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Violence Aesthetics In The John Woo Movies Vocabulary Expression And Scrutiny

Posted on:2017-07-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y Q ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330503481298Subject:Theater, film and television
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In the mid- 1990- s, "violence aesthetics" as the new words into the aesthetic category, was first used to comment on works of famous Hong Kong director John woo, after years of application of derivative technique of expression and style within evaluation for movies vocabulary, is to the real violence artistic attempt and exploration. In John woo film behind the "violence aesthetics", is the Chinese traditional literature long-term accumulation of wuxia and culture. And he took advantage of the selection of music and the special setting and dance, martial arts in strong contrast highlights the aesthetic of violence. John woo in the movie has a lot of violence scene rendering, people are watching these films at the same time, empathy for the characters in the movie, the character of violence, release your emotions, get spiritual pleasure. At present, in popular culture in the movie violence aesthetics to cater to the needs, build the audience favorite big scene, but also broke the law and rules, some social reality let the audience more freely according to their own aesthetic taste to make their own judgment. Violence aesthetics makes the post-modern means more dense in the movie, and then the spirit of the modernist claim is passed to the audience in the middle of the movie. But it is undeniable that violence aesthetics film for the aesthetic psychology of teenagers may cause profound effects, the disadvantages are also need to pay attention to in the movie violence aesthetics.
Keywords/Search Tags:Johnwoo, Violence Aesthetics, Aesthetic value, Social influence
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