战火葬童年 De Aanslag (1986)

In January 1945, during the 2nd world-war, the Dutch resistance kills a collaborator in the street where the 12 year old Anton Steenwijk lives. The man was shot in front of his neighbours house, but is moved by them to the house of the family Steenwijk. Because of this, his father, mother and brother are killed by the Germans, and there house is set to fire. During his life, Anton meets several people that tell him more about what really happened on the night of the assault.

马尔克斯以前写，一桩事先张扬的谋杀案，大家都知道谁要死，只是等待着故事往前推动。而这次罗德麦克斯这次则是讲了一桩事后意外张扬的刺杀案。路子走得与众不同，甫一开始便告诉了一个突如其来的结果，荷奸被刺，盖世太保的人马咣咣咣打破了用五分钟描绘的平静生活。

若只是这么进行下去，势必陷入到反纳粹加同情犹太人的模板中。但罗导另辟蹊径，花了很大的篇幅去描绘安东的正常生活，尽管他已经选择去遗忘当年的惨痛，但一张阴影处的朱唇，和无意间轮番闯入生活的当年之人，在陈缓的节奏中一而再地把我们引入那个遐想——当年究竟是怎么回事？

但首先要看到，罗导的意思并非去悬疑，猜出结果来不是最重要的，重要的是重新审视每个人在那桩快被遗忘的事件中展现出的人性下的悲欢离合。政治理念意识形态不能成为电光火石下做出判断的基石，基石始终是人性。所以电影里才会在不同的几个时段出现以下的场景：纳粹咒骂社会主义，荷兰激进分子咒骂社会主义，美国人咒骂社会主义，但主角却并不言语。其实该骂的并非主义，纳粹最可恨却也有自己的原则，荷奸…