魔鬼的%:陷阱

简介

　　In the time * ,of Counter-Reform/;+,ation, a ;;/
mill,(^er and
 his son co#
+$m/ e under investigation by a p: riest of^$$ th:_?e Inquisitio#n, ]%when rumors s*/pre
;ad t=]hat?! their p-\rosperity com )es  from worki@?ng ![, with t@=he Devil.　　T^`he D..evil's Trap is^#% a film d\;irected *%by Fra\_?nt%išek Vlá?il, based %on a novel by Alfréd Tec,)*h+nik)@_, \ada!pted by Fr;anti\`šek A. Dvor -ák and Miloš: Kra+toch]_ví +@l[\. It was t
\-he first of (__! three historical dram%as that Vlá?il :made during the Czech Ne +w Wav( (e (tech^]n\ica**lly he isn't really
] a part of ;?/t*+he New Wa, @ve, however t; ,hese fi$_lms w]@ere m^`ad$e d%[^ur ?ing  the s- am@@e era[+\; ##of ar!.tistic +?fr!@eed\*[%om), precedi$^ng his more we?-ll )known Ma]$rketa ,$=Laza*rov:$%á ( 1!;967) and Valley of the Bee%.;s %.(1968).　\　Set in_ the [_lat-.-e [!*16th Centur^(y during the Catholic].% Ref*% ormation!:), i=n th/]e Moravian Karst, situa]@t@ed %@in @]what is now the Eastern$ Czech Repub]lic, it tells the t +ale! :/% of a miller (\Vítezslav Vej_ *razka), and h].is_- son Jan (Vít%@ `Olmer), ;who come ^/%un]$.d](,er//. $susp^icion and %a`)r#-]e: investigated by a Jes])uit priest of the Inquisition (M\
!iroslav =Machá/^chek), when rum[ors o@`f witchcraft ]are spread by th? - e local regent/ (C(es,t ]mír?+] Randa), $-who is jealous of th-*:e mil.l )er))&(* #%$?
39s prosperity and degree of respect( am`ong the ;# ^)]lo.
c+)#al po,pulac^]e.　　As ##+expected from +/; Vlá(][_?il#:
, this film is a stunning experien,= $ce *^.al*`[l the way through. From the opening sho]%t, an omi]_nous$ ma .n.*ipulatio#n o*f ., perspecti?\\ve with); a)[ close up (of ,_ a mang#::\l#- /ed figure , of Christ do;minating the foreg!_,round aga?inst a tiny [f,$igure in ..black walking \(!along the^! horizo)*n, `?to th[*e b@re/athtaking confront/ational finale i-.$ns[ide+@] the vast stalac%t[(ite fi@`?lle @d Karst c%averns, it i,
?s a wonderful display of visua+$l mastery[=@+.`　　_Maybe  !not % qu#-it).`e as impressive as Ma@\rke\ta Laz ,arová,--[ but still^ (full of -astonishin `g#/ imagery. As seen from unique angles\=, an,d distinct points / of vi+ew w= hich %h ]\ighl.#/ight ?^t/(:$he .d ir
ecto(r'\s: remar
(kab]le sens.e of\ $ #awarene s.[s)) of fr*#/am:ing,*_, motion,?- and^ pos-itioning on th-e em):otiona^,l and dr\[amat.%ic`]* tone of the scene.#. The m![)ost m\+:_emorab(le being a \#%repeated sho %t where the c*ame, .:r ^a is suspende:.d #_and lau ^nc=hed with sp/eed through the :(+air tow
!ard^s \ the mil^
ler&?#39s +!#door.　　\`The[ story here is
a simple one and * $I ()= w/ou:!ld` ;:,say more accessible than his$; later works. ,#With a con]:#v `
enti*onal structur=e emp__]hasized as m%/u.,ch by %i)%ts plot and characters, than by its expr#essio ]n.@ _i+s^*tic -[,cinematograp hy or authentic hist/orical^ detail. The events- play out w]?it $hout m]uch su) r^!prise, ;a#nd there is a strong unde!rlyin[g, 
almost su)]+per#@[nat\ural, mysterious !
a-
-spect th_(at is l^ ^eft unresolved,_ , in % fact barely ;:explored,( ] .!whic$h is sligh!_tly disappoi$*/$nt$
ing, 
but o[#.+nly_/ becaus;e i!t&,#39s so fascinating that I wish there was more.%　　$)(Acting is ;($@gre__at all ar`)=ou?_nd. Particularl)%y the vill#$ains: Miroslav Macháchek. a\s the pries+[`t, c+asting a s@i nister and impos\.in(g shadow*= +wherever he%; g oes$
, an?;d Cestmír _Ra\?nda(%; as, the weas el like reg, e nt be hin?*d all th ,e pe\rse==cution. ;%-While Vít^[ Olmer !;brings.=(+ a c$ ha*rism+]]@atic %/.leading man presence in his role a s the mille\?r's so.) n =@Jan, in love w(ith the lovely orphan girl Mar/-:tina ((K%arla .C@/ha/ ]dimo%vá( ), who be]comes a dangerous $=object of rival?r!_y be-*$twe@e n Jan a%,,nd other young men of the. villa(`ge.　　The film ]\ *also f^ $e=](ature(s the evocative m-$+usi*c of
%Zden?k Liška ) (] perhaps the most + p@`rolific composer of ^the(/ Cz/ech New W*,#av!/ /e). In this his +sec )
ond of ;
eleven collabora@_ti,ons w-$ith Vlá?il], hi/]#s compositions are ;*use_d spa?ringly, b(
ut to^ gr,eat effect, $compliment
?ing but never %ov+^e][r??po  wering a sce\n/#e. T he best$ ex*)))ample of w#]hich can $,be heard in an am*azin#/@+-gly shot c(elebration and d:-;]ance/ /\seque!nce at the en_d of the second !+^`act.　　T!he D+e@\)[vil/9s$_ Tra@p mig;:ht not be a)] masterpiec=:!e, but it\. is still #]/ a strong effo,rt:!,# with a fa_ s
cinati
ng st `[ raightforwar$d
* s @*to)*ry *-and #a gl]_orious -=;@hist=orical$) + setti](ng captured beauti\f%ull#y by=? Vlá?il&[#3[ 9s]`
[@un@mistakable visual pr)owess. A fine work t!` $h#)[at : wou] ld also be the per*?fect starter pl;@ate t- ?o p:$=repa_=:re your!;self for the challeng /!ing fe ast_( o @?f Mark=]eta (Lazaro) )vá or ?The V:- alley of the Bees. : %:\It even has an easy ;:to dig[_est: run/+$n :#i-ng t)`ime.:@ It's ]th/erefore+\  *pu;zzli:ng why this gem re_[mai?ns ? la,r
%%gely
 o@ `)verlooked and ignored.