陳錫煌，已故布袋戲大師李天祿的長子。李天祿因入贅陳家，長子按規定得姓陳。父親巨人般的身影、異姓父子的特殊關係，為兩人種下難解心結。2009 年，高齡七十九歲的陳錫煌離開家族庇蔭，只帶著紅盒子內供奉的戲神田都元帥，用自己的名字另創劇團，成為深獲國內外肯定的人間國寶。然而，傳統布袋戲的快速沒落，卻又讓他面臨空有一身絕學、慷慨授藝不藏私，可是後繼者寥寥可數的困境⋯⋯。
楊力州愛看布袋戲，工作室取名「後場」，意指拍紀錄片一如為布袋戲敲鑼打鼓的樂陣，是在陪襯鏡頭裡的精彩人生。《紅盒子》製作歷時十年，不只紀錄八旬長者的傳承使命、探究兩代國寶間的矛盾，更以大銀幕展現老師傅為戲偶注入靈魂的掌中技藝，企圖將傳統布袋戲的獨特魅力，重新帶回常民生活。
Chen Hsi-huang is the eldest son of Li Tien-lu, the renowned Taiwanese glove puppeteer, but his relationship with his father had always been strained. At the age of 79, Chen set up his own troupe, which soon earned recognition all over the world.
Nevertheless, Chen finds no one to pass on his great skills...
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What could the fate of the Villa Empain, Baron Empain’s crazy project in Brussels, which has gone through a long and eventful journey since its completion in 1934, possibly inspire? Katharina Kastner’s challenge was to draw the portrait of the place, keeping in mind the work of time, like in a human existence. Shot in 16mm, her film appeals to the senses, it captures the stirring of leaves undulating in the garden light, the movement of iridescent pearls, or the colourful games of a piece by Daniel Buren. Without a word, but with a caressing camera, she pays close attention to the hidden patterns on the gorgeous marbles, or to the veins in the most precious types of wood used to decorate the rooms. In slight touches, regardless of the monumental aspect of the 27.000 square-feet villa and the pool that so impressed its first visitors, Katharina Kastner o ers an organic vision of the place, which has been marked by the trials and tribulations of life, and used successively as a museum, an embassy and a squat, until its final renovation. The clever editing makes furtive connections, underlines colour associations, mixes up times and tactile sensations, while the spaces we explore keep rustling. The film takes us on a reminiscing journey, with slices of Empain’s life, from the family archive here on a holiday, there playing on the beach, images from a distant past that keep haunting the premises. The film reveals to us this living space that was designed like a piece of art, but it does so in a wandering way. This dream vision guides us through the villa like an echo of foregone fantasies, a mental space, but also a welcoming backdrop for the work of time. A bit like the fingerprint work we see in the film, or the slight touch of a pencil on a blank sheet.
The story of trailblazing country music legend Tanya Tucker’s return to the spotlight after nearly 20 years. Rising star Brandi Carlile writes an album for her hero based on Tanya’s life, spurring the greatest comeback in country music history.
