熒光血影
Benny’s Video

奧地利 Austria / 1992 / 105min / 35mm / Colour
德語對白，英文字幕 In German with English subtitles
演員 Cast：烏列謬希Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler

「冰川三部曲」第二部的主角是十三歲的少年賓尼，埋首錄像世界，世界對他而言也不過是套有時以他為主角的錄像。他的睡房儼如一個攝製室，錄像收藏、監控器、攝錄機樣樣俱全。父母呢？少見蹤影，更不見得有幾關懷兒子。當發現兒子事出無因地闖出大禍後，才來個著急。「你幹嘛要這樣做？」「只因為想知道那是甚麼滋味。」《熒光血影》不乏暴力場面，但最具控訴性其實是暴力與暴力之間的平靜，賓尼的父母商討如何掩飾兒子禍證的一場戲就是個例子。

In the second part of Haneke’s “Glaciation Trilogy”, we meet Benny, a 13-year-old boy who sees the world as one big video, sometimes starring himself. His bedroom resembles a TV production studio, with a videotape library, monitors, and cameras. His parents are mostly absent, and not particularly interested in their kid, until they discover that their quiet child has done something unspeakably violent, for no apparent reason. “Why did you do it?” they ask, and the boy just says because he wants to see “how it feels like”. There are many images of violence in Benny’s Video, but the most powerful and disturbing scenes are the quiet moments in between, like the long scene with Benny’s parents discussing how they can cover up their son’s actions.