怀旧记忆与文化传承——王家卫访谈

Nostalgic Memory and Cultural Legacy: An Interview with Wong Kar-wai

在与美国影评人约翰·鲍尔斯的访谈中,王家卫谈到了《花样年华》与《一代宗师》的拍摄缘起,并阐述了这两部影片的创作理念。《花样年华》中,王家卫力图复原香港20世纪60年代的气韵和风貌,同时也呈现了导演的私人记忆;《一代宗师》里,传承成为影片的核心,通过刻画叶问成为一代宗师的过程,承扬了传统中华武术的精神气质。

In the interview with John Powers, director Wong Kar-wai talks about the origins of his two films, and explains the idea and approach in his filmmaking. When making In the Mood for Love, he mingled his personal memory and a kind of nostalgia to recreate the mood in his childhood, thus revisited Hong Kong in 60s. While in The Grandmaster, the legacy was regarded as the core theme, with that the movie focused on how Ip Man rise to become a grandmaster, also asserted the value of traditional Chinese martial arts.