The Plight And Breakthrough Of Chinese Western Movies

As a flag of Chinese movies, the western movies undertook the important task of exploring traditional culture and national character, rebuilding national mind and entering the international market. But in the 1990s, the western movies were in the plight. The condition is that the western movies were threaten by the external factors as well as the interior circumstance. As a result, the western movies are suffering the painful reformation caused by the leaving of talent, the missing of culture, the rareness of masterpiece and the invading of commercial impetuous.Actually, since the foundation of the new China, the development of the western movies can be divided into four periods according to the relationship of mass ideology and art creation, namely the cultivating times, the subversion times, the honeymoon times and the deviation times. Especially after 1978, the factors such as culture diversity along with the supports from government, created advantaged opportunities for the development of western movies. Besides, the prosperity of western movies was also benefited from support of western literature and Xi'an Film Factory.For today's directors of western movies, how to follow the glory of the old ones should a desire instead of a burden. In the past times, the directors stick to realism, creativity and traditional culture. As a result, they merged the yellow ground into the movies and upgraded the western movies'connotation successfully.The American horse operas were confronting with the same situation western movies once faced. It lasted for about 20 years, which aroused the debate weather horse opera would die out. Luckily, in 1990, the American horse operas recur their prosperity. This revealed that if the directors stick to the feature of nationality, specialty and commercialism, it will not take long for western films to flourish.The frustrations on the road of development make the prosperity more important. The successful of western films was not a flash in a pan. But how to be successful again needs the directors work together. They should accustom themselves to market economy, develop national character and divide the market.The western films reflect the character of Chinese western people, which is famous for their diligence and strength. The exploration of western films' bold style and the establish of Xi'an film corporation provide good conditions for the development of western films. In now days, we wish that western movies will be balanced between art and box office, so that they will be as splendid as they were in the 1980s.