喋血边城

　　The film accompanies Magaye Niyang, a star of Touki-Bouki, a 1972 classic directed by her own uncle Djibril Diop. Following this path, we are witness of Niyang travel to a special screening of the film, which has a public release in his old town. Niyang seems detached and with a heavy longing from the past, and therefore, the film debris permeates everything with unescapable sorrow and fascination.
　　Diop film is, first and foremost, a nostalgic travel through memory, time and recreation. It is also a watermark in contemporary experimental documentary, a very intimate portrait of a lost long journey through the past that isn’t returning anymore, a detachment of rejected fame, recognition and connection which is heavily grounded on a legacy that belongs to the past, and that connects directly to a country (Senegal) and its heritage, which is sometimes feel excruciating for the old ones (a testimony such as the taxi scene in the film, where the cab driver longs for changes, and claims that the old generation had done nothing for that).
　　Mille Soleils (A Thousand Suns) and, in itself, Mati Diop’s crucial talent, should be a point of reference into what could easily be one of the most interesting proposals of hybrid documentary cinema which has come from France, and which deals with a strong African heritage. Since 35 Rhums, where she proved her actress talent, Diop seems like a true promise for the following years of cinema.

水能载舟，亦能覆舟。2008金融海啸之后，全美视引入中资为救市良方。透过反收购美国公司，中资企业如洪流涌进山姆叔叔的金融市场，有人额手称庆，有人看出隐忧。转眼十年快过，积罗夫斯坦遍访华尔街，他的镜头下有大鳄，也有机会主义者，更有注定后悔出镜的业界「消息灵通人士」，进退之间几乎拍成了一齣恐怖片—到处是街客想像不到的秘密交易、巧取豪夺。如果这「故事」有教训，大抵是：知难而退简直是天方夜谭， 失手的下次只会来得更狠更卑鄙。