This film is inspired by Tshn̂g-bú, the Goddess of Sleep in Taiwanese folk legend. Tshn̂g-bú comforts babies and lets them sleep, and She protects children, so that they grow up safely. The subjective shot of the camera represents the gaze of goddess.
Delivered in a poetic style, the film is founded on reality while presented with experimental visual and aural elements. Traversing the divide between fiction and non-fiction, the film offers the viewers a different mode of documentary experience.
《睏寐之際》以台灣民間信仰中的床母為靈感。床母是安撫嬰兒睡覺的女神,她庇佑孩子平安長大。主觀鏡頭的移動,是女神的凝視。
在醒與睡之間的間隙,有第三種意識的維度,女神探索長大人們的心聲,人們訴說內心深處的想望:或在窘迫的生活中,撐持著走自己的路;或在追求理想的路上,伴隨著不安;或在奢華的日子裡,尋找無法回答的答案。在渴睡欲眠、將醒未醒之間,觀眾隨著鏡頭,看到從雅房到豪宅的各種空間。睡眠有階級之分,卻也超越了階級。
影像一層又一層進入意識的深處,睏寐之際的心緒,比醒著的真實世界還真實。影片帶著詩意,以真實為基礎,產生實驗性的影像與聲音風格。在虛構與非虛構之外,嘗試創造新的觀影經驗。
English
臺灣國語