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Directed by 呂柔萱
台灣小說家星子筆下的乩身，飛簷走壁、降妖伏魔，不像人倒更像個脫胎罪人。而《神明事務所》裡日夜辦事的他們，脫去神聖不可侵犯的外衣，多半流露出生而為人的一面。 那些儀式的繁瑣、禁忌的意義與身旁家人的不諒解，實際構築成台灣民俗文化極為重要的一環，不光光是祈福祝禱，更告慰生者你們已經做得足夠多了。
3:04 南廠水門宮： 主祀七府千歲：李、池、吳、朱、范、吳府二鎮、張，共七位王爺。南廠水門宮的小法團是目前府城進行較多科儀之小法，除常見的清壇祝壽、開光儀式外，最常見的就是打城儀式。
9:26 車關煞： 跟交通及車有關的煞都可稱為「車關」。片中小妹妹因是車禍過世，她媽媽聽葬儀社建議要打「車關城」，按照主角許一允查證後的說法，應是殯葬業者為謀取利益才有的儀式。正常而言，意外死亡或枉死者要做的祭典是打（破）「枉死城」。
10:07 破枉死城： 道教中超度科儀，又稱「破城」。民間信仰中認為，人不幸遭遇車禍、天然災害等意外，或是自殺而死，死亡時陽壽未盡，則靈魂會被關在枉死城直至真正的死亡時間才會被釋放。而打枉死城即是將冤魂救出枉死城，以讓死者獲得真正的解脫。
呂柔萱，世新廣電畢業，以新北市紀錄片比賽展開創作、在台南街頭意外開展對台灣傳統文化的一連串觀察。「⋯⋯，安哲毅導演曾經說過：『戲劇的根本，是從紀錄片開始，要學會觀察人，才能寫出生動劇本』這句話深深影響著我。」（呂柔萱，《九Ο後導演鏡頭下的真實人生》，小日子）
九Ο後導演鏡頭下的真實人生 | 小日子
童乩一詞，雖然限於臺灣及福建等地民間社會，但是就其職司的工作性質，其實淵遠流長，可以上溯到人類文明發源初始的「巫」。每一個文明，幾乎都有「巫」的存在，「巫」必須負責解釋各種社會與自然現象，傳承族群的歷史給下一代，並且治療各種身心疾病，換言之，初始社會中一個人一生當中碰到的大小問題，都可以向「巫」求助。因為童乩的法事帶有濃厚的神祕經驗，自日本統治臺灣開始，就不斷有人想用科學的方法來解析童乩被神鬼附身的現象，究竟是真是假。然而即使科學未能證實乩童的真實性，仍不影響民間對其信仰的盛行不墜。（節錄與改編自《臺灣童乩知多少（一）：他們的小歷史》）
臺灣童乩知多少（一）： 他們的小歷史 ｜ BIOS monthly整部片雖以許為核心主角，但承載了來自三位母親不同的目光： 許一允之母，對兒子（與丈夫）這份神職感到無奈和心疼； 求助者之母，對逝去女兒的不捨與不懈； 許一允妻子。 這個角色是我最困惑的角色，他一直隱藏在鏡頭之後、直到許說出「沒時間陪伴兒子」才被知悉（原來還有位妻子/母親）。對許而言，當他承接了自己與他人母親的脆弱後，是如何理解自已的妻子的？
20:54 延伸觀影：【似水華年】導讀 - 神明事務所，謝哲青，大愛電視台 「⋯⋯臺灣電視影集《通靈少女》，是一部以臺灣民間信仰，宮廟文化為背景的故事，或許我們也可以用這兩個角度，來看今天的這一部紀錄片，一位子承父業的『乩童』，為何願意以做志工的方式，服務信眾。」
【似水華年】導讀 - 20171022 - 神明事務所延伸觀影：許一允訪談，侯俊明「背令旗的人– 乩身訪談創作」吳府二鎮乩身 - 水門宮 「許一允年少夢中辦事。踩刀梯，即預知其乩童人生。二十八歲，感念神明庇佑二兒子健康，遂接續父親在水門宮辦事服務神明。」
侯俊明「背令旗的人– 乩身訪談創作」吳府二鎮乩身 - 水門宮
「越境身體」的五部影片藉由三種迥異有別的影像類型，輝映著某種足以僭越各種邊界甚至交互滲透的身體形態：一，紀實影片的蓄勢身體（《台北抽搐》、《神明事務所》、《默默行》）；二，劇情影片的失能身體（《綠洲》）；三，錄像藝術的重演身體（《女性的復仇》）。
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