简介: 康沃尔渔村的风景明信片田园诗误导了人们。虽然过去钓鱼是一种养家糊口的方式,但如今富有的伦敦游客纷纷下山,取代了当地人,当地人的生计因此受到威胁。史蒂文和马丁兄弟的关系也很紧张。马丁是一个没有船的渔夫,因为史蒂文开始用它来为一整天的游客提供更赚钱的旅游。他们卖掉了这座家庭别墅,现在看来,最后一场战斗是和新主人在海边的停车位上展开。然而,情况很快就失控了,而不仅仅是因为车轮夹钳。
Bait是一种黑白,手工制作,16毫米胶片制作的电影。许多关于鱼、网、龙虾、长靴、绳结和渔篮的特写镜头让人想起了蒙太奇景点的理论。对不同社会阶层的描述——可以说是阶级关系——也让人想起了英国电影中的社会现实主义传统。然而,最重要的是,在影像中不同层次的电影历史参考文献之下,当前许多政治关联正在等待被发现。
Thepicture-postcardidylloftheCornwallfishingvillageismisleading.Whilefishingusedtobeawayofsupportingoneself,wealthyLondontouristshavenowdescendedandaredisplacingthelocals,whoselivelihoodisthusthreatened.TherelationshipbetweenbrothersStevenandMartinisalsostrained.Martinisafishermanwithoutaboat,sinceStevenstartedusingitforfarmorelucrativetoursforalltheday-trippers.They’vesoldthefamilycottageandnowitseemsthatthefinalbattletobefoughtisthatwiththenewownersovertheparkingspacenexttothesea.Yetthesituationsoongetsoutofhand,andnotjustbecauseofthewheelclamp.
Baitisablack-and-whitefilmshotonhand-processed16mm.Numerousclose-upsoffish,nets,lobsters,wellingtonboots,knotsandcatchbasketsbringtomindthetheoryofamontageofattractions.Thedepictionofthedifferentsocialstrata–onecouldspeakofclassrelations–isalsoreminiscentofthetraditionofsocialrealisminBritishcinema.Aboveall,however,awholelotofcurrentpoliticalrelevanceiswaitingtobediscoveredbeneaththedifferentlayersoffilmhistoricalreferencescontainedintheimages.