THE MASTERS 大師級 Sweden/Germany/Norway 瑞典／德國／挪威 2019 | Swedish | DCP | Colour | 76min Director Roy Andersson Producer Pernilla Sandström, Johan Carlsson Scriptwriter Roy Andersson Cinematographer Gergely Pálos Editor Johan Carlsson, Kalle Boman, Roy Andersson Production Designer Anders Hellström, Frida E. Elmström, Nicklas Nilsson Sound Robert Hefter Cast Martin Serner, Jessica Louthander, Tatiana Delaunay, Anders Hellström Production Roy Andersson Filmproduktion World Sales Coproduction Office ©Roy Andersson Film Production • Studio 24 ©KG Productions About Endlessness Om det oändliga 明明無盡 Some of the themes in About Endlessness are presented in your [導演訪問] other films: optimism represented by youth, but also war and 《明明無盡》裏有一些主題，常見於你的其他電影：青 despair, and the absence of God. Here you show a priest who 年代表希望，不過亦有戰爭與絕望，以及上帝的缺席。 doesn’t believe in God. Would you say there is always a balance 片中神父並不相信神。你認為希望與絕望之間是否總 between hope and despair? 能平衡？ The main theme of my work is the vulnerability of human beings. 我的作品主題是人類的脆弱，我認為展現脆弱是希望 And I think it is a hopeful act to create something showing 之舉。因為當人注意到脆弱的存在，你會學懂尊重及 vulnerability. Because if you are aware of the vulnerability of 珍惜。 existence, you can become respectful and careful of what you have. 我想強調存在之美、生存之美。然而，要呈現美需要 I wanted to emphasise the beauty of existence, of being alive. But of 有對比，展示存在的敗壞及殘酷。 course, to get that, you need to have a contrast. You need to show the bad side, the cruel side of existence. 回望藝術史，不少畫作也很悲慘。即使畫作描繪殘酷 與悲傷，但畫家可透過畫作傳達力量，創造希望。 Looking at art history, for example, a lot of paintings are very tragic. But even if they depict cruel and sad scenes, by painting them the 影片雖有歷史場景，卻有永恆無盡的感覺，片名亦如是。 artists have in some way transferred the energy and created hope. 對，畫面雖是九月、雪景或歷史場景，但我希望呈現 Though you have these historical scenes, there is a sense of 時間綿延、永恆無盡的感覺。片名「無盡」與空間的 timelessness to your films and here it also ties into the title. 無止境無關，並非科學概念，而是關乎存在徵兆、人 類徵兆之無盡。 The “endlessness” of the title has nothing to do with the never-ending space. It is not in terms of science, endlessness in this film is about the endlessness of signs of existence, the signs of being human. Interview with Roy Andersson by Philippe Bober Roy ANDERSSON was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1943. His first feature, A SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY 主要作品 Swedish Love Story (70), won four prizes at Berlinale. After a career as an award- 1970 A Swedish Love Story 瑞典愛情故事 winning commercial director, he returned to a renewed filmmaking career with 2000 Songs from the Second Floor 二樓傳來的歌聲 The Living Trilogy (00-14). A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (14) 2007 You, the Living 人啊，你為甚麼 won the Golden Lion award at Venice. 2014 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence 羅伊安德遜 1943 年生於瑞典哥德堡，69 年在瑞典電影學院畢業，畢業後首 鴿子在樹上反思存在意義 部長片《瑞典愛情故事》(70) 光芒四射。81 年成立「24 製片廠」，拍攝廣告逾 2019 About Endlessness 明明無盡 四百部，其後回歸電影，作品風格獨特。憑《二樓傳來的歌聲》(00) 獲康城評審 ©Studio 24 團獎。憑《鴿子在樹上反思存在意義》(14) 獲威尼斯金獅獎。 88.