On the Artistic Style of Director Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou's films combine national culture, social thinking, cultural roots and film innovation. He persistently explores the potential of film language, pursues the strength of composition, the richness of ideas and the fullness of colors, and gives people a strong visual impact through unconventional picture modeling, reaching a unique artistic realm.

Zhang Yimou was famous for directing artistic films full of China traditional culture in his early days. His artistic features are realistic details and romantic themes. He is good at the color of movies and the delicate and touching things that capture the inner world of characters.

The outstanding feature of Zhang Yimou's works is his profound understanding of China's traditional feudal consciousness and strong critical spirit, which is a strong sense of history and life, a strange landscape of simple folk customs, and a full praise and praise for women's rebellious spirit. Behind his strong colors and bold composition, he insisted on the truth of life and the lyricism of narrative.

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In the promotion of film talents, Zhang Yimou's famous "Looking for a Woman" is also the focus of media and public attention, including Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi.

Besides movies, Zhang Yimou has many sideline businesses. His opera, ballet and large-scale landscape performance "Impression" series have become the local tourism culture.

He has shot the official propaganda films of Beijing's bid for the Olympic Games and Shanghai's bid for the Expo, the emblem of the Beijing Olympic Games and the torch propaganda film. In addition, he also shot advertisements, published books, designed stamps commemorating the 60th anniversary of the National Day, and served as the general director of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.