電影《白鹿原》:尊重原著還是情色噱頭?

The highly anticipated movie White Deer Plain, hit Chinese movie theaters on September 15, two days following its original release.

萬衆期待的電影《白鹿原》於在9月15號登陸各大影院，相比原定上映日期整整延後兩天。

Directed by Wang Quan'an, the movie is an adaptation of Chen Zhongshi's 1993 historical novel by the same title, which is an epic tale of two peasant families in White Deer Plain, a peaceful village in the province of Shaanxi.

這部由王全安執導的電影改編自陳忠實1993年創作的同名歷史小說。書中講述了生活在陝西寧靜村莊——白鹿原的兩個農民家族之間史詩般的故事。

Tracing the Bai and the Lu families from 1910 to 1938, the movie observes, from a peasant's point of view, the political changes that took place in the country.

這部電影以一名農民的視角講述了白、鹿兩家從1910年到1938年間的恩怨情仇，展現了中國的政治變革。

If you have seen the movie's trailer, you will know that explicit sexual scenes play a big role in it–a third of the two minute trailer is dominated by sex scenes involving the character of Tian Xiao'e (played by Zhang Yuqi), a beautiful, bold and capricious young woman.

如果看過這部電影的預告片，你會發現露骨的牀戲成爲該片的重頭戲。在時長2分鐘的預告片中，有三分之一的場景都是田小娥（張雨綺扮演）的牀戲。劇中，田小娥這個角色是位大膽、刁蠻的美麗少婦。

Although there are few sex scenes toward the end of the 150-minute movie, Tian plays a key role in the story's development, and her sexual attitude is constantly under scrutiny as she gets involved with a series of men.

儘管這部150分鐘的電影從頭到尾時幾乎沒出現過什麼牀戲鏡頭，但是田小娥這個角色卻是推動故事情節發展的關鍵人物。當她周旋於幾個男人之間時，她的性觀念不斷被審視。

It makes people wonder: what does sex have to do with such an epic piece of work?

人們不禁要問：性愛與這樣一部史詩鉅著到底有多大的關係？

To a certain extent, it is in accordance with the original novel. When Chen's novel was first published in 1993, it sparked controversy for its frank sex descriptions.

在某種程度上，電影十分忠實於原著小說。1993年陳忠實的這部小說首次出版時，就因其中露骨的性愛描寫而引發爭論。

"It's not an erotic novel, but there is a need for such characters, because marriage, family and sex are indispensable when deconstructing one's life," Chen explained during a Q&A session on the 20th anniversary of the book's publication on September 12.

9月12日恰逢《白鹿原》出版二十週年慶典會，陳忠實在提問環節中解釋道："這不是一部色情小說，這些都是人物需要，因爲當你解構一個人時，婚姻、家庭和性是必不可少的途徑。"

Chen, who called the novel "an artistic experiment", added that by showing the wildness and human desire of some characters, the sexual content gives more humanity to the historical background–but it is never the main focus.

陳忠實稱這部小說是"一次藝術上的嘗試"。他表示，通過展現一些角色的野蠻與人性慾望，這部分情色內容能夠爲這個大歷史背景增添一些人性色彩。但情色絕非主要着眼點。

In the novel, which covers a longer time period than the movie (from the 1910s to 1950s), the character of Tian, who appears most in the sex scenes, dies halfway through the story.

小說比電影的時間跨度要大得多，電影中講述的是發生在20世紀前十年到20世紀50年代的事情。原著中，出現在衆多牀戲場景中的田小娥在故事發展到一半時便去世了。

In the movie, however, director Wang focuses on Tian a little too much. Maybe this is because Zhang is his wife, but Wang unwittingly makes the movie fall into the "sex sells" cliché.

然而，在電影中，導演王全安增加了田小娥的戲份，有些過了頭。儘管這或許是因爲妻子張雨綺的關係，但是不經意間，導演王全安就讓這部電影落入"情色噱頭"的俗套中。

"To pull off such a long and complex story is not easy to do," movie critic Wang Siwei commented on his Sina Weibo. "There are many details, characters and storylines in the novel that Wang had to skip given the limited time of the movie."

影評人王思維（音譯）在其新浪微博中寫道："把這樣一部情節複雜的長篇故事拍成電影絕非易事。小說中有很多的細節、人物角色以及故事線索。考慮到電影的時長，王全安不得不有所取捨。"

"He has made his own version of White Deer Plain, aided by the book's solid foundation. And he just decided to go with the main character of Tian."

"在原著的基礎上，王全安打造出了個人版本的《白鹿原》。他決定把田小娥設爲主角。"