Contained (2022)

Original title

神明在看

Directed by

Chih-Chieh Yu

Genre

drama film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

22 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Two government agents sit in a car watching a target. A junior agent's mistake lets the target escape, and the senior agent must find a way to fix the situation. The film uses a single long take to show their tense waiting and the fallout from the mistake.

tensesuspensefulminimalistslow-burnobservationalcerebralunsettlingintrospective

What happens

《神明在看》（英語：Contained），是一部於2022年推出的臺灣科幻懸疑電影短片，以長鏡頭的方式呈現，敘述兩名控制局特⼯⼀如往常的坐在⾞內觀察⽬標物，本該注意電線桿上的「亂丟垃圾神明在看」看板，卻因學弟的一時疏忽導致目標逃離，特工學長（尤柏耘飾演）將如何與學弟一同挽回頹勢的局面故事。該片為游智傑導演大學期末自編自導之作品，並由「沉默老兵電影有限公司」發行。 2022年該片亦入圍第44屆金穗獎最佳學生劇情片、第7屆新北市學生影像新星獎最佳劇情片、第17屆螺絲起子國際學生影展大專短片組、第5屆金光獎四個競賽項目金光獎、影片海報金獎、青年評審團特別獎、最佳創意獎，並以一鏡到底的旁觀方式講述極具創意的宏觀故事、煞有介事也懸念十足，拿下第44屆金穗獎最佳學生劇情片、第5屆金光獎最佳創意獎。同年，入圍第31届金鸡百花电影节金雞海峽兩岸暨港澳青年短片季及第6屆平遙國際電影展平遙一角單元，因其敘事手法大膽獨特於一千餘部作品當中脫穎而出，獲得新翼推優榮譽最佳短片，大放異彩。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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