2017
Directed by 楊力州
哭到快瞎
傳承的無以為繼，在鏡頭下被放大，顯得令人感到無比唏噓，尤其看到國外的藝術工作者，比我們還投入在乎，進而幾乎要繼承紅盒子，在觀看時，既震撼又有種深沉的無力感，想不出怎麼會搞成這樣。荷蘭人羅賓是位比我們還熱愛台灣文化的偶戲研究專家，我跟他吃過飯，他都喝台啤，不是海尼根，點海鮮攤比我俐落熟練，住在台灣，三十多年，習慣聽台語歌看夕陽，大稻埕的人都認識他。
大師之所以成為大師，不單是因為機緣巧遇，投入了時間歲月，也取得了極高的藝術成就，可是，父親的那個嚴厲身影，巨大且深刻的籠罩在他身上，甚至，可能因此直到最後一刻，都無法自行走出，對照起手上的戲偶，那是一種被人手操弄命運的隱喻嗎？
布袋戲是台灣非常特殊的國家傳統技藝，傳奇的國寶級人物，自身生命投注其中，更連動了整個家族，其中不為人知的糾葛，還有內心底的尋求認同，並不因為年歲已長，而能輕易放過，非常值得一看。
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