電影如蝴蝶，漂亮而短壽。千機萬變抓住美好固已難能可貴，留住永恒之美，庶幾無憾。印度氣候潮熱，多虧人稱「奈爾先生」的印度電影保育之父，無數(shù)瀕臨損毀邊緣的珍貴作品，得以保存修復。由門票收藏家變身菲林衛(wèi)士，不避跋涉直入窮鄉(xiāng)挽救煙沒的電影，奈爾走過的路可有十萬八千里？看著舊片重溫、各式制作公司商標的片頭蒙太奇，印度電影史彷佛就在經他保留的影框之間無言揭示。遑論波蘭大師贊祿西、斯里蘭卡國寶培里斯等錦上添花的訪談，直構一場知性大豐收。HenriLanglois,theFrenchfilmpreservationpioneer,haditeasycomparedtoP.K.Nair.Nair,thefounderoftheNationalFilmArchiveofIndia,hasbeeninstrumentalinsalvaginghiscountry'scinematicheritage,fromearlysilentfilmstoregionalcinematoevenpopularHindimovies.Hehasalsobeenateachertoahostoffilmmakers,includingthisdocumentary'sdirector.Heartfeltandilluminating,thisisacelebrationofcinemaandamanwhospendshislifesafeguardingfilmforfuturegenerationsccc