城市电影中的西安:以阶层、性别、城市化为维度的考察

Xi'an in City Film:An Investigation into the Dimension of Class,Gender,and Urbanization

城市作为人们的物质栖息之所与精神寄寓的家园,同时也是文化矛盾的综合体,而城市电影的重要意义在于它提供了一种旁观、理解与讨论城市生活体验、问题及其解决方法的契机和参照点。本文将以阶层、性别、城市化为话语框架,探讨西安城市电影中复杂的社会现象与艺术内涵。西安城市电影作为一种动态、丰富而富有未来性的影像文本,既是"文化作为景观"又是"文化作为知识",西安为叙事背景的电影并非单向、单纯、单点的城市呈现,而是在西安城市刻板印象和多元可能的交织下,对西安人生活方式和生存状态的折射、反思与对话。这既给了我们有关西安城市电影的诸多启示与建议,也带给我们有关西安城市电影发展走向的深远思索。

In comparison to the iconic representation of cities such as Beijing and Shanghai in Chinese film history,the image of Xi′an presents a constant considerable degree of ambiguity and is thus inconsistent with its positioning itself as the starting point of old and new Silk Roads,and one of the most prestigious travel destinations.With the help of a closer investigation,however,the audiovisual network that takes root in and has been facilitated by Xi′an demonstrates the identity of the city as a proper object of academic debate within urbanism cinema studies.This paper will help reveal the sociological and aesthetic complexity in Xi′an-based urbanism cinema.