Abstract:

According to the authors of this essay, the theoretical heritage of the neosensualism in films can be divided into two aspects: theory and criticism. The criticism of neosensualism is a sort of "theoretical" review without historical awareness. As a result, for a long period of time, this kind of theory has been (ironically and revengefully) rejected by history. It is more reasonable to approve its theoretical contribution while affirming its weakness. Hence, based on the careful collection of the latest materials concerned, the authors work up all the related theoretical writings of neosensualists' advocators, who are headed by Liu Na' ou and Mu Shiying, synthesizing their opinions on the film theory, and seeking for their correlation with the Western film theory and their own innovation, so as to reevaluate the theoretical value on the viewpoint of film noumenon.