Abstract:

Against a series of China' s contemporary urban film study, this essay considers Shanghai' s urban film as a special case. Although in the process of urbanization, Shanghai is located in the forefront of China, its creation of urban films is thought to be "absent". The topic involved by Shanghai' s urban film is a very complex integration of politics, economy and culture. Different from Shanghai' s urban film, China' s urban film has its specific concept, that is, the ideological content and creative mainstream of "antiurbanization". Base on the different regions of historical, economic, cultural traditions, and creative groups, China' s urban film forms its different value trend, city experience and genre evolution. Shanghai' s urban film also has its unique appearance and path, and its important existence and inadequate development have historical and practical reasons. Using the citizen value as the spiritual core of the urban film is not only inevitable and reasonable but also practical and potential. Undoubtedly, the "better city and better life" as the theme of Shanghai Expo 2010 has made the mutual integration of urbanization and peopleoriented into a possible wordwide goal. Therefore, China' s urban film focusing on antiurbanization is already on the decline. In the new process of urbanization, the creation of China' s urban film is faced with a historic opportunity for transformation and breakthrough.

Key words: WTBZ China＇s urban film; antiurbanization; the creation of Shanghai＇s urban film; citizen spirit; transformation and breakthrough