剧情介绍
伊莱亚．卡赞导演的传记电影杰作，由文学名家约翰．史坦培克执笔编写剧本。马龙．白兰度扮演主人翁——墨西哥革命领袖埃米利．亚诺萨巴达。萨巴达原是贫穷的农夫，因为受不了暴君迪亚斯对他们的剥削，因此跟他的兄弟欧费米奥（安东尼．奎因饰）领导农民起来抗争，渐从警方追捕的不法之徒变成反抗暴政的英雄。本片以有力的写实笔重塑墨西哥革命的历史，同时也拍出了主人翁犹富争议性的一生，主要演员均演出精彩，令观众看得相当亢奋。
In 1909, Emiliano Zapata, a well-born but penniless Mexican Mestizo from the southern state of Morelos, comes to Mexico City to complain that their arable land has been enclosed, leaving them only in the barren hills. His expressed dissatisfaction with the response of the President Diaz puts him in danger, and when he rashly rescues a prisoner from the local militia he becomes an outlaw. Urged on by a strolling intellectual, Fernando, he supports the exiled Don Francisco Madero against Diaz, and becomes the leader of his forces in the South as Francisco 'Pancho' Villa is in the North. Diaz flees, and Madero takes his place; but he is a puppet president, in the hands of the leader of the army, Huerta, who has him assassinated when he tries to express solidarity for the men who fought for him. Zapata and Villa return to arms, and, successful in victory, seek to find a leader for the country. Unwillingly, Zapata takes the job, but, a while later, he responds to some petitioners from his own village with no more reassurance than had Diaz years before. Realizing that with power his idealism has gone, he returns with them to Morelos - specifically to investigate their complaints against his brother Eufemio. New leaders take his place, and, egged on by the always surviving Fernando, they decide that Zapata is a threat to their regime.
Enzo推荐。
2023年2月12日
伟大的人，伟大的思想，他是人民。萨巴达被逮捕后山田里的人民涌来，动人的。情绪饱满，一些情节跳过是为了片段性的展示，主在表达萨巴达雕像般的意义，淳朴，毅力。与《让子弹飞》相像
革命不是请客吃饭，而英雄是杀不死的。
课要求
卡赞的现实主义手法震撼人心，但是叙事过于平铺直叙显得枯燥。
20220909
又在电影中了解了一位历史人物。白兰度的这个墨西哥革命者的妆容目光好呆滞 ，最佳男主角提名。
strong people dont need strong man
马龙白兰度最惊人的作品，看他出场就秒懂戛纳立马把影帝颁给他的心情。他雄狮暴君般的气场跟伊利亚卡赞是天作之合，也包括《码头风云》《欲望号街车》。是卡赞捧出了天神，而科波拉坐享其成。虽然卡赞也是个背后捅刀的混蛋，政治黑名单事件告密，让奥胖卓别林朱尔斯达辛含恨流亡欧洲。
被佐格称为最伟大的开场和最伟大的主角。Zapata圈圈那场实迷途其未远啊，最后没能抵住诱惑……不过好在精神还在～
从伊达尔戈被砍下而不屈的头颅 到比利亚 萨帕塔将军领导农民起义 美洲民族独立及解放运动不乏慷慨悲歌之士 /descanso en paz /bajo el suelo que amaste ，donde vive tu fraste de tierra y libertad！
之所以这样评有几个原因。一、故事叙述太散。二、要了解墨西哥那个时期的记载看这个才有兴趣。三、没有高点剧情反而平淡。主角太像项羽，结局属于必然。戎马一生，字都不识，也没能力平稳局势。局势循环往复。就算主角是悲剧，后续也还是会出主角这种角色，治标不治本。
因土地而起、也受土地所限的Zapata，是否注定没有办法成为全国的统治者？但他的遗产在墨西哥流传至今，正如电影中Zapata的台词所说，“That's how things really change - slowly - through people [...] A strong man makes a weal people. Strong people don't need a strong man”。电影模糊了Zapata更为激进的形象，终究是受美国意识形态的限制，还是为了迎合商业、大众？就连John Steinbeck执笔剧本也无法避免这样的问题...
章节式伟人传记片。