英国传记电影的发展历程及其对中国传记电影创作的启示

The Development course of British Biographical Films and its Enlightenment to the Creation of Chinese Biographical Films

20世纪50年代中期之后,英国传记电影的传主由帝王将相转为战争英雄。20世纪70年代之后,传主的范围越来越大,不仅突破了身份、职业、肤色和性别的界限,还超越了国籍。英国传记电影的特点还表现在可信度高、可观赏性强、彰显出对英国性的多维思考。这些特点启示中国传记电影创作需要不以纪事为主而以述人为主、以真实打动观众、把艺术性摆在第一位、源源不断地输送民族的“英雄”。

After the 1950s,the main character of British biographical films shfited from emperors and high-level government officials to war heroes.After the 1970s,the scope for the main character in British biographical films was increasingly expanded,breaking through the boundaries of social ranking,occupation,skin color,sexuality,and even nationality.British biographical films are characterized by high reliability,strong appeal,and multi-dimensional thinking about British characteristics.These features reveal that Chinese biographical films should focus on personality instead of events,move the audience with high authenticity,give priority to artistry,and portray national"heroes"one after another.