摩登的诱惑:早期好莱坞电影与上海观众

Lure of the Modern:Early Hollywood Movies and the Shanghai Audience

长期以来,早期好莱坞电影与上海观众的关系,在影像的批评与接受中,呈现复杂性和多样化的特征。从文化消费角度看,好莱坞电影的“上海情结”,培育了上海观众独特的审美心理和地域气质。20世纪上半叶,上海观众对好莱坞电影的态度,虽然摇摆于意识形态和个体诉求的困惑之间,却始终没有放弃对“现代性”的憧憬和追求,总能体现一种“摩登风情”与在地心理的缝合趋势。这种关系不仅阐释了“现代性”的内涵和外延,而且极大地影响了这座城市的整体风貌和文化走向。

The relationship between early Hollywood movies and the film audience in Shanghai is characterized by complexity and diversity in film criticism. From the perspective of cultural consumption, the "Shanghai complex" of early Hollywood films fostered unique aesthetics and temperament of the Shanghai audience. In the first half of the 20th century, the Shanghai audience wavered between ideological beliefs and personal needs while never giving up a pursuit of "modernity", reflecting their cosmopolitan yet local mentality. This phenomenon not only demonstrated the connotation of modernity, but also helped cultivating the culture of the city.