《天明》:政治贞洁与肉身贞洁——左翼电影模式的基础性延展

Daybreak: Political Virginity and Flesh Virginity——The Foundation of the Left-wing Movies

1933年的无声片《天明》,与孙瑜一年前编导的《野玫瑰》和《火山情血》一样,都是左翼电影的奠基之作,阶级性、暴力性和宣传性等三大特征,均性形神兼备。但《天明》最突出的一点,是将女主人公的政治贞洁与肉身贞洁在逻辑层面相关联。左翼电影的这种模式化处理与其他模式表达,共同为1949年后的新中国电影提供了思想、艺术、文化和电影本体观念上可以直接获取和套用的丰厚资源,影响至今。

Like Wild Rose and Blood of Love, Daybreak lays the foundation of left-wing movies, with its class awareness, violence and function of propaganda. Most importantly, it creates a logical connection between political virginity and flesh virginity. This and other patterns of the left-wing movies provide rich resources for the movies of new China after 1949 in ideas, art, culture and the ontological concept of the movie.