1980年代文化视阈下《百鸟朝凤》解读

Interpretation of the Birds Pay Homage to the King from the Perspective of Culture in 1980s

电影《百鸟朝凤》根据肖江虹的同名小说改编,是第四代著名导演吴天明执导的作品。整部影片以唢呐为媒介表达了民间传统文化在市场经济、文化消费主义潮流裹挟中的命运转折以及师徒两代唢呐匠对这一技艺的坚守。1980年代是影片故事发生的时间,在这一文化视阈、时代主题下解读作品,有助于我们更好地理解其超越时代的启示意义,在文化趋于多元的当下社会,怎样解决民族传统文化的生存危机,故步自封亦或顺势创新,都值得深思。

The movie Birds Pay Homage to the Kingis based on a novel by Xiao Jiang-hong,which is directed by the famous fourth generation director Wu Tian-ming.The whole film takes suona as the medium to express the fate transition of the traditional folk culture wrapped in the tide of market economy and cultural consumerism,and the two generations mentoring of suona artisans adhering to this skill.It is the1980＇s that the film story takes place.Interpretation of the film under this cultural vision and the theme of the times is helpful for us to better understand the significance beyond the times.In the diversified contemporary society,how to solve the problem of survival crisis of national traditional cultural,either resting on its laurels or homeopathic innovation,both are worth pondering.