论克里斯托弗·诺兰电影的叙事基础

On the Narrative Foundation of Christopher Nolan's Movies

在目前公映的十部作品中,诺兰将流浪与回家的叙事母题一再重复,并将这一母题放置在介于现实与虚幻之间的叙事场景中予以呈现,从而在整体上构成了其作品的叙事基础。这不仅为他的电影故事创造了更多的可能性,也极大地扩展了叙事母题的表现空间。而如果将此叙事母题和叙事场景作为诺兰电影的叙事基础来进行考察,不仅可以梳理作品故事的演进规则,还可深入电影叙事的底层来观察整个事件的产生与发展,从而让我们得到更多关于诺兰作品在主题层面上的发生机制和隐喻意义。

In his ten released works, Nolan repeated the narrative motif of wandering and returning home, and presented it in the scenes between reality and fantasy. Hence the narrative foundation for his works is formed, which has not only created more possibilities for his stories in the movie, but also have greatly expanded the presentation space of his narrative theme. Regarding Nolan＇s narrative motif and narrative scenes as the narrative foundation of his films not only can comb the evolution rules of the story,but also look into the origin and development of the whole incident from the bottom of the narrative, so that we can learn more about the production mechanism and metaphorical meaning of Nolan＇s works on the subject level.