鄭立明－《MATA-影像之初》

國影電影編號：M2025_12_06

放映規格：DCP

級別：普遍級

片長：52分鐘

發音：國語、台語

字幕：中英

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鄭立明 －《MATA－影像之初》

MATA － The Island's Gaze by Cheng Li-Ming

MATA - 影像之初 MATA - The Island's Gaze
Taiwan ｜ 2016 ｜ Video｜ Color ｜ Sound ｜ 52min

蘇格蘭攝影師約翰．湯姆生John Thomson 於1871年的福爾摩沙之行，所拍攝的一系列濕版照片之中，有一張原住民獵人照片。畫面中停格的老、少獵人，經歷一百四十幾年仍栩栩如生，湯姆生驚訝於福爾摩沙的人物與風景之美，影像甚至再製版畫流傳。但是，他要身手矯健的原住民獵人在相機之前靜止不動，才能成功獵取他們的影像。

今天西拉雅萬長老自彈自唱、琴弦撩撥、山林搖動，他們的祖先勇士腳步也在疾躍著。他化身成一個半世紀前的獵人，在電影，也在照片中。如今，長老扮起了獵人，現實中卻已找不到獵場。當初的影像歷經百來年，彷彿靜止不變，但，時間卻淘空了，人、物不再，族群甚至失去了母語，以及自己的名。

導演從照片一角蹲著的男孩與狗，誕生了一雙角色，從男孩與狗的好奇眼光，看著部落裡身手矯健的獵者，遭遇外來的「影像獵人」，見證一場新舊世界的對決。在那很久之後，獵人消失，影像日漸當道。湯姆生當年帶來一部雙眼相機，一方面做立體幻景，另一方面也拿來做「手動連拍」模式（一次遮一眼，曝光秒數不等）做一次兩張的試拍、篩選。

作為一個電影導演，拿著上百年的雙眼相機，揣想在那些 MATA （眼睛）們當時在看見了什麼。那之後，影像是怎麼形塑了我們以及福爾摩沙，而在那之前，影像又是什麼？在仍難以名之的我、我們的 MATA 裡，是否還有答案？

The film is based on photographs of indigenous hunters taken by John Thomson during his trip to Taiwan in 1871, blending drama and experimental techniques to explore the power that images shape historical impressions.

The twin-lens stereocamera Thomson used was for Stereo Vision and also had a "manual burst" mode (cover one lens at a time for a few seconds for exposure) to make two-photo test shots and select the best. After a long time, hunters are gone, and images are in power. Now, carrying a hundred-year-old twin-lens reflex camera, I wonder what those "Mata(s)" had seen at that time. And after that, how do images represent us and Formosa, and what exactly are images before that? Are they still clear in Mata of the indescribable "me, us" ?

關於導演 About the filmmaker：

鄭立明 Li-Ming CHENG

1992年畢業於世新傳播學院，主修電影編導。畢業後，曾任職金馬獎執委會、國家電影資料館，並從事影評、文學以及劇本創作。1996年開始投入電影製作，陸續發表紀錄片與實驗影像的創作。系列作品《鑿空 (2007)》、《傷城 (2008)》、《等待‧真愛 (2010)》深入探討城市中的時間與空間。最近作品：《跳房子 (2012)》以舞蹈表達反核意識。《尋找木柵女 (2013)》，《MATA - 影像之初》追尋、重構19世紀攝影家 John Thomson 來台灣拍攝的西拉雅族人之影像作品。

Born in Chang-Hua, Taiwan; graduated from Shih-Hsin University and then worked in a media company, the Golden Horse Executive Committee, and the Taiwan Film Institute; also as a film critic and writer. The serial works "Through(2007)", "Sorrow of City(2008)" and "Waiting for True Love" explored the depth of time and space of the city. His documentary film- "The astrolabe of text" (2010) is about the traditional Chinese printing industry in Taiwan, and “Ita thau”(2010) is about the catastrophic earthquake that occurred in Taiwan on September 21st, 1999. "Looking For Siraya"(2013) and "MATA"(2017) are based on photographs and images of Formosa Indigenous people taken by 19th-century photographer John Thomson; to watch and to explore the subject of ourselves.