中国电影史（英）

Introduction / 1

Chapter One? Early Chinese Cinema 1905-1932 / 16

Section One The Dream of Popular Films / 16

Section Two The Start of Narrative: Touching Film Images / 32

Section Three Film Images and Consciousness Abound / 46

Section Four Bright Film Dreams / 61

Chapter Two? Nationality, Revolution, and Popularity: The Rise of Chinese Cinema 1932-1937 / 78

Section One Perseverance in Filmmaking / 78

Section Two Cinema as Carrier of Social Responsibilities / 97

Section Three Overlapping Marks / 111

Section Four Imaginative Intervention / 125

Chapter Three? From “Orphan Island” to the Rear Areas 1937-1945 / 140

Section One Impact of the Times / 140

Section Two Personal Experiences and Asian Paranoia / 157

Section Three Cinema and Beyond / 176

Chapter Four? Chinese Cinema: From Postwar to Revolution 1945-1949 / 192

Section One Dialectics of Film and Conscience / 192

Section Two Pursuing the Shared Spirit of Cinema / 207

Section Three Enhancement of Film Quality / 219

Section Four Alignment and Variation Between Subject and World / 231

Chapter Five? A New Journey: Torturous Development 1949-1976 / 244

Section One Cinema: A Complete Discourse of the New World / 244

Section Two Subject-Object Interpenetration / 260

Section Three A Clear and Well-defined Theme / 274

Section Four Cinema: To Live or to Die / 284

Chapter Six? Displacement and Narrative 1977-1989 / 299

Section One?The Theme of the New Era / 299

Section Two Cinema: A Vehicle of the Truth or the Moral Values / 319

Section Three “New Film” Campaign / 343

Section Four The Fifth-Generation Chinese Directors: A Rarity in Filmdom / 361

Chapter Seven? Art and Market 1990-1999 / 373

Section One The Turning Point of Fragmented and Intertwined Film Consciousness / 373

Section Two The Possibility of Marketization / 393

Section Three Transposition / 402

Section Four Beauty, Wisdom, and Freedom in Filmmaking / 414

Chapter Eight? Cinema, Politics, and Individuality 2000-2007 / 424

Section One Historical Outlook / 424

Section Two Reality and Its Historical Consciousness / 437

Section Three Dialogues Triggered by Cinema / 454

Section Four Blockbusters, Cinema Chains, and Film Industrialization / 472

Chapter Nine? Reproduction and Construction of Chinese Cinema 2007-2010 / 493

Section One Inclusive Options / 493

Section Two Fermentation and Variations / 506

Section Three Culture, Identity, and Commerce / 525

Section Four Moving Ahead in Disputes / 540

Section Five Transition of the Times / 558

Section Six Demonstration of Film Genres / 573

Chapter Ten? Blockbusters and Their Significance 2011-2021 / 590

Section One Dimension of Practice / 590

Section Two Development of Youth Discourse / 606

Section Three Layout Construction and Sound and Fury / 636

Section Four Dimensions of Cinema: Making All Voices Communicable / 651

Section Five Another World: Rediscovering the “Magic Wand” of Cinema / 687

Section Six Film Production and Globalization: Exploring Future in Uncertainty / 718

Epilogue / 759

Index / 763