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Rebellion and Inheritance: A Study of Film Archetypes in Contemporary Chinese New Generation Directors’ Creations
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Abstract
This essay explores the two notions of emancipation and inheritance in the films of recent Chinese new generation filmmakers by exploring their revisionist revisement of old film stereotypes in order to capture modern Chinese society. This liberation from linear structure, scripted character design and sterile editing makes these filmmakers have a distinct cinematic syntax for existential uncertainty, personal aspiration and uncompromising realism. Meanwhile, they take on and recycle old themes, symbols and narrative structures, weaving cultural continuity into contemporary retellings. This dissertation delved into films like Kaili Blues, Ash Is Purest White and The Piano in a Factory to see how filmmakers of the new generation are capable of balancing innovation with homage in order to bring viewers films that are culturally and globally sensitive. In this essay, I want to reveal how these filmmakers have kept the identity of Chinese cinema alive while working with contemporary narrative challenges, making Chinese cinema a force to reckon with on a world stage.
Keywords
Chinese cinema, new generation directors, cinematic rebellion, cultural inheritance, film archetypes
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Xue,F. (2024). Rebellion and Inheritance: A Study of Film Archetypes in Contemporary Chinese New Generation Directors’ Creations. Advances in Humanities Research,10,19-22.
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