Abstract
Since the 30th in the last century, American heroism movie started to become popular. In nearly one hundred years of development of American heroism movie, American cineastes created a great number of hero images, who were preferred by the Americans and audiences from all over the world. This type of movie have the same core: American individual heroism. America appreciate individual person complete the brilliant “American dream” by self-struggle and advocate the idea of individual independence and freedom. However, with the development of era, what people want to watch have changed. Audiences were tired of invincible hero. As a result, the director mixes three European classical storied and creat a hero cat, who is different from traditional hero image and bring viewers with a refreshing outlook.
With methods of analysis content and studying of references, the author will start with the definition of hero and review the history of American heroism movie. Then, the writter will put emphasis on the ways of express heroism in Puss in Boots. The tanglesome personality of the hero cat makes Puss become a round role. Because of using the three acts theory, movie Puss in Boots spread heroism more naturally and easy-accepeted. The director brings forth new idea of combining factors from American cowboy culture and Spanish Flamenco in Puss in Boots. On the one hand, not only can make this movie has cowboy’s casual and elegant temperament, but also weaken the violent atomosphere because of adding Flamenco factors. On the other hand, this innovating enrich the image of hero. The hero cat tranforms from traditional dauntless man to romantic and mysterious charactor. It diversify the ways of expression heroism as well.
Key words: Puss in Boots, hero, heroism, American movie, Hollywood
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