The Great Buddha +

The Great Buddha + (2017)

大佛普拉斯

Security guard Pickle and his trash collector friend Belly Button kill time together in night shifts watching the American-educated boss's dash-cam recordings of his various sexual encounters with women. Against the buddies' will, something horrifying rather than erotic reveals.

Data di uscita
2017-10-13
TMDB
7.9 / 10 (124)
Durata
1 h 42 min
Generi
Commedia, Dramma
Regista
黃信堯

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The Great Buddha+ is a 2017 Taiwanese dark comedy film written and directed by Huang Hsin-yao. The story is about a security guard at a Buddha statue factory, along with his friend, a recyclables collector, becomes entangled in a web of dark secrets after stumbling upon videos that document the promiscuous meetings of the factory's wealthy owner. Critics believe this story reveals the absurdity of human nature and guides the thinking of ethical philosophy.

Production

The film is an extension of director Huang Hsin-yao's 2014 Golden Horse Award-nominated short, The Great Buddha (大佛). According to Huang, the inclusion of "+" in the feature's title is a reference to the Apple smartphone iPhone 6 Plus, which was released around the time when he began expanding his short to a feature. In an interview, Huang also clarified that The Great Buddha+ was not shot on iPhone.

In an interview with Phoenix Entertainment, Huang mentions he used to film in a Buddha statue factory, and there was a giant Buddha statue made from copper, about 40 feet high. His first thought was that no one knew what was in the statue, so he had the idea to hide Yeh's body in the Buddha statue. Huang had a car crash, and the carcorder was used at that time.

One-third of the scenes in The Great Buddha+ are filmed in Taichung City. Shooting locations include Taichung Yuemei Sugar Factory, Tai'an railway station, Shalutong General Hospital, Dajia Police Station, Da'an Beach, Nantun District, Xitun District, Waipu District, Houli District, etc.

To depict Belly Button and Pickle's life more deeply with the high-contrast scene, Huang Hsin-yao filmed The Great Buddha+ mostly in black and white, except for the scenes through the carcorder. Huang uses this technique to show the idea of " Voyeurism." Huang believes people tend to read gossip magazines about celebrities because there is a voyeuristic desire, and they think that those celebrities have "colorful" life.

The composer of The Great Buddha+ soundtrack is Lin-Shengxiang. He worked with his band to arrange the album. It took them less than a month to finish the composition and the recording of the album. This album won the Best Original Film Score on Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2017. Singles released from The Great Buddha+ album include:

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