從張藝謀的電影談「色彩語言」(一)
「Curse of the golden flower」，「golden flower」當然指的是片中的真正主角——「金黃菊花」了!
「黃金甲」則是佩戴「golden flower」的盔甲吧?
「滿城盡帶黃金甲」出自唐朝文人黃巢的詩作，他考舉人屢試不中，因此寫下殺氣騰騰的「不第後賦菊詩」，抒發滿腔怨氣：「待到秋來九月八，我花開後百花殺，沖天香陣透長安，滿城盡帶黃金甲。」
重陽節本應寫「九月九」，但為與詩中的「殺」、「甲」押韻，才寫成「九月八」。
當時唐朝末年地方藩鎮割據，宮中宦官專權，以致民不聊生，公元880年，黃巢率農民起義，殺入唐朝京師長安，實現了他「沖天香陣透長安，滿城盡帶黃金甲」的理想，是為歷史上有名的「黃巢之亂」，只是後來黃巢兵敗自殺。
講完「滿城盡帶黃金甲」的典故之後，蓉蓉小師就要回歸正題，從這部電影開始談張藝謀的「色彩語言」了。
而電影中與「黃金甲」敵對死戰的，卻是一批「白銀甲」；相對於金黃色的溫暖和光明，銀白色則益顯冷冽和陰森。
正如上圖所示；由二王子周杰倫所率的「黃金甲」戰士不敵王父的「白銀甲」禁衛軍，於是滿城的「金黃菊花」隨同「黃金甲」戰士染滿鮮血，死傷慘重，一片狼籍，二王子的黃金甲也變成「血紅甲」。
其實看這電影並不能使我震撼或感動，反倒是張藝謀電影中的強烈「色彩語言」凌駕一切，使我印象深刻。
例如上圖的場面，用「色彩」訴說故事和主題的導演，張藝謀應是個中好手。只是希望在色彩的背後，能有更動人的內涵。
這些宮柱隨著影片的場景和燈光，不斷幻化出霓虹燈光般的虛幻、矯飾、豔麗的色彩，時而桃紅，時而翠綠……
但是劇情發展到下面這一幕時……
在這場「不君不臣不夫不妻不父不子」的逆倫內鬥、血洗宮廷戲中，所有的琉璃宮柱上的斑斕色彩突然變得像是被血洗過一般!一根根血污的柱子矗立在那裡，撐起一個動盪、虛無的世界。
紅色被張藝謀大量使用於「色彩語言」上，從鞏俐的處女成名作「紅高粱」，到「大紅燈籠高高掛」……，紅色成為女人內心壓抑的「情慾」象徵。
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yes in the film industry or TV is all like that, too many people up there trying to make decisions; at the end nothing good comes out of it. But a good director always fight till the end, fight for his vision of the film. Even I fight all the time try to get my point across^^ so my creative ideas will not be lost^^
Go to hell ! I don`t care! Just see what thay did to our TV and what thay gave to our audiences。 And what thay will get at last。 2008-01-12 21:15:11
I agree with you on that, the director only about colors in the film. Even than sometimes is too much colors, kind of lose the mood of the scenes. Also all his movies doesn`t really have a good story plot to it. So much money spend on the clothes, setting, staging, actors and not really about story. Before when I was in school, teachers always talk about story and how important it is. A good film always start with a good story and than other elements follow to bring out the inner beauty of the story.
I am sure you will agree with me on that ^^ because you done so many scripts already ^^
shall say 「to fight 」with too many 「big bosses」and too much noises，some of them are so redeculess that I rather to die!
So，I could understand CHUNG I MO`s suffering from bottom of my heart。 2008-01-11 13:34:29
I totally understand your anger, seem like they don`t respect your work, your idea. I hate that too, but I am sure someone out there respect your work and what you do ^_<