| War movies in "17 Years" occupy a prominent position in Chinese movies'development. It formed a typical category, which integrated politics and aesthetics with the influence from the mainstream ideology, and there is a number of outstanding works in circulation. This article is research on war movies in Chinese "17 Years", in which taking the features of movies'creation as the entry point, and aim to provide a referred artistic sample from positive and negative views for the future creation of war movies, through the trace about the cultural roots and artistic experience of"classic red", also the evaluation of artistic value and social impact and the exploration of Context, narrative, characterization, aesthetic characteristics in the creation of such movies.The movies in "17 Years", which has a special political, cultural significance and distinctive political orientation, containing the heroism, patriotism, collectivism and the red valuation, exist in a special historical times, with the influence from the mainstream ideology, and has its own unique aesthetic style and characteristics. This article concludes the universalized and common characteristics about the movies in "17 Years" through the observation of a large number of movies, in order to further explore the charm of the"classic red".The first chapter summarizes the cultural context and political ecology of the war movies in "17 Years", from the three following directions: the continuation and effect of culture in Yan'an, the sympathy of the official and public opinion, and the blend of national spirit and dream of home and country; the second chapter generalizes the basic mode of narrative used in the war movies in "17 Years" by the three categories of mantra-style, romantic, revolution plus love modes, and expounds strategies of ideological narrative from the views of the infiltration and enhancement of mainstream ideology and the highlight on the theme of female hero and the cultivation of heroic complex; the third chapter extracts the category and characteristics of the main characters from the categories of the hero, villain image, the motherhood image, Images of ordinary people in the war movies of "17 Years"; the forth chapter explores the categorized characteristics of aesthetic style from the Socialist Realism creative method, romantic aesthetic characteristics of the heroism and "the sight of expectation" of aesthetic acceptance.On account of politic in times, ideology, the art and technology of movie, the movies in"17 Years" of film are still obvious shortcomings and deficiencies in the content and form. It can be said that it offers artistic experiences from the pros and cons for the future creation on war movies. The research on war movies in "17 Years" has valuable practical significance for the discovery about the contemporary creation of war movies in China. |