The Patriarchy Behind The Film Painted Skin

In 2008 and 2012, the two new adaptation of the movie Painted Skin cause a sensation, the movie in creating the big ticket,it has aroused heated debate at the same time. This thesis explores the patriarchy and the patriarchal concept behind the two movies. The whole text include five chapters. The first part is introduction, which mainly introduce the sensation and the existing research.And in this part, I also reviews the related research results.In the first chapter, the thesis search the original story of Painted Skin, and reveal the original story have terror, erotic, magic and moral teachings elements. Because of these elements, it is appropriate to be adapted for film many times. This chapter introduced the history of the adapted works and their respective features, for example, Fong Pao’s version of painted skin emphasis on terror, HanXiang Li’version focuses on erotic, King Hu version focuses on the martial arts, etc.In the second chapter, the thesis focuses on analyzing adapted features of 2008 and 2012 year’s movie Painted Skin, I reveal the "change" of the plot and the "change" of characters, such as "obscene scholar" become "hero", "fangs ghost" become "lovely fox", at the same time the movie keep the "eternal good wife", etc., it made a thrill scary movie which express moral teaching change to a beautiful,touching love stories between men and women and highlight the supremacy of love.In the third chapter, the thesis introduces some practical "new" content, such as the mapping of modern family ties, derailment problem and the appearance problems in the two adapted Painted Skin. Behind the new contents, the two works presented the character and thesis inclinations that is "good woman" is a woman who admire man, a beautiful young woman who could sacrifice herself for her man. So the two adapted painted skin, is permeated by the patriarchal concept and patriarchal works,They are a new communication of patriarchal intention and the patriarchal concept,the directors use such mass media to spread such a strong idea, which produce more extensive and hidden influence.At last, we must identify culture meaning of male intentions in the two adapted Painted Skin behind their sensation ticket. And two Painted Skin movies ’s success is a reminder: the truly independent women liberation has a hard and long way to go.