Ingrid Bergman

Author: Liu Tianshu
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Film is regarded as a "phenomenon of (human) fantasy." Compared to "images," "impressions" place greater emphasis on psychological and physiological sensations, co-constructing a complete form with life. Here, "impressions" replace the perception and impression of images projected by projectors at the birth of cinema. "Impressions" also carry a certain presupposed "ideology." The Image Gallery is a series of books that systematically organizes the works and creations of contemporary film masters. To be precise, it is a record of texts and images showing respect to the "author" directors. It does not delve into the vast history of film; this scope may be relatively unfamiliar to what is commonly known as "film directors." Therefore, the target audience for The Image Gallery was destined to be narrow from the beginning. The creation of The Image Gallery stems from the passionate and enduring love for film held by a few people. Here, it is hoped to establish an effective and healthy linguistic environment, fostering attention and scrutiny of the "aesthetic value" of film beyond its "entertainment function," and placing it above the conventional "reception response" to watching films. Furthermore, in the current era of rapidly expanding visual information and the lack of specialized, in-depth research materials on film, if The Image Gallery can simplify the complex and serve as a "reference book" in the process of "understanding" film, this would indeed be one of its values.