A Hundred Years of Chinese Cinema

Author: Sun Xiantao
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The Centennial of Chinese Cinema lacks not a history textbook, but the courage to revisit the early, innocent childhood, the passionate youth, and the fateful middle years. If one must give this book a year, I would like to consider it as a long reunion, a deep companionship, and a reflective look forward. Amidst the currents of time, The Beijing News, fortunately, represents advanced culture. On one side, it is a news leader with high ideals and boundless passion; on the other, a knowledgeable hero with refined elegance and wisdom; and on the other, a cultural pioneer who preserves history and dwells in poetry. The Beijing News Series, a collection of the essence of The Beijing News's humanistic spirit. Cultivating the present, harvesting the future. Since last April, I have always had a copy of The Beijing News by my side. Every day, after work, I would open it and turn to the familiar page that reviews the century of Chinese cinema, to see what joy and delight it would bring me today. — Wu Yiyong (Vice President of the Chinese Literature and Art Federation, Chairman of the China Film Association)
The "Centennial of Chinese Cinema" series has been published in many issues. I think it is done very well, very detailed, and rare. With this kind of heart, it reviews the century of Chinese cinema. I am grateful to The Beijing News, a media with a conscience. Now that the report collection has been published, I wish it will also be loved by readers. — Zhang Yimou (Film Director)
The hundred years of Chinese cinema, full of both joy and sorrow, are themselves like a film with a dramatic plot. Due to having endured too much suffering, we cannot even speak of it with complete ease. I am grateful to "The Centennial of Chinese Cinema" for leaving behind a rare documentary of the hundred years of Chinese cinema in written form. — Tian Zhuangzhuang (Film Director)
"The Centennial of Chinese Cinema" is a grand topic. The editors and reporters of The Beijing News, with the enthusiasm of enthusiasts, have compiled over 200 beautiful essays, recording the people and events of Chinese cinema over the past century, bringing stories that had already sunk into the shadows of history to the surface. It is indeed a bold undertaking. — Zhang Kaige (Film Director)
The previous generation of Chinese filmmakers brought us much joy and thought through their works. Now, they are no longer able to continue, and the baton has been passed to us, the directors of this generation. We still have the strength to pass on joy and dreams intermittently, while also giving joy back to Chinese cinema. — Feng Xiaogang (Film Director)
"The Centennial of Chinese Cinema" records a hundred years of the Chinese people, a hundred years of the spirit of the Chinese people. This book has given me great inspiration to become a better recorder for the Chinese people. — Lu Chuan (Film Director)
The "Centennial of Chinese Cinema" report, the TV show "Legends of the Cinema" did the best, and the print media, The Beijing News, did the best. — Cui Yongyuan (Host, Producer of "Legends of the Cinema")