流行电影及1980年代初期的新电影文化——以《神秘的大佛》为例  

Mysterious Buddha:Popular Cinema,and the New Chinese Film Culture in the Early 1980s

作　　者：杨莉 YANG Li(Department of Asian Studies,University of Texas at Austin,Texas 78712,USA)

机构地区：[1]美国德克萨斯州立大学奥斯丁分校亚洲研究系,德克萨斯78712

出　　处：《广州大学学报（社会科学版）》2020年第3期99-108,共10页Journal of Guangzhou University:Social Science Edition

摘　　要：《神秘的大佛》是文化大革命后中国拍摄的一部里程碑式的电影。这部集传奇、惊悚片、武打片和恐怖片于一体的商业片,尽管当时受到许多评论家的谴责,但仍得以迅速制作和发行,为国内观众所喜爱,创造了惊人的票房收益。以前对《神秘的大佛》的研究大都着重于它作为新中国第一部武打片的历史地位,而文章则认为:《神秘的大佛》的意义更在于体现了当时电影系统的运行机制,同时也为我们理解中国电影何以在20世纪80、90年代的流行文化领域逐渐丧失影响力提供了线索。政治特权的隐退,电影评论家和制片厂之间的博弈,市场机制的缺乏等等,都是导致流行/大众电影的发展在当时受到遏制(但并未被禁止)、精英电影影响力日隆的深层社会文化原因。文章通过《神秘的大佛》这个案例,重新审视了中国商业电影在1980年代初的特别处境,可以帮助人们更好地认识当时大陆流行文化的发生状况。Mysterious Buddha was one of the earliest commercial genre films made in post-Cultural Revolution China.Drawing influences from traditional Chinese popular literature of chuanqi,crime thriller,martial arts film,and horror film,the film was a smash hit with domestic audiences.The significance of Mysterious Buddha lies not only in its pioneering efforts in reviving the martial arts film genre in the PRC,which is the primary focus of previous studies,but—more importantly—in its ability to reflect the containment of popular cinema and the subsequent ascension of elite film culture.The film was publicly denounced by many influential public figures but was authorized for swift production and release.Its haphazard treatment indicated the emergence of a new film bureaucracy,professional institutions,and their power balance against the changed political and cultural climate.This article reappraises the 1980s′popular cinema and demonstrates the contested nature of nascent Chinese popular culture in the early 1980s.

关 键 词：1980年代初期 商业电影 《神秘的大佛》 类型电影 武打片 

分 类 号：J905[艺术—电影电视艺术]