Film History and Theory: A Sequel

Author: Li Shaobai
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This book is an academic collection on film studies. It consists of four sections: supplementary outlines for Chinese Film Art, early film research, the centennial of Chinese cinema, and other thematic studies. The development of Chinese cinema under market conditions is a topic of global attention. The history of Chinese cinema in the first half of the 20th century is not just a direct mirror. Against the backdrop of world cinema, this book approaches the subject from an artistic perspective, gradually unfolding layers of analysis. It offers 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, differing from previous perspectives. This provides significant insights for the current development of cinema. The book's features include academic rigor, extensive historical materials, broad knowledge, and dialectical analysis.