電影阿凡達取材印度神話
It's one of the biggest movie hits of the decade and has revolutionized the use of technology in film. But James Cameron's 'Avatar' may also be a profound interpretation of one of humanity's oldest scriptures. That's according to writer and director Sudipto Chattopadhyay, who writes in the Passion for Cinema film blog that Cameron's choice of title was deeply thought out from the Hindu perspective.
這是十年來最震撼的電影、也是電影技術史上革命。但同時，詹姆斯喀麥隆的《阿凡達》也是對人類最古老的經典的一次深刻詮釋。影評人Sudipto Chattopadhyay在他的博客中解釋到，喀麥隆對電影名稱的選擇源於一部印度史詩。
"The ancient Hindu scriptures have forever reiterated that whenever the world would be on the brink of disaster and mankind faces extinction, whenever the vessel of sin is about to spill over to create death and destruction, the divine Lord Vishnu would considerate his duty to manifest himself in mortal, palpable form to save mankind from the impeding the larger perspective the Avatar is meant to be the savior, the messiah of his own race and people," says Chattopadhyay.
“古老的印度史詩中不斷提及，每當世界處於崩潰邊緣、人類瀕臨滅頂之災，每當罪惡萌生、將帶來死亡和破壞，天神毗瑟努(印度教主神之一,守護之神)就會化身凡人、下界救助人類，他的化身名爲阿凡達……廣泛地講，阿凡達就是救世主，人和神的彌賽亞。”Chattopadhyay說。
"Despite the fear of being lynched by Hindu Fundamentalists," Chattopadhyay continues, "I propose that Cameron is alluding to that tenth avatar of Vishnu becoming manifest as the US marine (the character played by Sam Paddington) in Pandora's universe. The deliberate choice of the blue skin instantly, magically and metaphorically relates our protagonist to two previous avatar’s namely Rama and Krishna."
“因爲擔心被印度的學究們批評，我建議喀麥隆在電影裏暗示毗瑟努的第十代化身阿凡達轉世爲美國海軍，在潘多拉星球上執行任務。而我們也特意將那裏的人類皮膚設定爲藍色，以此與上兩任阿凡達Rama和Krishna聯繫起來。”
Despite the film coming under criticism for a weak story line Chattopadhyay instead lauds Cameron's "Avatar" as "a truly post-structuralist, post-modern work of epic proportions both in terms of story telling and redefining how the human eye can perceive a constructed image in motion."
儘管有批評認爲《阿凡達》的故事線索過於簡單，但Chattopadhyay則強調說，喀麥隆的《阿凡達》是一部真正的後結構主義、後現代主義的時代鉅著，它講述故事的方式和電影拍攝的運動手法都將挑戰觀衆的極限。
"After this, cinema will be divided into two eras — Before Avatar/After Avatar."
“在此以後，電影將被劃分爲兩個時代：前阿凡達時代，和後阿凡達時代。”
