民族气节与后街——小说《夜行货车》与电影《午夜特快》的对比研究

Ethnicity and Backstreets-A Comparative Study of the Novel The Nocturnal Truckand the Film“The Night Wagon”

电影《午夜特快》改编于小说《夜行货车》。《夜行货车》在当时批判了消费社会,带来一定的思考与启发,而《午夜特快》除同样具有《夜行货车》传达的现实性与人文关怀,其在原著基础上进行的艺术加工,创造性地以钦佩的目光凝视底层“弱小者”的生活,展现了充满喜乐与温暖的台湾后街。电影并未完全继承小说的内容,但是,电影体现出来的理解弱小者的方式、对老兵的关注,及对省籍关系的探讨,仍然延续了陈映真的核心思想。

The film"The Night Wagon"is adapted from The Nocturnal Truck,the thought-provoking novel which criticized the consumer society at the time.In addition to the realism and humanistic concern conveyed by the novel,the filmmade anartistic adaptation of the original,creatively expressing with admiration the lives of the vulnerable groups,and revealing a backstreet Taiwan full of joy and warmth.The film did not fully inherit the content of the novel,but the way of understanding the weak,the concern for the veterans,and the exploration of provincial ties-the core thought of Chen Yingzhen.