红色经典电影及其国家叙事

Classic Red Film and Its State’s Narrative

"红色经典电影"在本文中特指新中国成立后出现的一批具有鲜明新中国美学特征的优秀作品。它们以表现新中国的正当性、合法性为核心价值,通过"国家叙事"服务于党和国家的主流意识形态,塑造国家形象。这些影片在中国电影发展中占据着重要的位置。本文即是对"十七年"时期、新时期至新世纪之初、新时代不同历史时期"红色经典电影"的国家叙事及其展现的国家形象作宏观梳理和分析,力求从整体上把握这一中国当代电影重要的发展脉络及其关键特征。

"Classic Red Film" in this article specifically refers to a batch of outstanding works with distinctive new Chinese aesthetic characteristics that appeared after the establishment of the New China Regime. They take the legitimacy of New China as their core value, serve the mainstream ideology of the party and the country through "state’s narrative", and shape the image of the state. These movies are an important part of Chinese film history. This article is a macro analysis, combing and comparing the state’s narratives and state images of the "Classic Red Film" in the "seventeen years" period, the new period to the beginning of the new century, and the new era. The article attempts to grasp the development context and key features of Classic Red Film which is important in contemporary Chinese film.