The Urban Milieu of Shanghai Cinema described the development of Chinese cinema in Shanghai. As the film being imported from foreign, an interaction was created between the film and print culture. At the same time as Hollywood films imported from foreign countries created large impacts on Chinese audiences, viewing habits of Chinese audience, shaped by print cultures had also exerted an impact on filmmakers. Referring to the reading Teahouse, the first projection of film was located in the teahouse, where the teahouse has represented an early version of foreign cinema. However, comparing to the architecture design of teahouse, cinema provides a more silent and private space for individuals to take a rest after work days, and immerse into a self-contained world created by films.
What I’ve learnt from the two passages was that films are illusion of reality, instead of only being a medium of entertainment, it was found to be the true artistic worth.
Juan Wei – 3036100181