After leaving the youth shelter, a filmmaker lost in Christian faith begins filming his friend, who has turned to Satanism. His friend, a bankrupt ex-convict, trains tirelessly day and night, desperate to prove his worth. Yet, the people who care about him leave one after another.

After leaving the youth shelter, a filmmaker lost in Christian faith begins filming his friend, who has turned to Satanism. His friend, a bankrupt ex-convict, trains tirelessly day and night, desperate to prove his worth. Yet, the people who care about him leave one after another.

《歐洲甦醒》是為2006年台北雙年展：（限制級）瑜珈所創作的作品。創作的概念從靜照開始發想出發，運用我多年前在歐洲五國旅行所拍攝的幻燈片為主，讓這些幻燈片與各種不同規格的電影膠捲（十六釐米、標準八釐米 、超八釐米等）重新拼貼於三十五釐米的電影膠捲上，使靜態的影像進入一秒二十四格的動態電影的時間性中。我在異國經歷的各種風景已成為現成的影像資料，我用手工的方式將這些影像資料與我成長的生活照交替整合在一起，然後在數位技術的動態處理中再度產生細微的變化與瞬間的凝結，因而打破靜照與電影兩者之間的界限與原有的關係，創造出不同時間與空間的對話，激起我對自我身份與文化的異想，企圖同時喚醒電影創作者與觀眾內心深處的記憶。 　　德國電影導演荷索曾經在電影的拍攝過程中想去觸摸電影感光的過程，這樣的觸摸從來沒有在荷索拍電影的過程中發生過，而他這樣的衝動也沒有在他的影片上留下痕跡。在電影的拍攝中，雖然是人按下攝影機的快門，但電影的影像感光卻是由機械所操作與控制的。我希望在實驗電影的創作與探索中使這種不可能的電影夢想成真，在我的創作過程中留下這種觸摸與痕跡。 　　《歐洲甦醒》的影像主要由三十五釐米靜照的幻燈片與負片，以及部份十六釐米、標準八釐米 、超八釐米的電影膠卷所拼貼構成。我將利用現成的靜照影像，把過去多年來在歐洲五國旅行時所拍得幻燈片重新整理，以國家－歐洲（奧地利、匈牙利、捷克、德國與義大利）為單位穿插編排；同時穿插我成長時所拍的自拍照與生活合照，為了要讓這些靜態的幻燈片與負片跨越與超越自身的規格限制，必須作適度的改變而經過裁剪，與十六釐米、標準八釐米 、超八釐米的電影舊片被精細地排列黏貼整合在三十五釐米透明導片上。所使用的影像素材橫跨三十年：有70年代的八釐米色情影片、80年代在我個人底片簿的最初幾頁中的底片，從青春期到當兵退伍的成長速寫與家庭合照（家庭合照的底片一般會被父母長輩所收藏，而自己的底片簿通常是自己建構自我影像的開始。）、90年代遊歷歐洲五國所拍下的城市風景幻燈片、2000年以來個人十六釐米電影製作過程的工作拷貝，以及從電影後製公司所取得的三十五釐米商業電影的字幕片。 　　《歐洲甦醒》是人/影像創作者以手的觸摸與手工的方式重新付予各種影像新的呈像與生命，而不再只是受到機械的操控。企圖在不同的影像規格之間相互跨越與整合，讓影像超越靜態與動態的界限，從靜態到動態，進入電影的時間裡；再透過數位化與2D特效改變動態的影像的速度與節奏感，瞬間的凝結中讓動態的影像回到靜態，使影像能夠不斷地自由遊走在新的規格裡。一段段不同規格的電影底片與靜態影像層層交疊，我希望在這部作品中打破靜照與電影原有的時間性，過去我的家庭相簿裡影像將重新喚起記憶，在新的影像狀態中漸漸變得模糊而不確定。 　　《歐洲甦醒》是自我的甦醒；記憶的甦醒，但同時也是一種觀看的甦醒。我個人觀看的記憶與他人觀看的記憶透過手工製作的方式，顛覆觀眾過去觀看的方式，喚起觀眾觀看的欲望。當觀眾觀看時，觀眾便開始將私人的記憶與我的記憶混雜在一起，透過這種觀看的互動，讓觀眾察覺到自己在觀看，進而使觀眾產生一種不同以往的觀看方式。我試圖探討影像存在的狀態與限制，也試圖討論觀看的方式。尋找另一種觀看的方式，由觀看進到另一個空間，干預觀者穩定的觀看方式與狀態，從一種觀看再延伸至另一種觀看的可能。 　　Werner Herzog once thought about ‘touching’ the emulsion process during filmmaking. That ‘touch’ never happened in Herzog’s films. In the making of a film, though it takes a human being to push the button of a camera, it is the camera/machine that controls and operates the emulsion process of the film. 　　Initiated from the experiment on stilled images, “Europe Resurrection” was originally created for the 2006 Taipei Biennale – Dirty Yoga. “Europe Resurrection” is a collage composition made of 35mm slides and negatives, and of film negatives and prints in 16mm, Super-8mm, and Regular 8mm. Using found still images, I rearrange those slides taken during several trips to Europe over the years, and categorize them by countries—Austria, Hungry, Czech Republic, Germany and Italy; aside from these slides, I edit in self-portraits and family photos. In order to transcend/overcome the limitation of formats and textures of these still images, it is necessary to undertake certain transformation and editing which help to integrate them with 16mm, Super-8mm, and 8mm footages on clear 35mm film leader. Created with a human being/visual artist’s touch by hand and handmade processes that revive the inner spirit of variant imagery, “Europe Resurrection” is a film that is no longer monopolized by machinery maneuvers. It is a work that aims to transcend and integrate different film formats and visual styles, and that allows imagery to surpass the borderline between still and moving images—it may go from static to fluid, and from fluid back to static again—to travel freely in this new form. Overlapping layers of stills and moving images, the European landscape reincarnates in this new-born moving image that blurs and obscures. “Europe Resurrection” challenges the linear physical timeline of images and mental timeline of memories. 　　“Europe Resurrection” is an awakening call to self, to memory, and to perception. It explores the limitation of the state of being of image, and discourses ways of viewing. It looks for alternatives of the viewing experience by taking viewers into multiple times and spaces, and by further intervening the conventional ways of seeing and perceiving. It is a search for new possibilities of interacting with/reacting to the world of visual image.

土地测量员K（Ulrich Mühe 饰）在冬夜里抵达某个村子，以便执行附近城堡委托的工作，他在一家客店安顿下来之后一位年轻人到来向他索要不存在的许可证，以此为开端，K为进入城堡而穷其所能。第二天，一对双胞胎助手与K汇合，但他们对自己的工作一无所知，城堡方面在电话里声称K等人永远无法进入城堡。城堡的信使巴纳贝随即赶到，表示可以为K提供帮助，K被指引前往旅馆面见城堡的重要人物克拉姆，K试图通过克莱姆的情妇弗里达达到目的，他与弗里达发生了关系并订婚，K与村长相谈得知自己工作的由来，并因村长得到了学校的工作，他和弗里达暂时有了栖身之所。K再次拜访巴纳贝家却造成弗里达的绝望，进入城堡的希望仍然渺茫…… 　　本片根据卡夫卡的同名小说改编。

土地测量员K在冬夜里抵达某个村子，以便执行附近城堡委托的工作，他在一家客店安顿下来之后一位年轻人到来向他索要不存在的许可证，以此为开端，K为进入城堡而穷其所能。第二天，一对双胞胎助手与K汇合，但他们对自己的工作一无所知，城堡方面在电话里声称K等人永远无法进入城堡。城堡的信使巴纳贝随即赶到，表示可以为K提供帮助，K被指引前往旅馆面见城堡的重要人物克拉姆，K试图通过克莱姆的情妇弗里达达到目的，他与弗里达发生了关系并订婚，K与村长相谈得知自己工作的由来，并因村长得到了学校的工作，他和弗里达暂时有了栖身之所。K再次拜访巴纳贝家却造成弗里达的绝望，进入城堡的希望仍然渺茫…… 　　本片根据卡夫卡的同名小说改编。

俄版，改编自卡夫卡同名小说。作为外来者，土地测量员受困于等级森严的制度，无法进入中枢见伯爵，在外围村里徘徊，与被驯化的村民与狐假虎威的官僚纠缠，荒诞处处可见，奴颜媚骨声色俱厉。 　　被村官僚算计，出卖身份得以进入城堡，但始终见不着伯爵。当权者一声令下，土地测量员与村官僚互换身份，互换人生，但整个系统仍如常运作，恐怖如斯。被训化被同化被遥控，失去自我如木偶。 　　巴拉巴诺夫改了结局，比皇帝的新衣更荒诞，是土地测量员的新衣。喜欢这部的室内戏，布景错落有致，空间感强，再多的人挤逼在同一空间，都鱼贯而入尽然有序。

K来到偏远小村子，给城堡官样文化无休止留难，这你听过了，但能想像场景是蒙古大漠麽？卡夫卡的《城堡》由贾樟柯监製果然不一样。K穿越的蒙古草原没有在望的城堡，他抵达时是阳光普照的午后，村子一下子甦醒过来。这里尽多迴廊和弄堂，镜头凑得近，收音机播出40年代爵士乐，电话是转盘的古老款式，头顶珍宝机越过发出巨响，时空现在还是过去都分不清楚。K在村长书记官员身上经历一次次的挫折，重複得像轮迴，却每每有启示。看不见的城堡隐没艳阳中，都不知近还是远。

After serving as a maid for 50 years, Justina (60) received from her lifelong employer a manor in a desolate spot of the Argentinean pampas as an inheritance. The only condition is that she would never sell it. Justina and her daughter Alexia (17) move from the city to this derelict mansion where they need to survive facing the challenges of their new life. Their lack of experience with countryside tasks turns their life into a tragic comedy. While they start selling the few cows they have to pay for the roof repair, they still have to serve the family of the previous owner who keep using the mansion as a weekend retreat, expecting a luxury service. They are running out of cows, Alexia wants to move back to the city and Justina is facing the idea of a life alone in a castle. 　　源自：https://www.filmfestival.gr/en/section-tiff/movie/1273/14828

一个当代家庭穿越回20年前的除夕夜，破旧的房屋内现实与记忆交织在一起，时间就此停滞。

After serving as a maid for 50 years, Justina (60) received from her lifelong employer a manor in a desolate spot of the Argentinean pampas as an inheritance. The only condition is that she would never sell it. Justina and her daughter Alexia (17) move from the city to this derelict mansion where they need to survive facing the challenges of their new life. Their lack of experience with countryside tasks turns their life into a tragic comedy. While they start selling the few cows they have to pay for the roof repair, they still have to serve the family of the previous owner who keep using the mansion as a weekend retreat, expecting a luxury service. They are running out of cows, Alexia wants to move back to the city and Justina is facing the idea of a life alone in a castle. 　　源自：https://www.filmfestival.gr/en/section-tiff/movie/1273/14828