A Text Study Of The Films Adapted From The Journey To The West From 1994 To 2018

In 1926,Monkey King Conquers the Leopard opened the history of the adaptation of "Journey to the West".Due to the times,technology and other reasons,the film adapted from The Journey to the West presents different characteristics at different stages.Beginning with the A Chinese Odyssey in 1994,the film adaptation of The Journey to the West opened a new charter.Due to the popularity and influence of The Journey to the West in the hearts of Chinese people,the feasibility of adapting the novels of The Journey to the West into images and the continuous innovation of film technology,the adaptation of The Journey to the West has once again set off a boom in recent years.From the perspective of the relationship between the adapted works and the original works,the film adaptation of The Journey to the West in 1994-2018 is mainly divided into reproduction,expression,deconstruction and borrowing,which greatly enriched the type of film adaptation of The Journey to the West.The themes of these films mainly include love tragedy,individual growth,redemption and resistance to authority,and the characters are more varied,and the hierarchical relationship of the characters is broken.The spectacular images and the stylized sounds together constitute the unique audio-visual style of the domestic film adapted from The Journey to the West in 1994-2018.As a part of the postmodernist culture,these films subverted the classic and eventually returned to the mainstream.At the same time,as a popular culture,these films are driven by the business,and they also modernize the literary classics.Of course,in the process of film adaptation,there have also been problems such as excessive entertainment,superficial superficiality,and excessive pursuit of visual wonders created by film technology.In this regard,film creators should respect the original work in the process of adaptation,grasp the balance between art and business,present outstanding films to the audience,and carry forward the excellent traditional culture represented by classic novels.