文字与图像

　　文德斯1995年的纪录片，其实是他在慕尼黑电影学校教学期间鼓励学生们一起跟他玩的纪录片。纪录片献给了德国电影先驱
　　与卢米埃尔几乎在同时发明电影的德国人马可斯兄弟。因为素材少，于是就用默片的方式来搬演。影片前15分钟可以单独成章，是用马克斯女儿的旁白来演出父亲如何发明活动影像。随后才放入当时已白发苍苍的女儿露西的访谈。
　　文德斯还嫌玩得不够，于是把照片里的三兄弟之一和露西的姐姐一起请出来，黑白的他们和彩色的世界。又是一出天使下凡的《柏林苍穹下》，那些漂亮的移动镜头配合了先人抬头观看的黑白画面，说不出的美丽。

　　摄像机是人类社会的一大发明，它能事无巨细、没有偏颇地记录下来发生在它面前的一切。这种原始而现实的影像就叫做“纪录片”。现在网络上最流行、点击率最高的的“纪录片”就是“自拍”。而自拍往往和色*情以及欲望相关。
　　四个青涩的少年，一台老旧但是还能运转的摄像机。他们通过自己的亲身经历和一些令人目瞪口呆的体验，完整、原始、甚至有几分令人不可思议地记录下来了自己是如何进行下半身的体验的。但是这四个好朋友中的一个，却还是一个处男，因为自己的这种“不合格”的身份，他经常被其他三个同伴嘲笑。不过嘲笑归嘲笑，他们还是团结在一起，要为这个处男电影下载朋友结束处男生涯－－同时，他们要用摄像机把这一切都“自拍”下来。
　　不过，要有送出第一次，并不是一件容易的事情，尤其是他们在遭受了诸如自身利益受损、网络出错和一个艳星的突然出现等等问题。他们的这些做法，无非就是在讨论“第一次”到底是什么感觉，第一次为什么那么重要－－不管是对男人还是对女人而言。

　　Stuart Gordon, considered a master of the horror genre thanks to classics like Re-Animator and Dagon, decides to do a different move in this strange trip to human morals.
　　
　　"King of the Ants" is about a regular guy, Sean Crawley(newcomer Chris McKenna), a man without any aspiration who just live in his apartment doing the necessary job to live to the next day. In one of his jobs he meets Duke(Gearge Wendt), who introduces Sean to his boss, Ray Matthews(played by Daniel Baldwin). Ray hires Sean as a spy, and orders him to follow Eric Gatlin(Roy Livingstone), an accountant who has been investigating Ray's company. Problems start when Ray, while drunk, orders Sean to kill Eric. And he does it. Things go wrong when Ray decides to make Sean disappear destroying his mind with violent punishment and humiliation.
　　
　　From the point where Sean kills Eric, we go in the same boat with him, as he goes through a downward spiral of human degradation, traveling from guilt, to confusion and finally to his rebirth, in a state where humanity, morals and values are not important anymore. Chris McKenna acting is very important because he manages to be likable even when he is part of gruesome acts, both as victim and/or criminal. He has that look of innocence that hides a dark side and he manages to carry the film.
　　
　　The support cast also includes Kari Wuhrer, as Eric's widow who also becomes a central part of Sean's trip to hell. She gives a fine performance, although it's obvious that Sean is the main character. He is the most developed of all and McKenna's performance is up to the challenge.
　　
　　The film has very disturbing images of violence, and while it may not be as graphic as "Kill Bill" for example, the strength of the violence is in the lack of humanity that the character manifest. He is more than an ant in this world. He is the king.
　　
　　Stuart Gordon has managed to create a film that, while maybe it's not one of his best efforts; it's very well done, has a VERY interesting story to tell, and manages to capture the attention every second of it.

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