身份议题、时间重组与“去哪儿”——试论近年影视作品对个体精神困境的回应

Identity, Time, and "Where Are We Going" :The Response of Film and Television to Spiritual Predicament

近年来,新旧身份的矛盾冲突、身份选择的困惑与寻求身份证明一再成为电影、电视剧、综艺节目叙事的基本线索或基本诉求。与之相应的是以《超时空同居》《路边野餐》《缝纫机乐队》等为代表的电影中所体现出的关于"去哪儿"和如何处理"过去、现在、未来"关系的问题,及其所导致的精神焦虑。近年来影视作品对这一困境的回应和开出了药方:接受过去/现在、在旅途/在异地完成治愈并回归都市。一方面,重组的时间质疑了传统的"时间穿越"在治疗上的有效性;另一方面,影像乌托邦虽然提供了想象性的救赎空间,但鼓励个体的逃离悬置了都市问题,也就悬置了对答案的探索。

In recent years, film and television begin to focus on the topic of identity. In movies such as How Long Will I Love U, Kaili Blues and City of Rock, problems such as "Where are we going" and the relationship between the past, the present and the future lead to an anxiety. The answer to identity, time and "Where are we going" by recent years’ film and television is to accept one’s past and present, cure oneself during a trip or in a faraway place, and return to the city. Yet on the one hand, the reconstructed time questions the therapeutic effect of time travel. On the other hand, film and television provide a utopia by encouraging escapes from the city, yet suspend the seek for real solutions.