张艺谋是中国第五代导演中的一个杰出人物。 1 987年 ,自他执导的首部影片《红高粱》一炮打响后 ,一直执著于电影创新探索的他在 1 999年 ,又以《我的父亲母亲》向中国世纪末影坛投入了深情一瞥。在“初创——发展——成熟”这三个阶段划分基础上 ,结合张艺谋 1 3年来的代表影片 ,分别从主题内容和语言形式两个方面 ,阐释了这三个时期以“反叛—回归—整合”为主的创作特征 ,以期在新世纪初对张艺谋电影的创作走向作出一个回顾和展望 Zhang Yimou is a prominent figure in China’s fifth generation of directors. In 1987, after his first film “Red Sorghum” was launched, he dedicated himself to film and film exploration. In 1999, he devoted himself with “My Father and Mother” to the filming of the end of the century in China. Based on the three stages of “start-up-maturity-maturity” and the representative films of Zhang Yimou for the past three years, this paper explains the three stages of “rebellion-return- Integration ”, with a view to making a review and prospect of Zhang Yimou’s movie creation in the beginning of the new century