英文摘要 |
In 1965, Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Ltd. initiated a new style of martial arts films which revolutionized the genre. Directors such as Xu Zenghong, Zhang Che, and King Hu were the leading contributors that developed this emerging film genre. Zhang Che, the so-called old master of the martial arts movie, became well-known for his long and productive career producing films with the Shaw Brothers. On the other hand, King Hu seemed unenthusiastic about making movies in any established film studio. After his success with Come Drink with Me (1965), Hu left Hong Kong for Taiwan's Union Film and directed Dragon Gate Inn (1967). However, instead of filming in the newly-built Danang Studio, Taoyuan, Hu shot most of the scenes in outside set constructions and temporary studios. This paper examines the very different approaches to production designs in 1960s martial arts films by King Hu and the Shaw Brothers Studio. First, unlike the purpose-built Shaw Brothers Studios which used props and sets as expendable and disposable objects, Hu adopted a "free-play" approach that appropriated the original meanings and intended usage of these same studio props. Second, there existed a seeming distinction between Hu's bricoleurs laying booby traps and the Shaw Studios' engineers constructing various kinds of mantraps. Hu's concept of bricolage can thus be deemed as subversive practices in opposition to the dazzling mass-produced, yet homogeneous death traps by Shaw Studios. Furthermore, this research suggests that Hu's resistance to the globalizing film industry was parallel to his lifelong concern for ordinary people's arts and everyday culture as well as to his revulsion against totalitarian power in contemporary Chinese politics. |