《印度往事》的文化隐喻

The Cultural Metaphor in The Past of India

《印度往事》是一部具有创新意识的印度电影。它选用体育竞赛作为叙事载体,表现了印度人民反抗英国殖民统治的重大主题,承载了多层次文化涵义。影片把尖锐的民族矛盾的解决框架在体育规则中去处理,用体育游戏这种特殊的叙事语言来表达民族意识。同时通过精心设计的人物形象观照出多元的文化精神、价值和意识形态,并对民族文化进行了历史反思。在《印度往事》中,歌舞艺术已构成影片的有机组成部分,成为一种特殊的"修辞手法"。

The Past of India, with the sports competition as its narrate carrier, has innovatory consciousness in Indian films. It expresses the vital subject of Indian people's revolting the British colonialism, and it also gives the historical reviews about the national culture. The figures in the film are designed meticulously to present the melti-culture spirit, the value and the ideology. In addition, the art of song and dance forms the organic part of the film, The Past of India.