迈克·利电影与“下水道真实”:阶级的记忆与创伤

Mike Leigh Films and “Kitchen-Sink Realism”: Memory and Trauma of Class

英国导演迈克·利以对城市文化进行思索的方式记录着城市中人们所面对的现实,并以高度真实的影像构筑一种关于城市的想象。本文以迈克·利的长篇电影作品为研究对象,定义迈克·利的作者身份,窥见导演对所处英国社会经济文化环境中有关民众、政治、种族、阶级文化的态度,将影片中表达的高度真实("下水道真实")准确定位,进而探寻英国当代文化的复杂性。

British director Mike Leigh records the reality that people face in the city by thinking about urban culture and constructs an imagination about the city with highly realistic images.This article takes Mike Leigh’s feature-length film works as the research object,defines Mike Leigh’s authorship,glimpses at the director’s attitude towards people,politics,race,and class culture in the British socio-economic and cultural environment,accurately locates the high reality("Kitchen-Sink Realism")expressed in the films,and then explores the complexity of contemporary British culture.