The Trail of Films: A Critical History of Chinese Film Culture

Author: Ding Yaping
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Presents the journey of a century of Chinese film culture history; explores the possibilities of dialogue between different voices; discusses the exceptional vitality of the development of film culture. This book organizes the footsteps of a century of Chinese cinema, with the first half focusing on reviewing the origins of Chinese cinema, its relationship with society, and the evolution and gains and losses of film writers, film works, and content and form. The second half discusses the theoretical and practical achievements of famous filmmakers such as Xia Yan, Cai Chusheng, Tang Xiaodan, Sang Hu, Sun Yu, and Fei Mu in thematic chapters. The book is accompanied by numerous illustrations of figures and scenes.