ACTION! Issue 2 | Página 23

cınema- fılm-Romania

Romanian Cinema

It is sure, Mr. Lăzărescu was assassinated by the system, not the "health system", the social or the political system - but the human system, the generalized indifference, indolence, indifference, non-involvement. Cristi Puiu chose the hospital system for his personal (human and artistic) reasons, but his film refers much more to the human condition in general, to that huge sin of indifference to the fellow beings.

There is only one really absurd situation, actually Kafkaan situation that prepares the end of the film and the climax of the film: the refusal of the two doctors from Filaret hospital, who neglect the patient and end up rejecting the surgery because the poor man can not sign " The Declaration of responsibility ".

"The Death of Mr. Lazarescu" is an extremely artistic film (both in value and in meaning). It succeeds in building, through a perfect mastery of cinematic means, an ultra-realistic vision; to show reality as it is, without fail in the stack of the snapshot. Mr. Lazarescu's apartment, the block of flats, the various hospitals, the clothing of the characters, the typologies, the behaviors, the movements in space, the lighting - all distinguished by the cruel expressiveness of a reality not only surprised in its unsightly nudity, but also transposed into film code.

Using cinematic means, Cristi Puiu can afford to defy the rules and transfer the spontaneity of life to the filmmaker. The blast of the frames, the hoarfishing movements from one character to another, following a gesture, movement, etc., at speeds that cancel the sharf and fluency, fit perfectly into Mr. Lazarescu's ultimate odyssey to death . The seemingly negligent cloak, with otherwise inaccessible areas of darkness, actually forms compositions. Not to mention the absurd dialogues, what seem to defy any dramaturgical norms - but all those bare, banal, unruly, unbearable talks make up the fresco of the human spirituality over which the whole film is viewing.

            

The film makes you to keep your breath, and if some sections seem to be tremendous, lean, boring, they fall into the category of " studied imperfections ", having the role of creating a queue, immobility, mortification. The delays kill Mr. Lazarescu. Thus, "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu" is a difficult and very atypical film.