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France 法國 1918 | English | DCP | B&W | 384min Director Louis Feuillade Scriptwriter Louis Feuillade, Georges Le Faure Cinematographer Léon Clausse Editor Léon Clausse Cast Mary Harald, René Cresté, Georges Biscot, Édouard Mathé Production/World Sales Gaumont

Tih Minh 天謎

After the triumphs of his four great serials (Fantômas in 1913-1914, [影評摘錄] Les Vampires in 1915-1916, Judex in 1916 and La Nouvelle mission de 四大系列（1913-14 年的《魅影大盜》、1915-16 年的 Judex in 1917), Louis Feuillade found a new path in a genre that was 《吸血鬼》、1916 年的《猶德士》及 1917 年的《猶德 running out of steam (having been initiated by Victorin Jasset and 士的新任務》）報捷後，路易費雅德從停滯不前的類型 his 1908 film Nick Carter). He imagined a more open world, a story 片（由維托蘭雅塞開創，初見於其 1908 年的《神探卡 of espionage against a backdrop of colonial epic and parapsychology. 特》）中找到新出路。他想像出一個更開闊的世界，以 In Tih Minh, this consists of nothing less than the destruction of 殖民地史詩及靈魂學為背景的間諜故事。《天謎》涵蓋 the British empire in India and the upheaval of the global political 的，不限於大英帝國在印度的破壞，以及全球政局的動 balance… Dabbling in poetry, Louis Feuillade addressed his audience: 蕩……沉浸於詩意中，費雅德致觀眾：「大家好，歡迎 “Good public, delighting in silent dramas / We offer you today in all 觀賞默片／我們今天為你帶來富麗堂皇的全新體驗／ its fresh splendour / Tih Minh, a novel of love and mad adventures / 《天謎》是一部關於愛與瘋狂歷險的小說／阿波羅是其 Of which Apollo was the printer / Here, O public, see a fine collection 印刷商／大家來看珍貴影像／將法國春日注入生命／毋 of images / Breathed into life French springtime sun / Without even 須揭開書頁／在戲院即可逐一細賞。」連載方式不變， having to turn any pages / At the cinema, admire each one”. The 《天謎》是十二集源自小說的系列故事，取材自《小巴 formula of the feuilleton remains, Tih Minh was to include 12 episodes 黎》的每日連載。 that had a literary origin, published daily in Le Petit Parisien. 另一偉大成就：同名主角是歐亞混血年輕女郎瑪莉夏 Pierre Philippe 勞，她曾於費雅德 1918 年的《天謎》演出。她的演出 光芒四射，與一眾意大利女伶並駕齊驅，在其後十年依 然深受喜愛。縈繞着她的神秘氛圍（或許也是費雅德對 她的愛意），啟發了導演的超現實想像，路易德呂克的 風格亦默默受她影響。要去發掘這部鮮為人知的經典， 理由無數。

Louis FEUILLADE (1873-1925) was born in Lunel, France. Once a journalist, he began his SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY 主要作品 cinema career in 1906 as a scriptwriter at Gaumont and later became a director whose 1913-14 Fantômas 魅影大盜 internationally popular screen serials were the most influential French films of the period 1915-16 Les Vampires 吸血鬼 around World War I. He directed over 630 films during his career. 1916 Judex 猶德士 路易費雅德 (1873-1925) 出生於法國盧內爾，曾任記者，1906 年加入高蒙電影公司成為編 1917 The New Mission of Judex 劇，後晉身導演。畢生執導超過 630 部影片，其犯罪系列名揚國際，是一戰時期最具影響 猶德士的新任務 力的法國電影。 1918 Tih Minh 天謎

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