| Since the new century,steampunk films have become popular,especially among young people.As the new century branch of science fiction films,steampunk films have their own unique atmosphere and style,especially their "utopian" space,which embodies people’s nostalgia and entanglement with the past industrial civilization and their hope for the new modernized future of industry,making them a unique landscape.The project combines the current status of research on steampunk cinema and "utopia",starts from the definition of related concepts,systematically compares the historical sources of steampunk cinema and"utopia",uses comparative analysis,compares and contrasts with cyberpunk cinema’s anti We will use comparative analysis to compare and contrast the differences between the space of "utopia" and the space of cyberpunk film,and to grasp the characteristics of each stage of the development of steampunk film.On this basis,based on the available video materials,the "utopian" space of steampunk films is divided into magical sorcery,science fiction entities,and spiritual peachland,based on the thematic connotations and external expressions.By analyzing the typical films of the steampunk genre using case studies,the symbolic characteristics of the "utopian" space of steampunk films are summarized,namely,the visual collage of elegance and rebellion,the multidimensional interplay of real space and heterogeneous space,and the "utopian" imagery of mechanical and violent coexistence."imagery.Research shows that the "utopian" space of steampunk cinema is the result of a multifaceted mix,which is greatly related to the realistic foundation of industrial civilization,the historical origins of the Victorian era and the realistic awakening of human thought in the post-Enlightenment era.It not only shows the complicated and sophisticated industrial machines,but also "stitches" tradition and modernity,reality and magic together,creating a parallel world that reminds human beings,as an organic life form,to learn to use science and technology rationally,treat nature and ecology harmoniously,and refuse to be overly indifferent,which is the root of the vitality of steampunk films.This is the root of the vitality of steampunk films.It should be said that steampunk films have their own unique "utopian" space,touching elegant ideals at one end and stepping on vulgar human nature at the other,and its continuous development is a concentrated expression of people’s spirit of exploration and adventure.In the "utopian" picture of countless possibilities constructed,there is the power to positively change reality,awakening us to grasp the nature of the world in process in a more scientific and rational spirit,providing more dimensions for reflection on the Victorian industrial world,providing more directions for mythology and fantasy films,and providing more directions for the future development of human industrial society.The future development of human industrial society is full of more new expectations. |