传统与情结:浅谈台湾青春题材影片

The Tradition and the Complex: on Taiwan Youth Films

本文通过对台湾青春题材影片创作脉络的简明梳理,指出台湾青春电影的精神内核及其创作特点。本文认为,台湾青春电影的最大特点是将电影表达与心理学中青春期特定自我冲突、自我寻求的需求相结合,从而传达出此阶段最具有独特性的内在心理特点。这一心理核心即是青春题材长盛不衰的根本原因。在电影语言与整体风格的表达上,台湾青春电影暗合东方哲学观点与美学趣味,同时具有明显可辨的地域性元素。

After clarifying their creative contexts, this essay points out the essence and features of Taiwan youth films and their biggest feature is that they integrate self- conflict and self- quest specific to adolescence in psychology. This psy- chological core attributes to the everlasting youth subjects in films. In the cinematic language and style, Taiwan youth films are in line with the Oriental philosophy and aestheties with their local elements.