A Study On Xavier Dolan's Films

From the angle of the complicated social and cultural environment where Xavier Dolan lived,this article analyzes his cultural environment and his films from the four aspects of Dolan's works,audio-visual language,the characters in the play,and the diversification of gender identity on the influence of creation.The first chapter is a brief overview of Xavier Dolan,divided into two parts.The first part is Dolan's growth environment,namely,Canada's open gay culture,Dolan immigrant ethnic identity and the history of immigration,Canada "americanized" crisis and some "Quebec independence" at the beginning of the founding of Canada.In the second part,the works of Dolan are classified,and these works show the spirit of constant innovation and challenge of self in the theme and style.The second chapter is mainly the analysis of the characters in Xavier Dolan's film,which is divided into two parts.The first part is the analysis of the male image in the play,namely,the absent or incompetent father,the gay son who courted love,and the ambiguous heterosexual friends.The second part is the analysis of the female image in the play,that is,have a say the strength of the mother,the hero growth on the road with the friends and the growth of the protagonist road overstayers family of three kinds of female images.Based on their dialogue and plot arrangement,you can see that female strong male dolan film weak and fragile heterosexual relationships,reflects his side for heterosexual as the mainstream against the patriarchy.The third chapter is the analysis of the audio-visual language of Xavier Dolan,which is discussed from three aspects: the picture of the film,the use of light and shadow,and the composition of various styles.Xavier Dolan's film breaks the single board pattern of the painting transformation,and creatively uses the gradient painting to narrate.Learn painting on lighting using light and shadow effect applied to performance in the movie character's state of mind,with a strong color tone as the characters in the film a scene of emotion externalization to render the atmosphere.At the same time,change the composition of different styles to convey the mood of the characters.Thus,it can be seen that dolan does not stick to the traditional form and keeps innovating.The fourth chapter mainly analyzes the diversity of sexual patterns of Xavier Dolan's films,which is divided into two parts,the first part is the decline of heterosexuality,and the second part is the return of the LGBT community.Through the discussion of heterosexuality,LGBT groups including lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender people,it presents a multiplicity of sexual patterns in the Dolan films.Xavier Dolan complex social and cultural environment has a subtle influence on his film creation,this influence performance in the movie is rendered as a strong sense of "rebellion",namely,do not follow the traditional,dare to innovation,challenge themselves,heterosexual,under the rule of patriarchy,father's identity negative attitude,etc.It also provides a new way of thinking about Dolan,from his culture to his films.