从方舟到博物馆——《俄罗斯方舟》解读一种

From Ark to Museum——An Interpretation of The Russian Ark

《俄罗斯方舟》中的“方舟”通常被当作隐喻,对影片的解读因此聚焦于冬宫博物馆作为“方舟”的隐喻阐释。隐喻是神话的、精神的、象征的,但作为影片最重要的呈现对象,冬宫博物馆有物质具体性,包容异质性、碎片化是它作为公共空间发挥作用时的常态。影片中不同身份参观者的参观实践提示“方舟”之外非精英文化的存在。方舟/俄罗斯文化的比喻关系因此由彼此类似的隐喻关系成为彼此空间相邻的隐喻关系。《俄罗斯方舟》的历史叙事因此获得开放性,与片名暗示的关于俄罗斯文化的浪漫怀旧叙事拉开了距离。

The"ark"in The Russian Ark is often used as a metaphor,and interpretations of the film,therefore,focus on the metaphorical meaning of the Hermitage Museum as an"ark".Metaphors are mythological,spiritual,and symbolic,but as the most important object of the film,the Hermitage Museum has a materiality that embraces the heterogeneity and fragmentation that is the norm when it functions as a public space.The practices of the film's diverse visitors suggest the existence of non-elite cultures outside the Ark,and the metaphor of the Ark/Russian culture becomes a metonymy.The historical narrative of The Russian Ark thus acquires an openness that distances it from the romantic nostalgia for Russian culture implied by the title of the film.