新时期中国电影已进入影像美学阶段,在我看来,《老井》是一部较为典型的影像美学电影。这里,就《老井》的四组意象群加以简要的分析。影像美学电影有其独创的地方,首先表现在意象的创造,人物的模糊性格,自然的形象化和倾向化等。自然和自然物在艺术家的手中也成了活生生的有血有肉的形象象征物。《老井》中苍凉险峻的石山、干枯的老井、蜿蜒曲折、尘土飞扬的小路,厚重贫瘠的黄土等等构成了第一组意象群。它们常常以一种敌对的力量出现,吞噬并威胁着倔强而可怜的老井村民。影片一开始便凸现出一眼对着观众的老井,导演这里颇有用心地 Chinese film in the new era has entered the stage of image aesthetics, in my opinion, “Old Well” is a typical movie aesthetic film. Here, a brief analysis is made on the four groups of “old wells” imagery. Image aesthetics has its own original place, first manifested in the creation of images, the characters of the fuzzy personality, the natural visualization and tendencies and so on. Natural and natural objects have also become vivid and flesh-colored symbols in the hands of the artists. In the Old Well, the desolate steep rocky mountains, dry old wells, twists and turns, dusty trails, heavy, barren loess, etc. constitute the first group of images. They often appear as a hostile force that swallows and threatens the stubborn and pitiful old people of Laojing. At the beginning of the film, a prominent old man was facing the audience. The director took a very hard time here