Film in Contemporary China

Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
Part I: The Call for New Social Concepts......Page 28
1. Innovation in Social and Cinematic Ideas......Page 30
2. The Modern Consciousness of the Filmmaker......Page 46
Part II: The Issue of Culture......Page 56
3. After Yellow Earth......Page 58
4. The Debate Over Horse Thief......Page 66
5. Historical Roots and Modern Consciousness: A New View of Chinese Film......Page 78
6. The Cultural Film: A Noticeable Change......Page 84
Part III: Yingxi......Page 90
7. An Historical Survey of Yingxi Theory......Page 92
8. On Reading Xia Yan\'s Problems of Screenwriting......Page 102
Part IV: The Entertainment Film......Page 110
9. The Entertainment Film: Dialogue I......Page 112
10. The Entertainment Film: Dialogue II......Page 126
11. The Entertainment Film: Dialogue III......Page 138
12. A Response to the Issue of the Contemporary Entertainment Film......Page 148
13. Contemporary Chinese Entertainment Films: A Summary of a Symposium......Page 162
Part V: The Debate on New Chinese Film Theory......Page 168
14. The Inequities and Biases of Film Theory......Page 170
15. What Is Film? A New Look at the Question......Page 180
16. Film: A Myth with Hidden Ideologies......Page 192
17. Scattered Thoughts on the Value of Film Theory......Page 202
Part VI: The New Era and Afterward......Page 208
Conclusion......Page 210
Bibliography......Page 218
C......Page 222
F......Page 223
J......Page 224
O......Page 225
S......Page 226
Z......Page 227
Contributors, Translators and Editors......Page 228