The Artistic And Commercial Character Of Christopher Nolan's Movies

Film is not only a kind of spiritual production,but also a kind of material production.Only emphasis on pure art,it's very easy to lead to an embarrassing phenomenon which does not draw a large audience applauded;blindly pursue the box office,must lower the artistic level in a certain extent.From the movie produced up to now,many art film working in the high mountain and flowing water,it's very hard to find a bosom friend;the business movie commitment to its dull and vulgar but almost a full house,both seem to have insurmountable divide.At present,it's very hard to find a few movies which can have perfect balance between the art and business,but Christopher Nolan's film belong to very few of this class.This thesis takes Christopher Nolan's film as the research object,and analyzes its artistry and commercial.First of all,the thesis begins from the background of Christopher Nolan's growth,and makes a horizontal analysis of all his movies.From 1998<following>to 2014<Interstellar>,Nolan only took nine movies,but he has won uncountable international awards,like The Oscar and The Golden Globe Award.The global box office has accumulated more than US $4 billion,of which there are five movies ranked in the top 50 in the IMBD.All these achievements can reflect the commercial value and artistic value of Nolan's films.Secondly,this thesis analyzes the artistry of Christopher Nolan's film by two angles of narrative art and audio-visual art,combined with the specific film,there are four main features of the narrative art:nonlinear narrative style;narrative characteristics of desalination role function of narrative;complex narrative clue;the stream of consciousness;Analysis its unique audio-visual art mainly manifested in the camera which is full of suggestive and metaphorical language,the color and light which is creating a gloomy atmosphere and unique music.Again,analyze the commercial of Christopher Nolan's film.Nowadays,Nolan has became one of the highest commercial value directors in the Hollywood,his commercial operation is a direction which always worth study and research.This thesis discussed three aspects of the commercial:the commercial operation mechanism,brand identity communication and viral marketing strategy,reveals that why Christopher Nolan can be so successful in business.Finally,discussed the practical significance to the study of the Christopher Nolan's film,expounded the Chinese film which is walking between commercial and artistry,and pointed out the reference and enlightenment that Nolan's films to the creation of Chinese film:the grasp of the complex emotional under the big production,the story is higher than all,business and art go hand in hand.In short,Christopher Nolan is one of hottest directors in Hollywood currently.He bridged the wide gap between art and commercial film.A stereoscopic and comprehensive research on Nolan's film,it can provide a reference for the development of Chinese movies in a certain extent.