論那些美國(guó)電影中反映的美國(guó)文化

1、-*大學(xué)畢 業(yè) 論 文設(shè)計(jì)中文題目：論那些美國(guó)電影中反映的美國(guó)文化外文題目：On the American Culture Reflecting from Those American Films 學(xué) 號(hào)： 姓 名： 年 級(jí)：2021級(jí) 專(zhuān) 業(yè)：英語(yǔ) 系 別：外語(yǔ)系 指導(dǎo)教師： 完成日期：2021 年4月17日. z-容摘要?dú)v史文化作為電影藝術(shù)思想的支配性生產(chǎn)者，必然影響影視的開(kāi)展。電影作為特定歷史文化中的主要構(gòu)成之一，正以個(gè)性獨(dú)特的手法和方式去詮釋著深刻博大的歷史文化與人文精神。一些影片如?阿甘正傳?就成功地向人們展示了美國(guó)英雄主義及外鄉(xiāng)文化，以及阿甘身上所代表的傳統(tǒng)美國(guó)夢(mèng)的信念，影片在呼喚

2、現(xiàn)實(shí)理性的美國(guó)夢(mèng)的回歸。再有如?肖申克的救贖?泰坦尼克號(hào)?鋼鐵俠?等，都表達(dá)出了美國(guó)強(qiáng)烈的個(gè)人主義和英雄主義。還有些電影中還反映了美國(guó)電影中的高科技文化。當(dāng)然美國(guó)文化的影響具有多面性，有消極影響又有其積極的文化價(jià)值，文化的姿態(tài)本來(lái)就應(yīng)該是包容的廣博的，所謂有容乃大，任何文化要想完善就得吸取一切能吸取的精華文化。而電影正是其中一種重要的媒介，我們可以從那些典型的美國(guó)大片的背后看看在當(dāng)今時(shí)代背景下美國(guó)人的電影文化，了解和吸收那些有價(jià)值的文化。關(guān)鍵詞： 美國(guó)電影，美國(guó)歷史文化，個(gè)人主義，英雄主義，文化價(jià)值. z-AbstractHistory and culture as a dominant pr

3、oducer of the film art, inevitably affects the development of film and television.Films as one of the main ponents in specific historical culture, with the unique character of technique and the way to interpret the broad, show the profound historical culture and the humanistic spirit.Some

4、films such asforrest gump has successfully showed the heroism and indigenous culture, as well as the traditional beliefs of the American dream which represented byforrest gump, the film in calling upon the return of the real reason of the American dream. Besides, like the shawshank redemption,titani

5、c,iron man etc.all reflect the strong Americanindividualism and heroism.The United States is a warm worship personal heroism country. There still have some films which also reflect the high-tech culture in theAmerican movies. Of course,the influence of American culture is multifaceted.Objectively sp

6、eaking, American culture has its negative influence and its positive cultural value. Cultural attitude was always supposed to be inclusive of broad, tolerance is a great, any culture would like to improve must absorb all the essenceof the culture.Filmsare one of the important medias, we can see

7、 the American film culture in the conte*t of contemporary film culture that from the behind of those typical American movies, and to understand and absorb the valuable culture.Key Words:The American Film，American Culture，Individualism，Heroism，Cultural Value. z-Contents容摘要IAbstractIIIntroduction11.Th

8、e Development of American Film and Culture31.1 The History of American Movies31.2 The Development of American Culture42. The American Culture Reflected from American Movies52.1 American Movies and Culture Influence Each Other52.2 The Individualism and Heroism Reflected from Films82.3.The American Dr

9、eam Reflected from Forrest Gump102.4 The Strong Science and Sechnology Culture in the American Movies133. The Value of American Film Culture15Conclusion17Works Cited18Acknowledgments19. z-IntroductionIn an increasingly digital age, the movie has bee indispensable to modern city as a leisure way, and

10、 to some e*tent, it is important to provide people with spiritual sustenance.American movies have unique vitality and creativity that makes it win the irreplaceable status in the world film.Increasing along with the information e*plosion, the American film with its distinctive vitality, gr

11、adually learned a lot of  traditional elements and theatrical talent from all over the world. America's leading technology level prompted the high-tech in the large number of applications in the movie, it also greatly increased the petitiveness of the American film in the global m

12、arket.Science and technology play an e*traordinary role in the American film,and make the personal heroism images as more accepting of people. Films, as one of the most popular forms of entertainment, are the best way to show a national characteristic and public taste.In recent years,

13、 American films have greatly influenced on the Chinese market.Some American culture reflected in American movies, in addition to the gorgeous screen, high-tech production brings us strong visual feast, we can also learn about the film culture of the United States.So I choose the paper topic“On The A

14、merican Culture Reflecting from Those American Films . I also like watching American movies. From those American movies,I can deeply understand some American culture and its cultural value.Based on a large number of classic movie watching, some analysis and reviews about the movie and some books abo

15、ut American history and culture reading, then with the help of my teacher and classmates of my paper group ,I plete the paper writing.By writing the thesis, I also get a lot of harvest, through this paper I deepened the understanding of American movies and social culture, and I absorb the positive v

16、alue of American culture. I have an objective cognition on American movies and American culture. By knowing the heroism reflected from the movie, the American dream, etc., I also started the true ponder to my own life path and the direction. z-1.The Development of American Film and Culture1.1.The Hi

17、story of American Movies In 1889, the American inventor Thomas Edison invented the motion picture camera in the laboratory, and then invented the film projector, and in 1893 established the first movie studio in the world.In April 1894, Edison used his film projection equipment - "electric film

18、 mirror" shown in mercial activities, this is the beginning of the American film history. In the silent era, the film got rapid development in the United States.In 1906, the e*isting 1000 "nickels cinema" (named after the deep tickets for 5 cents nickel).In 1909, the theater of the ni

19、ckel reached 10. The film artists who laid an art foundation for early Americans are: Mr Boulter, Griffith and Charlie Chaplin. In the development of early American film, the“film patent pany controlled by Edisons once monopolized the film business.Until around 1915, the monopoly was finally broken.

20、 American film production base move to Hollywood which is famous in the world today.Here, in film history of the eight famous panies in the United States gradually developed, and set up to "star system" "the big studios system" and "genre" as the core system of the Holl

21、ywood studio system,they are also known as Hollywood's "three big magic weapon." In 1927, Warner Brothers launched the first audio feature films"the jazz singer" in the world, the film entered into the era of sound.From the mid 30s and 40s, American films have been in a

22、golden age.Film production rose steadily, so in the rest of the United States and around the world, many film artists have e to Hollywood to seek development.With the emergence of sound film, in addition to early edies, western and anarchic edy, musical, the robber, detective, horror and soon,

23、various genre films also developed rapidly.From the end of 40s and the mid-50s, because of the factors that the rapid rise of television industry of the implementation of the antitrust law of the government, the American filmindustry was e*periencing a series of blow and challeng

24、e.Until the end of the 60s, the emergence of the “new American movie" and the rise of "new Hollywood", to make American movies to regroup.From the mid-80s until today, the American film gradually has dominated the world cinema, using the abundant capital, bringing high tech to movie s

25、tudios, and also bringing a new language to the one hundred - year - old movies.1.2.the Development of American CultureThe early immigrants brought the European culture to the United States.Soon, the culture spreads out the United States.Today, the United States has bee one of the mainstream of worl

26、d culture.Many American artists make a great contribution to the development of new style,the new way of self-e*pression and even the new cultural pattern. The main content of American culture is to emphasize individual value, the pursuit of democracy and freedom, advocating pioneering and

27、 petitive, rationality and practical, its core is the personal centralism: personal supremacy, the pursuit of personal interests and personal enjoyment, stress the individual struggle, personal self design, the pursuit of individual value finally realize.This deliberately shaping itself, pursuing pe

28、rsonalized individual socialist has its positive side and negative side. The American publics notice acplishment and admire heroes,they have profound psychological accumulation of achievement worship and heroes worship.Personal achievement is one of the highest rated values of al

29、l American values.Many of the people who live in the United States, whether native-born Americans, or foreign immigrants arrived in the United States, with a dream, that is changing their social status to realize their dreams in lifethrough their own efforts, this is what people often talk about&quo

30、t; theAmerican dream". Film as an audio-visual art,through the show of the artistic image, it e*presses some thoughts and emotions and reflects different social culture and reflects the era and the national spirit.Film as one part of the human cultural life directly reflects the

31、culture of a nation.Those American movies also reflect the culture of the United States.1. The American Culture Reflected from American Movieserican Movies and Culture Influence Each Other American movies are one of the important e*pressions of the American culture on the screen. The United States h

32、as a global view of film culture concept and form,that determines the American filmcan get a more superior position of film in the world than other countries. It is because of this kind of cultural forms of diversity and inclusiveness that make American movies  continue to d

33、evelop around the world.American movies basic themes are love, justice, family, affection, etc., which is not only the United States as a country willing to flaunt the perfect values, is also the subject of mon concern to all mankind.American films to a global audience, in addition to Hollywood

34、 is good at telling stories and its mercial operation, the full of narrative structure in American movies maturely embodies  a mon requirement of people to the reasonable order.At the same time,Hollywood films, with the help of American politics, culture and business advanta

35、ge ,also make the film marketing all over the world, thus building a powerful narrative voice, narrative content is typical of American culture.After the two world wars, due to the change of the U.S. population, the rise of the civil rights movement and the international situation, American cul

36、ture towards multiculturalism.This kind of multicultural coe*istence and development naturally creates the inclusiveness of American culture.1 American films advocate the principle of the supremacy of mercialism, and position itself in the global market. It is not limited to the level of a

37、ttracting the audience .So the American movies do not too care about maintaining the characteristics of national culture, but care about the tolerance and absorption of every national culture in the world, it is also a cultural strategy of the American film. First of all, the American film

38、 generally chooses a global theme in terms of subject choice.American film is keen on global theme or subject matter, such as natural disasters, global security, review history, focus on the future, the harmony between human and nature, and so on.American films on the subject matter, theme, style an

39、d technique of e*pression have the very big breakthrough, but most of the film is based on the game rules of culture industry closeto a certain business elements together.On a few patterns and rules which can make sure the bo* office earnings,the American film churns out a series of stories to cater

40、 to public taste.In the filmthe day after tomorrow,independence day, Fahrenheit 9/11, people see the beauty of human nature and morality at the moment of the sky were to fall and the wind and cloud transformation,and also know the deep meaning of the friendship, kinship and

41、love. And Star Wars and its sequel, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Starfareand soon, some science fiction weaving individual dreams  about the future to the audience,at the same, these films have caused the people to the rational utilization of technology

42、;some animation film, asGarfield, ice age,show a close relationship between people and animals,animals and nature.American Mainstream movies fully show the American film culture as the mass culture,and the basic characteristics of industrial and money.Secondly, the American film carries a

43、global cooperation in production line.American film is mitted to attracting global talent.It determines the movie for the mass and multicultural.American films reduce the original national cultural character in the film, so as to a far richer and more close natural landscape and humanistic qualities

44、 to win the attention of  the audience in different countries.Finally, the American film in the aspect of value concept focuses on the mon pursuit of mankind.The belief and value pursuit are reflected in the American film,Often with macroscopic justice, equality and democrac

45、y.Such asPlatoon,the war theme shows the distortion of human nature caused by the war.This kind of historical themes likegladiatore*presses the concept ofhistorical justice.The kind of science fictionthemelikes Deep Impactshows the human's resistance to outside danger.Facing the monopo

46、ly position of American films gradually formed in the world film market,and facing that the American films culture, as the mass culture,constantly encroach on the culture of the other  countries around the world .This makes us have to have a discussion about the cultura

47、l characteristics which reflected from American movies and the simplification tendency of the world film culture.American movies and culture influence each other.Films promote the spread of American culture, American culture influences the theme of the film content, while promoting th

48、e prosperity of the movie business.2.2.The Individualism and Heroism Reflected from Films The "main theme" in the American film is individualism and heroism of the culture. Americans have a strong concept of self-centered, and believe in individualism, and the pursuit of personal happiness

49、 bee a social consensus.The citizens of the United States worship this personal hero , they advocate personal struggle, adventure, as a result, the American film touted self-centered individualism and heroism, hoping to encourage their nation and brave their own responsibility, to mak

50、e contribution to society. The black President  in 2021,when people all in danger, he gives up the opportunity to aboard the ship to escape, leaving a line like this: " A young scientist will be worth 20 old politicians".This is a kind

51、 of heroism for the purpose of future as human's responsibility!In Batman, daredevil, iron man, thehulk, the actorsall use their personal supernatural ability to save the society and punish the evil.And this kind of the lone ranger at the beginning of the film is often just an ordinary person, a

52、s well as ordinary citizens can find their own responsibility in the society.No matter what kind of crisis and suffering they face,and no matter what a fatal blow, they never believe in failure. Heroes always use their very sober and rational mind,make a perfect layout quickly, instantly make a

53、 absolutely correct judgment, they can always catch the only chance of one percent to win, and get a victory.Typical e*amples such as the rock, *,schindlers list, forrest gump, etc., widely make a perfect hero individual strength in the film and let the strength e*aggerated and deified unl

54、imitedly.Thus give the heroes the value orientation of the e*treme individualism2. there is no shortage of American personal hero who can make vigorous efforts to turn the situation in a crisis time.Likemission impossible:Ghost Protoco

55、l,Tom Cruise as the hero to save the world and in the very popular spider-manseries that lone heroes who can fly over, save the people in this city in New York.Also in the classicterminator series which created by Arnold Schwarzenegger , Americans always spare no effort to show their

56、heroic image of the heart.WhetherTom Cruise in mission impossible:Ghost Protocol,or Arnold Schwarzenegger in terminator ,or Sylvester stallone in first blood show the heroes in Americans heart: the strong body, move with agility,Courageous and prudent,at the same time also shoulder heavy burden to p

57、rotect the world.The series of features may be the definition ofheroes in the mind of Americans, and thesealso may be their own inner yearning for this kind of hero.This kind of personal heroism should also be given by the American culture.It also reflects on American culture.In the film true lies,

58、when the hero harry is coping with a terrorist, look at the plane which they have used,we can know the way of the Hollywood people that how to make their heroes victory.Hero driving advanced,new multi-function plane, and the terrorists are driving the e*tremely backward helicopters. No wonder t

59、he Hollywood hero is invincible, with the individualpower hero can make a lot of the "enemy" destroyed,.Because they have all kinds of new and high technology weapons and props.Americans do have strong superhero obsession:Superman,Spider-Man,Batman,Iron Man,Captian America and even Av

60、engers Assemble,Superhero films present a unique canvas upon which hopes,dreams and apocalyptic nightmares can be projected and played out.It can be the everyday stuff of every mans life,and Americans love it.Todays superheroes are no longer omnipresent,omniscient,and omnipotent,they can be lonely,vain,and arrogant.Often they have to overe these human frailties for the greater good.The possibility of convey massages of American values,an