綜觀四位早期電影理論家巴拉茲、班雅明、克拉考爾與艾普斯坦,他們 之中有人特別強調面相獨白的敏感可讀,有人執著於「面相知會」的影像辯 證,有人專門探討「為臉而臉」所揭露物質現實中隱而不顯的全新面向,有 人則著重於「上像性」的時間與情感顯影。但整體而言,四人都展現早期電 影論述視萬事萬物皆新奇有趣的「非人本中心」與「非敘事主導」。四位論 述者不約而同讓「電影的臉」以非人本中心、去封閉主體的方式擴散流盪。
雖說其主要的著作與文章大多完成於一九二○、三○年代,但在本文重新閱 讀與重新詮釋的過程中,卻也使其與當代電影論述者巴特、德勒茲、歐蒙、
陶席格、布魯若等人順利連線,成為質疑電影理論「語言轉向」的另一種可 能、另一種出發,讓「面相」再次成為感官毗鄰、時間流變的表面,成為蓄 勢待發的情感強度,成為一發不可收拾的接觸傳染。
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張小虹,國立台灣大學外國語文學系教授。