“武”演化与“侠”想象:论新世纪华语动作电影

The Evolution of"Martial arts"and the Imagination of"Chivalry":On Chinese Action Films in the New Century

以“武侠”为标识的华语动作电影在百年的发展历程中,其创作题材经历了神怪、玄幻、刀剑、拳脚、枪械等多种样式的演化,并从这些样式中吸纳了内在的固有品格和外在的特定形态,最终形成了独具中国特色的影片。新世纪以来,华语动作电影经历了商业大片式的升级与文化现代化的演进。文章从“武”演化与“侠”想象两个向度分析华语动作片的限度与可能,阐释片中“武”的样式风貌与“侠”的情怀担当,为突破当下武侠片式微的窘态探寻路径。

During its century-long development,Chinese action films,identified by the term"chivalry",have undergone the evolution of various genres,such as gods and monsters,fanta,s yswords,fists and kicks,and firearms,and have absorbed thien herent character and specific external forms from these genres,eventaully forming a genre with unique Chinese characteristics.Since the beginning of the new century,Chinese action films have unedrgone an upgrade of the commercial blockbuster style and an evolution of cultural modernity.This paper analyzes the limits and possibilities of Chinese taicon films from two directions:the evolution of"Martial arts"and the imagination of"chivalry"a,n d explains the style of martial arts and the role of chiva lirny the films,so as to give a proper name to the innovation of the genre aenxdp lore the path to break through the present dilemma of the cdleine of swordsman films.