A Research Of Joris Ivens’ How Yukong Moved The Mountains

This paper’s research object is Joris Ivens’ How Yukong Moved the Mountains, combined with the historical background and expounded the Joris Ivens as a world famous documentary director is how to work in the cultural revolution in China. This paper combed the “How Yukong Moved the Mountains” event, passed the documentary in China and the west through the wave of change process, trying to give an objective, comprehensive and historical evaluation to the documentary.This paper’s perspective mainly from five aspects:First and foremost, Joris Ivens and China.This part include Joris Ivens’ s creating style,the relationship between Joris Ivens and China and the process of How Yukong Moved the Mountains’ s event;Secondly,the background of creating How Yukong Moved the Mountains.This part include the social,political and culture background,besides,this part also include the reason of Joris Ivens came to China and the dispute of who paid the film’s production cost;Thirdly,the creative process of How Yukong Moved the Mountains, including Joris Ivens’ s choice of the subject and the Chinese government’s " help";The fourth chapter,it mainly about how people considered How Yukong Moved the Mountains contained the Western and China.Finally,Silhouette of the People’s Republic of China and open shots.How Yukong Moved the Mountains shows the change of new China, the female consciousness of film, colorful characters and multidimensional space.Joris Ivens is a dramatic director, he’s been called "the flying Dutchman", however, in the Netherlands,he is "a persona with non grata".He came to China by the invitation of the premier Zhou Enlai to make filming a documentary How Yukong Moved the Mountains,nevertheless,he was leave almost be defeated and flee.His films throughout the 20 th century,people have different comment on it. Due to Joris Ivens’ relationship with China,How Yukong Moved the Mountains’ s research works withstand greater pressure of ideology, the scholars in further study of cowering with psychology.Therefore, the study of How Yukong Moved the Mountains is seldom all over the world, especially lack of systematic research.How to respect in the academic research of traditional moral, respect facts and the tension of sympathetic understanding relationships get balance which is each academics need to face the problem.Because of How Yukong Moved the Mountains contain po;itical color, in the period of cultural revolution, discussion How Yukong Moved the Mountains does seem out of place.Nevertheless,re-examine How Yukong Moved the Mountains nowadays will find that Joris Ivens’ thinking on China about the cultural revolution, although there is a bias, but also is a unique perspective.How Yukong Moved the Mountains involved "reform", the film depicts is not living in a socialist country of panorama, but the socialist revolution itself.theme is revolution, participants is the people, they shoulder the task of the revolution The documentary’s.theme is revolution, participants is the people, they shoulder the task of the revolution.In the documentary How Yukong Moved the Mountains, there are two key words- "change" and "new China".The paper is mainly based on raw data.I used textual analysis,document analysis and comparative analysis to analysis the How Yukong Moved the Mountains’ event in all directions.The paper try to make this special history understandable,and translated into cultural resources available for later use.The paper through analysis the event to remove the mystery of How Yukong Moved the Mountains,and reveal the hidden in sectarian and personnel grievances behind the veil of the historical.The paper’ purpose is find the significance of How Yukong Moved the Mountains.