The Symbiosis Of "Genre" And "Auteur": Research On Johnny To And His Films

Film theorists paid attention to the dialogue between "Genre" and "Auteur" a long time ago. "Classic Hollywood period" and "New Hollywood period" were their researches' background. Nowadays, when globalization and commercial development degree get more and more high, when more people realize that "Film Genre" is the key to the retrieval of movie industry , few researchers give their study under contemporary background on the contrary. The influence of "New Hollywood" campaign gradually disappears. New form gradually becomes old mode. Under this background, how do we understand the innovation of "Genre" on a new score? How does an "Auteur" exist and have chance to express his own idea against many "Genre" rules? How do "Genre" rules affect an "Auteur"? This thesis will expand a certain thinking space to these problems by the research on one sample: Hong Kong director Johnny To.This thesis is on the basis of Johnny To's career and his work. Firstly, the thesis defines "Genre" and "Auteur". Secondly, find evidence that Johnny To is an "Auteur" and his works are filled with "Genre" characteristic. Thirdly, discuss the relationship between "Genre" and "Auteur" and find the answers to such "can't they be combined", "how are they combined" questions by analyzing Johnny To's works, his individual effort and influence of "Genre" on him. In former research, researchers get used to finding "Genre" mode or "Auteur" characteristic with a stationary view. Meanwhile, the dialogue between "Genre" and "Auteur" was usually over-emhasized in one side, emhasizing "Genre" or emphasizing "Auteur". Ever if there were some researches on "Genre Auteur", researchers paid more attention to scooping out the style code rather than discussing the relationship between them. In fact, few researchers have put the relationship between "Genre" and "Auteur" an their research object. This thesis will change this situation by matching a view of development, the culture, value systems which combine "Genre" and "Auteur" and a dynamic research that both relate to. Analysis of relationship between "Genre" and "Auteur" in this thsis is placed in two levels: concurrence existence in the text and diachronic existence in the way "Auteur" lives in "Genre" system. Through this two levels, the thesis finds how Johnnie To combine and coordinate "Genre" and "Auteur". This part is the main part of the thesis. From this, the thesis deduces the symbiosis of "Genre" and "Auteur" and the value of their symbiosis.This thesis appreciates the creation "Auteur" contributes, in the meantime, also affirms the positive effect "Genre" give to "Auteur". At this point, Johnny To has found out the consonance and harmony between "Genre" and "Auteur". The thesis hopes to give some lessons to Chinese film industry which want absorb the experience of Hollywood "Genre" and Chinese young Auteurs by telling Johnny To's success. Johnny To is an example, and he is a sample.