本計畫為期兩年，以電影明星及其角色表演為主要研究主體，聚焦「表演方法」(acting method)和「表演言說」（performance discourse)，以「跨文化互涉」（interculturalism）的視野，比較好萊塢電影和香港電影之「明星過程」（stardom）中的性別越界表演與表述。本計畫第一年將測繪上世紀末八、九○年代回歸前香港電影榮景中幾則重要且具代表性的明星過程，並聚焦當時為數不少的涉及性別越界的主流電影、以及參與這類電影拍攝的電影演員們的表演所引發的表演論述與表演言說。本計畫將並分別從性別越界主題在九○年代市場機制中的意義、性別越界議題作為演員探索表演技巧以及體現自我認同的媒介、性別越界表演的觀眾接收與容受、性別越界的明星形象誘發的演員身分認同與戲劇角色扮演的衝突等問題切入，探索性別越界如何透過明星言說在當時的主流價值中發聲？它如何與電影的市場機制與表演的性別政治周旋？它如何在規避與探索之間，成就一時的城市末世風景？本計畫第二年將接著整理近二十年來西方電影文化研究的明星制度論述成果，並特別聚焦美國電影史研究中，針對不同的觀影社群對電影明星演繹的人物形象與價值，發展出來的雙重閱讀策略、酷兒(Queer)投射等觀影行為的研究，以深入解釋明星如何在展現表演者的人格特質之際，既是承載文化意義與意識形態的社會符碼，也誘發觀者的認同與慾望投射，甚至成為少數社群競相爭取的表述場域。本計畫最後並將此研究成果與早先的二十世上半中國電影表演文化論述合併，爬梳釐清上世紀末香港電影明星過程，如何傳承或演繹上世紀初已然成形的中國早期電影明星言說。本計畫同時並將從香港城市的大眾文化史脈絡中，進一步測繪電影明星言說與本色表演的港產意義。在完成這些目標時，本計畫更希望借用第二年整理出來的美國電影史研究趨勢中，對於觀眾容受和性別越界表演對公共論壇的涉入等論述成果，開展華語電影性別表演文化的論述視野，以回饋西方相關研究中的既有成果與觀點。 ; This two-year project studies the acting methods and performance discourse of film performers, making inter-textual readings of the queer performances in Hong Kong and Hollywood stardom. I will begin by mapping the stardom of a few selective cases from Hong Kong cinema (1980s-1997) that deal with or involve the gay and lesbian concerns. I will then probe into how gay and lesbian issues feature the marketing attraction, while contesting the actor’s offscreen identities and dramatic persona. How have the queer stardom configured the charm of film performers at the time, while threatening their professional career? How have the queer made their utterance in the midst of heterosexual mainstream cinema? How have they become part of the Hong Kong spectacle and remembered as the city was soon washed by the China wave? To further the study of how stardom “as a product of mass culture, but retains theatrical concerns with acting and performance,” or “as a social sign, expresses the performers’ personality, inviting desire and identifications,” I borrow some of the recent writings on the Hollywood stardom and queer politics. In the second year of research, I will draw some of the most representative studies of film history, audience reception, queer theories that raised question for the impact of stars on gender politics, as well as the culture limitations and possibilities of stars. The ultimate goal is to contextualize the queer stardom as part of, and variation of the Chinese stardom established in the 1920s Shanghai, and to feature dialogue between the queer performance theories in the west and the trans-gender performance traditions in Hong Kong and China. ; 研究期間 9808 ~ 9907
