The Sixth Generation Directors And Movies Approaching The Movie Market

Twenty years has elapsed since the Sixth Generation Directors emerged on the Chinese movie stage. From the initiating "underground movie" and "independent movie" to the present movie, the Sixth Generation Directors has become an indispensable force for Chinese movie. Thus the movies of Sixth Generation become an inevitable topic in Chinese movie history. This paper focuses on the striving experiences of the Sixth Generation Directors under market economy, which is helpful for us to make clear various "grudges and resentment" between the Sixth Generation Directors and market.This paper falls into four parts. The first part is the prelude, mainly introduces the necessity to study the Sixth Generation Directors. A comparatively general definition for the Sixth Generation Directors is stipulated in terms of market reforms. The second part analyzes the experiences under market elements through which the Sixth Generation Directors withstands the system, and get in touch with the market through international rewards then step into the market, and finally are forced to grope and fight for living in the market. The third part analyzes the survival strategy of the Sixth Generation Directors in niche market through aesthetic features such as the town impression, youth discourse, etc. and innovation forms. Then the fourth part analyzes at large the advantages and main problems of the Sixth Generation Directors in various ways, and brings forth some methods to resolve the problems.The paper recalls the works of the Sixth Generation Directors over past twenty years, and analyzes elaborately the manifestation and emblem of the market tide and the ways in which the Sixth Generation Directors deals with the system yoke, then explains the deep and fundamental reasons behind the manifestation and emblem in various ways. Indeed, the Sixth Generation Directors try to get involved in the discourse and market environment all the time.