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The first generation of Chinese directors
As the trailblazers of Chinese movies, they created the first batch of Chinese feature films despite the extremely crude and rough conditions as well as the absence of previous films and experiences as reference. Among those movies, a lot more or less expressed democratic and anti-feudalism thoughts as a result of influences of the May Fourth Movement in 1919, which boasted the birth of a new culture.
Film first came to China when some French movies were featured in East China's Shanghai Municipality on August 11, 1896 - less than half a year after its birth in the world. People at the time were astonished by the novel invention and thus named it "screened opera."
Chinese movies in the first 30 years established the economic and technological foundations for its later development, though the first attempt of making movies was for commercial speculation purposes. The first thriving period of China's movie industry, in the 1930s, was grounded on this foundation. The movies in this early stage generally borrowed from other art forms, especially operas. Meanwhile, they also explored and mastered some basic rules and expressions, accumulating precious experiences. However, the intense commercial speculation profoundly limited the movie industry's development. The expression of serious content and art forms were both impossible under such conditions. Author: Jeff |
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The birth of Chinese film |