《迷樓驚魂》The Penultimate｜
約納斯．凱悠普．約特 Jonas KÆRUP HJORT
丹麥、挪威 Denmark, Norway｜
2020｜DCP｜Color｜123min
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濃霧的平原上，水務員來到一棟神祕的大樓查水錶，卻慘被住戶毆打囚禁。他亟欲逃出迷宮般的困境，卻遭到各色奇怪人士阻止。只知若與其中一位「新娘者」結婚，便能找到掌管大門鑰匙的看守人，逃離這個邏輯詭異的荒唐世界。而這一切究竟是真實亦或夢境？
雜揉了卡夫卡的敘事風格、葛羅托斯基「貧窮劇場」法則，以及貝克特的荒謬表演，本片以暗黑詭譎的謎語詰問，玩轉劇場及電影語言，讓演員們於高反差的燈光與封閉性的空間場景中，強烈扭動身體穿梭於房間之中，透過肢體互動來投射角色間「心靈迷宮」的符號關係，將水務員的經歷，以黑色幽默的隱喻投射眼前的瘋狂世界。
「自我有記憶以來，幽閉感便時時存在。與生俱來對世界的超敏感知，形塑了我對存在狀態及藝術表述的方式，進而催生了這個故事。」──約納斯．凱悠普．約特
The Penultimate is a Kafkaesque tale of an insignificant Water Inspector who arrives at a giant remote building to register the residents’ water meters.
Before he knows of it, he finds himself trapped inside the building, facing an “Alice in NO-Wonderland”- like maze of obstacles. In his attempt to escape, perception of reality, the rational, and the remnants of his human existence are turned upside down.
“For as long as I can remember, the feeling of confinement has lived within me. An irrational feeling that I think has arisen from an innate hypersensitivity towards the world. It has become an existential living condition and a way of expressing myself artistically. From this place springs the story of The Penultimate.” – Jonas Kærup Hjort
▍2021台北電影節 ▍
時間：2021/09/23~10/07
地點：信義威秀影城、京站威秀影城、光點華山電影館