《喜福会》影评

《喜福会》影评

《喜福会》所讲述的是四位华人移民妇女和她们在美国长大的儿女各自之间的故事。影片的题目《喜福会》原是母亲们打麻将的聚会。这些妇女移居美国已有几十年,但她们仍念念不忘从小受过的传统教育,恪守着中国几千年来渗透于妇女血液之中、几乎已成为天性的封建男权的思想。她们共同的理想就是要严格教育、管束自己的女儿,使她们能逃脱自己这一辈女人的命运,成为她们眼中幸福的女人。然而,对于母亲的管束,女儿们则以各自不同的方式一味反抗,在这个种族、阶级、性别不平等的美国社会里,两代女性上演了一出由相互争斗到殊途同归、相互认同的悲喜剧。在这出悲喜剧中,给人留下印象最深的不是人物口中道出的事情,而是那些她们无法启口、无法触及、讳莫如深的事情,是沉默背后的东西。在这里,沉默已经变成了一个象征,它那巨大的毁灭性力量摧毁着女性赖以生存的自尊、自信和勇气,使她们在沉重的压抑之中丧失生存的能力。然而一旦打破沉默,这毁灭性的力量就会立刻消失,被压抑已久的人性就将得到复苏,平衡和谐的关系就会得到恢复。《喜福会》中母女们的悲欢故事大部分都是以沉默和打破沉默这条主线编织起来的。

在《喜福会》中,沉默的主题似乎无处不在,但又仿佛是编导在漫不经心中流露出来的。影片中的女性不仅是沉默的受害者,也是将沉默锻造成一把锋利无比的剑去互相伤害的杀手。影片中的琳多和魏芙丽这对母女就是最典型的代表。女儿魏芙丽少年时代很有下棋的天赋,每逢与人对弈都犹如有神人在暗中相助,无往而不胜。她在学校和市、州级的比赛中都捧回过奖杯,这令做母亲的颇为自豪。她走在街上,逢人便拿出登有女儿照片的杂志封面向人炫耀。这引起了女儿的反感。争吵之后,母亲一连几天缄口不语,对女儿下棋的事情不闻不问。最后,女儿沉不住气了,主动与母亲讲和,又继续参加比赛。然而,奇怪的是从此以后她身上的那股神奇的力量不见了。她一输再输,直到最后不得不放弃了下棋,从一个天才的棋手变成了个“普通人”。女儿身上神奇的力量自然是母亲所赋予的,而母亲的沉默竟永远地夺去了她的天赋。在母亲的眼中,女儿的生活是透明的,一切都逃不出她的眼睛。但是,当女儿带着她参观自己新布置的住所,希望间接地告诉她自己已再婚的消息,并迫切希望得到她的首肯与祝福时,母亲却作出一

副充耳不闻、事不关己的样子,或者顾左右而言它,或者干脆不予理睬,把女儿悬在了沉默的半空中,使她受到了比来自话语更加深重的伤害。对这一点女儿有着切肤的体会:“我妈妈懂得怎样让人痛苦,这种痛苦比任何其他形式的痛苦都更加深重”。这位母亲能让“白色变成黑色,黑色变成白色”,让女儿经过精心调整、自以为满不错的新生活——包括新婚的丈夫、自己的女儿与新继父之间和谐的关系、丈夫送她的贵重礼物裘皮大衣、精心布置的家;一切的一切都变得一无是处、毫无价值可言。母亲利用沉默这把利剑把女儿戳得鲜血淋漓、体无完肤,而更可悲的是女儿从母亲身上继承来的那不可救药的心理情结(非要得到别人的肯定才能生活得心安理得)。一个非要不可,一个执意不给,这场不见硝烟的沉默战争使母亲和女儿都身心交瘁,伤痕累累,在双方感情上造成了本不该有的深深的伤害。一天,当女儿下定决心要去找母亲说个清楚时,她才在母亲睡熟的时候霍然发现,自己那强大的“敌人”原来不过是一个毫无攻击力,甚至是不堪一击的老妇人,这是多少年来她第一次发现母亲的真实面孔。经过一番母女间推心置腹的交谈。女儿终于认识到,“真的,我终于懂了,不是懂了她刚才所说的话,而是那些原本就是真实的事情。 我明白了自己一直是为何而战的:是为自己,一个被吓坏了的孩子,一个老早以前就逃到了一个自认为安全的地方躲起来的孩子。我躲在这看不见的掩体后边,心里很清楚对面藏着的是什么:是她从侧面可能发起的攻击、她的那些秘密武器,还有她那洞察我一切弱点的高超本领。然而,就在我把头伸出掩体,向外窥视的那一瞬间,我终于发现了那里的一切:那是一个用铁锅当盔甲,用毛衣针作利剑的老妇人,一个因久等女儿的邀请而不得,正在变得脾气暴躁的老妇人。”这是一段多么形象、生动的描述!

母女间多年感情、心灵上相互间的沉默给对方造成了难以弥补的创伤。而这沉默一经打破,战争的阴影也随之散去了,取而代之的是两代女性之间可贵的重新认识和相互理解,是女性的觉醒。她们终于认识到,在一个“种族、性别歧视的世界里,女性之间应该成为朋友,成为同盟”。对于书中的两代女性来讲,要想相互破译对方的真实思想——那些掩盖在各种形式的沉默之下的真实思想是件非常艰难的事情。但无论怎样,她们都以各自的方式打破了令人窒息的沉默,年轻一代的女性从母亲身上汲取了精神的营养与力量,以积极乐观的态度面对新的生活。这正是故事的结尾处吴晶梅在母亲去世之后代表母亲去大陆寻找她失散

多年的双胞胎姐姐一幕所象征的。三姐妹在母亲的故土上终于搂在一起,多年的归乡之梦、母女和姐妹团圆之梦都随着沉默的打破而实现了。这是让人多么欣喜的一幕!

虽然影片中描述的是第一代移民母亲们和新一代华人女儿之间的情意和矛盾,但在我这个作为女儿的人看来,天底下的母亲和女儿的关系总是这么充满情意和矛盾的,所以看得我是眼泪汪汪,心里有说不出的激动和难过。我们中国式传统的母女情是一样的,女儿们孝顺服从忍耐,就如影片中的第一代移民母亲许安梅回忆她的母亲中,母亲在自己手臂上割下一片肉,眼泪从她脸上淌下,血,也“答拉”、“答拉”地往地板上滴。妈妈把从手臂上割下的那片肉放入药汤里,就像古代的巫婆样,希冀着用一种未可知的法术,来为自己的母亲,尽最后一次的孝心。妈妈设法撬开外婆已经紧闭了的嘴唇,把汤药给喂了进去。但是当晚,外婆还是走了。虽然当年我尚幼小,但我能想象妈妈的这种切肤之痛,及这痛苦意味着的价值。一个女儿,就是这样地孝顺着她的母亲。这种孝,已深深印在骨髓之中,为此而承受的痛苦显得那般微不足道。你必得忘记那种痛苦。因为有时,这是唯一的途径,能让你意识到“发肤受之父母”的全部含义。你有义务为母亲剖膛切腹,而你的母亲也应该为她的母亲如此这般,她的母亲将为更上一代的母亲这样做,如此代代推及,直到万物之初。

而中国式的母爱,我想几乎所有的中国人都是很明白的,母爱是伟大的,而中国的母爱是最彻底的爱,应该说是为了孩子鞠躬尽瘁,完全忘我!就如小说《喜福会》译者程乃珊译后感所说的,“而中国式的母爱,更是铺天盖地,震撼人心的伟大,是一种彻底、全部、忘我的牺牲,这在我们每个中国读者,是深有体会的。”中国式的母爱,我以为是世上罕见的一种牺牲,她们之所以心甘情愿这样,是因为她们的母亲,母亲的母亲,就是这么一代一代过来的。

 

第二篇:英文版---喜福会影评

Analysis of the causes of the conflict between mother and daughter from the Cultural Perspective In "the Joy Luck Club"

电影《喜福会》向我们讲述了中国母亲与美国女儿人之间沟通障碍以及她们在东方信仰与西方价值观及传统文化与现代文明之间的争执。母亲与女儿的交流障碍不仅仅反映出两代人之间的隔阂,更反映出一种文化差异。母亲代表的逐渐消失的传统文化,女儿代表的则是日益壮大的新型文化;母亲们坚守着特殊的国家文化,她们想要传授一些中国文化给女儿们,但却以女儿们没有满足她们的期望而失落不已。然而,女儿们在妈妈们的期望与美国的现实中打转,最终接受了主流文化,并且嘲笑和丢弃了以她们妈妈为代表的非主流文化,在这一系列冲突的过程中,她们不断地寻求自我和社会地位,并且努力去继承她们的文化价值。母亲们努力去调解她们“中国式的过去”和“美国当代”,而女儿们也试着寻找着自主与忠于文化遗产之间的平衡点。

The movie "the Joy Luck Club" tells us communication obstacles between Chinese mother and American daughter and their belief in eastern and Western values and the dispute of traditional culture and modern civilization. Communication barriers between the mother and the daughter reflects not only the gap between two generations, but also reflects a cultural difference. The mother on behalf of the gradual disappearance of the traditional culture, the daughter is the representative of the new

culture growing; mothers hold special national culture, they want to teach

some Chinese culture to the girls, but because the girls do not meet their expectations and disappointed. However, the daughters between the mothers about expectations and American reality, finally accepted the mainstream culture, and ridiculed and

rejected the non mainstream culture to their mother as the representative. In this series of conflicts, they continue to seek self and social status, and work hard

to inherit their cultural value. Mothers try to mediate their "the past of China type

" and "America contemporary", while the daughters try looking for autonomy and loyal to the balance between cultural heritage.

2.1个人主义与集体主义对比

2.1 the contrast of individualism and collectivism

个人、集体主义是衡量文化变化的重要标尺,为人与人交流之间的文化异同提供了一个强有力的解说性框架。中国传统的意识形态和美国当代文化共存影响是同样强烈的,不论什么时候,母亲向女儿提出期望或者管教她们的时候,总是不情愿的师徒唱反调或反抗。“美国制造”的女儿,非常重视个人自由,换句话说,个人主义。这意味着她们有能力在不受其他干涉,包括母亲,来掌握自己的命运。每个人首选应该被看作一个个体,其次才是集体中的一员。对于她们来说,追求个人自由的权益是合法的,不能被任何人剥夺。在中国文化里,一个人不是属于自己而是属于家庭和社会,孝道最为重视。她们的父母是权威的,孩子必须在各

方面服从他们。但是在美国的文化里面,孩子是应该独立的,并且孤立挑战权威和传统。美国出生的女儿们在个人主义原则下接受教育 ,因此容易与她们深受中华文化影响的母亲发生冲突。

Individualism and collectivism is the important measure of cultural

change, providing a powerful interpretive framework for cultural similarities and differences between the person and the person .The influence of

coexistence of China traditional ideology and America contemporary cultural is equally strong. Anytime, mothers put forward expectations to daughters or discipline them, however, daughters are always reluctant opposition or resistance . "American manufacturing" daughter, attach great importance to personal freedom, in other words, individualism. This means that they have the ability without other interference, including the mother, to master their own destiny. Each person first choice should be seen as an individual, the next is a member of the collective. For them, the rights of the pursuit of individual freedom is legitimate, which cannot be deprived by any

people. In Chinese culture, a person is not his own but belongs to the family and society, filial piety is the most important. Their parents are authoritative, children must obey them in all respects. But in

the USA culture, children should be independent, and isolated to challenge authority and tradition. American born daughters educated in individualism principle, so are conflicted easily with their mothers by the influence of Chinese culture.

在中国的家庭里,关系近的血亲是相互依靠并且感情皈依。根据孔子的观点,中国人属于他们的群落,个人利益从属于集体利益。因此,家庭成员的支持对个人很重要,无论是父母还是孩子,可以把文化称作“我们的”的文化而不是“我的”文化。在《喜福会》里,母亲从中国传统的,从侧重集体主义社会移民到注重个人主义的社会,他们的角色转变了,以前代表权威,现在移民到这个全新的社会,她们变得对自己不确定起来。女儿不再和以前一样,她们不能和在中国一样用同样的方式--权威来教育她们的女儿。

In Chinese family, close relatives are mutually dependent . According to the Confucius view, Chinese belong to their community, personal

interests belong to the interests of the collective. Therefore, family support is essential for individual, whether parents or children, can take the culture as "our culture” rather than "my culture “. In "the Joy Luck Club", the mother from the Chinese tradition, migrate from a social focus on collective to the individualistic society, and their roles are changed, previously represents authority, but now immigrants to the new society, they become unsure of themselves. their daughters are no longer the same as before, they

cannot use the same way in China -- the authority to educate their daughters.

2.2隐私与和谐的对比

The comparison of privacy and harmony

在美国,人们学习的是如何表达他们自己的愿望时做出选择,他们独立并敢为自己的行为负责。尊重不仅仅被看作是一种非常积极的状态,也应该被当作全人类渴求和满意的要求,但是在中国,隐私这个词代表的是很消极的意义,暗含着孤独与脱离集体.

In USA, what people learn is to choose how to express the aspirations of their own, they are responsible for their own behavior independent and

bravely . Respects not only are regarded as a very positive state, should also be treated as human desire and satisfied requirements. But in China, the word “privacy” is representative of the very negative meaning, which implies the loneliness and unsocial.

比如说,一个人如果不能有足够的自控能力,就会简单的谋求他或她自己的利益而忽视甚至伤害其他人的利益。所以太注重个人利益时,也会危及社会和谐的关系,在以集体主义为导向的文化里,为了获得必要的支持,和谐相处被高度重视。每个人当被认为是在家庭中或社会里占有一席之地,就是这个位置暗示了这个人应该如何对待别人来与人和谐相处,所以每个人都关注自己的位置与角色,一边相应行动。在某种程度上,中国认为别人着想来获得和谐的人际关系是一种可贵渴求的品质。为了避免冲突,人们将自己的意愿从属于别人来表现尊重和爱,尤其在中国传统文化里,妻子服从丈夫,个人意愿很好的服从家里男性首脑的意志。中国人埋下身价为了共同利益,帮助组织里或者其他成员是非常必要的。中国人习惯遇到困难时依靠集体的力量来解决,换句话说,集体主义以僵硬的框架为特征,与群内合作与群外合作不同,人们指望他们的群内关系来照顾他们,作为交换,他们相信他们对群体有着绝对的忠诚。

For example, if a person does not have the ability of enough

self-control, he or she will simply seek his or her own interests while

ignoring or even damaging other people's interests. So paying too much

attention to personal interests also endanger the social harmony. In the culture of collectivism oriented , in order to get the necessary support, harmony is highly valued. Each person occupies a space when considered in the family or society, the place implies that the people should be how to

treat others to live in harmony with others, so everyone is concerned about the position and roles of their own. To some extent, Chinese think others want to get a harmonious interpersonal relationship is a kind valuable quality . In order to avoid conflict, people put their wishes to others to show respect and love, especially in the Chinese traditional culture, wife must obey her

husband. Chinese buried worth for the common interest, helping the

organization or other member is very necessary. Chinese encountered

difficulties and relyed on the collective strength to solve, in other words, the collectivism is characterized by the rigid frame, in cooperation with the

internal group and the external group people expect their relation in group to take care of them, in exchange, they believe they have absolute loyalty to the group.

结尾:

从母女冲突中我们分析出导致母女冲突的主要原因是文化的专制。母女来自不同的文化,有着不同的价值观。母亲来自家长统治的社会,有着占统治地位文化。女儿重视个人主义,自由,平等和独立。两种文化的价值观是完全不同的,但是 ,如果她们承认这些不同,并且接受彼此的文化,而不是把自己的想法强加在彼此身上,那就不会有那么多的冲突了。不幸的是,每一方都把自己的文化当成是中心,母亲想要控制孩子,展现父母的权威,要求孩子服从自己,去做被要求的是;而女儿要求独立,自由,希望与妈妈平等。母女对待彼此的文化态度,导致严重的冲突,这些冲突折磨她们,到最后谁都无法再容忍了。打破沉默,开始需要和对方进行沟通了。很长时间的斗争之后,她们知道斗争的目的是要求更接近对方。当她们感受到这一点,文化中心开始解体,和谐的关系建立了。从冲突的原因,文化专制和母女间的专制的解体到和谐关系的建立我们得出一个结论:任何有文化专制的人都会在不同文化的沟通中引起冲突;所说的文化专制不存在,那只是人们的虚构和想象,多种文化可以共存,只有来自不同文化的人们理解尊重其他人的文化,好好交流,那才会有和谐的关系。

From the conflict between mother and daughter, we analyze the main causes of the conflict is the cultural despotism. Mother and daughter come from different cultures, and have different values. The mother from the patriarchal society, has

a dominant culture. The daughter emphasis on individualism, freedom, equality and independence. The two kind of cultural values are completely different, however, if

they admit that these are different, and accept each other's culture, rather than to impose its own views on each other body, it will not have so many conflicts. Unfortunately, each side has their own culture as the center, her mother tried to control the child

to show parental authority, asked the children to obey their own; and daughter required for independence, freedom and equality. Mother and daughter treat each other's cultural attitude, leading to serious conflict, and the conflict torture them, everyone are unable to tolerate. To break the silence, and each other need to start to communicate. After a long time struggle, they know the aim of struggle is more close to each other. When they felt this, cultural center began to disintegrate, harmonious relationship. From the causes of the conflict between mother and daughter, the disintegration of cultural despotism and tyranny to establish harmonious relations ,we draw a conclusion: any cultural tyranny would cause conflict in the communication of different

cultures; the cultural autocracy does not exist, it is just people's imagination and

fabrication, many cultures can coexist, only people from different cultures to understand and respect other people's culture communicate, which can create

harmonious relationship and enter the " joy and happiness"enventually.

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