A Research On The Modernity Experience In Jia Zhangke’s Films

The Reform and Opening-up policy has enabled China to achieve world-renowned achievements in politics,economy,culture and so on.Accompanied by this is a variety of problems brought about by modernization.People living in this process have gained different life experiences from the past and formed a unique experience of modernity for this generation of Chinese people.“Chinese path to modernization” is the overall development trend of China in the new era and an important research direction in the study of China’s “modern” problems at a new stage.At present,there is a lack of research on the dimension of the modernity experience of the masses.Modern film is an art that interweaves time and space.As a medium that effectively carries the modernity experience of the masses,its audio-visual combination effect can not only contain more real and profound life experiences on the one hand but also give the audience a more direct and rich aesthetic experience on the other hand.The sixth generation of directors who have fully experienced the process before and after the Reform and Opening-up policy are good at incorporating their own modernity experiences into films.Jia Zhangke is a leader among the sixth generation of directors.In his eleven feature films directed so far,he has maintained a consistent realistic style and faithfully recorded the life experiences of people in small towns after the Reform and Opening-up policy with his lens.In this sense,Jia Zhangke’s films are an important channel for studying the“modernity experience” of contemporary masses.The introduction of the thesis systematically studies and elaborates on the source and significance of the topic selection,research status,and research methods.Based on this,the research is carried out.The main body of the thesis is divided into four parts to form a structural framework and main content.The first part is to sort out and analyze the relevant concepts of “modernity experience”.As a compound concept,“modernity experience” requires analysis and interpretation of the main connotations and extensions of the concepts of “modernity” and“experience” as the primary work of research.On this basis,the concept of “modernity experience” is sorted out and analyzed to further explore the relationship between“modernity experience” and Jia Zhangke’s films.The second part is to study and explain the specific forms of modernity experience in Jia Zhangke’s films.Jia Zhangke’s films have always adhered to a core style of realism,which is the basis for the presentation of modernity experience in his films.The specific presentation of modernity experience in Jia Zhangke’s films is mainly composed of character presentation and time-space presentation.The study of character presentation of modernity experience in Jia Zhangke’s films is mainly carried out through the social identity of characters,the life choices faced by characters,and the emotions of characters.The study of time-space presentation of modernity experience in Jia Zhangke’s films is carried out through the perspectives of film time,film space,and the entanglement of film time and space.The third part is to study the generation path of modernity experience in Jia Zhangke’s films.Jia Zhangke’s personal experience is the primary link in the generation of modernity experience in Jia Zhangke’s films.This link includes Jia Zhangke’s growth experience,film theory learning experience,and personal modernity experience.As the basis for the presentation of modernity experience in Jia Zhangke’s films,the generation of the realistic style is actually one of the main paths for the generation of modernity experience in Jia Zhangke’s films.The exploration of the generation of this style mainly starts from the narrative style of the film,the use of non-professional actors and dialects,and the composition and color of the film.In addition,as the last link in the completion process of film art,film audiences accept and reproduce the meaning of the film while accepting it.This is also one of the important paths for the generation of modernity experience in Jia Zhangke’s films.It is meaningful to study this link.The fourth is to explore the value and significance of the experience of modernity in Jia Zhangke’s films.Jia Zhangke’s films have a dual value in their portrayal of the experience of modernity.On the one hand,they focus on the life experiences of ordinary people and reflect overlooked fragments of life,refining and promoting them at an aesthetic level.On the other hand,with its core style of realism,it records reality in times of change and has reference value for the development of “Chinese path to modernization”theory.The key to the future development of Jia Zhangke’s films lies in constantly exploring the current reality through film creation and keeping pace with the development of the times.Only in this way can more rich modern experiences of the people be written in films and provide inspiration to film directors,the industry,and audiences: when film creators are rooted in social reality and rooted in the people,film works can obtain inexhaustible meaning and vitality.