Nikita Mikhalkov Film Discourse Analysis

Nikita Mikhalkov is the typical figure in contemporary Russian film culture. His films are neither the individual monolog , lonely exploration, nor a passive imitation of Hollywood movies. Established in native culture, his films integrated internationalism with nationality, commercial elements with artistic elements perfectly. Nikita Mikhalkov's films not only have the poetic and philosophic characters of Andrei Tarkovsky's, aesthetics and beauteous film images of Aleksandr Sokurov's, but also have the smooth narration in Hollywood movies. During the course of "mixing the genres" and "syncretizing the styles", his films gave prominence to aborinigality, nationality, regionality, his works' specialities, his particular angle of view about the times and his own individuality.Profound and great Russian culture is the energy source of Nikita Mikhalkov. The uncommon extraction gave him advantaged native culture basis. On one hand, Nikita Mikhalkov, a director with strong ethnocentrism consciousness, carried forward native movies inhered advantages, on the other hand, he used Hollywood's commercial modes for reference. Consequently, his films are able to enter the space where he can create a dialogue between different cinematic cultures. What he emphasized most is the soul analysis, apperception of life, discussion about human nature and life in the historical background, and these subjects are the common topics of all the human beings. His film images are as beautiful as painting, which present his deep love for Russia, and this kind of patriotism is common feelings of all the people. Nikita Mikhalkov touched audients' sensory perception with artistic beauty and deep feelings. Meanwhile, he activated them to think with his concern for human living state and his unique opinions. He cared for the audients of new age and tried to communicate with them with their own language. At the same time, he succeeded in maintaining his own style. Breaking through the set pattern, innovating on the basis of eldership' outstanding achievement, avoiding conformism, exploring extensively, Mikhalkov established his unique cinematic discourse by breaking...