Slope of the movie

Author: Lu Shaoyang
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The author quotes a famous saying by Godard in the book: "Film is a gun and a woman." In fact, this seems to be a reflection of both film criticism and film works themselves. We need "women," but we also need "guns." Indeed, apart from the love for film, Chinese cinema truly needs such relentless, enduring, and timely "shooting!" Thirty years ago, a boy was drawn to the images appearing on a white cloth and stepped into the river of cinema; thirty years later, his love for film has only grown stronger, with his early naive admiration transformed into rational words and deep expectations today. Through his personal experiences and unique insights into film, he explores his thoughts on the development of Chinese cinema in the context of globalization, with his earnestness palpable. As the author says, "This flickering light is nothing, yet it is everything."