第七部份：安德魯．庫爾展望展 | Part Seven: Andrew Khur Reprosoective

一面向北  The North Face, Pencil on paper, 20.2 x 35.8cm, 2012

黑暗裡永遠現在  The Long Now,Pencil on paper, 19 x 34cm, 2012

時日無她  Time is Something, Pencil on paper, 19 x 34.5cm, 2012

戀羊人  Pecus, Pencil on paper, 19 x 34.3cm, 2012

一面向北
導演：格雷哥尼亞．高登／澳洲／2013／116mins

綽號「北面煞星」的丹，曾是八十年代拳擊界的明日之星，曾於不少經典賽事大展拳腳，讓後人在youtube傳頌不已。丹後來因為染上毒癮黯然淡出拳擊界，從此銷聲匿跡。唔知點解人到中年的他突然決心再踏擂台，丹遠赴天寒地凍的格陵蘭秘密練功。曾經綠草如茵的雪地與丹早有了呼應，都在蜃樓裡尋覓自己的前生。全片高潮旨在這場心靈救贖之旅，片尾賽事早超越肉身榮辱的層次。安德魯死裡重生後的歸鄕之作，把自己五年前藥物中毒經歷融入角色之中。更堅持不用替身，誓要做到拳拳到肉，把自己的血與骨都呈堂給你看，難怪在多個影展封影帝。


The North Face
Director: Gregoria Gordan / Australia / 2013 / 116min
Cast: Andrew Khur, Heather Greene

Known as “The North Face”, Dan was a former rising boxing star of the 1980s who met success in different competitions – some bouts can now be seen on YouTube. Dan disappeared from boxing due to a drug habit. On reaching middle-age, he suddenly decided to return to the ring and travelled to Greenland for secret training. Painful memories from his previous life affected Dan during these 40 days of training – and it is this journey of redemption that is the film’s climax. Andrew insisted on playing the boxer role himself and his bloody performance won him the Best Actor award in many film festivals.





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黑暗裡永遠現在
導演：安德魯．庫爾／美國／2014／135mins

安德佬演而優則導，初執導筒即一鳴驚人。於門登士電影節（Moondance Film Festival）競逐「幾種視野」人道獎， 電影前半以英年早逝的歌手Nicholas Rodney為藍本，回顧了他短暫的音樂人生。 影片更有幸請得他三位親生姐姐接受訪問，講述他亡故前夕的點滴。風雨欲來，原來原來沒意外。後半驟變劇情片，以虛構敲問生命的可能。在假設的世界裡，他沒有成功殺掉自己，他或許歸隱田園、登台演戲、三年抱兩……又或者不過禿了頭長了肉。七個沒能及時殞落的可能，由七個不同演員分飾，過去的無可挽回與未來的虛情假意之間，唯有那薄於胎膜的當下，自有永有。


The Long Now
Director: Andrew Khur / USA / 2014 /135min
Cast: Andrew Khur, Christian Bateman, Aries Stuart

A leading actor for many years, Andrew Khur’s directing debut has also been very successful – including being shortlisted for the Humanitarian Award in the Moondance Film Festival. The first half of the film depicts the brief musical career of Nicholas Rodney, a singer who died young. Rodney’s sisters are interviewed and relate his life’s story. The second half is radically different: a fictional story in which Andrew tests the possibilities of life within fiction. In this fictional world, Nicholas Rodney did not kill himself. He might act in movies. He might have children. Seven actors acted seven possibilities. In between the irreversible past and the fictional future, only the present is immortal and certain.






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時日無她
導演：達倫斯．麻甩克 ／美國／2021／139mins

由《地獄之日》金像大導麻甩克執導，於第二十八屆帕斯影展勇奪最高榮譽金橄欖獎。於一個六十年代的美國中西部家庭，七歲的瑪蒂達是家中獨女，爸媽都愛她，但爸不愛媽媽不愛爸。爸媽偏執地於離異兩頭家打造了兩個完全一樣的睡房，讓心肝寶貝安心穿梭其中。但物質的同步無法安撫心靈的激盪，慈悲為懷的母親與現實保守的父親教女兒的人格日益分裂。不久瑪蒂達便在學校的遠足活動中失蹤，剩爸媽共同歷經排山盡海的蒙太奇，對崇高與混沌的禮讚生死相許，躍入哀慟裡方可一家團圓。奇異恩典真是信不信由你。影像洪荒彷彿一眾大師也來參了一腳。時光荏苒，已為人父的安德佬步入中年，演父親一角入木三分。


Time is Something
Director: Darrence Maluck / USA / 2021 / 139min
Cast: Andrew Khur, Naomi What

Darrence Maluck, the director of A Day of Hell, won the Golden Olive Award at the 28th Perth Film Festival with this film set in the 1960s about a Mid-western American family, whose only daughter, seven-year old Matilda, is greatly loved by her parents. However, her parents do not love each other. After separating, her parents build two separate, but exactly identical bedrooms in their own homes, so Matilda can enjoy life as if they had not separated. Despite material comfort, Matilda becomes schizophrenic. Matilda then disappears during a school outing and while enduring the search and sadness of losing her the family is reunited. A father himself, Andrew makes a strong performance as Matilda’s father.

戀羊人
導演：李呀／美國 ／2017／134mins

男子上山牧羊，與有名無實的妻聚少離多。高處不勝寒，瞞住了上帝，他就來到牠身邊。在牠的毛髮間，他心神律動，恐懼為他打拍子，基因為他一路護航。為了救牠遠離屠刀，他帶牠遠走高飛，企圖忘掉世界——但這個世界又怎會輕易忘記這個戀羊的罪人。不愧是出自亞洲導演的手筆，電影前半雖遠赴紐西蘭取景，山明水秀的景致卻盡得東方山水的神韻。中段的法律制裁有紀實的嚴酷，後段婚姻牢獄則充滿對西方中產的批判。李呀盡哂他駕馭不同類型的能力，但骨子裡只想說，昨日依稀，蒼海桑田，以死句讀，本是天經地義的事情。


Pecus
Director: Ahh Lee / USA / 2017 / 134min
Cast: Andrew Khur, Michelle Gyllenhaha, Anna Halfaway

A shepherd tends his sheep high in the mountains and slowly falls in love with one of his flock. Later, exposed for this indiscretion and to protect it from being slaughtered for meat, he takes the sheep away by boat. The first half of this brilliant film by Asian director Ahh Lee, is shot in New Zealand, with its stunning scenery given an Oriental tinge. The later court trial of the shepherd becomes a cruel symphony and the exploration of his failed marriage is a strong critique against Western middle-class values. Ahh Lee leaves us with the message that immortality is the only unchanging constant in life.