电影《一念无明》的本土诉说

A Native Narration in Mad World, a Film

《一念无明》是香港电影发展局"首部剧情电影计划"资助下的低成本影片,却取得票房佳绩。紧绌的资金反而造就了影片的独特艺术风格。外景偏少,室内取景为主、固定镜头、近镜、大特写运用等均为其中特色。两位年青人,导演黄进及编剧陈楚珩,凭着电影中对精神病人及相关社会议题的表述,成功引起各界别人士的关注及讨论。男主角的躁郁症,成了串连剧情的主线,也带出了父子、母子、朋友等种种关系。这是当下香港人的香港故事,电影充满本土地域色彩及时代意义。城市的狭窄空间,低下阶层的窘迫生活,人承受的精神压力等等,无不是戏里欲以反映的内容。

Sponsored by Hong Kong Film Development Council＇s First Feature Fihn Initiative, Mad World is a low-cost production that was a box-office success. But the tight budget has, on the contrary, made it possible for the film to be artistically unique, with such features as fixed camera, near shots and close-ups, based on interior scenes rather than shooting on location. The two young filmmakers, director Wong Chun （Huang Jin ）and scriptwriter Florence Chan （Chen Chuheng）, have successfully caught attention and aroused discussions among people from all walks of life with their portraiture of mental illness and relevant social issues. The male protagonist＇ s bipolar disorder is the main storyfine that brings out a variety of relationships between father and son, mother and her children, and friends, which is also the story of the Hong Kong people as they are at present that is full of a local colour and contemporary significance. The narrow city space, the poverty-stricken lives of the people living at the lower rungs of the society and the spiritual pressure people live under have all formed part of the contents the film is set to express.