Krzysztof Kieslowski

Author: Zhang Bin
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Film is regarded as "a (human) phenomenon of fantasy." "Image" () is more focused on psychological and physiological sensations than "image" (), and it co-constructs a complete form with life. Here, "image" replaces the perception and impression of the projector's projection of images at the birth of cinema. "Image" also carries 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 is not an exploration of the vast history of film; this scope may be relatively unfamiliar to what people commonly know as "film directors." Therefore, the target audience of The Image Gallery was broad from the beginning. The creation of The 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 surpassing the conventional "reception" of watching films. Moreover, in the current era of rapidly expanding visual information and a lack of specialized research materials for film, if The Image Gallery can simplify the complex and serve as a "reference tool" in the process of "understanding" film, this would be a certain value of The Image Gallery.