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Cultural differences reflected in Western and Chinese Films —— Exampled by Gay Films 中文摘要： 电影作为众多文化载体中的一种，必然折射着不同文化的核心和观念以及社会主流的道德评价标准。而在观看不同文化、国家的电影时，我们经常会受到文化冲击而产生困扰和不适。本文就中西方电影中所展现的对于“同性恋”这一社会现象的态度进行文化差异层次的深度分析，借以了解中西方不同的文化、社会价值观。 将西方电影《费城故事》和中国相同题材的电影《喜宴》的剧情和线索进行论述和对比我们发现西方人在人本主义精神的包容下追求自我，要求全面的表达自我，同时也尊重别人同样的诉求。而中国人注重伦理本位，会选择牺牲自己以维持中国式的家庭伦理。通过探究我们可以将结论应用于日常生活中以适应不同文化的冲击，更好地欣赏艺术作品，在文化方面取其精华，去己糟粕。 英文正文： As one of the important carriers of human cultures, films must be marked with the native culture essences and moral codes. They can give us a lot of hints about different cultural patterns and life styles. Through the analysis of the films of different nations, we can see clearly the distinction between Chinese culture and western culture. Since homosexuality is a quite hot issue nowadays both in and out of the movie, we will take two typical western and Chinese gay films for example. In the following, we will firstly talk about them separately and then make some comparisons and contrasts between them to find out the reasons of the two opposite endings and the cultural meanings behind them. Individualism——basic culture core in western films Different from Chinese ethic standards, western culture puts more stress on the expression and development of individuals. Individualism is deep rooted in westerners’ minds. No matter literary works or screen works are influenced by it to a great extent. In their movies, we can see a lot of stories about the betrayal to one’s family and the pursuit of one’s personal goal. They have many discussions over human nature in the films to fully express their attitudes towards those sensitive topics, such as homosexuality, extramarital love, father complex, Oedipus complex, and so on. Let’s take homosexuality for example. With the development of human society, most westerners have already recognized homosexuality its legal status. Gay films are quite normal and acceptable. For them, being a gay is nothing strange. Th