镜头是电影的基本单位，镜头风格是形成影像风格最重要的因素之一。怎样通过镜头来传达导演思想，使镜头具有生命力，这是每一个导演应做的功课。《铁西区》，这部长达九个小时的纪录片正是这样一部电影，其镜头语言的使用几近完美。作为纪录片，它所带来的可能更多的是有关社会，有关文化，甚至有关历史范畴的思考和追问，但是，作为一部纪录电影，并且是独立电影，其影像风格尤为强烈，而其在文化上给人们带来的冲击力，亦与其独到的镜头风格的呈现密不可分。关于《铁西区》的评论，中外的文化解读甚多，在对导演王兵的采访之中，人们更多的关注也放在了其创作动机和影片的文化内涵上面，而对于电影最本体的东西，镜头、影像，却挖掘甚少。不得不说，这对于《铁西区》是一个遗憾。因此，本文将从镜头运用的角度来解读影片《铁西区》。

Lens is one of the basic units of film, the style of video camera is one of the most important factors in movies. How to express the thought of the director by lens, and to make the lens more lively, is the very task that every director should do. "West of the Tracks ", a documentary which lasts nine hours is the very one，the use of its lens language is almost perfect. As a documentary, it brings more thoughts and questions about social, cultural, historical and other areas. However, as a record film and an independent film, its video style is extremely strong. Also the impulsive force it brings in the cultural field is also inseparable with their unique style of the camera. There are a number of comments about the "West of the Tracks" focusing on the Chinese and foreign cultures. In an interview with the director Wang Bing, creativity motivation and the cultural connotations of the film are more concerned, while some of the most essential things in films are ignored, such as the lens, the video. We have to say that it is a pity to “West of the Tracks ". Therefore, this paper will interpret the film "West of the Tracks "in a way of using lens.