Set in an underground dungeon inhabited by bundled, ragged human beings, after the nuclear holocaust. The story follows the wanderings of a hero through the situations of survival. People wait for the Ark to arrive and rescue them while their habitat falls apart.　　Delving deep into the dusty and long abandonded vaults of b-cinema in search of lost gems always leaves me with a bittersweet taste. On one hand the discovery of unexpected gems where no one would think them possible is a rewarding experience. On the other hand though it makes one wonder how many of these remarkable low-budget oddities, personal love affairs of directors never quite famous and now all but forgotten, have almost forever slipped from memory　　n any case what we have here is a little post-apocalyptic gem from Poland that is really better than it has any right to. The dystopian near future of O-BI, O-BA finds a group of survivors of the nuclear war that ravaged the Earth inhabiting an underworld concrete bunker and biding their time as they wait for the mysterious Ark, an air ship of some kind that will come and save them. The Ark proves to be an elaborate hoax, carefully designed to give hope to the malnourished and desperate denizens of the bunker, while in the meantime the dome that separates their miserable existence from the nuclear winter outside is slowly caving in.　　What first striked me about the movie is the design of the bunker and the depiction of the survivors. The survivors are gaunt, filthy and terrible-looking penitents, dressed in rags and aimlessly wandering the neon-lit halls of the bunker like automatons. The bunker is a rundown, seedy place, with bright neon lights peering from all sides like the eyes of malignant beasts.　　On one hand it is a slightly 80's depiction of the dystopian future but the movie never stoops down to MAD MAX cheese. Instead it combines biting political satire with the bleak outlook of a world with no future, black comedy with barbs on apathy, religion and power. The survivors, for example, are fed some kind of flour dropping from a tube that hovers in the air - later on we discover the food supervisor uses books and the Bible itself as filler for this meagre meal. There are many such short symbolic touches, perhaps not life-changing or faith-restoring, yet playful, clever and inspired.　　One thing is for sure; O-BI, O-BA is not your run-of-the-mill sci-fi schlock. It overcomes its modest budget with creativity and has genuine artistic aspirations both from a writing and directing perspective. My opinion is that it should have been filmed in black and white instead of colour though. The director uses atmospheric light and shadow to great effect and it would have registered even better in stark black and white. The blue-green neon on the other hand outstays its welcome after a while. Just a minor gripe in an otherwise solid b-movie with its heart set in all the right places.　　Imagine a less bleak THE ROAD (Cormac McCarthy) being injected with the satire and humour of DR.STRANGELOVE and you're getting there. See it if you can find it.

《等待方舟》剧情介绍

《等待方舟》是一部2005年上映的电影，由约翰·布伦克执导，安妮特·贝宁、凯文·科斯特纳、马塞洛·赞塔雷利和丽贝卡·德·莫妮主演。这部电影改编自乔比·哈罗德的同名短篇小说。

故事梗概

故事发生在未来，一场全球性的大洪水摧毁了大部分陆地。少数幸存者在破败的城市中挣扎求生，等待传说中的方舟来拯救他们。

主要人物

艾伦·皮尔斯（安妮特·贝宁饰）：一位坚强的女性，负责带领一组幸存者。

汤姆·安德森（凯文·科斯特纳饰）：艾伦的前夫，是一位神秘而足智多谋的男人。

伊利亚·伦巴第（马塞洛·赞塔雷利饰）：艾伦的得力助手，一位善良而冷静的男人。

艾米莉·帕克（丽贝卡·德·莫妮饰）：一名年轻的幸存者，在灾难中与家人失散。

情节简介

艾伦·皮尔斯带领着一组幸存者在城市废墟中艰难生活。他们居住在一个破烂的公寓楼里，依靠收集食物和水来维持生计。然而，他们的生存受到一群暴徒的威胁，这些暴徒以抢劫和暴力为生。

汤姆·安德森是一个神秘而足智多谋的人，他加入了艾伦的群体。汤姆知道传说中的方舟，并相信它会来拯救他们。他向艾伦展示了一个他从一艘被毁的船只上发现的罗盘，上面指示了方舟可能的位置。

艾伦和她的同伴们决定踏上寻找方舟的旅程。他们穿过荒凉的城市，与暴徒和饥饿的食人者对抗。然而，随着旅程的深入，艾伦和其他幸存者开始对方舟的存在产生怀疑。

与此同时，汤姆和艾伦之间的关系变得越来越密切。汤姆向艾伦坦白了他的过去，以及他为何如此执着于寻找方舟。艾伦意识到，汤姆不仅仅是一个生存者，他是一个充满希望和决心的人。

随着旅程接近尾声，幸存者们终于发现了方舟。然而，方舟被一群暴徒占领了。艾伦和她的同伴们面临着一场艰苦的战斗，以夺回方舟并逃离暴徒的魔爪。

主题

《等待方舟》探索了人类在绝望和不确定性中的希望、决心和韧性的主题。它展示了即使在最黑暗的时刻，希望也能照亮道路，并激励人们继续前行。这部电影还探讨了人类对救赎和新开始的需求。