Image Collage In Postmodern Context

In the end of 20th century, Chinese society quietly filled an nostalgic thoughts,and in the first decade of the new century, gradually warming up.Under the guidance of this nostalgia wave,many nostalgia-style films sprang mushroom,and after release these movies almost all well received by the audience.Since the late 80s film faded from Chinese public's sight,film thoughts like nostalgia film that can cause widespread concern and discussion are rare,so it is worthy of further study and discussion.Therefore, this article will have nostalgia film placed in the context of post-modern and research it deeply.In one hand, start from the theory and figure out its inherent nature;in the other hand,interpret specific text and find out its unique creation characteristics and space-time structure.Introduction:General description of the study background,study target and the theory for reference. And sort out the evolution of nostalgia's cultural connotations and Chinese nostalgia-style films.Chapter1:Analyse the definition and characteristics of nostalgia film.Using Fredric Jameson's theory to define nostalgia film under post-modern context;make the distinction of nostalgia film and historical film, costume film;analyse nostalgia film's subversion and rebellion on the previous films of nostalgic style.Chapter2:Focuse on the background and reasons that nostalgia film emerged.The late 20th century, the process of modernization speeded up in China,so people can not help to create nostalgia generally.In this social context nostalgia film came into being.In order to achieve national cultural's local breakthrough under the context of globalization,Chinese filmmakers have chosen the traditional culture as a performance target.Chapter3:Analyse in detail the nostalgia film's postmodern features-Collage.To create a nostalgic atmosphere,nostalgia film chooses historical images for fragments collage. Nostalgia film imitates classic works in contents and styles. Chapter4:Analyse in detail the nostalgia film's postmodern features-Space time dislocation.Time in the nostalgic film is often divided into pieces,showing the deviation from the linear logic of history. Visual space replaces historical time as the main performance targets in nostalgic film.Chapter5:Choose the nostalgia film "in the heat of the sun" for text analysis,and interpret the text from three aspects :personal history telling,reflection of 70's style,desire's reconstruction in mental time.Conclusion:Find out the problem of nostalgia film:fragments collage for the past time shelters the true history and the illusion of aesthetic covers up the nature of visual consumption,showing the trend of consumer culture to entertain public.