電影如蝴蝶,漂亮而短壽。千機(jī)萬(wàn)變抓住美好固已難能可貴,留住永恒之美,庶幾無(wú)憾。印度氣候潮熱,多虧人稱「奈爾先生」的印度電影保育之父,無(wú)數(shù)瀕臨損毀邊緣的珍貴作品,得以保存修復(fù)。由門票收藏家變身菲林衛(wèi)士,不避跋涉直入窮鄉(xiāng)挽救煙沒的電影,奈爾走過(guò)的路可有十萬(wàn)八千里?看著舊片重溫、各式制作公司商標(biāo)的片頭蒙太奇,印度電影史彷佛就在經(jīng)他保留的影框之間無(wú)言揭示。遑論波蘭大師贊祿西、斯里蘭卡國(guó)寶培里斯等錦上添花的訪談,直構(gòu)一場(chǎng)知性大豐收。HenriLanglois,theFrenchfilmpreservationpioneer,haditeasycomparedtoP.K.Nair.Nair,thefounderoftheNationalFilmArchiveofIndia,hasbeeninstrumentalinsalvaginghiscountry'scinematicheritage,fromearlysilentfilmstoregionalcinematoevenpopularHindimovies.Hehasalsobeenateachertoahostoffilmmakers,includingthisdocumentary'sdirector.Heartfeltandilluminating,thisisacelebrationofcinemaandamanwhospendshislifesafeguardingfilmforfuturegenerationsccc