作為世界紀錄片的開山鼻祖,美國導演羅伯特·弗拉哈迪以其頗具原創性的工作理念與方法影響了一批又一批紀錄片人,同時也在紀錄片理論領域引發了諸多爭議、質疑。本文結合具有"原型"意義的弗拉哈迪電影作品,追根溯源,對紀錄電影的一些基本概念進行梳理、反思,尤其試圖描繪出紀實與虛構觀念螺旋式上升的歷史軌跡。

As the pioneer of documentary making,Robert Flaherty has a far-reaching influence to the development of documentary history while on the other hand he has also been the target of criticism.Starting with the Robert Flaherty’s early films as its‘prototype’significance to the documentary history,this article focuses on and reflect some documentary fundamental concepts,by which it tries to finger out that the concepts and practice of the fiction and nonfiction have kept moving in an ascending spiral pattern.