國影電影編號：M202210023

放映規格：DCP

級別：輔12級

片長：237分鐘

發音：國語

字幕：中、英字

牯嶺街少年殺人事件（數位修復版） A Brighter Summer Day (Restored)

楊德昌 Edward YANG｜臺灣Taiwan｜1991｜DCP｜Colour｜237min

★1991 第28屆金馬獎最佳劇情片、原著劇本

★1991 南特影展最佳導演

1961年，中學生茅武情殺案震驚社會。當年與兇手同為建國中學夜間部初二生的楊德昌，多年後改編此事將重心由「少年情殺」挪為「時代殺人」。以近四小時片長，讓觀眾共感六〇年代高壓統治與冷戰局勢下，藉美國流行歌嚮往彼方自由的島民苦悶；以百名角色編織極複雜人際網絡，讓校園窒息感、幫派情義淪喪、國家機器戕害、父親正直形象殞落，乃至對世故女友的不諒解，綿密累積為少年在現實受挫後的一次失控暴力；再輔以豐富光影，讓殺人昇華為令人心痛的純真失落。

電影於解嚴後推出，此時為臺灣歷史塑像、史觀檢討聲浪正盛，不同於《悲情城市》的本省家庭視角，本片由外省公務員家庭出發，他們多屬卑微百姓，並非全是既得利益者，凸顯了族群多樣性。風格上，有別於八〇年代對都會情感的冷靜探討，楊德昌融入大量個人記憶，節制技法下洶湧著滂湃情感。為了讓這部大製作有理想的生產條件，他自組工作室，並在藝校兼課尋才，幕前、幕後啟用大批新人，點燃無數火苗。

★1991 Best Narrative Feature, Best Original Screenplay, Golden Horse Awards

★1991 Best Direstor, Festival des 3 Continents

The film is based on a true event that rocked the nation in 1961; a teenage boy committed the murder, which was an outcome of love. The director, Edward YANG, was in the same grade at the same high school as the murderer was. Years later, YANG adapted the homicide incident and put emphasis on the times triggering the killing. This four-hour-long epic presents the gloomy atmosphere of islanders who can only relieve their cravings for freedom with American pop songs under the political environments of oppressive control and the Cold War in the 1960s. The film illustrates the complicatedness of that time with hundreds of roles. The story centers on the inexorable fall of a teenager into juvenile delinquency, set against a backdrop of gangs’ conflicts, dull schooldays, overwhelming state apparatus, father’s change, and incomprehensible behavior of his girlfriend. The incident is a painful result of innocence lost.

The film was released at the time when all declarations of martial law were lifted. It was a time asking for reform and revisions to views of Taiwanese history. Different from the perspective of a native Taiwanese family in HOU’s A City of Sadness (1989), A Brighter Summer Day tells the story of a teenager whose father is a normal mainlander working as a civil servant. Contrasting to the works calmly exploring relationships in cities in the 1980s, YANG involves a great number of personal memories in the epic and shows strong feelings with masterful direction. YANG’s effort in establishing his team and choosing actors in schools were conducive to the production of the epic. Performers and crew members who worked with him are enlightened to make creative works in their future careers.