Akira Kurosawa

Author: Zhang Bin
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Image Gallery. Film is regarded as "a (human) phenomenon of fantasy." "Image" () is more focused on human psychological and physiological experiences, co-constructing a complete form with life. Here, "Image" replaces the perception and impression of the projector's projection of images at the birth of film. "Image" also carries a certain "ideological presupposition." 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. This is not an extensive exploration of film history, a scope that may be relatively unfamiliar to what people commonly know as "film directors." Therefore, the target audience for Image Gallery was destined to be narrow from the beginning. The creation of Image Gallery stems from the passion and sustained enthusiasm of a few people for film. Here, it is hoped to establish an effective and healthy language environment, fostering attention and scrutiny of the "aesthetic value" of film beyond its "entertainment function," as well as placing it above the conventional "reception response" to watching films. Moreover, in the current era of rapidly expanding visual information and a lack of specialized research materials for in-depth film studies, if Image Gallery can simplify the complexities and serve as a "reference tool" in the process of "understanding" film, this would be a certain value of Image Gallery.