On The Driving Mechanism Of Chen Kaige's Film Creation

As one of the representatives of the fifth generation, Kaige Chen's film has been widely concerned by people. Scholars have made a study of his film from different perspectives. However, after careful study, the author found that the research on the driving mechanism of Kaige Chen's films is blank. Thinking about the Factors that influenced the creation of Kaige Chen's film, the main line of his film, and the driving force, will help us understand Kaige Chen's film better.First, this paper attempts to reveal the elite consciousness contained in Kaige Chen's films. From the point of view of elite consciousness and the elite, I give his early works a detailed text analysis. the philosophical reflection also is the performance of elite consciousness. At the same time, analysis of the creation of Kaige Chen in the 1990s, especially after "farewell my concubine,"and the distinctive commercial steering. On the one hand, he is forced to change, On the other hand, it is his active pursuit. All of this depend on his value choice.Secondly, from ethics point of view, combining the psychoanalysis and Cultural Revolution, and analyzing the relationship between father and son in Kaige Chen's films,illustrate that Cultural Revolution is an act of Patricide. In his film, from patricide to seeking father, the process reflects the fifth generation's spiritual journey. His biological father's position became vacant, but actually they call for a new father to guide their behavior. So, in his films, though the real father is absent, there is still another person to regain his father's position. Such relationship between father and son, become his movie's deep drive, the authoritative father image shows Kaige Chen's attitude towards power. He tends to be a sermon, and desires to become such a authoritative "father"to guide the behavior of others.Finally, from the perspective of the media form, Kaige Chen's early formal innovation find a new way for fifth generation.In his later creation, he always stick to form, which lead to formalism. On the screen, formalism appear as "empty signifier" stack. The best explanation for this phenomenon is sex in Kaige Chen's films. Kaige Chen regards sex as a kind of effective means to attract the audience, so he traffic sex topic to attract the audience. As a director who have elite consciousness in the beginning, his behavior is hard to be accepted by the audience.Through the reflection of deep drive, we can recognize his contribution, and point out some of the shortcomings, which provide some useful reference for Kaige Chen's film studies.