The article by Ou-Fan Lee introduces the development of Shanghai cinema and Chinese film culture in the 1930s, from journals and magazines to remarkable progress in filmmaking. In my opinion, Shanghai is an appropriate city for researching and discussing the Chinese film industry, modernized and affected by western countries during the colonial period.
I am quite interested in the effect of Hollywood movies on traditional Chinese films and the contrasts between them as well. During that early decade in China, the cost and quality of film production were relatively low compared to the global level, but some photographic technic and performance styles of westerners have already appeared in Chinese movies. For instance, in the film ‘Taoli jie’, the exaggerated expression is imported from western drama. There is also a ‘long take’ method used at the beginning. Whereas, Chinese film makers have infused Chinese ideology. Film ‘Fengyun ernv’ in 1935 is a Left-wing film about the anti-Japanese war, including nationalism and memorable historical significance. Lee explored culture and literature through movies and audiences at the time when the early Chinese film burgeoned.
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