从意识形态角度看《阿甘正传》电影与原著的区别

A Comparision between the Movie Forrest Gump and Its Original Novel from the Perspective of Ideology Criticism

电影《阿甘正传》于1994年在美国上映,创造了全国3亿、全球6.57亿的票房收入奇迹,并且在1995年获得了13项奥斯卡奖项提名,营得其中6项,是一部叫座又叫好、蜚声世界的电影,但是它的原著小说受到的关注却较少。《阿甘正传》电影与原著在人物情节各方面都相差甚远,从阿尔都塞的意识形态批评角度解析两者间的不同,向读者展示《阿甘正传》这部电影是如何成功地利用意识形态腹语术,创造了一部维护美国社会和谐稳定,给对国家渐渐失去信心的人们注入强心剂的神话。

The film Forrest Gump, released in the U.S. in 1994, obtained a domestic box office of $ 300 million and an abroad one of $ 657 million. It gained 13 nominations in the 1995 Academy Award and won 6 of them. Therefore the film Forrest Gump won both critical and popular praise. The novel Forrest Gump, however, received far less attention. This article is going to analyze the great differences between the film and novel from the perspective of Althusser's Ideology Criticism, thus showing how this movie created an American myth which has been contributing to the stability of the U.S. society and arousing the people's confidence for the nation.