An Analysis on the Cultural Function of Films from the Perpective of the Commercialization of Chinese Films

Abstract

In 2019, China released his first hard science fiction1 film by Hollywood standards, which is an important step for the exploration of the development of Chinese commercial films. Much of the literature on this film is devoted to the analysis of its visual effects or to comparing it to Nolan's Interstellar (Christopher Nolan, UK & USA, 2014). At the same time, most documents focus too much to the “science fiction” label of this film, separating it from non-sci-fi commercial films. For the Chinese film industry, which is still in the initial stage of development, linking this epoch-making film with the previous films on the road of Chinese film development is beneficial to the exploration of the future film development. The focus of this dissertation, after linking these films, is to explore the relationship between commercial films and culture, raising related questions, such as: what are the factors that affect the spread of films overseas, or how does the film affect the cultural self-confidence of the country he belongs to? The rules represented by these relationships may be one of the consideration methods for the exploration and prediction of future film development. On the basis of exploring the relationship between commercial factors and culture as the goal, the experience summary of the correct path, ways of avoiding making detours as well, in the development of the Chinese film industry may be a reference for other countries or film groups in the world.