中国第五代电影的“文革记忆”

The Cultural Revolution Memorized in Chinese 5^(th) Generation Film

中国第五代导演既是"文革"的参与者,也是"文革"的受害者、蒙羞者、负罪者。所以,他们对"文革"的电影表述,既有对中国社会的反省,也有对历史罪孽的忏悔,还有对灵魂的救赎。我们过去一直将第五代电影对"文革"的表述指认在社会政治的视域内,好像他们就是一代用影像控诉"文革"的"愤青",而忽略了他们通过"文革电影"对于人性的自省,对于历史的叩问。事实上,第五代导演的"文革电影"是他们所有作品中最具自传性的影片。我们并不否认阴沉黑暗的"文革"历史对第五代的电影创作产生了某种激励作用,但是,我们对第五代电影的阐释如果过度地依托在"文革"的历史表述中,罪孽深重的"文革"可能会被误认为是中国艺术电影的温床。

As participators and victims of the Cultural Revolution,Chinese 5thgeneration directors introspected Chinese society,made confession,and proposed a soul salvation in their films about the Cultural Revolution. In past times,we all took them as young cynics who accused the Cultural Revolution through their film creation,and we almost ignored humanistic self-introspection and historical inquires they made in such films. In fact,such films could be recognized as directors’ autobiographies. Indeed,the Cultural Revolution has inspired them to create,however,if this point is overstated,the Cultural Revolution will possibly be mistaken for a hotbed of Chinese art film.