八部触目惊心的纪录片
High on Crack Street（1995）
毒瘾Following the struggle of three crack addicts, ‘High on Crack Street’ digs deep into the complex daily lives of individuals striving to obtain their next fix. From prostitution to pregnancies to STDs, we see the true dark side of drugs they don’t show you in school. There is something quite shocking about just how badly crack ruins lives. Unfortunately there is no happy ending to this story—six months after filming Boo Boo was still hooked on a 200 dollar a day habit, Dicky was imprisoned and, sadly, Brenda died. A remarkable film about a horrific plague, ‘High on Crack Street’ is unwavering in it’s portrayal of crack addiction.
“毒瘾”是一部有关吸毒人员的纪录片。本片跟踪拍摄了三名吸毒人员的日常生活，通过镜头深度观察到吸毒人员为满足不时来袭的毒瘾而不计后果的疯狂人生。卖淫、计划外怀孕到最后染上性病，片中主人翁的阴暗人生给观众提供了学校课本里学不到的教材，向观众展示了令人震惊的事实——毒品如何一步步摧毁掉正常人的生活。片中主人翁注定了结局悲惨，布布到最后任然要为每天高达200美元的毒品消耗而疲于奔命；迪克的结局是漫无边际的铁窗生活；可怜的布伦达死在了她最爱的毒品上。这部值得关注纪录片真实的向观众展现了沾上毒品有多可怕。
Suicide Forest
自杀深林
Lying at the base of Mount Fuji, Aokigahara Forest has a rather unsettling reputation as a suicide hotspot . This documentary follows a geologist as he performs a walk through of the forest, looking for both those who have, and may soon, succumb to depression. Spotting an abandoned car in the parking lot on the way in, passing signs dissuading suicide, and taking an ill trodden path into the bewildering forest, it isn’t long before we’re shown our first images of forsaken souls—all of whom hang from Aokigahara’s thick ligatures. From this point onwards, it only gets worse. I encourage all with a strong heart to watch this bleak, but brief, portrayal of the utter desperation in full.
富士山脚下的青木原深林是日本有名的自杀深林。本片跟随一名日本地理学家走进这片恐怖的深林，寻找那些因为不堪生活压力在这片深林里结束自己生命的人们以及那些已经逝去的自杀者。跟随镜头我们看到了进入深林口被自杀者遗弃的汽车和劝阻人们珍惜生命的警示牌。通过一条人们走出来的小路进入到这片充满死亡气息的的深林，一件自杀者留下的遗物骇然呈现在观众面前——一条上吊的绳子，继续的搜索是更多的惊骇呈现在镜头面前。影片通过对死亡深林的探索向观众呈现自杀者压抑、绝望直至死亡的全过程。请心脏承受力不好的观众谨慎观看。
The Iceman Tapes（1992）
急冻杀手自白书Vicious, ruthless, remorseless, brutal, fearless, violent, disturbed and callous are just some of the words which can be used to describe serial contract killer Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski. ‘The Iceman Tapes’ attempts to take the viewer into the broken mind of a cold-blooded paranoid psycho-sociopath through a series of interviews conducted by psychiatrist Michael Baden. From his upbringing to his reasons, watching Kuklinski describe his atrocities in detail with little to no emotion is a truly unsettling, yet compelling, experience. In his own words: “I am what you call . . . a person’s nightmare.”
邪恶、无情、冷酷、残忍、无惧、暴力、麻木....这一系列的形容词都可以用在一个人身上，他就是“急冻杀手”库克林斯基。纪录片“急冻杀手自白书”通过心理学家迈克尔.巴登对急冻杀手面对面采访，以及对他童年成长环境的探析，总结出这个冷血杀手的偏执和反社会行为的原因。片中，库克林斯基对他残忍施暴细节的平静陈诉令人不寒而栗但是却让人情不自禁的继续深究。用他自己的话说“我就是你们所说的那种人....我是别人的噩梦。”
Nuit et brouillard (Night and Fog)1955
夜与雾Drawing the viewer in with an almost poetic charm, few films portray the intricacies of the Holocaust better than this 1955 French film, Nuit et Brouillard, or—to give it its English title—Night and Fog. Featuring the camps at Auschwitz and Majdanek, we are taken on an uncompromising, and unforgiving, journey through the encampments history, and the fate of its occupants. From construction to destruction, Nuit et Brouillard etches horrific images onto the minds of its viewers which will seldom leave their memory.
如诗歌般地陈述历史，也只有这部1995年上映的法国纪录片可以将这段纷繁复杂的大屠杀拍的如此极致。夜与雾向观众陈诉了在波兰奥许维次以及迈丹尼克集中营大屠杀的历史故事。观众被镜头带到了一个让人无法忘却也无法原谅的残酷历史中，集中营难民的悲惨人生让人骇然。从开始到结束，“夜与雾”将那些恐怖的记忆深深引入观众脑海，永远难忘记。
Atomic Wounds（2006）
核之伤For all the propaganda and scaremongering that occurred during the Cold War, it is difficult for us to imagine the human effects of nuclear weapons—besides the massive loss of life, of course. We tend to imagine nukes as pulverizing all whom stand in it’s way, but a nuclear weapon doesn’t simply destroy, it poisons, it burns, it corrupts. Those unlucky enough not to be obliterated are left to suffer a horrific and painful death—often over months, years or even decades, rather then minutes or seconds. ‘Atomic Wounds’ takes us on an up close and personal trip to the victims of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, documenting the terrifying effects of atomic warfare on those who were not struck down in the initial cataclysm. It is difficult to watch this film without asking “how could we ever do this to our fellow man?” We often forget that the victims of Nagasaki and Hiroshima we’re living and breathing humans, just like you and I. We see a statistic. This film ensures that we remember that there is only misery under those numbers.
在所有关于冷时期的那些骇人听闻的传说里，核武器的强大杀伤力是人们可想而知的，然而除了死亡以外，恐怕还有很多核武器带给人们的影响是难以想象的。我们一般会想到核武器在爆炸瞬间毁灭掉的事物，然而，核武器带给人类的灾难却并瞬间的，而是长期的。核武器的剧毒、辐射、腐蚀性可以让无保护的人们无一幸免地被恐惧和剧痛折磨到死。这个折磨至死的期限也许是几个月、几年、甚至是几十年。“核之伤”把观众带到长崎和广岛，近距离了解那些核武器的受害者的生活。本片记录了原子弹在日本投放以后，被其辐射的无辜百姓所遭受的触目惊心的影响。看完这部片子人们禁不住问“人类为什么对自己的同类如此残忍？”我们也常常会忘记长崎和广岛那些受害者其实和我们一样都是人类。核武器给人类的伤害为世人所知的也许只是一个受害人数的数字统计，这部纪录片让我们记住那些数字里面隐藏的悲惨人生。
Conspiracy of Silence
无声阴谋Apologies for the poor quality on the above video, ‘Conspiracy of Silence’ has never been released, and numerous parties have been attempting to prevent this documentary, espousing the perversion and abuse of power that occurs at the highest levels in society. A representation of how influence and wealth can be used for personal gain and the suppression of criminal acts, ‘Conspiracy of Silence’ takes us into the world we all know that exists, and yet hopes it does not.
因为极差的画面质量，这部纪录片并没有被公映，这让很多人案子庆幸。很多人也全力阻止这部纪录片的上映，因为这部片子记录了社会高层们滥用手中权力。讲述了这些社会高层们如何用手中权力为自己获利，甚至违法。“无声阴谋”将观众带回一个丑陋的现实里，虽然我们希望这个现实是不存在的。
Interview with a Cannibal（2012）
采访食人兽What drives a man to kill and cannibalize an innocent woman? Well, why not ask such a man… in his own living room? ‘Interview with a Cannibal’ does just that, with the infamous case of Issei Sagawa—propelled to fame through his crimes, he was deemed insane by the courts and thus released without charge. A fascinating insight into the life of a man lost in his own fantasies, this documentary challenges perceptions about what humans are truly capable of—as well as allowing us to understand the path one must take to reside where he now sits.
是什么驱使一男人杀掉一个女人并将她大快朵颐掉？在这个饕餮家里采访他？“采访食人兽”就是这样一部纪录片，跟随镜头去了解佐川一政——因为臭名昭著的食人罪行而名声大振，他被法官判为精神病人，而后无罪释放。一部怪异的纪录片，带你洞察佐川一政的食人动机。这部纪录片绝对挑战大众对人类行为底线的理解——同样也让我们了解一个人是怎样变成如此变态的食人饕餮的。
Bulgaria’s Abandoned Children(2007)
保加利亚弃儿Words simply cannot explain what is expressed in this BBC documentary. Put simply, Bulgaria has a serious problem with child abandonment, particularly of the disabled—and, worse yet, the government is apparently unable to care for them sufficiently. Recording numerous children over a nine month period, we are offered a unique insight into the appalling inner workings of a Bulgarian orphanage. With many of the children’s poor lives consisting mainly of sitting in a room rocking back and fourth amongst themselves, these children have little hope for the future: no education, no therapy… no help. The plight of an otherwise intelligent young lady known as Didi starkly highlights the failing of the Bulgarian system: she is classified as ‘untreatable’ and thrown amongst the disabled, despite being quite the opposite—a maddening position if you ask me, and her behavior soon reflects this fact as she eventually succumbs to rocking and self harm to burn away her days.
文字已经很难描述BBC这部纪录片所想要表达的内容。儿童在保加利亚被遗弃的问题是十分严重的，特别是残疾儿童。更糟糕的是，保加利亚政府并未对弃儿们提供很好的保护。本部纪录片深入保加利亚儿童收养院，对弃儿在儿童收养院的生活进行了长达九个月的观察，揭露了保加利亚儿童收养院里令人震惊的工作过程：很多收养院的儿童每天只能呆坐在房间里，前后摇晃身体度日。在这里的孩子看不到任何生活希望，他们没有任何受教育的机会，也没有任何康复医疗的机会....有着特殊才能的女孩迪迪的在收养院里的困境足以证明收养院工作的失败。迪迪被定义为“无法医治”，然而事实表明她的行为却与正常孩子无异，却受到与残疾儿童同样的对待——如果你问我她在怎样的环境里生活，我只能回答说：令人发狂。然而无奈的命运前她只能屈服，到最后如不正常的孩子一样，前后摇晃身体度过她的每一天。
