On Zhang Yimou's Films In The Perspective Of "Seeking Roots Of Culture"

Zhang Yimou's film is a special exist in the contemporary Chinese films. When Chinese films have survived in the gap between market and the pressures of Hollywood movie, Zhang Yimou has started competing with many major film festivals (such as Venice, Berlin, Cannes Film Festivals) and has been winning. It is very much a miracle. It can be said that hard-working Zhang Yimou has had its own brand in the field of manufacturing and no doubt become an important contemporary Chinese film scene.In the Perspective of Cultural Roots to explore Zhang Yimou film, the author has found that his early works has displayed his thinking of the traditional culture through the performance of folk customs and focused on people's primitive life. He has seeked the individual liberation from the weight of the traditional culture to get a kind of "subjectivity", which has displayed a strong Chinese national cultural root. In the medium period, his films has shown to meet the balance between "strong desire to pursue the audience's admissions" and " seeking the audiences'new desire and consumption may " and shown on the current state of Chinese people living confusion and the diversity of film culture, also showed the doubt of the traditional culture of the "root". In the recent impact of globalization and marketization, his films has oncerned state of survival as well as his own cultural ideals.This article will attempt to examine the art of Zhang Yimou's film and its evolution in the perspective of "seeking roots of culture". The author has deeply pondered the artistic transformation of the Zhang Yimou films and explored the achievements and drawbacks in Zhang Yimou films.