《信條》中文海報 /豆瓣電影

近日，隨著諾蘭最新執導電影《信條》的上映，一系列相關衍生話題也登上微博熱搜榜。

比如，微博話題#如何看懂信條#——

再比如，微博話題#看完信條的我#——

有網友將《信條》比作江蘇高考數學題——“無論看多少遍題目，無論是否有解析，我都做不出來”：

還有網友表示，如果不事先做好功課，不認真預習觀看指南，那麼看《信條》將猶如“裸考”一般令人絕望：

儘管如此，在新冠疫情肆虐的全球背景下，《信條》還是拿出了不錯的票房成績——

上映首周，《信條》在中國內地票房已破2億人民幣，全球票房累計達1.5億美元。

Some Chinese moviegoers compared Christopher Nolan's new film "Tenet" to the mathematics paper of the national college entrance exam in Jiangsu Province.

"I don't even understand the question, let alone the answer," one fan joked on the social media platform Sina Weibo after watching the film.

However, the perplexity hasn't stopped the film from grossing over 200 million yuan (29 million U.S. dollars) on its first weekend in China, though some said it is not as good as other Nolan films.

Having debuted one day earlier in North America, Tenet's weekend takings there reached 20.2 million U.S. dollars, shrinking greatly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Overseas, it is doing better and has already earned about 150 million U.S. dollars.

A mixed verdict for 'Tenet'

然而，在票房之外，《信條》在眾多電影評分平臺上的表現都低於諾蘭以往的作品。

在豆瓣電影上，《信條》的評分目前為22萬人打出的7.8分，成為諾蘭少數沒有上8分的作品。

《信條》講述的故事其實很簡單。

豆瓣上不含劇透的劇情簡介是這樣寫的：

簡單說，這就是一個主角通過“時空逆轉”拯救世界的故事。

只不過在故事中，諾蘭引入了一系列令人頭疼的科學概念——“熵”、“時間鉗形戰術”、“祖父悖論”等等……

而當這些科學概念通過電影的畫面鋪陳開來時，對觀眾而言，無論是視覺上還是認知上，都成了一種挑戰。

視覺上“時空逆轉”的體現 /《信條》官方預告

引入“迴文”單詞和“迴文體”的概念：電影《信條》英文片名”Tenet”即為迴文單詞，即從右往左字母顛倒過來還是同一個單詞 /《信條》官方預告

諾蘭的作品一向被貼上“燒腦”的標籤——“看一次是沒法完全搞懂的”已經成為所有觀眾的共識。

然而，此次《信條》似乎超越諾蘭以往“難懂”作品“之最”，不光是觀眾，就連演員本身在拍攝期間也時常陷入“我是誰我在哪我在做什麼”的尷尬局面。

主演之一的羅伯特·帕丁森（Robert Pattinson）在一次採訪中說——

也正是因為這樣，《信條》自上映以來，口碑呈現了較為極端的兩極化，褒貶不一。

一些觀眾表示，《信條》敘事複雜，概念冗雜，觀影“門檻”高，更像是一部只為“諾蘭迷”而拍的電影——“不尊重觀眾，只在意影迷。”

還有一些人說，這僅僅是一部披著“高概念電影”外衣的“遊戲之作”，沒有一部好電影應有的精神內涵。

高概念電影（high concept）指具有視覺形象的吸引力、充分的市場商機、簡單扼要的情節主軸與劇情鋪陳以求大多數觀眾的理解與接受的電影。所謂“高概念”是指以好萊塢為典型代表的程式化的電影製作模式，本質上是一種營銷指導創意的電影生產方式。

而對於很多“諾蘭迷”來說，《信條》是一部充滿驚喜、經得起邏輯推敲的“硬核”鉅作。它再攀巔峰，是有史以來“最諾蘭的諾蘭電影”。

In "Tenet," an espionage film with a sci-fi core, Nolan continues with his exploration of the eternal theme: time. For the first time, he tried to present to his audience a world where time flows inversely. In some of the scenes, actors were asked to perform the action scenes forwards and backward.

The film, which is said to be the most difficult to understand of all Christopher Nolan films, has received polarized reviews among the Chinese audiences. It has so far been rated 7.8 out of 10 points – a lower rating than most of Nolan's films on China's movie rating website Douban.com.

Loyal fans of Nolan said the film reached a new peak in its perfect structure and the delicate storyline. However, others complained that the complicated storyline deprives them of their joy in watching a film.

The Christopher Nolan phenomenon

《盜夢空間》（2010）

《星際穿越》（2014）

《敦刻爾克》（2017）

While mixed reviews received, the movie has undoubtedly prompted heated discussion on Nolan's films and his unique style of story-telling. In that sense, the movie has already become a success, igniting another round of what's so-called "Christopher Nolan phenomenon."

Christopher Nolan is distinguished by his non-linear narrative skill and his forever exploration of time. Watching a Nolan film is like deciphering a puzzle or working out a jigsaw. It is usually hard to understand the whole plot until the end of the film.

But for his fans, dissolving the mysteries is part of the enjoyment of watching the films. The mind-blowing scenes are fascinating enough, such as the world rolling up in front of the eyes in "Inception," or the spacecraft escaping from the black hole and the five-dimensional world in "Interstellar."

而至於謎底能否揭開——看得懂《信條》如何？看不懂《信條》又如何？

熱愛的人熱愛，不愛的人有不愛的理由。

諾蘭拍攝《信條》工作照 /豆瓣電影

無論如何，《信條》與其他諾蘭作品一樣，始終為電影作品注入了難能可貴的開創性元素，為電影創作提供了新的視角和可能性，也將對電影的討論拓展到了前所未有的廣度和深度。

正如諾蘭在一次採訪中所說——

“

做電影本身就必須要去冒險，突破界限和障礙，這也是我的信條。我們必須做內心堅定的事情。不是為了拍電影而拍電影，這不僅是一個職業，而更是一種生命激情。

”

“不要試圖理解它，去感受它。”