Cultural Analysis Of The Texts Of Chinese And American War Movies

The film not only brings people a visual pleasure,but also spreads the unique cultural information to the people in the most sensory expression.China and the United States have accumulated a unique culture,and the film has given the Chinese and American culture a new artistic sublimation and interpretation.War-themed movies are becoming more and more popular in the current movie market.Although some movie films are relatively bloody,this reflects the cruelty of war,allowing people to reflect on war,dislike war,and reflect people's patriotic feelings and history.There is a new level of understanding.Cultural analysis has great explanatory power for interpreting film texts.Based on the theory of psychoanalysis of Jacques Lacan and the theory of film psychoanalysis of Christian Metz,this thesis is based on the four aspects of film culture connotation and values,thinking mode and behavior,narrative structure and style,and expression and style.Analyze the commonalities and differences between Chinese and American war film cultures.The cultural connotation of Chinese war films mainly focuses on Confucianism as a cultural tradition,emphasizing the political collectivism that “tens of thousands of lives are sacrificed for victory”.The idea of “harmony” is the basic mode of thinking.Most movies use big scenes and big movies.Production,focusing on lyricism and rendering,to highlight the country's responsibility.On the other hand,American war-themed movies use the religious morality of God as a cultural tradition,emphasizing the individual heroism of "one life is also life",using binary opposition as the mode of thinking,and satisfying the gaze of the audience through the setting of female characters.Focus on the war part,emphasizing the restoration of the cruelty of war by real means.Based on the cultural analysis of the film texts of war films in China and the United States,in the comparison,we explore three main problems in the expression of Chinese war movie culture: the lack of cultural authenticity in the Chinese war theme film,the lack of cultural innovation in film text,and the film Insufficient artistic authenticity;according to the question,five basic suggestions for enhancing the cultural connotation of Chinese war movie texts: insisting on individualized and diversified creation,innovating the content of Chinese war movie texts,enhancing the quality of film text creation,and enriching film texts The artistic expression of the film,the improvement of the production level of the film,and the international cultural competitiveness of Chinese films.