简介： 导演:史蒂芬·奎/狄莫瑞·类型:短片官方网站:http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/498178制片国家/地区:英国语言:英语上映日期:2003-10-10片长:21分钟IMDb链接:tt0079636人工夜的剧情简介······　　Aswithmuchoftheirlaterwork,it‘simpossibletoprovideacoherentsynopsisoftheearliestsurvivingfilmbytheBrothersQuay,asNocturnaArtificialiadefiesattemptsatverbalencapsulationateveryturn.TheQuaysthemselvesacknowledgedthiswhentheysaid"asforwhatiscalledthescenario,atmostwehaveonlyalimitedmusicalsenseofitstrajectory,andwetendtobepermanentlyopentovastuncertainties,mistakes,disorientations,asthoughlyinginwaittotraptheslightestfugitive‘encounter‘."　　Itconsistsofimpressionsofaman,atramandanunidentifiedcityatnight(theopeningtitlesidentifyaspecificBrusselsstreet,buttheambienceseemsEastEuropean).Muchofitseemstobetheman‘sdream,derivingfromafixationwithspecificobjectsrelatingtothetram(notablyitspantograph)andamoregeneralevocationofthestreetsatnight,butevenwhenheappearstoawakenattheendafterexperiencingasomekindofrevelation,hefindstramlinesrunningthroughthemiddleofhisroom.　　Everythingisglimpsedorhalf-heard:lightandshadeseemastangibleasthemoresolidifiedreality(aspellbindingsequenceseeshisarmcaressedbypassingshadows,abriefBartókianmusicalmotifsoundingastheytouch).Tensioniscreatednotthroughnarrativebutthroughmovement(bytramandcamera,inparallelorinopposition),shiftingfocus,shadowsmovingacrossinanimateobjectstobringthembrieflyintoeerielife.　　There‘soccasionalrecoursetoreligiousimagery:atonepointthetrampassesthroughtheinteriorofacathedral,andthendownastreetnamedaftertheCrucifixion,buttheseelementsseemashalf-awakeandhalf-rememberedaseverythingelse.Despitebeingpresentedinmultiplelanguages,theeightintertitlesarecalculatedlycryptic("Throughgraduallytighteningavenues,Ifelttheecstasyofsomethingnameless").It‘saSurrealistfilmintheterm‘soriginalsense-inthatitsimaginarylandscapeisequallypopulatedbyconsciousandunconsciouselementsandlittledistinctionisdrawnbetweenthem.　　Shoton16mmandfundedbytheBritishFilmInstitute‘sProductionBoard,NocturnaArtificialiaisaremarkablyconfidentpieceofwork,theQuayssurmountingobvioustechnicalandbudgetarylimitationstocreateaprivateuniverseentirelyoutoftheirownrecurringobsessions.Theirlaterfilmsmaybemoreassured,buttheirrootsareclearlyvisiblehere. 人工夜电影网友评论：光影和音乐简直棒呆！QuayBros最早期的作品，阴郁，粗砺，游走于幻境与现实之间，感觉TimBurton肯定有受他们的影响。带有轨电车的架空东欧城市夜景。就是他俩好多早期画作里的意象。穿过大教堂那段太好看了。阴郁的风格和配乐让人印象深刻。但是太过艺术，我全程梦游不知再讲些什么。。。光和場景，藝術風格好鮮明，他們似乎很喜歡表達工業社會對人類的妨害命題金属敲击声像是刺在我的心口风格诡异晦涩不知所云奎氏兄弟第一部不知道在讲什么啥玩意儿？一般