智取虎山

SetinasmallWelshvillagein1990.AmericaandRussiahaveengagedinnuclearwarandthestructureofBritishsocietyhaschangedradically.BillyHampton(BillPaxton),anAmericandraft-evader,isbrainwashedbyafeministgrouptoassassinateMajorWhitbreadwhorunstheWelshvillage.<br/>　　InhislastyearatU.T.Huckabeebeganworkonanambitious35mm,wide-screenfeature,TakingTigerMountain,starringoldfriendPaxtonandfeaturingacontributionbylegendarybeatwriter,WilliamS.Burroughs.“BurroughscametotownandwatchedwhatIhadonaflatbedmoviola.Hesaid,‘Ithinkyou’vegotsomethingthere,kid,’andgavemetherightstohismaterialfor$100.Heevenofferedtoappearinthefilm,butlikeanidiotIsaidtherewasn’treallyapartforhim.”<br/>　　Astrangeandjerkyscriptdrawstheviewerthruableaklandscape.AforgetablepieceexceptIknowsomethingyoudon't.<br/>　　Thefilmwasoriginallymadewithatotallydifferentscript.Thesoundtrackwaslost,thefilmabandonedandthensoldtodirectorTomHuckabee.Tomthenhiredlipreaderstofillinthescriptandaddedhisownoff-screencharacterdialogtocompletethefilm.Hence,it'sstrangeness.Unfortunatelyyouwon'tseethisoneanywhere.<br/>　　Thisfilmisveryrarelyseenandnexttoimpossibletofind.ThefilmcontainsconceptsderivedfromWilliamS.Burroughs'screenplayBladerunner(whichinturnlifteditsconceptsfromTheBladerunnerbyAlanENourse),wherebizarreundergroundmedicalprocedures,psychotropicdrugsandbrainwashingproduceanunwittingassassinsentforthinapost-apocalypticWalestocarryouthissubliminaldeed.It'sabizarreandunsettlingfilm,experimentalinnatureandquiteeffectiveincreatinganuncertainhallucinatoryatmosphere...<br/>　　Thisisrippedwithancienthardwarefrom2x3/4&quot;U-matictapesfoundburiedinaWilliamS.Burroughscollection-unfortunatelywhoevertelecinedthissourcecroppedsomeoftheframe,youcanseewhatimeaninthescreenshots.I'vedeliberatelyrippedtheFPSto29.970.Alsotheoriginalaudiowaslost,thenewaudiotrackgoesinandoutofsyncbutisnottoodistracting.