The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai

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1、TheCinemaofWongKarWai:ChineseandWesternCultureDifferencesinNarrativeCinemasMengyangCuiDISSERTATION.COMBocaRatonTheCinemaofWongKarWai:ChineseandWesternCultureDifferencesinNarrativeCinemasCopyright©2007MengyangCuiAllrightsreserved.Dissertation.comBocaRaton,FloridaUSA•2007ISBN:1-58112-380-9ISBN13:97

2、8-1-58112-380-7THECINEMAOFWONGKARWAI:CHINESEANDWESTERNCULTUREDIFFERENCESINNARRATIVECINEMASMENGYANGCUI(MA)INTERNATIONALCINEMAUNIVERSITYOFBEDFORDSHIRE2007ABSTRACT:WongKarwaiisoneofthemostfamousChinesedirectorsinmodernfilmdom.ThecinemaofWongKarwaiisimportant20thcenturycinemain90’sHongKongsociety,whi

3、chwasinapost-industrialandpost-colonialsituation.Inthispaper,IhavechosenfourofWong’sfilms:AsTearsGoBy(1988),HappyTogether(1997),InTheMoodForLove(2000)andcomparedthemrespectivelywithAmericanandBritishfilmsMeanStreets(1973),BrokebackMountain(2005),andBriefEncounter(1945)withsimilarthemes.Thesecompa

4、risonswillbeusedinordertoexplorethespiritualtendencyofWong’scinema,andtodiscoveritsmeaningswithinthecontextofChineseculture.Inaddition,theaimwillbetodemonstratethemethodsofimitation,reproductionandthemixingupofgenresthatareWongKarwai’saestheticstrategy,whichhelpedhimtoexpresshisparticularthematic

5、,stylisticcharacteristicsandestablishhisuniqueauteurstatus.MengyangCui•99099420•2TableofContentsChapterOneintroduction4ChapterTwoAsTearsGoByandMeanStreets10ChapterThreHappyTogether21ChapterFourBrokebackMountain32ChapterFiveIntheMoodForLoveandBriefEncounter37ChapterSixConclusion52Bibliography57Men

6、gyangCui•99099420•3CHAPTERONEThecinemaofWongKarwaiisimportant20thcenturycinemain90’sHongKongsociety,whichwasinapost-industrialandpost-colonialsituation.Thefeelingofuncertainty,mixed-upgenresand“disorder”narrativesbelongtoWong’spost-moderniststrategyofreconstructinghisnarratives.Beyondthesedelicat

7、esurfaces,themesofrefusalandacceptance,lossandgain,forgetfulnessandremembranceconstantlyappearinhisfilms.TheseelementscomposetheinnerbewildermentandsentimentaltensionofWong’scinema.TheseuniquecharacteristicsmadeWong’sf