噩梦解析

镜头语言充满了象征意义，通过一个物体或场景来暗示人物的命运或主题。InTheNightmare,directorRodneyAscher(Room237)hasdonejustthat.Thefilmexplorestheconditioncommonlyreferredtoas“sleepparalysis.”That’saconditionwheresomeoneisinbed,buttotallyphysicallyimmobilized.Somewhosufferfromthecondition–includingtheeightsubjectsinthisdocumentary–feeltheyarevisitedbysomethingevilduringtheseperiods.Ascherletsthesesubjectstelltheirstories,thenwewatchthemplayoutonscreen.It’sabsolutelyhorrifying,ifnotwhollyrewarding.