电影如蝴蝶,漂亮而短寿。千机万变抓住美好固已难能可贵,留住永恒之美,庶几无憾。印度气候潮热,多亏人称「奈尔先生」的印度电影保育之父,无数濒临损毁边缘的珍贵作品,得以保存修复。由门票收藏家变身菲林卫士,不避跋涉直入穷乡挽救烟没的电影,奈尔走过的路可有十万八千里?看着旧片重 温、各式制作公司商标的片头蒙太奇,印度电影史彷佛就在经他保留的影框之间无言揭示。遑论波兰大师赞禄西、斯里兰卡国宝培里斯等锦上添花的访谈,直构一场知性大丰收。
Henri Langlois, the French film preservation pioneer, had it easy compared to P. K. Nair. Nair, the founder of the National Film Archive of India, has been instrumental in salvaging his country's cinematic heritage, from early silent films to regional cinema to even popular Hindi movies. He has also been a teacher to a host of filmmakers, including this documentary's director. Heartfelt and illuminating, this is a celebration of cinema and a man who spends his life safeguarding film for future generations.
In the 1990s post-communist Slovakia, former woods worker Miki takes his chances to start doing business at a local level and climb up the ladder to become the biggest mafia boss in the country.
Follows an Italian con-man who pretends to be a prince and goes to Mexico City to exploit the elite's fascination with European Nobility. They comply with his every request, even giving him their daughters' hands in marriage.
American Charlotte Dobler is a master chocolatier in Vienna, she having taken over historic Dobler Chocolates from her now deceased grandmother. She is facing an eviction of sorts from that historic site in a buyout from Danube Developments who has a redevelopment project under works. Charlotte is the only property owner holdout in not selling in honor of that history. In an ap..