I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone
Published by hillman under Entertainment on May 17, 2007Can’t remember when was the last time I watched a non main stream movie. This one just caught my eyes when I’s browsing pamphlets in Arts Centre. So instead of going for dinner, we decided to watch “I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone” instead.
When I went buying tickets at lunch time (movie starts at 8pm), I asked the girl how full the booking is (coz it’s free seating). She made an embarrassed look and said “Err… 都仲有好多位剩既…”. When we turned up, we found that there’s only 4 people in the theatre…
Compare to main stream movies, this one has very few dialogues. Almost all shots are taken with the camera stationary, like those directed by 小津安二郎. However, most shots are not taken from a lowered position.
Here’s the synopsis in the pamphlet:
一夜,流浪漢小康在吉隆坡被劫和襲擊至重傷。一群孟加拉外籍勞工拯救了小康,並收容他回宿舍。在街上檢到一張又破又舊床褥的男人拉旺,讓受傷的小康跟他一同睡。而當茶室的女待應琪琪遇到小康,抑壓的慾望變得一發不可收拾。小康日漸康復,卻發覺自己跟拉旺、琪琪和她的老闆娘陷在複雜難纏的關係之中。煙霾來襲,潮濕的城市內混雜著不同種族的汗味益發強烈。男男女女和舊床褥迷失在重重煙霧中,卻又同時尋獲對方,彼此以沫相濡。本片除了有導演愛將李康生一人分飾兩角,還是蔡明亮第一次回到家鄉馬來西亞拍攝電影。以台灣為基地拍了七套長片後的蔡明亮,在故地拍出前所未見的觸動。