大会展播影片之《穿越撒哈拉的人》

片名：穿越撒哈拉的人
影片原产国：加拿大
语言：英语，法语
字幕：英语   
片长：53 分钟
影片制作年份：2008年
作者：科伯特•马修斯
导演：科伯特•马修斯
制片商：科伯特•马修斯

内容简介：穿越撒哈拉的人》是一部引人入胜、讲述把艺术激情推向人类忍耐极限的电影叙事。主人公佛兰科•科尔是一位极具才气、高深莫测的电影人，他醉心于艺术、撒哈拉沙漠、生命和死亡。他此前创作的影片探索了他对死亡的迷恋，那也是他生命的动力。
本片导演科伯特•马修斯流畅地把科尔让人难以忘怀的影片素材和他对家人、朋友的采访相互交替；重温科尔艺术与生命的交融，以及他历时11个月，只依靠骆驼跋涉7300公里，穿越了遍布尸体的撒哈拉沙漠的故事。随后十年内，科尔全心投入他在那里所拍摄的影片《没有死亡的生命》，但不幸的是，当科尔重新回到沙漠去拍摄更多的素材，他再也没有回来……

导演简历：科伯特•马修斯执导制作的影片主要包括：LEZENVISIB (2000),《毁坏佛》(2003)《穿越撒哈拉的人》(2008)。

Name of Film：THE MAN WHO CROSSED THE SAHARA
Country of Production：CANADA
Commentary Language：ENGLISH AND FRENCH
Subtitle：English   
Running Time：53 MINUTES
Year of Production：2008
Author：KORBETT MATTHEWS
Director(s)：KORBETT MATTHEWS
Producer(s)：KORBETT MATTHEWS

Brief Synopsis：A breathtaking journey into the mysterious life, death and afterlife of Frank Cole, a brilliant, enigmatic filmmaker obsessed with his art, the Sahara, life, and most compellingly, death. His formally inventive films explored his fascination with mortality, which was also his fuel for life. Director Korbett Matthews fluidly wraps Cole's haunting film footage around interviews with his family and friends to construct a fitting meta-narrative for a man whose art and life were indistinguishable. Dreaming of conquering his nemesis, the Sahara, and armed with only with his Bolex camera, Cole made the gruelling 7,300-kilometre, 11-month journey by camel across the cadaver-littered desert. Over the next 10 years, Cole worked obsessively on the film he shot there, Life Without Death. When it was almost complete, Cole went back to shoot more footage but tragically, he was never to return. The Man Who Crossed the Sahara is a gripping cinematic tale of artistic passion taken to the limits of human endurance.

Filmography：LEZENVISIB (2000), DEVOURING BUDDHA (2003) AND THE MAN WHO CROSSED THE SAHARA (2008)