从奇幻故事到史诗大片——一个神话价值再生的案例述论

From the Fantasy Story to the Epic Film: Research on the Case of the Worth Regeneration of Myth

托尔金《霍比特人》和《魔戒》的创作源于对北欧神话的热爱。他力图创造一种完整的文化,包括一套神话与历史谱系,一个语言系统和一种文学,希望为英国史诗传说的重建摸索出一条道路。托尔金自幼信奉天主教,他的创作无论是所表达的主题,还是重要正面角色的命运轨迹,都潜在地受到基督信仰和《圣经》叙事原型的影响。托尔金亲身经历了两次世界大战,他的作品中有很多描述都与他对战争的感受有关,批判贪欲、向往和平成为他的创作永恒的主题。托尔金的创作表现了对人类命运的深切关注,其对神话价值的重新发现和创造性再生功绩卓著,根据他的作品而改编的影视也成为了电影技术史上的里程碑。彼得·杰克逊执导的《指环王》(《魔戒》三部曲)开辟了电影史的新天地,在拍摄《霍比特人》时又采用了一些新技术,有人称这是第五次电影革命。讲好中国故事,应从托尔金的成功中得到启示。

Tolkien＇s ＂The Hobbit＂and ＂Lord of the Rings＂are created from his love for Norse mythology. He sought to invent an entire culture, including a myth and history pedigree, a system and a literary language, hoping to rebuild Britain epic legend. Tolkien believes in Catholic from his childhood, whether his creative expressed theme, or the path of fate of important positive characters, are potentially affected by Christianity and the＂Bible＂of narration prototype. Tolkien lived through two world wars, and his works had a lot of descriptions from his experience about the war, so the criticism of greediness, longing for peace is his eternal theme. Showing deep concern for human destiny, Tolkien＇s achievements in mythical value rediscovery and creative regeneration are outstanding. The movies adapted from his works also became milestone of movie technology.To speak good Chinese stories, we should seek inspiration from Tolkien＇s success.