"One Cinematographer, Two Camera Operators and Three Cameras": Albert Serra on Pacifiction

You might think of Pacifiction as a feature-length version of the shot of the boat in The Parallax View before it explodes--before you know it might explode, before you know anything for sure. A man in a white suit, De Roller (Benoît Magimel), makes his rounds on the Polynesian islands, presiding more like a benevolent impresario at a Euro nightclub than the nebulous political figure that he is (High Commissioner, it turns out). He hears out local power players, consults with Shannah (Pahoa Mah...