美国某普通高中,上世纪70年代曾发生一起骇人听闻的惨案,名叫杰克(Billy Aaron Brown 饰)的男孩受到同学的排挤,结果被关在锅炉房中遇到意外活活烧死。时光流逝,当年的惨剧已渐渐被人遗忘,少数知情者也将其尘封在记忆深处,不愿提起。保罗(Preston Jones 饰)、迪安娜(Catherine Combs 饰)、丽莎(Maitland McConnell 饰)因各种原因遭到校长留校察看的处罚。傍晚,狂风大作,暴雨倾盆,孩子们被困在校园内。就在此时,一个模糊漆黑的亡灵开始在他们周围逡巡,恐怖与死亡不断出现,杰克的亡灵似乎被震耳的雷声惊醒。 孩子们试图逃脱,却发现自己已然陷入40年前的生死迷局之中……。In this bitingly satirical film Peter Slovan, a continuous source of trouble for the film functionaries of the socialist Slovakia, tackles an evergreen topic – the corruptive effects of power. Barnabáš Kos, a triangle player at a symphonic orchestra, is suddenly promoted to serve as the head of the said institution, even though both he and his superiors deem him completely unfit for the task. Encouraged in equal parts by this unexpected recognition and the servile praise of his colleagues, Kos’s modesty starts to gradually vanish. The erstwhile bashful and aloof percussionist quickly becomes aware of the advantages of his new office, and begins to realise his increasingly ludicrous artistic ambitions. Ultimately, the submissive marionette turns into a source of public humiliation, and his astonishing career finds an abrupt end. Orchestra serves here as a microcosm that grotesquely reflects the absurd and tragicomic mechanisms of the paranoid apparatus of power.
Digitised in 4K and restored in 2K, based on the 35mm camera negative, by the National Film Archive of the Slovak Film Institute. The original film elements are preserved by the National Film Archive of the Slovak Film Institute.
Eva Näripe。