向城而生:电影“初生传播”的城市性隐喻

Born with the City:The Urban Metaphor of the "Primary Dissemination" of Films

电影向城而生,与城市互动发展,这是电影“初生传播”的基本特征。这一特征反映了电影与生俱来的城市性。对于世界而言,电影的“初生传播”涉及“电影之父”名号的盖棺论定问题。对于中国电影而言,电影的“初生传播”涉及电影初来上海时的传播和影响问题。对这两个关键问题进行分析,可以管窥其中的城市性隐喻,探究城影互动的文化逻辑和产业意义。

Movies are born with the city and developing interactively with it.This is the basic feature of the film’s "primary dissemination",which reflects its inherent urbanity.As far as the world is concerned,the "primary dissemination" of films involves the question on which film should be bestowed the title of "Father of All Films".For Chinese films,the "primary dissemination" of films involves the issue of the dissemination and influence as they were first introduced in Shanghai.We can catch a glimpse of urban metaphor and investigate the cultural logic and industrial significance of the interaction between urbanity and films by analyzing these two key issues.