The Influence of Chinese Kung Fu Film on Hollywood Film

Abstract

Nowadays, with the growing of the movie industries, more and more people pay close attention to the development of movies. Because of the population, China always make various kinds of films, in particular with Kung Fu films, which relates to Chinese culture, because of its mystery and special charms, foreign people can be attracted. The paper discusses about Chinese Kung Fu films and Hollywood films. It will use sampling movies of China and USA to compare with each other, to find Kung Fu elements in Hollywood, and at the same time, main contents of the paper will be divided into two parts. The first one is analysis of three Chinese Kung Fu films which have an influence on Hollywood. And the second part is using data and specific movies to analyze how these three movies can bring influence to Hollywood and how Hollywood movies can relate to Chinese culture and Kung Fu. All of movies that the paper will use can contain Chinese martial arts elements or Hollywood actions.