Research On Johnnie To’s Image Style And Philosophy (1997-2006)

Johnnie To, a director who became famous in the late stage of the Hong Kong New Wave, his works maintained high standards in a long time since1996. For this, he had already became iconic figures in Hong Kong Film Industry. His pictures company Image holding group published a lot wonderful movies in time of the Hong Kong film market downturn. He is good at breaking the conventional gangster films and characters form the narrative tradition of Hong Kong gangster film, which is not only a philosophical reflection on Johnnie after97Hong Kong society, but also a reflection of our society’s value system and cultural identity. As an "author" director, unified style and make it a spiritual connotation Johnnie research I selected text. In this thesis, the use of text analysis, by analyzing the "hero" Johnnie movie "Hero" image of the shape is different with the traditional gangster film after1997as well as its change process, to study the Johnnie Reflections on the Hong Kong society, thus Hong Kong in1997after reflection face value systems and identity changes and significance. The innovation of this paper is, by a "Author" perspective, the focus concentrated, generally avoiding generalities, the social significance and spiritual symbol of Hong Kong gangster film "Hero" this image has the depth of the excavation, and get deeper sense they reflect.