Set in an un derground dungeon inhab ited by bund led, ra gged h uman beings, after the nuclear holocaust. T he story fo llows the wanderings o f a hero th rough the s ituatio ns of survival. Peopl e wait for the Ark to arrive and rescue them while their ha bitat falls apar t. Delving deep in to the dus ty and long abandonded vaults of b-cinema in searc h of lost gems a lways lea ves me with a bittersweet taste. On one h and the discovery of unexpected gems where no o ne wo uld think th em possible is a rewarding exp erience. On the othe r hand thou gh it m akes one wonder how many of these rem arkable low- budget odd ities, p ersonal love af fairs of directors never qu ite famous and n ow all but forgo tten, have almo st forever s lipped from memory n any ca se what we have here is a litt le post -apocalyptic gem from Poland that is really better t han it has any right to. The dystopi an near future of O-BI, O-BA finds a gr oup of s urvivors of the nuclear war that ravaged the Ea rth inhab itin g an underworld concrete bunker and biding t heir time as they wait for t he myst erio us Ark, an air ship of some kind that wi ll come and save them. T he Ar k proves to be an elaborate h oax, care full y designed to give hope to t he malnourished and desperate denizens of the bunker, while i n th e me antime the dom e that separates their mis erable ex istence from the nuclear win ter outsid e is slowly caving in. What first striked me about the movie is the design of the b unker and the de piction of the survivors. The su rvivors are gaunt, filthy and terrible-looking penitents, dressed in rags and aimles sly wand ering the ne on-lit halls of the bunker like automatons. The bun ker is a run down , seedy place, with bright neon lights peering from al l sides like the eyes of malignant beasts . On one hand it is a sl ightly 80's depi ction of the dystopian future bu t the mov ie n ever stoo ps down to MAD MAX chees e. In stead it combines bit ing po litical satire wi th the bleak outlook of a w orld with no future, bla ck come dy with barbs on apath y, religion and powe r. The survivors, for example, are fed some kin d of flour dr oppin g from a tube th at hovers in the air - later on we disc over the food supervi sor uses boo ks and the Bible itself as filler f or this meagre meal. Th ere are many s uch short s ymbolic touches, perhaps not life-chan ging or f aith-restoring, yet playf ul, clever and inspired. One thing is for sure; O- BI, O-BA is not your run-of-the-mill sci-fi schloc k. It overcomes its mod est budget with creati vity and has genuine artistic aspira tions both from a writing and directing perspective. My opini on is th at it should h ave been f ilmed in blac k and white inste ad of colour th ough. Th e director uses atmospheric li ght and shad ow to great effect and i t would have registered even better in stark black and white. The b lue-green neon on the other hand out stays it s welcome after a while. Just a min or gripe in an otherwise solid b-mo vie with its heart set in all the righ t places. Imagine a less ble ak THE ROAD (Cormac McCarthy) being i njected with the satire and h umour of DR.STRANGELOVE and yo u're getting there. See it if y ou can find it.
精彩剧情/对白：“看到那边的太阳了吗？ 这些山丘上面的雪，在 不同角度 阳光的照射下，雪 融化的速度是不同的。最开始的地方，那些山丘上面的雪 层，比这里的更厚。而现在，虽然我们感觉在走一样的山丘，但其实，现 在的山丘，上面的雪层更 薄。”
“你，这 叫个什么事情啊，这都过去 那么久的时间了，还是没有 一点动静的，该不会王家 压根不会求到我 们头上吧？毕竟王家乃是那么多年的名门 了，那根基和底蕴就在那里，不一定有他们无法解决的事情，他们若是自己解决了，便没有我们什么事情了。”
“是这样的，不管怎么，也是一家人不是，我就 想着吧，你们如今 日子好过了，但是你两个哥哥呢，今年考试，实在是需要银子，既然分家了，也不让你把银子交给 公中，就这样吧，你借几 百两给他们，等之后 他们考取到功名了， 这银子还是会还给你的，并且也记着你这个好，是会好好照拂你一二 的。”
“阿境以前是见过聚贤楼的姐的，所以自然而然以为是那位姐，他也喜欢，所以便答应了，那 里知道成 亲的时候， 是一个很凶悍的胖姐，阿境不是这个，便找聚贤楼东家理论，但是人 家东家，那确实是他的女儿，大家也都可以作证，女儿是女儿， 只是一个嫡女一个庶女而已 。”
“我不同意，你想要娶，什么样的不能娶，不你自己读了书， 就你大哥，那可是个秀才 ，将来咱们林家可不是普通人家的，你倒是好了，就随随便便这么娶了一个女人 回来，还是她！我不同意，把人给我送 回去，我是不会同意的！”
