“一切都在反思中”:约翰·卡彭特的霍克斯式喜剧《小中国的大麻烦》

IF 0.1 4区 艺术学 0 FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION
FILM CRITICISM Pub Date : 2022-12-14 DOI:10.3998/fc.3609
Nikolas Matovinovic
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本文认为,《小中国的大麻烦》的成功是卡彭特奇幻情感与霍克斯电影创作哲学的成功结合的产物。BTiLC不仅模仿霍克斯的西部电影和香港武术电影,还利用霍克喜剧中预先存在的结构制作了一部能够令人信服地将杰克·伯顿(库尔特·拉塞尔饰)塑造成电影中的英雄和无能的喜剧浮雕的电影;从而将其亚裔美国人角色定位为其功能性英雄,而这种倒置从未显得居高临下或卑鄙。因此,这部电影的框架突显了BTiLC对类型和里根时代男性英雄主义的使用与同时代更反动的元素之间的差异。
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“It’s All in the Reflexes”: John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China as a Hawksian Comedy
This article argues that the cult success of Big Trouble in Little China is a product of the successful synthesis of Carpenter’s fantastic sensibility and the filmmaking philosophies of Howard Hawks. Operating not only as a parody of Hawks’s western films and Hong Kong martial arts cinema, BTiLC uses the pre-existing structure present in Hawk’s comedies to produce a film that is able to convincingly portray Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) as both the hero of the film and the incompetent comic relief; thus positioning its Asian American characters as its functional heroes, without this inversion ever seeming condescending or mean-spirited. This framing of the film consequently highlights the differences between BTiLC’s use of genre and Reagan era masculine heroism and the more reactionary elements of their contemporaries.
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FILM CRITICISM
FILM CRITICISM FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION-
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期刊介绍: Film Criticism is a peer-reviewed, online publication whose aim is to bring together scholarship in the field of cinema and media studies in order to present the finest work in this area, foregrounding textual criticism as a primary value. Our readership is academic, although we strive to publish material that is both accessible to undergraduates and engaging to established scholars. With over 40 years of continuous publication, Film Criticism is the third oldest academic film journal in the United States. We have published work by such international scholars as Dudley Andrew, David Bordwell, David Cook, Andrew Horton, Ann Kaplan, Marcia Landy, Peter Lehman, Janet Staiger, and Robin Wood. Equally important, FC continues to present work from emerging generations of film and media scholars representing multiple critical, cultural and theoretical perspectives. Film Criticism is an open access academic journal that allows readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to the full texts of articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose except where otherwise noted.
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