Author(s)

Shuqi Wang

Corresponding Author

Shuqi Wang

Abstract

Focusing on the Chinese factory-themed films since the new century, the paper explains the social order of spiritual and cultural reproduction constructed by the factory area as the living world, so as to analyze the creative motivation of the creators for the diaspora narration of the factory movies; Then, it discusses the expression of “pseudo past” in images from three levels of materiality, culture and ethics; Finally, it explores the nostalgic attitude expressed by the creators with the help of the “form compensation” of the life world of the factory-themed films.

Keywords

Nostalgia, China Factory, Theme Film