《别告诉她》:作为童年、差异与传承的中国

The Farewell:China as Childhood,Difference and Connection

《别告诉她》通过一个美籍华裔二代移民的视角,呈现了一场为了告别的家庭团聚。影片里的中国既是主人公中断消逝的童年,也是"中国崛起"背景下需要被消化为差异于西方的另类价值,同时是长时间分离后通过观察和体认试图重新联结的"本源"。中国充当的这三种不同功能在影片中的缠绕,提示了不同代际的美籍华裔移民复杂的情感心理和社会现实。通过对这类华裔影片的细读,可以更深刻地理解今日之中国和今日之中美。

The Farewell presents a family reunion for the farewell from the perspective of a second-generation Chinese-American.China in the film is not only the interrupted and vanishing childhood of the protagonist,but also an alternative value that needs to be accepted by the West in the context of"China’s Rise".At the same time,it is a kind of"origin"that the protagonist tries to reconnect after a long time.Through a close reading of this kind of ChineseAmerican films,the audience can have a deeper understanding of the psychology and reality of different generations of Chinese immigrants.