The Study Of Mythical Thought Of “Chinese Fantastic Films” In The New Century

Since the new century,the number of “Chinese fantastic films” has been increasing.These films are full of mythic sense and are closely related to mythical thought.Therefore,it is of certain practical significance to study Chinese fantastic films in the new century from the perspective of mythical thought.There are rich conceptual forms of mythical thought in the “fantastic films”.“Fantastic films” reveal an attitude of negating death,it argues that eternal life is possible,the boundary between life and death is mutable,death is not the end of life,and life and death can be interchangeable.The concept of time in many fantastic films is consistent with the concept in mythical thought that each time has its own unique meaning.The historical time gone forever,but in the mythological time,the past,present and future can be alternated.The concept of time loop is very common in “fantastic films”.In the spatial view of mythical thought,every position has its unique meaning.Each position is a special existence.“Fantastic films” also have such a spatial view.The cause-and-effect relationship established in mythical thought is related to the mysterious force.The “fantastic films” create one after another bizarre stories by using this cause-and-effect view.In the beginning,people did not set strict boundary between human beings and natural objects,all life forms can be transformed.Many “fantastic films” are formed on the basis of this transformation.The “fantastic films” also have the emotional form of mythical thought.In mythology,there is “animism”.“Fantastic films” also show that people and other things have souls.They endow the object with the nature of people.“Fantastic films” also inherit many emotions such as the awe,fear and worship to nature of mythical thought.Mythical thought is a kind of metaphorical thought.The mythical world is a symbolic world.“Fantastic films” are full of imagination.These imaginary stories are closely related to the metaphors and symbols of mythology.Mythical thought is a kind of figurative thought.This kind of visual representation has an obvious continuity in the “fantastic films”.The “fantastic films” also reflect the aesthetic form in mythical thought.The harmony between man and nature embodies a kind of natural beauty.The strange image and the plot of breaking the convention in the film show a grotesque beauty.In addition,in the “fantastic films”,there is the solemn and tragic beauty that comes with the sacrifice.“Fantastic films” take on the function of mythical communication media and present myth in front of people widely.At the same time,more and more mythological elements appear in them which make “fantastic films” have unique wonder of mythical thought.