2014 CNEX 國際華人紀錄片影展

《藍綠對話實驗室》評介

吳叡人（中央研究院臺灣史研究所副研究員）

和世界上所有其他分裂社會（divided societies），如北愛爾蘭、比利時、加拿大或分裂前的南斯拉夫一樣，臺灣政治藍綠對立的裂痕也具有複雜的歷史結構性根源。它是先來後到的移民族群之間的衝突對立、歷代外來政權長期採行「分而治之」的統治策略，以及近二十年來民主化過程中的政黨選舉動員等因素相互作用的產物。這是一種結構性現象，不是任何個人所能操作製造，因此需要透過長期、有耐性的政治與社會和解工程，才有辦法克服或馴服（domesticate）。

將對立的雙方或各方集聚一堂，創造一種友善、理性與同情理解的溝通氛圍，促使他們相互交流，分享經驗，彼此辯詰，最終企求消弭對立並獲致某種共識——這種源於審議民主（deliberative democracy）理念的社會和解工程，在不少分裂社會中被廣泛嘗試。2004年大選後族群和解工作坊所推動的族群對話論壇，或許是臺灣最初的類似嘗試，而這部以青年世代為觀察對象的《藍綠對話實驗室》則是以長期影像紀錄的方式所做的一次努力。

在這部生動的紀錄片之中，我們觀察到一群純真坦誠的青年如何背負、繼承著不同的歷史記憶與情感，但同時又奮力試圖超越他們所背負，所繼承的歷史記憶與情感。為什麼選擇「青年」這個族群進行和解式對話？我們猜想，紀錄片作者應該是寄望於年輕人較少成人世界的現實利益牽扯，以及他們較具理想性與可塑性的特質之故吧。於是，我們看到八個不同背景、氣質與個性的青年在攝影機前齊聚一堂，與彼此，與他們的上一代，與他們的臺灣，進行了一場長達一年半的開放的對話。我們看到他們困惑、躊躇、喜悅、絕望，或者憤怒批判、或者理性分析，然而我們也看到他們努力聆聽理解的友善真誠，接納批評的幽默自嘲。更有意思的是，在中國與香港兩位外部參與者的對照之下，我們既看到這群異質的「臺灣囝仔」所擁有的共同性，但同時也獲致了某種源於「局外人」位置的冷靜、客觀與視野。

那麼，影片中這群坦誠的青年最確實終因為這場漫長的，關於彼此情感、記憶與理念的共同審議過程而獲致了某種共識，建立了某種和解了嗎？而青年們的和解實驗，確實為臺灣的和解帶來啟示與希望了嗎？或許你必需親自來觀看這部紀錄片，親身參與他們的對話，和他們一起聆聽與辯論，一起困惑、不滿、失望與希望，然後在這個過程中得出你自己的結論。為什麼？因為儘管巨大深刻的政治裂痕是歷史結構的產物，但是修補這個裂痕仍然必需仰賴一種追求團結與和解的意志。一部紀錄片，一場實驗，不會弭平由來已久的對立，然而一部紀錄片的完成、放映與流通，卻是漫長的和解之路的發端，因為藉由「觀看」的行動，你我都被捲入了這個偉大的歷史運動之中。

Dialogue Between Blue and Green

By WU Rui-ren, Research Associate, Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica

Just like any divided societies such as Northern Ireland, Belgium, Canada, or Yogoslavia before the breakup, the political opposition between Blue (KMT) and Green (DDP) in Taiwan is rooted with complicated historical structure. It originates from conflicts between the ethnic groups in the waves of immigrants, and the alien regime’s longtime belief of the strategy– “divide and conquer”, in addition to several factors raised by election campaigns during its 20 years of democratization. This is a structural phenomenon, it cannot be manufactured by any individual, therefore it will need a long-term and patient construction of political and social reconciliation to eventually overcome and domesticate.

Gathering the opposing parties together, creating a friendly, rational and compassionate communication atmosphere, prompting them to interact, share experiences, debate each other, and ultimately seek to eliminate differences and come to a consensus–these social reconciliation attempts originating from the concept of deliberative democracy are widely promoted in divided societies. After the 2004 presidential election, ethnic reconciliation workshops promoted forums to start dialogues between different ethnic groups, and it was perhaps the first similar attempt made in Taiwan. Focusing on the younger generation, Dialogue Between Blue and Green shows a long-term effort to document such movement.

In this vivid documentary, we observe a group of pure and candid youth, we see how they inherit and burden themselves with different historical memories and emotions, but at the same time we see them struggling to try to go beyond the weight of their inherited historical memories and emotions. Why choose “young people” for this dialogue of reconciliation? We suspect that the filmmaker believe that young people have less involvement in the realistic benefits of the adult world, and they have qualities that showed their ideology and potential. So, we see youths from eight different backgrounds, personalities, qualities, and they all gathered in front of the camera. For over one year and a half, they started an open dialogue with each other, with their older generation, and with their Taiwan. We see them getting confused, hesitant, joyful, in despair, criticizing angrily, or analyzing rationally, however, we have also seen their efforts to listen to friendly and sincere comments, accept criticisms, and even self-mock in good humor. More interestingly, under the comparison of two external participants from China and Hong Kong, we see a group of diverse “Taiwanese Kids” with common characteristics, and we could observe, like an outsider, with an objective and calm vision.

Then, will these candid young people in this film eventually attain some kind of consensus and establish some sort of reconciliation after this long scrutiny about each other’s emotions, memories, and set a common course? Did the young people’s reconciliation experiment really brought inspiration and hope for reconciliation in Taiwan? Perhaps you must come and watch this documentary and be involved in their dialogue, listen and debate with them, and form your own conclusion after experiencing all the confusion, resentment, despair and hope. Why? Because despite

the fact that a huge and deep political fracture is a product of its historical structure, it is still necessary to rely on the will to pursue unity and reconciliation. A documentary or an experiment will not disintegrate the long-standing opposition. However, with the completion of a documentary, film screenings and distribution are the originator of the long road to reconciliation, because by “observing”, you and I are already involved in this great historical movement.

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