本文由探討林開世與邱韻芳對電影《賽德克．巴萊》的評論出發，首先反思兩個課題：其一，在歐洲特定的文化脈絡下所發展出的歷史理論，在用於解釋台灣諸多文化與力量交雜的過去和現在時，會產生什麼樣的問題？其次，在面對並試圖處理台灣的過去時，道德及倫理問題和歷史之間的煩雜糾纏，又會對思考者造成何種複雜的影響？以此思索為基礎，本文藉由探討將《賽德克．巴萊》視為「歷史」的可能，試圖以電影在無意間所開啟的視角，勾勒今日原住民歷史研究者作為「中間者」在文化上和學術上的困難處境。

Are historical theories developed in the European context a suitable device for understanding the intricacy of Taiwan's past and present? Is it possible, in facing up to and dealing with the past of Taiwan, to conceptually apprehend “history” that is often blurred by issues articulated in moral and ethic language? By discussing remarks made by anthropologists Lin Kai-shih and Chiu Yun-fang on the dramatic feature Seediq Bale, I try to depict the image of the culturally and academically challenged indigenous history researchers, or “inbetweeners,” as can be glimpsed in Seediq Bale when viewed as alternatively defined “history.”