Abstract:

Although the "17 years" film (1949—1966) draws nourishment from the multifarious cultures of both China and foreign countries, thus producing a phenomena that can be said to comprise multiple resources, the "dramatic film", as a concept of the film, gives a deep, extensive influence on the creation of the film in new China, which can not compare with other concepts of the film. The tradition of the "dramatic film" can be described as the follows: the story narrative is primary, and a great importance is attached to the contradictory confliction, to the educational function of the film, and to the auxiliary role of the image, all of which can be found a specific parallelism in the "17 years" film. While the "17 years" film has a little change in the aspect of detailed expressions, the main body comes down in one continuous line with the tradition of the "dramatic film".
 　

Key words:  the "17 years" film; the "dramatic film" tradition; narration; confliction