Twentieth Century Overview of Foreign Films

Author: Shen Ji
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book can be said to gather the essence of classic foreign films from the 20th century. According to the film story titles listed in the book, the quantity of 500 is not excessive, but the content and scope it covers are very broad. It can be summarized in three words: famous, new, and extensive. The film stories collected in this book span from the 1920s to the new millennium, and many of them are unfamiliar to the general film audience in China. Therefore, calling this book "new" is well-deserved.
Finally, the films collected in the book come from 46 countries, making it global in scope; their production years range from 1916 to 2000, making it century-spanning; and their themes, styles, and periods—whether early, modern, or new—are widely and comprehensively representative. Thus, as of now, there are no film story books in the Chinese book market that cover such a broad range of films.