King and Kingmakers
The Cold War ended, and history was declared over. For a time, this was the footnote that geopolitical theorists and historians attached to the 20th century—democracy and freedom had triumphed, and the age of strongmen had come to a close. But history had no intention of saying goodbye. In the past decade, we’ve witnessed the return of authoritarian leaders across the globe. Giloo’s latest program invites you to revisit this phenomenon through documentaries that profile political strongmen—films that explore how politics and media work hand in hand to manufacture power, and how today’s strongmen have mastered new tools and tactics to maintain their grip.
AuthorGiloo紀實影音源自於「紀錄」的發音，是台灣唯一以影展及議題為導向的影音平台，搜羅台灣與全世界最重要的電影，致力打造影迷與知識影像的文化社群。
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Those irreversible slices of life
Recently, in a novel I've come to love, I found myself grasping the weight of life's slices. In the story, there is a wicked sorcerer who freezes people in the instant just before tragedy strikes—suspending everything, sealing it into a crystal ball, and building an entire museum from these frozen moments. And isn't film, in its own way, just as cruel? As viewers, we are little more than instruments for collecting tissue slices—slipping into a character's world for a single fleeting moment, wandering through it in passing, only to return, in the blink of an eye, to the reality that is our own.