A Research On Violent Narration In Jia Zhangke’s Films

As a representative independent film director in China,Jia Zhangke’s works have been recognized at home and abroad.Jia Zhangke’s film works show the reflection and solicitude to the grass-root individuals through a thorough description of the existential dilemma of unimportant people under social transitions.His focus on reality has always been the focus of his narrative,,but the expression of violent factors is an inevitable prominence in Jia Zhangke’s later film works."A Touch Of Sin" is main turning point from invisible violence narration to explicit show.In his early film creation from "The Pickpocket" to "Still Life",Jia Zhangke showed some invisible violence problems faced by the grass-root characters in real life under the changes of the times with his own unique way.From "A Touch Of Sin" to the creation of "Ash Is Purest White",Jia Zhangke no longer hesitated to vent subjective violence.Invisible violence and explicit violence describe Jia Zhangke’s concern for the capricious fate of the grass-root characters.The violent narration in Jia Zhangke’s films is not completely the same as the bloody direct visual presentation of John Woo and Quentin,but the invisible violence that is not easily detected in daily life is the main content of the violent narration in Jia Zhangke’s films.Jia Zhangke uses this kind of violent narration to show the mirror image of the marginal characters’ existence and makes a profound analysis of the realistic contradictions in the life of the bottom characters,which not only conveys his own concept of care,but also enables people to look at themselves calmly and objectively.The thesis takes Jia Zhangke’s film works as the main research object,and analyzesthe background,content,strategy and value of his film violence narration.The introduction mainly expounds the origin,significance and current research status of this paper.In the first chapter of the main text,the study traces the backdrop of Jia Zhangke’s direction of violence narration,examining the formation path of the violence narration from three perspectives: the socio-historical context of personal upbringing,accumulation under the long-term viewing experience,and the decision between commercial and artistic cinema.The second chapter explores the content of violence narration from the perspectives of theme,characters,and plot;The third chapter digs deeper into the strategies of violence narration and examines the strategic expression of Jia Zhangke’s violence narration from the entry points of violence in symbols and sounds,ethical violence in the plot,and intertextuality with classic violence films;the fourth chapter provides a summary analysis of the value of Jia Zhangke’s violence narrations.