富春山居图
2012-03-21
3月19日,电影《富春山居图》片花在香港亮相。《富春山居图》(Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains,也有外国媒体称之为Fuchun Mountains and Rivers)是元代画家黄公望的代表作(representative work/masterpiece),以印象派手法表现了起伏的山峦和乡村景色,影响了几代风景画家(be influential to generations of landscape painters)。这幅画本身的命运也充满了传奇色彩(be tinted with legendary courses)。几经辗转,此画于明朝末年传到收藏家(collector)吴洪裕手中。吴洪裕极为喜爱此画,甚至在临死前下令将此画焚烧殉葬,以便自己来生仍可欣赏(He gave his deathbed command to burn the painting as a sacrifice and bury it with him so that he could enjoy it in his afterlife.)。幸亏吴洪裕的侄子将画从火中抢救出,但已被烧成一大一小两段。前段称《剩山图》(the Leftover Mountain Painting),现藏浙江省博物馆;后段称《无用师卷》(the Master Wuyong Painting),现藏台北故宫博物院(the National Palace Museum in Taiwan)。2011年,两部分终于在台北故宫博物院合璧展出(joint showing)。
电影界借此为背景虚构了一段惊险的故事。在片中,辗转流失的《富春山居图》即将展出,国际黑市开出天价(exorbitant price),江湖各路人马(different forces)各展其能,生死对决(go into life-and death fighting),而男女主人公的恩怨情仇(feelings of gratitude and resentment, love and hatred)也就此展开。▲
(本栏目供稿:陈德彰教授)