2023 Chinese cinema: towards diversification, deepening, and artistry
2024-01-02
According to statistics, the total box office of films in 2023 was 54.915 billion yuan, of which domestic films grossed 46.05 billion yuan, accounting for 83.77%. In addition to breakthroughs in box office, domestic films in 2023 have also made certain progress in genre narrative, becoming more complete, diversified, and industrialized in narrative. For example, genre films with good reputation in the industry, such as "Volunteer Army: Heroes Attack", "Octagonal Cage", "Three Thousand Miles in Chang'an", "Hot Search", etc; In terms of ideological exploration, there are also new phenomena and new depths emerging, such as "The Light of the White Tower" exploring metaphysical existence problems, "The Mistakes by the River" exploring issues about "truth", and "Wandering Earth 2" discussing issues such as technological ethics; In terms of artistic presentation of cinematic sense, there are also new artistic explorations by young filmmakers, such as "Umbilical Cord", "Well deserved Journey", "Evening Sunflowers", etc., which have made attempts to present the modernity of film language different from commercial films. Overall, in 2023, Chinese domestic cinema films have taken another step forward on the path of diversification, deepening, and artistry. Diversified "truth, goodness and beauty": the weathervane of typified commercial blockbusters, Man Jianghong, released on the New Year's Day in 2023, tops the box office. The movie ignited the audience's enthusiasm for recitation with Yue Fei's nationalist poetry, becoming a new landscape in the cinema; In addition, the multiple twists and turns in the narrative are also one of the unique landscapes of the film, which adds a comedic effect to the tragic atmosphere and is more in line with the festive atmosphere of the Chinese New Year. Similarly, the commercial blockbuster "Hot Search" released in November last year also uses the "reversal" method, but its core theme is different from the former's "strategy" thinking. The latter presents the responsibility, responsibility, and rapid execution power of the younger generation towards truth, goodness, and beauty. Another movie that uses "reversal" as a means is "Nameless", but as a spy film, the protagonist's multiple external "reversals" to some extent weaken the narrative tension and character's circular shaping. The main theme film "Volunteer Army: Heroes Attack", which was screened in September last year, has a more stable narrative and a more profound character portrayal. The film portrays the image of the Chinese Volunteer Army in the early days of New China, who "protected all children with their lives", and the political figures of that time in a more restrained and introverted manner. "Fengshen Part 1: Chaoge Fengyun" presents the strong magical realism characteristics of supernatural novels, forming a visual spectacle. Under the strong visual impact, the young prince, in the bloody war, death, and misunderstanding, how to judge and choose between "good" and "evil", achieves a strong soul torture. In addition to constructing visual wonders, there are also inspirational commercial blockbusters, such as "In an Octagonal Cage" and "Passionate" - the former presents social issues with criticism of human nature, such as evil and lack of faith; The latter aims to explore the adherence to the original intention and dreams, and visually present the traditional logic of "belief" that "those who believe, I believe; those who do not believe, I also believe..." in a modern cool dance style. In addition, the anti telecom fraud themed film "All for One" reflects on popular topics such as "love brain" and revenge genre
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