Film History and Theory Continuation

Author: Li Shaobai
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This book is an academic collection on film studies. It includes supplementary outlines for Chinese Film Art, early film research, the centennial of Chinese cinema, and other thematic studies in four sections. The development of Chinese cinema under market conditions is a matter of global attention. The history of Chinese cinema in the first half of the 20th century is not just a direct mirror. This book, with the backdrop of world cinema, approaches the subject from an artistic perspective, gradually expanding from specific points to broader contexts, offering new statements, interpretations, and evaluations of various phenomena and underlying patterns in this period of Chinese film history, particularly commercial cinema and the commodity nature of film. These contributions hold significant implications for the current development of cinema. The book's strengths lie in its academic perspective, extensive historical materials, broad knowledge, and dialectical analysis.