In 2010 David Crowley, an Iraq veteran, aspiring filmmaker and charismatic up-and-coming voice in fringe politics, began production on his film 'Gray State.' Set in a dystopian near-future where civil liberties are trampled by an unrestrained federal government, the film's crowd funded trailer was enthusiastically received by the burgeoning online community of libertarians, Tea Party activists as well as members of the nascent alt-right. In January of 2015, Crowley was found dead with his family in their suburban Minnesota home. Their shocking deaths quickly become a cause célèbre for conspiracy theorists who speculate that Crowley was assassinated by a shadowy government concerned about a film and filmmaker that was getting too close to the truth about their aims.
At the time of the Polish social regime, a security officer is promoted to work at a prison yard. Introducing concurrently with the narrator he speaks of himself, his thoughts, his point of view. He tells that he is not afraid of bandits or gangs on the contrary he gets a kick out armed conflicts. To get a start in his new duty, he shops for a watchdog and he buys an untrained attack dog as his companion. Then he speaks of the adjudications that the death sentence for fugitives is lacking influence. From his point of view, the judicatory tribunal must execute the fugitives in public. In the morning the next day he wears his uniform and start working with pride.
Whilst he is on his duty, a very harmonic music score begins to be played on the piano. The watchman spectates the peaceful life on the street. At that time we catch on that socialism is not a governmental regime yet it's an uneducated behavior.
As a final scene the watchman witnesses of a cadet school's pupils being taught of the democracy. He leaves us with a confused smile.
A soft and likable thesis from the Polish director Kieslowski. You can find this short documentary as a special feature in his DVD of A Short Film About Killing. It could help you to compass his film language.
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...
本片與2010年為NHK剪輯的一小時內版本不同
