Spectral Flames: Hidden Gems Waiting for an Encounter | Online Curation by Film Critic Mr. GeckoBiHu
In every era, certain films persist as hidden gems, burning quietly their spectral flames in corners where nobody notices. Spectral, for having been buried by the arbitrary nature of its era, or from years of forgottenness in obscurity; Spectral, also for the fact that they give form to an internal, invisible burning within, weeping aloud in a deafening silence. With this programme, I hope to orchestrate encounters between these films and audiences who might not have realized their need for them. They do not yet know that they yearn for those spectral flames to flare up within their screen, to sting and scorch their yearning heart.
Author壁虎先生2017年起以「壁虎先生」為筆名撰寫影評及遊戲評論至今，作品散見《紀工報》、《幼獅文藝》、《週刊編集》、《關鍵評論》、《放映週報》、Blogger和Medium等平台。2026年紀錄長片《離開即景》（Scenes from Departure）聯合製片。
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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.