The Dramatic World of Yimou Zhang''s Movie

• Main Authors: Huang , Wei-Yi, 黃崴奕
• Other Authors: Niou , Chuan-Hai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01738413057689495926

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 戲劇研究所 === 91 === The Dramatic Word of YiMou Zhang’s Movies Student：Wei-Yi Huang Advisor：Dr. Chuan-Hai Niou Chinese Culture University The Graduate Institute of Arts Abstract The fame and reputation of Yimou Zhang has been cemented way earlier before he filming 《Hero》. What do the audiences see when 《Hero》suffered from a setback in Oscar , and the overall criticisms by the movie commentary ? Is it the splendid but vacuous themes in the movie ? Or the commercial attempt piled up by the big celebrities ? Or even the crash of the mythical status of director Yimou Zhang? Has Zhang’s passion and determination when filming the 《Red Sorghum》 been replaced by the commercial promotions and the market situation ? This essay aims to use the drama’s perspective as a starting point , to analyze Yimou Zhang’s work of the seven films starting from the 《Red Sorghum》to《The Road Home》, in trying to identify the rule and the expressing intention of Yimou Zhang’s work , by looking at the text , theory structure , personalities of each character , to the style the movies. The research results shows that , director Yimou Zhang is an very international-oriented director who sees clearly over the generation trends and the world pulsation . By this sensitive way of creating his work , he has become one of the directors well equipped with a world outlook in China . Keywords：Movie, 5th Generation, Theatre Theory, Director, Mainland China Film