爵士乐:黑色电影的身份建构

Jazz:The Identity Construction of Film Noir

通常我们能很快识别一部黑色电影,但让我们准确界定黑色电影的概念、确立黑色电影的身份却又十分困难。从爵士乐与黑色电影所出现的共同时代与社会背景出发,对爵士乐与黑色电影的相似特质进行提炼分析,解构其深层内涵在具体电影语境下的多元互文呈现。进而得出,黑色电影与爵士乐都具有"低眉文化"的属性。爵士乐的"即兴性"是对美国文化精神的契合与彰显,黑色电影中被符号化的爵士乐是对"他者"的隐喻,其实现了黑色电影身份建构的更多可能性。

In general,we can quickly identify a film noir, however, it is difficult to accurately define the concept of film noir and establish its identity. From the same period and social background of jazz and film noir, this article will refine and analyze the similarities between jazz and film noir, deconstruct the multiple presentation of its deep connotation in the context of specific film. Then it comes to the conclusion that both film noir and jazz have the attribute of ＂lower eyebrow culture＂. The ＂improvisation＂ of jazz fits and highlights the American cultural spirit, and in the film noir, the symbolized jazz is a metaphor for ＂the other＂. Thus, it realizes more possibilities of identity construction of film noir.