Stephen Chow movies are hot reflect the contemporary cultural mentality
Abstract:After making his mark in moviedom since 1988, Stephen Chiau(Zhou xingchi) has played leading parts in more than 50 movies, creating a unique style of comedy-oriented Wulitou(non-logic)Movies. And in a few years this " non-logic" wind quickly spreaded throughout China, with strong momentum, at the same time Cultural civilians became a typical representative of today's development as a significant cultural phenomenon causing the majority of people's concern and discussion. In this paper,I will be on the current culture mentality start ,employ postmodernism, destructionism, and the thoery of carnivalization poetics of former Soviet Union’s Bakhtin, together with images and artistic thinking in movies casted by Stephen Chow to elicit “anti-hero”, “non-logic cannibalization” and “grass-root ” cultural psychology of the day.
Key words: Stephen Chow;Wulitou(non-logic); destructionism;carnibalization;cultural psychology