The Glint And Flash Of Cold Steel Under The Business Wave

Chinese film is inevitably brought into fierce international competitions in theglobal film market under the grand new century background. Surrounded by strongoffensives of the Hollywood film and conjunct attacks of European film and Asian film,our own Chinese films are urgently needed to be produced to compete with importedlarge films and to win the box office.Since the film Hero was released in2002, great directors in China havesuccessively put large investment and production into martial arts film, the matures filmtype, with the purpose of earning high box office. Hence large martial arts films havebeen created constantly one after another in Chinese busy film arena in the first decadeof the new century. From the gorgeous debut of the film Hero in2002to the stunningrelease of the film Flying Swords of Dragon Gate in2011, martial arts film shinesbrightly in grand international film festivals with its unique elegant and magnificentcharms, and grabs the box office success in the fiercely competitive film market.Therefore, in order to research the Chinese film industry in the new century, it isnecessary to investigate large martial arts films, because in the twenty-first century,“film industrialization” is strongly supported and advocated so that large martial artsfilm is not only a typical example for our understanding and studying the features anddevelopment laws of Chinese film market but also an important magic weapon toadvance the film nationalization and to win surprisingly under the intense competitionof the global film business wave.The introduction of this thesis mainly defines the large martial arts film, and tobring forward content, ideas and perspective of the present research.From the film industry perspective, the second chapter gives detailed elaborationsabout the context and background for the production of Chinese large new centurymartial arts films, and makes discussions about the global international competition andthe rapid development of Chinese film market which result in the complex situation oflarge new century martial arts films, i.e. opportunities and challenges coexist.Through interpretations and detailed analyses of specific film texts, the thirdchapter explores the series of changes and innovations on the narrative strategies oflarge martial arts film under the background of new century film market.The fourth chapter focuses on some styles and features of large martial arts film under the new century background so as to refine and conclude the aestheticconnotations and artistic values of new century martial arts film.Still from the film industry perspective, the last chapter makes extensive thinkingand reflection of new century large martial arts film, and stresses the important rolelarge martial arts film plays in the new Chinese film era and the great value andhistorical significance of follow-up attentions and researches for large martial arts film.