中国电影史（英）

　　History of Chinese Cinema is the first English book published in China on the history of Chinese cinema and its development. The author of this concise and wide-ranging work is one of the most influential film historians in China today. His writings on film history have had a tremendous impact on film historiography in China and abroad. This book is rich and vivid， systematically providing a broad and deep perspective on the history of Chinese cinema over the past 120-plus years. Taking filmmakers and films as its frame of reference， this book clearly sorts out the basic patterns of the development of Chinese cinema and highlights cinema’s role in mainstream discourses in different historical contexts， the gains and losses in the creation of cinematic texts， sentiments and paradigms， as well as the different definitions of the word “cinema” in different historical contexts. By reorganizing and interpreting the development of Chinese cinema and placing it in a larger historical context， the book is an overarching and unbroken narrative history of cinema

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Introduction / 1

Chapter One? Early Chinese Cinema 1905-1932 / 16

Section One The Dream of Popular Films / 16

Section Two The Start of Narrative: Touching Film Images / 32

Section Three Film Images and Consciousness Abound / 46

Section Four Bright Film Dreams / 61

Chapter Two? Nationality, Revolution, and Popularity: The Rise of Chinese Cinema 1932-1937 / 78

Section One Perseverance in Filmmaking / 78

Section Two Cinema as Carrier of Social Responsibilities / 97

Section Three Overlapping Marks / 111

Section Four Imaginative Intervention / 125

Chapter Three? From “Orphan Island” to the Rear Areas 1937-1945 / 140

Section One Impact of the Times / 140

Section Two Personal Experiences and Asian Paranoia / 157

Section Three Cinema and Beyond / 176

Chapter Four? Chinese Cinema: From Postwar to Revolution 1945-1949 / 192

Section One Dialectics of Film and Conscience / 192

Section Two Pursuing the Shared Spirit of Cinema / 207

Section Three Enhancement of Film Quality / 219

Section Four Alignment and Variation Between Subject and World / 231

Chapter Five? A New Journey: Torturous Development 1949-1976 / 244

Section One Cinema: A Complete Discourse of the New World / 244

Section Two Subject-Object Interpenetration / 260

Section Three A Clear and Well-defined Theme / 274

Section Four Cinema: To Live or to Die / 284

Chapter Six? Displacement and Narrative 1977-1989 / 299

Section One?The Theme of the New Era / 299

Section Two Cinema: A Vehicle of the Truth or the Moral Values / 319

Section Three “New Film” Campaign / 343

Section Four The Fifth-Generation Chinese Directors: A Rarity in Filmdom / 361

Chapter Seven? Art and Market 1990-1999 / 373

Section One The Turning Point of Fragmented and Intertwined Film Consciousness / 373

Section Two The Possibility of Marketization / 393

Section Three Transposition / 402

Section Four Beauty, Wisdom, and Freedom in Filmmaking / 414

Chapter Eight? Cinema, Politics, and Individuality 2000-2007 / 424

Section One Historical Outlook / 424

Section Two Reality and Its Historical Consciousness / 437

Section Three Dialogues Triggered by Cinema / 454

Section Four Blockbusters, Cinema Chains, and Film Industrialization / 472

Chapter Nine? Reproduction and Construction of Chinese Cinema 2007-2010 / 493

Section One Inclusive Options / 493

Section Two Fermentation and Variations / 506

Section Three Culture, Identity, and Commerce / 525

Section Four Moving Ahead in Disputes / 540

Section Five Transition of the Times / 558

Section Six Demonstration of Film Genres / 573

Chapter Ten? Blockbusters and Their Significance 2011-2021 / 590

Section One Dimension of Practice / 590

Section Two Development of Youth Discourse / 606

Section Three Layout Construction and Sound and Fury / 636

Section Four Dimensions of Cinema: Making All Voices Communicable / 651

Section Five Another World: Rediscovering the “Magic Wand” of Cinema / 687

Section Six Film Production and Globalization: Exploring Future in Uncertainty / 718

Epilogue / 759

Index / 763