《大佛普拉斯》中“佛像”符号的运用研究——基于电影符号学的视角

A Study on the Use of the Symbol of“Buddha”in“The Great Buddha”-Based on the Perspective of Film Semiotics

电影符号学作为现代电影理论的主要组成部分和符号学的重要分支,是研究电影符号及其表意内涵的一门学科。影片《大佛普拉斯》中以“佛像”符号贯穿整部电影,建立起作品对台湾地区现实社会的人文关怀。本文基于电影符号学的研究视角,分析“佛像”符号的表意机制由其直接意指“权力对佛像的操控”与含蓄意指“佛像的佛性被消解、佛只能普渡众生,却无法拯救众生等影片内涵”共同构建而成。

Film semiotics,as the main component of modern film theory and an important branch of semio-tics,is a subject that studies film symbols and their ideographic connotations.In the film“The Great Buddha”,the symbol of“Buddha”runs through the whole film,establishing the humanistic concern of the work for the real society of Taiwan region.Based on the research perspective of film se-miotics,this paper analyzes the ideographic mechanism of the symbol of“Buddha Statue”,which is constructed by its direct meaning of“power’s manipulation of Buddha statue”and its intentional meaning of“the film connotation of Buddha statue’s Buddha nature is dispated,Buddha can only carry sentient beings but cannot save sentient beings”.