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The Significance Of Cultural Interpretation Of The Mummy Film Series

Posted on:2015-02-13Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y H LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330422471602Subject:Theater, film and television
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"Mummy" series of films is a combination of history, culture, real events evenmyths and legends to reasonable imagine comprehensive drawn, and fusion of filmmaking and photography character and value of the concept of national product. Earlyin the series first:"Mummy mummy" was born in the world caused great sensation, thetwo hundred and thirty million box office win that year’s box office hit the jackpot. Animportant reason for the popularity of the, in the final analysis is strong curiosity andexploration of ancient civilization, desire, and the film just meets the everyone isarchaeologist, is found, the pioneer of curiosity, which is typical of the American spirit,the American ’hegemony’ status unshakable, carrying the great cultural ambition. Therelationship to the illusory interpretation of the movie with the real form of culture andfilm, especially in the western world to treat the oriental culture, how the two differentcultures and the film, what are the pros and cons.The significance of cultural interpretation of "Mummy" series of films is howculture and business (film) associated with. Fantasy film as a commercial film, thereality and imagination are organically combined together, the broad prospects fordevelopment, at the same time is stimulated by the development of computertechnology and the filming technique innovation. Although this film was a great rewardin business, but give people unrealistic sense, colloquially called not down to earth, soresearch on the cultural value is particularly urgent and important, is also the biggestinnovation.This paper mainly consists of three parts.The first part is the introduction, mainlyexpounds the cultural interpretation of "the mummy" series of films is selected as theobject of study background, briefly analyses the present research situation related to thistopic areas, and introduces research content and technical route of the research purpose.The second part is the research object analysis. According to "Oriental cultureelements mummy" film series, reveal the Oriental complex Western perspective shownin Hollywood movies under, and with the new changes in the creation of the changes ofthe times American fantasy film, the analysis of the characteristics of American forcultural expansion, while in the film expression method of the combination of Chineseand Western culture. The third part is the interpretation of culture. The criticism of Orientalismperspective as a starting point, in-depth analysis of Orientalism complex thick filmartists in the subconscious, points out that the oriental cultural elements come out onlyan oriental imagery, deeply embedded in the Western cultural values is the core of thefilm. And thus leads to the reconstruction of a real East such problems, and tries toexplore the path of East and west culture to eliminate the binary opposition between thetwo.
Keywords/Search Tags:mummy, Orientalism, American spirit, cultural expansion
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