The Study Of American Youth Apocalypse Films Since1990s

American youth apocalypse films are subtypes of American youth films, by the widespread concern on the themes which are non-mainstream and fierce criticism to the social reality, they express the rebel awareness very intensive, and so they are very different of the other youth films which are positive and optimistic. They can be called the revelation of the contemporary society. After more than twenty years development, American youth apocalypse films already form a very distinctive artistic style.Therefore, the article attempt to research American youth apocalypse films’ artistic features more comprehensive and thorough in all aspects by puts them in the category of the type movies and integrates the distinctive background of American history and culture, and the article will make their feature prominent at the same time. Firstly, the article analyzes American youth apocalypse films’ theme by three aspects which include evil youth, cruel youth and confused youth; secondly, the article analyzes their characters which include key youngsters of anomie, different patterns of companions and be deconstructed authority figures; thirdly, from the aspects of non-plot of narrative strategy and excellent interactive narrative effect, the article shows their narrative style; finally, the article elaborates their calm and objective reproduction techniques, and extreme stylized performance practices in audiovisual language.