2008金馬國際影片觀摩展

飢餓
Hunger
史提夫麥昆Steve McQueen
英UK│2008│35mm│Color│100min
2008坎城影展金攝影機、一種注目單元費比西獎
2008雪黎影展最佳影片
2008多倫多影展年度新導演獎得主

真人實事改編，揭露1981年北愛爾蘭共和軍巴比桑茲，遭逮捕後在獄中以絕食抗議至死前6週駭人經歷…英國當代藝術家及最高榮譽泰納獎得主史提夫麥昆，首戰影壇處女作【飢餓】劇力萬鈞、豔驚坎城，勇奪金攝影機大獎。【飢餓】以極具爭議性史實題材，以及男主角麥可法斯班德為戲遽瘦幾至形銷骨毀的驚人演出，橫掃各大影展並獲多倫多影展年度新導演獎，影評及市場皆獲極大肯定，史提夫麥昆成為影壇備受矚目的明日之星。無論是影片成就及影像風格，【飢餓】堪稱一鳴驚人，2008年金馬影展「神祕場」大力推薦，史提夫麥昆定是今年影壇橫空出世的彗星。值得一提，【飢餓】導演精心將囚牢如煉獄的影像視覺化，前半段的黑獄虐囚到後半段的絕食抗爭，拍得緊扣人心、壯烈精采。雖然風靡坎城影展，並在威尼斯影展榮獲Gucci Group頒贈風雲大獎，不過部分內容極具爆炸力，限制級不是單純表列，影迷要有心理準備。本片新進榮獲英國獨立精神獎最佳影片導演劇本男主角等7項大獎提名，成為最大贏家，勢必是年度國際影壇風雲電影。

UK artist Steve McQueen, in collaboration with Irish playwright Enda Marsh, has created an extraordinary feature debut about the prison life-and-death of IRA hunger striker, Bobby Sands. Establishing the conditions of Her Majesty's Maze prison near Belfast in the early 80s, the first movement powerfully pushes into abstraction, with McQueen approaching the prison cells as installation sites for articulating the human body as both weapon and battleground in a series of intense and violent clashes between the wardens and prisoners. In a bold narrative choice, Sands only emerges as a character towards the end of this section, and is brought into sharp relief in a punchy philosophical exchange with a Catholic priest, dissecting the political and religious implications of his decision to starve himself.

屬於我們的聖誕節
A Christmas Tale
阿諾戴普勒尚Arnaud Desplechin
法 France│2008│35mm│Color│150min
2008坎城影展評審團特別獎

茱儂年輕時生下長子卻罹患血癌，因苦無合適的骨髓可以移植，她和丈夫阿貝爾於是再生了一女兩子，卻還是來不及救回七歲長子的命…多年以後，家人關係日漸疏離，就在耶誕前夕，茱儂卻意外發現她自己也得了血癌，時光荏苒，如今她需要測試兒孫們的骨髓，看誰能救她一命，即將來到的聖誕節，形同陌路的家族成員重新聚首…集合凱薩琳丹妮芙、馬修阿瑪希等一流法國巨星，劇本密如織雲、演員功力精湛，【屬於我們的聖誕節】發揮法國電影優雅精緻的傳統，4度入選坎城正式競賽的法國導演阿諾戴普勒尚，將家族聚會的新仇舊恨經營得山雨欲來，成熟穩健的手法如庖丁解牛般精密舖排家庭成員關係，從相敬如賓及至劍拔弩張，戲味滿點。凱薩琳丹妮芙依舊風華絕代，家族成員也是各具神采。美國電影協會AFI今年製作阿諾戴普勒尚專題，推介這位自90年代起風格愈趨成熟且持續影壇的法國當代名導。

Abel and Junon had two children, Joseph and Elizabeth. Victim of a rare genetic condition, Joseph’s only hope was a bone marrow transplant. As the y and Elizabeth were incompatible, his parents conceived a third child in the hope of saving their son. But little Henri too was unable to help his brother , and Joseph died at the age of seven .The Vuillard family has never recovered. Many years have passed, and family relationships are more strained than cynical drop out who divides his time between women and drink. After a violent argument, Elizabeth banishes her feckless brother, cutting him off from his nephew, her son Paul- a tortured adolescent beset by serious mental problems.