Research On The Transmutation And Construction Of Female Consciousness In Lv Yue's Films

Due to the rapid development of the economic globalization and marketization,the concept of gender ethics has seen constant changes since the 1980 s.On one hand,greatly influenced by the deeply rooted male-dominated culture,women have always been trapped in a unique gender dilemma where new contradictions keep occurring in their living space;on the other hand,more and more women are beginning to re-examine their social status thanks to the spread of feminism and the awakening of women's consciousness.Under the influence of the secular concern complex,many directors begin to turn their eyes to the survival plight of women,and Lv Yue is one of them.Lv Yue is one of the fifth generation of photographer,he gives up the grand narrative method that is usually adopted by the fifth generation of directors and begins to record real life with plain and simple film language when he turns his attention from photography to film.His works are full of critical realism.Lv Yue is not actually a real female film director,although there are reflections and thinking on the relationship between men and women in his early films,Lv Yue still employs the traditional narrative position,which contains an obvious men-dominated ideology.In-depth thinking and questioning about the fate of women have continuously been conducted in the process of film creation out of the humanitarian concern for the marginalized groups.In his works,the female position has gradually become clear,which reflects the increasingly mature consciousness of women.The consciousness of women in the film should include the following three aspects: first,the female characters in film should show independent personality of their own and pursue their own value as women based on the understanding of their own subjectivity;second,the director should have a clear and independent female position and perspective;third,the film viewer should reflect on the men-dominated ideology,and thus think about sexual identity and living situation of women.A more complete female consciousness in the film will appear by integrating the three aspects together.By analyzing Lv Yue's films in different periods,it can be found that the female consciousness presented in his works in different periods develops along the path of "missing-first awakening-highlighting",which not only shows the changes Lv Yue has made as a male director when he talks about women,but also reflects the changes of social environment.More and more women have begun to consciously know more about themselves in the modern society and their female consciousness is constantly mature under the external pressure,which provides a new creation context for the film art.At the same time,the film works in the new era also need to construct mature female consciousness,and guide the development of gender relations towards the direction of harmony and equality.