香港黑帮电影的类型元素及其变化分析

Analysis of Genre Elements of Hong Kong Gangster Films and Its Changes

香港黑帮电影是一种类型电影,构成类型电影的类型元素有许多,其中最主要的类型元素有类型人物、类型环境、类型结构、类型符号等。从早期香港黑帮电影如吴宇森执导的《英雄本色》等到晚期香港黑帮电影如韦家辉执导的《一个字头的诞生》、刘伟强执导的《无间道》、杜琪峰执导的《黑社会》等,其中的类型元素发生了变化,分析这种变化对于了解和研究电影产生所倚赖的特定时代的政治、经济、文化、社会以及人性等具有重要意义。

HongKong gangster film is a type of genre film , it contains many kinds of genre elements , a-mong which the most important elements are character, environment, structure and symbol. From the ear-ly film such as ＂ A Better Tomorrow＂ directed by John Woo to the late films such as ＂ Too many ways to be No.1＂ directed by Wei Jiahui,＂ I Want to Be You＂ directed by Andrew Lau and＂ Election＂ direct-ed by Johnny To, the genre elements of which have changed. To analyze the variation tendency is helpful to the understanding and study of the specific time′s politics, economy, culture, society and humanity on which these films relied.