【新唐人2015年01月19日讯】大陆知名导演姜文执导的2014年度大片《一步之遥》，自公映后，就因两极分化的口碑引发了持续争议。大部分观众高喊“看不懂”，少部分观众称赞“好到爆”，更有影评人士指出，《一步之遥》精髓就是片中无处不在的“隐喻”和“讽刺”，以及对当今社会的影射。对此，网路上还传出了多种版本的“解读”，更添了《一步之遥》的神秘色彩。
有着“冰火两重天”口碑之称的姜文新片《一步之遥》，1月14号在香港举行了首映礼。14号当天，《一步之遥》也被宣布，入围第65届柏林国际电影节，跻身主竞赛单元，成为目前唯一一部角逐金熊的华语片。虽然此前这部影片遭遇了激烈的口碑争议，但在中国大陆地区的票房，依旧突破了5亿大关。
《一步之遥》讲述的是由姜文扮演的主人翁“马走日”，帮助他的情妇——由舒淇扮演的妓女完颜英顺利在选美大会上夺冠，二人双双因此名声鹊起。不料随后完颜英意外身亡，与她交往过甚的马走日成为头号嫌疑人。于是故事围绕马走日如何被冤枉定罪，以及如何被朋友背叛、追杀、最后不得不四处逃亡展开。
既然是如此简单的情节，为什么会让观众直呼“看不懂”呢？表示能看懂影片的观众认为，电影有过多的情节“暗藏隐喻”、“嘲讽时政”，没有一定思考深度或感同身受，很难理解作者的良苦用心。
时事评论员曾铮：“因为我看了这部电影，我觉得很多地方的‘暗示’和‘明示’是非常明显的。它这个电影就是有意的让你去联想，有意的要去影射着甚么东西。”
自由撰稿人、媒体评论员王传涛在博客中写到，《一步之遥》的主题，就是一桩冤假错案。
葛优扮演华人警察项飞田是一个别有用心的人物，为了能立功升迁，将杀人犯的帽子，硬扣到了好友马走日的头上，并不断推波助澜，最终导致马走日冤死在乱抢之下，而项飞田却借此迎来了事业的巅峰，这些情节和呼格吉勒图、聂树斌、赵作海等冤案何其类似，只不过《一步之遥》是用“荒诞剧”的形式和夸张的手法，将冤案呈现出来。
曾铮：“为什么要采用这样的方式呢？我看了之后觉得一方面确实蛮搞笑的，可是另一方面真的觉得心里非常沉重。经过了所谓的30年的改革开放，只能说今天中国社会艺术家们、电影人们所面临的现实，比30年前更加严酷。你对现实可能有很多你想表达的，现实社会中有许许多多的类似马走日这样的冤假错案，甚至比他更惨的，但是你不敢去用写实的手法，真实的叙述，因为那样的话，你可能根本就没有办法上映。”
影片开头的大段华丽露骨的歌舞表演和妓女选美，被指暗讽当下大陆泛滥成灾的选秀节目和黄色产业，而电影中马走日和项飞田联手操纵，将妓女完颜英捧成妓女选美冠军－－“花域总统”的情节，也被联系到选秀过程中各种黑箱操作和潜规则。
最为滑稽的是，马走日与项飞田在选美决赛直播现场，宣布接到“两千三百多封来自世界各地的贺电”，并宣读贺电的场面，又让人不由得联想到中共央视的“春晚”。
曾铮：“现实的社会，中国的黄色娘子军就是卖淫的产业，往少了说据说是600万（人）的规模﹔往多了说，有的人说已经是上千万（人）的规模。甚至性产业，就是卖淫产业给GDP的贡献，已经到了可能两位数的概念。然后中国贪官啊、雷政富啊、不雅视频啊、包二奶啊，整个这个社会去追求这种肉欲，已经到了没办法让人看下去的程度了！”
此外，被解读的情节和对白还有：最高权力者“武大帅”不停的娶小妾，堪比中共官员“包二奶”﹔被政府挑唆的百姓边游行边高喊“自己问题自己解决”，成为中共外交部“别国不得干涉他国内政”的艺术版本，以及民意被利用的写照﹔编排故事诬陷马走日的戏子“王中王”，被认为是“央视等喉舌媒体的化身”等等。
时事评论员曾铮总结，《一步之遥》真正想表达的是：“真相被掩盖、假相被炮制、民愤被煽动、良知被扼杀、气节被践踏、尊严被嘲弄、权力被膜拜……，拒绝加入全民‘狂欢’的，一定会被这个社会‘干掉’，现实和荒谬，只差“一步之遥”。”
采访编辑/张天宇 后制/舒灿
The Controversial “Gone With the Bullets"
Renowned Chinese director Jiang Wen’s 2014 film
“Gone with the Bullets" was released with polarized comments.
While the majority of audiences complain that they don’t
understand the film, some praised it as “stupendous."
Film critics said the various “metaphors" and “satire"
throughout the film are the essence of the film.
Different versions of interpretation are seen on the Internet.
“Gone with the Bullets" (Bullets) was previewed
in Hong Kong on Jan. 14.
It is also the only Chinese film in the Golden Bear competition
for the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.
As much as its reputation is controversial, the film has earned
more than 500 million yuan at the box office.
“Bullets" features events surrounding a beauty pageant.
The leading character Ma Zouri (Jiang Wen) helps his mistress,
a prostitute (Shu Qi) to win the competition.
But the accidental death of Shu made Ma the number one suspect,
and initiated a sequence of wrong conviction, betrayal, killing,
and fleeing.
This simple plot has confused the majority of audiences.
Why? Those who accept the film well, explained,
the film is overloaded with “hidden metaphor",
and “mocking politics".
It is difficult to appreciate the intention of the film
without a certain depth of thinking or empathy.
Commentator Jennifer Zeng: “I saw the movie.
I think there are plenty of obvious implications
throughout the film.
It’s intended for you to insinuate and associate with something."
Freelance writer and commentator Wang Zhuantao wrote
in his blog that a trumped-up case is the theme of “Bullets”.
Xiang Feitian, played by Ge You, is a police officer
with ulterior motives.
In order to earn promotion, Xiang labeled his good friend
Ma, the murder suspect.
Through his persistent efforts, a series of tragedies occur
finally leading to Ma’s death, as well as his own final promotion.
The plot sounds so much like the many injustice cases in China,
such as Hugejiletu, Nie Shubin, Zhao Zuohai, and so on.
The only difference is that “Bullets" presents the injustice
through theatrical absurdity and exaggeration.
Jennifer Zeng: “Why did they adopt this way?
It is indeed a funny film, but on the other hand, I felt sad.
After 30 years of reform and opening, Chinese artists and
filmmakers are faced with an even tougher situation
than 30 years ago.
There are many realities in modern society,
just like the injustice of Ma Zouri in the film or even worse,
but they can’t be pursued in a realistic way,
otherwise, they will be banned."
“Bullets" begins with a large segment of luxurious and explicit
cabaret and prostitute pageant, as an innuendo to the
rampant beauty shows and yellow industry in China today.
The manipulation by Ma and Xiang of the pageant allowing
Shu Qi become the winner of the competition is also hinting
at the various black-box operations and unspoken rules
of pageant shows in China.
The funniest part is when Ma and Xiang announce live
the 2,300 letters of congratulation from the world
praising the pageant show.
People could not help but think of the state media CCTV’s
annual Spring Festival “gala show."
Jennifer Zeng: “In the real world, there are said to be
at least 6 million prostitutes in China, some say it’s as many
as tens of millions.
The sex industry, or prostitution, has contributed
to double digits of the Chinese GDP.
The entire Chinese society is now saturated with greedy officials,
scandals, sex videos, mistresses, everything of lust and sex.
It is too much to be tolerated!"
Other scenarios being suggested are:
the highest authority Commander-in-chief, Wu, marrying
concubines one after another, is comparable to the
Communist officials who own many mistresses;
people instigated by the government to march and
shout, “We will solve our own issues,"
it is to portray the regime’s foreign ministry slogan,
“no other countries to meddle in our internal affairs"
and how people are being exploited by the regime;
the actor who sketched the plot to frame Ma was believed
to be a paradigm of the state mouthpiece CCTV and so forth.
Jennifer Zeng concluded the essence of “Bullets":
the truth was concealed, an illusion was concocted,
public anger was incited, conscience strangled,
integrity trampled, dignity mocked,
and power is worshiped …….
Those who refuse to join the carnival will surely be killed,
the distance between reality and absurdity is as far as one “bullet".
Interview & Edit/Zhang Tianyu Post-Production/ShuCan
