“古典未来”的想象力:外星猴戏、御龙传说与中国科幻电影

The Imagination of“Classical Future”:Alien Monkey Play,Dragon Legend and Chinese Science Fiction Movies

本文从詹姆逊的“未来考古学”和陈旭光的“想象力消费”论述出发,尝试从动物意象和传统文化的角度,探讨中国科幻电影的“古典想象”与“未来美学”。当前中国的一些科幻电影延续着《月球旅行记》开创的将杂耍与动物想象融合的滑稽风格,传承了民间文化中的社会讽刺和神秘想象。从古典中国的民间观念和图腾想象来说,作为大圣猴戏、御龙传说的文化资源,在更高层次上体现了“人猴互动”“龙人合一”的图景,其喜乐欢腾、祥瑞逍遥的美学境界或许能给中国科幻电影的“古典未来”提供想象力,进而为中国电影增添吸引全球观众的独特魅力。

Starting from Jameson’s“Future Archeology”and Chen Xuguang’s“Imagination Consumption”,this article attempts to explore the“classical imagination”and“future aesthetics”of Chinese science fiction movies from the perspective of animal imagery and traditional culture.Some current Chinese science fiction movies continue the Le Voyage Dans La Lune style of fusion of juggling and animal imagination,and inherit the social satire and mysterious imagination in folk culture.From the perspective of classical Chinese folk concepts and totem imagination,as the cultural resources of the Great Sage Monkey Opera and the Royal Dragon Legend,it embodies the vision of“human-monkey interaction”and“dragon-human unity”at a higher level.It is joyful and auspicious.The unfettered aesthetic state may provide imagination to the“classical future”of Chinese science fiction films,thereby adding unique charm to Chinese films that attract global audiences.Key words classical future;sci-fi movie;imaginationand mysterious imagination in folk culture.From the perspective of classical Chinese folk concepts and totem imagination,as the cultural resources of the Great Sage Monkey Opera and the Royal Dragon Legend,it embodies the vision of“human-monkey interaction”and“dragon-human unity”at a higher level.It is joyful and auspicious.The unfettered aesthetic state may provide imagination to the“classical future”of Chinese science fiction films,thereby adding unique charm to Chinese films that attract global audiences.