A Child Is Waiting 1963 1080p BluRay H264 AAC-RARBG

《父母心》是独立电影人约翰．卡萨维蒂于六十年代遇上荷里活制片之产物。故事讲及精神科医生毕兰加士打聘请了来自音乐学院的朱迪．格兰，于儿童精神病院利用崭新手法教导外界认为无可救助的精神病儿童吉娜．罗兰兹。片中儿童皆来自加州其中一间儿童精神中心，将这班被遗忘的一群真实地呈现在观众面前。 都市人面对种种生活压力，大量社会问题备受关注。当面对社会的阴暗面时，主流社会最初会以回避的态度面对，而经过大量之社会运动、媒体报导等以令社会更多元、开放，以积极的态度去面对。这种社会心态转变可能用上半个世纪，甚至更长时间。其中儿童问题从来都是一个敏感议题，而卡萨维蒂早在六十年代已利用光影之间揭示社会鲜为人知的一面，广泛引起主流社会讨论。 卡萨维蒂是一位极具才华的独立电影导演，游走于荷里活制作和独立电影之间，利用偏锋路线打破固有荷里活电影记事模式，注重强烈的演员性格去反映现实社会。本片被评为卡氏最为大胆作品之一，其写实性令人叹为观止，创新起用精神病儿童在作品中表演。深刻地勾勒出这批非主流儿童的困境，打破大众对他们的形象。而凭借这出先驱作品，我们更可以反思现时香港社会在这方面的缺失。 As a result of co-operation between Cassavetes and Hollywood's producers, A Child is Waiting was shown in the 1960s. Burt Lancaster, a psychiatrist, hires Judy Garland to work at a psychiatric facility for children. Garland uses an innovative method to teach a mentally retarded child, Gena Rowland, who the world has turned its back on. Patients in the film were from a real life psychiatric institution, where this group of forsaken children was being honestly presented to the audience. City life is filled with all sorts of stress and problems. When facing the dark side of society, the mainstream community usually takes refuge in escapism. It is only after waves of social movements and media coverage that the people's attitudes about these problems would change and that they would take affirmative action about it. This process might take half century or longer. Children issue has always been a sensitive subject, yet Cassavetes has already chosen to show its untold stories in his film in the early sixties to arouse public discussion. Cassavetes was a talented independent filmmaker who also engaged in Hollywood productions. His works emphasized on his actors, and through their characters, instead of traditional storytelling techniques, explored the realities of society. This film was hailed as the most daring piece of Cassavetes' works. Its realism was praised, especially of his inclusion of real life patients. The patients' difficulties were profoundly illustrated so as to eradicate the public's prejudice against them. From this avant-garde work, we can even reconsider the situation of these issues in Hong Kong. source: Hong Kong Arts Centre