Frontiers in Art Research, 2025, 7(3); doi: 10.25236/FAR.2025.070308.
Gao Jialiang
School of Humanities, Tiangong University, Tianjin, China
This study focuses on director Cheng Er's film Hidden Blade as a case study to explore the innovative integration of genre cinema and artistic aesthetics. Functioning as an auteur work within the spy genre framework, the film subverts conventional genre formulas through its non-linear temporal collage narrative, achieving equilibrium between suspense construction and humanistic portrayal. The director employs metaphorical montage and symbolic details (particularly the multi-layered "canine" imagery and lamb symbolism) to construct literary expressions while infusing poetic aesthetics into violent sequences. The work preserves quintessential spy genre elements while intensifying psychological depth through fragmented narration and visual ellipsis, thereby establishing a dialectical interplay between commercial appeal and artistic pursuit. Such genre hybridity not only expands the expressive dimensions of espionage cinema but also demonstrates survival strategies for auteur films within contemporary film industries, ultimately proposing an aesthetic breakthrough paradigm for genre filmmaking.
"Hidden Blade"; Cheng Er; genre film; literary film; author film
Gao Jialiang. The creation of literary and artistic temperament in genre movies: A brief analysis of the movie "Hidden Blade". Frontiers in Art Research(2025), Vol. 7, Issue 3: 42-45. https://doi.org/10.25236/FAR.2025.070308.
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