TITLE:
On Jia Zhangke’s Documentary Aesthetics
AUTHORS:
Lulu Zhang
KEYWORDS:
Jia Zhangke, Documentary Aesthetics, Aesthetic Characteristics
JOURNAL NAME:
Art and Design Review,
Vol.10 No.3,
July
29,
2022
ABSTRACT: Jia Zhangke’s films show a kind of conscious humanistic care, artistic pursuit
and unique camera language in front of the audience, which makes jia’s films
with extremely personal style become a unique scenery line in the film
industry. This paper mainly discusses the documentary aesthetics of Jia
Zhangke’s films from three angles: the attention to the sound of films, the
attention to the living state of marginal people and the insistence on the
documentary style. On the basis of a detailed interpretation of the
characteristics of Jia Zhangke’s film aesthetic style, the theme of Jia
Zhangke’s films is summarized as follows: One is to show the real and ordinary
Chinese people, showing their shining point, that is, the positive mental state
in the face of life and life and the passion of life everywhere; The second is
to film the ordinary People’s Daily life as a starting point to show the
development and changes of Chinese history, systematically comb and analyze Jia
Zhangke’s films.