電影《後來的我們》是知名歌手、演員劉若英首次執導的作品,在懷舊青春電影發展陷入瓶頸時,2018年上映後一枝獨秀的票房,讓人再次見到劉若英的才華魅力,與懷舊青春電影只要有好的劇本與拍攝手法,觀眾仍然會買單。本文以「期待視野」為切入點,與電影文本結合,分析其敘事主題、內容與手法,企圖從中爬梳懷舊青春電影發展至今要進入尾聲時,《後來的我們》為何會掀起話題。就觀賞前的「期待視野」而言,這是劉若英代表歌曲〈後來〉的故事補充,對歌迷而言,這是期待的故事發展,也隱含可能是導演的愛情故事,更多的是觀眾追憶逝去青春的集體共識;就觀賞後的「期待視野」而言,敘事內容不只是愛(愛情、親情)與夢想,而是「學會愛」與「學會珍惜當下」,人生才不會有遺憾;敘事的主題圍繞在一旦彼此緣份不再,要好好說再見,並與受傷的內心和解,才能開啟新的人生;敘事手法跳脫傳統的線性敘事,而以非線性敘事讓故事可以在現在與過去的時空,自由跳脫,並以碎片化敘事,將長達十年的故事濃縮在二小時內完成,對電影這種多元藝術的組合而言,這是成功的敘事內容、主題與手法的結合。
Here, After, Us is the first film directed by the famous singer and actress, Liu Jo-ying. In fact, the bottlenecks occurred in the development of nostalgic teen movie industry until this film was first released in 2018, whose box office even outshone any other in Taiwan, and thus made people excited about her charisma and talent again. As such, nostalgic teen movies, as long as their screen scripts and video shooting techniques are good enough, can still be popularly accepted. My article will appropriate a combination of the film and the idea of the "horizon of expectation" as the point of departure and analyze its narrative contents, themes, and tachniques. Try to clarify why Here, After, Us could cause a great sensation when we already saw the? bottlenecks? in? the development of nostalgic teen movie? industry. As viewers with the "horizon of expectations" before viewing the film, we may have the presupposition that the film may complement the story of her representative song After. For the fans of her music, this is the expected development of the story, which also implicitly involves the love story of the director herself, or more the audience's collective memory reminiscent of the lost youth. As viewers with the "horizon of expectations" after viewing the film, we may see that the narrative is not only about love (love relationship or affection) and dream, but also about learning to love, to cherish every present moment, and thus to avoid the life of regrets. The. narrative repeatedly focuses on the topic like, "Once the invisible link is broken, we should say goodbye to each other without hatred, and make reconciliation with the broken hearts to create new life." The narrative technique is no longer the traditional way of linear storytelling, but the nonlinear one that makes the scenes take place freely either in the future or in the past. It encapsulates the ten-year story in a two-hour film with the use of Fragmentary Narrative. As far as the film blended of multiple art forms is concerned, it can be seen as a successful combination of narrative contents, themes, and techniques.