A Study On The Narrative Concept In Ang Lee’s Cinema

Ang Lee’s cinema,with the advent of “Father trilogy”,he repeatedly won international awards,ascend rapidly became the role model among Chinese directors in the world.Along the way,Ang Lee’s career path comprehensively reflects his compatible narrative technique in terms of adapting Chinese themes to the Western culture,proves that his cinema narrative concept is unique,complete,systematic and continuously breakthrough self.From the perspective of narratology,the thesis reviews Ang Lee’s integrity pictures,and with its periodic change of his narrative concept,the author makes comparison of Asian and Western narrative methodology throughout the intensive reading of the script,to attempt to accurate interpret Lee’s narrative concept and reveal the meaning of having the in-depth study of Ang Lee’s cinema.Firstly,by means of listing out the up-to-date global research opinions regarding Ang Lee’s pictures,the author explains the origin and the direction of the thesis topic,propose the contain of Ang Lee’s pictures and his narrative concept,meanwhile,elucidates the main components and argumentative approaches.In addition,the author based on Ang Lee’s pictures divides his narrative concept into five stages per his major transformation in each creation.Secondly,the author points out the fact that from “Pushing Hands”,“The Wedding Banquet” to “Eat Drink Man Woman”,Ang Lee claimed to the world the role of being a Chinese director.Thirdly,“Sense and Sensibility” and “The Ice Storm” marks a stage that since Lee stepped into the mainstream theater chain,the classic Hollywood narrative system made great impact to Lee,he gradually standardized the narrative pattern,meanwhile made Chinese/Asian films that cross-cultural boundaries and speak to audiences on a universal level;Lee attached great importance with the plenty tolerance and care to the environmental changes instead of the moral judgments.From the perspective of a Chinese director,Lee tried to show audience the real human nature under the western culture.Afterwards,the author mentions that “Ride with the Devil” and “Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon” which are no longer related to family issues,the study goes into the next stage that Ang Lee’s cinema which involves grand history and heavy cultural background theme,from a marginal person’s point of view to reappear history and culture,furthermore to reveal the fragile and darkness of human nature.Then,the author makes comparative analysis about “Hulk”,“Brokeback Mountain”,“Lust,Caution” and “Taking Woodstock”,discusses the collision with mainstream value as well as the humanistic connotation under both Eastern and Western culture.At the same time,the author marks “Life of Pi” and “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” as the next stage of Ang Lee’s cinema,confirms the unique positioning of Ang Lee’s narrative concept,which Lee tried bridging the Eastern and Western cinema culture by eliminating the language barriers.The author also demonstrates specially of Ang Lee’s narrative concept that possesses practical significance and theoretical value,deduces that there is huge creative space for oriental traditional topics;meanwhile,raises up the solution for cross-cultural creation.Finally,the author reviews Ang Lee’s cinema development trend in different phases,and his continuously breakthrough-self narrative concept,meanwhile suggests that Chinese cinema should emphasis on the narrative concept which is valued by the world cinema,and strives hard to supplement unmentioned points at the end of this thesis.Hence,the meaning of having the in-depth study of Ang Lee’s cinema narrative concept is not only to effectively explore ways of making Chinese/Asian cinema that cross cultural boundaries,moreover that it benefits to open up the international market,since Ang Lee provides his accurate practical experience and system support,it will definitely to revitalize the breakthrough of Chinese movies types as well as the development of the cinema industry.A look into the deeper significance of it,Ang Lee’s narrative concept perfectly represents the speculative philosophy and narrative innovation of contemporary Chinese cinema.