Zhang Yimou In Cultural Research Sight

Being one of the most outstanding and successful in the fifth generation of directors,Zhang Yimou is also the character who most has the international influence in the Chinese contemporary cultural circle. His movies are not only the movie speciality copy model but also the interdisciplinary research rich text, Zhang Yimou and the creations have already become the important cultural phenomenon. This article holds the rigorous scholarship, uses the theory union actual text case analytic method, research about Zhang Yimou's movies in detail from the cultural research's angle.The article is divided into seven parts. The introductory firstly sorts out and comments on the recent situation which studies about Zhang Yimou's movie ,then is the content,research technique and so on.Chapter 1 firstly introduces the Chinese movie's development process. Since 1905, Beijing"FengTai"Photo studio shot the first drama piece"the Dingjunshan",the Chinese movie has experienced the first generation of director"theatrical movie"time,the second generation of director"literariness movie"time, the third generation directed"culture and the political movie"time, then by way of the fourth generation of director"cultural movie"time, again to the fifth generation of director"movie's movie"time, reaches in the present sixth generation of director"modernism movie"time. Secondly, elaborates the fifth generation of director's production as well as Zhang Yimou's experience background, finally discusses the great achievements of Zhang Yimou's movies.Chapter 2 elaborated the developments of Zhang Yimou's movies in detail. The first is from the art movie to commercial movie,the next is from the countryside movie to urban movie,the last is about Knight-errant movie which is to adapt the globalized development and the international commercial movie's tendency which carries on.Chapter 3 discusses the feminine subject of Zhang Yimou's movies. In Zhang Yimou's movie the female is already not in the general sense lady-like female, is also not the pure birth tool, they have"the god"in Zhang Yimou's hart. Zhang Yimou uses three implements in his feminine myth to narrate: closed space, strong color, exaggeration folk custom. But as the masculine director, Zhang Yimou is controlled unconsciously in the father right words, objectively is unable thorough surmounting his male angle of view. Chapter 4 earnestly elaborated Zhang Yimou's movies commercial value. The movie is commercial, artistic, industrialand ideological, movie's most important characteristic is the commercial character, next is art.Zhang Yimou's movies has the enormous commercial value, and this includes Zhang Yimou's brand value and the box-office value of Zhang Yimou's movies.Chapter 5 analyses the ideology of Zhang Yimou's movies. The article discusses the ideology development of Zhang Yimou's movies, the change and the trend ,from raising high at the first flag which rebels against, to the warm mainstream ideology propaganda, again to the intention world's authority praise, and further searches in-depth reason which changes entirely.The conclusion part is about relatively objective and fair appraisal on Zhang Yimou's insufficiency and contribution.This article conclusion is: In the Chinese movie history, the resonsideration which Zhang Yimou's movies once had with rebels against meaning, displayed the rebel spirit has the social meaning extremely; Zhang Yimou's movies artistic success and commercial achievement are worth pondering thoroughly, he set up the pole for the Chinese movie's big piece development; Zhang Yimou is the outstanding movie artist, although his movies'deficiency is obvious.