Film The Flowers of War tells a little-known story against the back ground of Nanjing Massacre in a profound and obscure way.It is a large-budget and time-consuming production,which has a good domestic reputation,and is a try to competein the international market as a Chinese representative to win the Oscar Award.But surprisingly it was refused by American critics and was a total failure in the overseas box office.This arouses an intense discussion about cultural differences between China and the Western countries.This paper aims to talk about the conflicts in inter-cultural communication through analyzing the reasons of the film's failure in competing for the Academy Awards in acultural level,and to study the cultural differences and difficulties Chinese films are facing on the way to the international film market in the light of film literature.
film literatureThe Flowers of Warcultural communicationOscarcultural differences