The Research Of Guan Hu’s Movie Products In The Postmodern Cultural Context

“Postmodern” theoretical discourse was originated in the west in the 1960 s.Post-industrial society promoted the formation of the consumer era,and postmodernism was produced in the context of such an era.Postmodernism,as a contemporary cultural movement in the west,has had a significant impact on western society and even the world.With the reform of the C hinese market economic system,Chinese films in the cultural field are trying to explore different forms.Since the 1990 s,Chinese films have also been affected by western postmodern culture,which was particularly significant in the films directed by the sixth-generation directors.As one of the representatives of the sixth-generation directors,Guan Hu has unique creation style and shows a lot of distinctive postmodern cultural characteristics.This thesis focuses on the film creation of Guan Hu,and uses the research of Guan Hu’s movies as a breakthrough point to promote the inheritance of postmodern spirit in the film art,which is conductive to the diversified construction of film culture and film forms.In this thesis,the author deeply discusses and studies the films of Guan Hu,puts the films of Guan Hu into the postmodern cultural context,and uses the related theory of postmodernism to analyze the postmodern cultural characteristics of the theme,subject matter,narrative style and image language of Guan Hu’s film text.Besides,the author discusses the postmodern aesthetic expression of the violent elements and rock elements used in the film.In addition to the introduction and conclusion,this thesis includes five parts.The first chapter explores the relationship between postmodern culture and film art.Firstly,the author clarifies the origin and development of the concepts of post-modernity and postmodernism,sums up the cultural characteristics of postmodernism.Then,the author analyzes the situation of film creation under the postmodern cultural trend,explores the connection between film art and postmodern culture,and discusses the impact of postmodern culture on film creation.Ultimately,the author makes specific analysis of the postmodern characteristics of Chinese films.The second chapter elaborates the director Guan Hu’s film creation.First of all,the author introduces Guan Hu’s road of being a filmmaker,including his film creation profile,emphasizing his unique style of the director,the author explores Guan Hu’s creative attitude to the film.And then,the author briefly analyzes the postmodern elements in Guan Hu’s movies.The third chapter puts the subject matter of Guan Hu’s films into the postmodern cultural context.Firstly,the author makes decomposition of the macro narrative theme.In terms of the subject matter,the author subtly uses the techniques of collage and hybridity and parody,expresses intertextuality and game-play,and applies black humor.And then,the author analyzes the post-modernity of the characters in the film,including small potatoes of bottom layer,marginal men,female characters,as well as the rebels and the weirdos.The fourth chapter puts the image of Guan Hu’s film into the postmodern cultural context.First of all,the postmodern narrative style of Guan Hu’s film is analyzed,including three aspects: rupture,fragmentation and leaping narrative style;narrative style with tortuous interlocking and many clues;and the use of polyphony in same space-time narrative process.And then,the author explores the postmodern features of the lens language in Guan Hu’s film,including three aspects: mixed types of lends expression;the randomness and rebellion of film editing;the combinatio n use of the montage and the long lens.The fifth chapter explores the aesthetic expression of Guan Hu’s film in the context of postmodern culture.This part mainly discusses from two aspects: the embodiment of violent aesthetics in Guan Hu’s films;the aesthetic expression of rock elements in Guan Hu’s films.