. He wills again to be alive. He has learned his lesson. Using a pistol he killed the Sensei, took over the myth of the “index finger technique” which is the local phallic signifier in the academy and became the crowned king of a new dynasty.

The film ends here, and Nietzsche can only guide this far. There is no guarantee of a happily ever after. It's up to Casey to decide what to do next, and we have all seen how easy it was to fall into a trap. Our society is a web of traps weaved by those powerful but insecure people. “只能說當超人真的好難” said Jay.

Epilogue: Nietzsche the Nihilist. Nihilist, noun, “a person who believes that life is meaningless and rejects all religious and moral principles.” This can not be any further from the truth. The “nihilism” of Nietzsche is a two-fold formation. At its very core it a radical affirmation of one’s own life, of one’s own vitality, and of one’s own will to create personal values and to live by those values. It is in comparison to this stronger inner will to live that the outside laws seem afloat, hence can be rejected. This film is an excellent demonstration of the destructive potential of letting a social construct to take prior position over one’s own existence(Crusade, Fascism, Isis, to name a few in real life). And because of this rejection of all outside influences, this rejection of all fundamental law that can be used to judge one’s life, one’s life is then reciprocally said to be “meaningless.” The phrase “God is dead” should be followed by “long live the gods within.”

Casey刚开头就有种黑色幽默的感觉 杰西的肢体语言 偏暗的色调 低音弦乐器的节奏感 让人感觉莫名好笑

杰西怎么又是这种宅男 不得不说真的很适合他 这种角色 气质太搭了

跟狗狗抱歉“i am sorry 我不知道狗粮吃完了”天呐我太喜欢他了 好惨啊36岁 只有个小狗 还那么惨

音乐真的有意思 被一群摩托车追跑的那个镜头 人物居中 侧打 有一种戏剧化的感觉

越来跑的越快 想到了布达佩斯大饭店

杰西太适合社恐男了换衣服那简直就像是两个空间

俩人在打架 Casey在一旁格格不入 吗的 想到我练跆拳道的愚蠢样子了

这钢琴曲 配合练习片段 重复蒙太奇 然后放大

这感觉太好笑 有一种美感的暴力 还有一点可笑

拿到黄带窃喜那个表情演的太好笑了

看到杰西哭那我哈哈大笑 这个电影完全踩中了我的笑点太惨了哈哈哈哈哈哈哈

对男权讽刺的味儿太强了哈哈哈哈哈哈为什么要把蓝带的胳膊拧掉

后来整金属乐配合练习片段 到后半段就有点奇怪 有点黑色和暴力 角色转变的挺戏剧化的

论如何把一社恐人改造成恐怖分子

最后的转变太喜欢了 反男权到一定地步了

这个电影可以进入年度最爱 杰西 还是你牛

你今天的拳脚缺乏信心

Your kicks and punches lacked conviction today.

也许是我错了

Maybe I was wrong.

也许你还不够黄带的资格

Maybe you weren't ready to be a yellow belt.

不

你不该这么做你该维护自己

No. You're not supposed to do that. You're supposed to stand up for yourself.

可你说得对我今天一个板都没打破

But you're right though. I wasn't able to break a single board today.

为什么你就因此不再是黄带了呢

And that stops you from being a yellow belt how?

如果熊的森林着火了熊依然是熊

If a bear's forest catches on fire, the bear is still a bear.

即使一条船在海浪中倾覆

Even if a boat capsizes in rough seas

沉到了海底

and sinks to the bottom of the ocean

无人生还

with no survivors.

它也还是一条船

it is still a boat.

你至死都会是个黄带

You will be a yellow belt until you die,

除非你升为了绿带

or until you're a green belt.

那么你会

直是绿带直到你成为蓝带

And you'l be a green belt until you're a blue belt.

以此类推

And so on.

你知道我也教夜校

As you know, | teach a night class.

这是给你的邀请

This is your invitation.

我从不让黄带上这个课

I've never opened this class up to yellow belts before

但我给你破个例

but I'm gonna make an exception for you.

一是几点的课?-是在夜晚是夜校

-What time is the class? -It's at night. It's a night class.

我来不了

| don't think I can.

我不会逼你做什么但就像你的黄带一样

I won't make you do anything, but like the color of the belt,

这黑条纹是你应得的

you've earned this stripe.

这邀请将永远都是你的

This invitation, it will be yours forever.

你无视它不等于它就不存在

Just because you ignore it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

最近我想了很多

I've been thinking a lot lately,

关于在杀了你之后要对你说什么

about what I would say to you after I killed you.

我也不想以后再后悔我的选择

and | don't want to second-guess my choice later on,

我就把两句话都说了

So I'm going to say both.

第一句话你会说用枪会使我软弱

First, you would say that using this makes me a weak man,

的确如此

and without question, it does.

但我活着你却死了

But | am alive and you are dead,

所以我会说这使你软弱

so | would argue it makes you the weaker man.

第二句话是来自我曾看过的一部电影

The second thing I came up with is from a film I saw once.

我不按规矩来

I didn't play by the rules,

但从来都没什么规矩

but there never were any rules.

对于如今蓬勃的电影市场里一言不合就狂砍几亿甚至几十亿的商业大片来说，无明星加持、宣传不足的小成本电影一直不那么引人注目。但在较少资本的干预下，创作者们各种各样的想法能更大程度上得以表现，手法、题材以及风格更是五花八门、类型各异。正因如此，小成本电影充满着一种主流大片不具备的生命力，时不时跳出来给你个大惊喜。

本期影片《自卫的艺术》便是这样，在轻松喜剧的外衣下，一路挖坑加反转，露出又黑又邪的本性。

春天的放牛班周限定观影第二十六期——《自卫的艺术》

本期周限定共有11位好朋友上车，共11条短评，平均分7分。

话不多说，快来看看大家对这部影片有什么看法吧~

————————我是狂踩油门的分隔线————————

第一站：别问，问就是爽就完事了！

@浪漫血液 幼儿园校车司机 8.5/10

你想杀了我吗，朋友，请你给我一点威胁好吗？你想变更强吗，朋友，请你有点男子气概好吗？快来猛男空手道馆吧！性感教师，日夜授课，陪您high翻天，给您不一样的搏击体验。并提供各类放松运动，按摩飙车，业界体验最佳；段带升级，以小博大，紧张刺激。

@Supremacyacron 幼儿园园长兼校车部部长 8/10

本以为小学鸡的复仇之路是那种被洗脑之后打了鸡血，就像《羞羞的铁拳》那样常规模式的通关，然而并不是，看到后来才发现居然有一点《楚门的世界》的赶脚，而且这种黑化是不按套路的，在愤怒面前，规则都是狗屁啊。

@蝠蝠 幼儿园体♂育老师 7.5/10

一本正经地令人捧腹，跳出寻常套路，下一秒的发展永远不在预料之中，对于这样一部又黑又疯的喜剧电影，抛弃掉理性去观看才是最好的选择。

@wild life 幼儿园音乐老师兼礼炮炮手 7/10

开头看着挺没劲的，没想到后半段逐渐上头，卷毛演这角色已经信手拈来了，看着虽然搞笑，实则黑到了骨子里，环球每年还能发行这些电影，证明它们还没忘了自己是靠什么发家的，点赞。

不得不说这部电影的套路和反套路运用的都很好，配合男主卷毛出神入化的演技（传说中的搭眼一看就是怂逼），效果很棒。

嘤嘤嘤

第二站：笑点和深度，我全都要！

@董小__ 幼儿园班主任 8/10

本来以为卷西终于告别高语速神经质的表演了，万万没想到也就是缓解了一点而已……wtf大戏，不过人物性格转变有趣，而且有几个小伏笔很亮，剧情上的巧合还是有点遗憾。

@cinedreamer_ 幼儿园美术老师 8/10

“用枪说明我软弱，但我活着而你死了，因此这说明你更弱”“我不遵守规矩，因为世上本无规矩”制定规则的人靠规则来压制甚至伤害他人，最终却恰恰死于对规则的过分执着。所谓自卫的艺术，其实既非固守成规也非无故暴力，而是猝不及防打破规则。这一切其实从一开始就是个被设好的局，只不过Casey的反手上位的的确确是在原本发展路线之外，跨越等级由下翻上，何尝不是又一个轮回。

@贝克街的大盗 准时上车的学霸 8/10

自卫的最佳方法——先发制人自己先成为坏人？ 黑色且cult的一部电影 从一开始就吸引住我 后面慢慢的渐入佳境 空手道也是有阶级的 俱乐部还真是个小社会啊 卷毛还真的就一步一步成功的成为自己所害怕的那种人呗 喜欢这个结局 最后的转变一点也不突兀 甚至可以大致猜的出来 前面的几处小伏笔 有点味道的

老师态度强硬，实则为了掩盖自己的外强中干，一方面死守规则，利用武力强迫别人服从；一方面又利用规则，通过制造不平等来进一步巩固自己在道场，这个微缩社会里的地位。

他以帮助别人变强的名义满足自己宣泄暴力以及赚取不义之财，“完美”的规则之下，他的欲望也逐渐膨胀，甚至于想通过外借象征等级的腰带来实现一手遮天的目的。身体上进行自卫，心理上却成了空城，太过于依赖暴力，最终也必会被暴力吞噬。

小黄从软弱社畜到最后颠覆规则，走了一条和老师相似的路。有秘密隐藏便会有黑暗，最后屠龙的他变成恶龙了吗？值得一想。

第三站：不好意思，我晕车~

@玛卡巴卡 哄睡专业户花园宝宝 5.5/10

概念很好，卷西的表演也更有层次感。但讽刺现实的主题随着文本走向逐渐失去现实性，是主题表达伤痛。视听语言的累赘与错误比比皆是，希望有高概念的导演不要放下概念之外的标准，本该是极佳的作者电影。

@celine 学霸研究员 6/10

看完想到Friends里的Ross，和这个电影里的男主都是学霸去锻炼，都话多，都有点神经质，学完都多多少少更不正常了。。。美国环境对空手道是不是有点偏见，从没见影视角色学完拳击不正常的。。。

@鬈毛毛 歪？毛毛妈吗？这孩子我们教不了... 4.5/10

#猜中转折点猜不中结尾#系列。导演想象中讽刺，意识形态意趣妙，男权政治一锅炖。现实与否不重要，重在主题完成度。跆拳道馆无道法，咖啡店里一种咖。性情转变实是水，简单粗暴值得夸。不觉轮回是专权，解决坏人非坏人。节奏不如放快点，硬套故事需翻篇。

@Inv 立冬了，多穿衣服，多喝热水 6/10

冷。

以上就是本期全部评价了，第一次写周限定长评，文笔拙劣表达不当还请各位海涵，也欢迎指正交流~

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记得小时候放学被逃课和辍学的拦在校门口要钱的时候，搜刮一遍之后还要打上两耳光或者给上一脚，当年被打被抢后懦弱的一批，和电影中杰西.艾森伯格所饰演的凯西是一样的感受，又羞又怒，不敢和大人说，就暗地里学武术，还异想天开的想去“少林寺”学武，然后行走江湖，惩恶扬善。懦弱带来的自卑感是尚武精神的的原动力。只有以暴制暴才能消除被欺凌的耻辱，才能自我认同。从这一点出发，sensi既是施暴者，又是救助者，乍一看有点像在路上洒满钉子的补胎行老板，过路的司机爆胎漏气只能去他那里，可这种操作得限定在方圆周围“只此一家”的条件里，影片中，凯西被打后，凯西第一次走进的是枪店，只是“注册要等审核”使日益恐惧的凯西有点等不及。无意间看见“道场”的授课，抱着试一试的心态，报了课，结果被“sensi”的灌输的“荣誉感，等级制，成长机制所激励”更加专注于空手道的课，甚至扔掉工作全身心投入其中，因为这令他找回自信，一步步的强大起来。可他万万没想到是是，“道场”还有另一幅面孔：为了考验学员，通过随机杀人而获得晋级行动里，凯西这才明白：sensi才是始作俑者，自己只是碰巧成了sensi考验学员成长的工具，在自己不知情的情况下又成了他继续施暴的工具。故事讲到这里，凯西似乎也确实从空手道的学习里变的强大，一枪结束了叨逼叨逼还装腔作势的sensi，脸不红，心不跳.这部小成本电影以其特有的喜剧特质呈现，是2019年比较难得一见的小成本喜剧，在如今的疫情之下，远在美国的学子们还是买把枪靠谱。

9张漫画风格长图带你看懂《自卫的艺术》。

这部电影漫画感极强，而且摄影非常出色，调皮了一下，利用电影剧照制作了9张长图篇幅的漫画。

对白没有完全忠实原片，但是巨对是原本对白内容的高度提炼，满满的精华。

也许你已经注意到，凯西的扮演者就是杰西·艾森伯格，《蝙蝠侠大战超人：正义黎明》中的反派莱克斯·卢瑟的扮演者。

不知道大家是否还记得2009年的《僵尸之地》，丹尼尔在其中扮演末日中幸存的计划通宅男哥伦布，正是这部不起眼的丧尸电影使得怀才不遇的杰西·艾森伯格声名大噪。

此次推荐的2019年新片《自卫的艺术》则是杰西·艾森伯格在黑色喜剧方面开拓戏路的一次大胆尝试。

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