商业镜像下的历史叙事:评电影《金陵十三钗》

Historical Narrative with Commercial Purpose: Comments on The Flowers of War

导演张艺谋认为在众多以南京大屠杀为背景的影视作品中,影片《金陵十三钗》有所突破,此片试图将人物外表的美丽、画面的美丽、人物内心的美丽融合在一起,营造出"满是色彩"的感觉。但在笔者看来,导演并未将三个层面的美丽合乎逻辑地整合起来,反而出于商业目的而蓄意渲染,导致影片生硬、空洞,破碎、缺乏震撼人心的真实力量。

The director Zhang Yimou reckons that among numerous works set in Nanjing Massacre the film The Flowers of War has made a breakthrough for the film tries to arouse the emotion of 'pervasive color'. But, contrary to director’s intention to combine the beauty in three levels, the author suggests, the movie turns to be stiff, empty, bitty, short of real power to shock audiences simply because of its commercial purpose