Aesthetic Transformation of Adaptation in the Post Epidemic Era-Taking"Drive My Car"as an Example
In terms of methodology,the dialectical relationship between tradition and the new wave has greatly inspired the later de-velopment of Japanese cinema.Since entering the new era,with globalization,digital transformation of films,the rise of streaming media and the COVID 19,the way audiences approach films has undergone profound changes.How Japanese films deal with their own cultural"introversion"has become increasingly urgent.Ryusuke Hamaguchi,who cofounded the"third golden age"of Japanese cinema with filmmakers such as Koreeda Hirokazu,Naomi Kawase,Kiyoshi Kurosawa,is a highly representative among current Japa-nese directors.His adaptation of"Drive My Car"has sparked a wave of art films worldwide.There is both acceptance of tradition and alienation from it,presenting a more diverse and complex view of art history in the film.Its success is not only the result of the ration-alization of the Japanese film industry,but also closely related to the spiritual charm bestowed upon the works by Hamaguchi in the process of adapting Haruki Murakami's novel.The emphasis on theatrical form,communality,and the reviewing of audience's double fantasies have repeatedly returned to the essence of the film through philosophical artistic means.This not only challenges the current concept of the film,but poses a positive question on how Japan should think about issues in world politics as well.
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