“灰色花园”:庇护所还是囚笼?

“Grey Gardens”:Shelter or Prison

1975年,美国纪录电影导演梅索斯兄弟以“灰色花园”及其主人的相关新闻为素材所拍摄的名为《灰色花园》的纪录片在纽约电影节上映,该片被誉为纪录片史上里程碑式的作品.新世纪以来,另外一部经重新剪辑的纪录片和同名电影相继上映,受到观影者的追捧和影评界的热议.本文以两部纪录片以及同名电影为研究对象,借助符号学等相关理论,分析“灰色花园”中伊迪母女渴望逃离又甘处其中的矛盾境遇,期望被关注又甘愿被隔离的现实困境,从而揭示出作为故事发生地“灰色花园”所具有的多重象征意义,以及作为影片重要信息承载的场所空间本身所具有的丰富意蕴.

In 1975,the documentary called Gray Gardens showcased at the 11975 New York Film Festival,which was filmed by the American documentary film directors Maysles brothers.This documentary took the“Gray Gardens”and its owner's news as materials.It is hailed as a landmark work in the history of documentary.Since the new century,another re-edited documentary and the film of the same name have been released one after another,which have been sought after by the viewers and bring hot discussion in film critics.This article takes two documentaries and the film of the same name as the research objects and uses the related theories such as semiotics to analyze the contradictory situation in which Big Edie and Little Edie in the“Grey Gardens”are not only eager to escape but also willing to be trapped,not only plead for attention from the outside world but also willing to be separated from it.This article will also reveal the multiple sym bolic meanings of the“Grey Gardens”,not only as the place where the story took place,but also as the space itself which has rich meanings as the container of important information of the film.