《夜宴》是中国电影史上罕有的一部宫廷悲剧,“面具”是其独具特色的表现手段之一,编导们通过“面具”赋予影片中人物以个性化特征和象征性意蕴,极具符号学意义,不仅是推动剧情发展的叙事性符号,它的所指意义已经指向了我们的社会生存方式,因而也成为一个具有社会文化意义的象征性符号。 “Banquet” is a rare palace tragedy in the history of Chinese cinema. “Mask ” is one of the unique means of expression. The directors give personalities and symbolic implication to the characters through “Mask” Is highly symbolic in meaning. It is not only a narrative symbol that promotes the development of the plot, but its meaning has already pointed to our way of social existence and thus has also become a symbolic symbol of social and cultural significance.