路上

农历春节前夕
卡车司机从江苏南通出发 送货到贵州
出发后他们才知道
他们碰上了雪灾
Lunar New Year’s Eve
A rare snowstorm , seen only once in a century hit China’s southern regions.
The truck driver sets off from Nantong in Jiangsu province with a delivery for Guizhou.
Susong in Anhui province

2008年发生在中国南方的一场雪灾，完全改变了我这部纪录片的初衷。本来，我想拍常态
下的司机生活，我想拍路上的草根中国图景。这场偶遇的雪灾让这部纪录片变成了非常态下的非常生活，这让我深切体会到纪录片的不可预期性。一场大雪，几个中年男人结伴而行，在不断封路的状况下一点一点前进，不断出现的难题、煎熬的等待，男人之间的友谊既牢固又脆弱，而这场雪灾也如同一个梦魇，发生时如魔咒，消失时无影无踪。
但生命不就是一个一个非常时态所组成的日常？
Director’s explanation:
In 2008 southern China suffered terrible snow, it altered my plans for this documentary. Originally I had wanted to make a documentary about the life of lorry drivers, every day events on the road.
This unexpected snowfall, made the documentary into something extraordinary, not life as it ordinarily would have been.This made me realise the unpredictability of a documentary. In such a snowstorm, several middle aged men set out together. In a situation where one road after another was closed, bit by bit they made their way to their destination, facing continuous difficulties, the anxiety of being delayed, the friendship between the men with its strengths and its weaknesses and this great snowfall, which appeared like a nightmare,　and disappeared with no trace.
Is life not composed of a series of extraordinary events making up what is routine?

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