The Lost and Sought Out of the Real World

-- The Postmodernist Aesthetic Representation of the Movie "Rise to Fame"

Abstract

As a typical postmodernist suspense comedy, "Rise to Fame" presents distinctive postmodernist cultural characteristics with its multiple deconstructions of history and reality without deep flattened image language, and alienated kitsch character group portraits. In terms of image style, the film uses the "parody" of form and the superposition and use of multiple images to build a confusing, absurd and real "social utopia" for us. In terms of narrative technique, the narrative strategy of "de-realization" disturbs and subverts real time, dissolves the serious disguise of the current society, and the director uses the marginalized and confused "Republic of China society" to subvert and challenge the sacredness and solemnity of the real society. In the diverse group portraits, the consistent face-painted characters are replaced by individual carnivals of freedom, thus casting a postmodernist veil on the entire film.