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EarlyChineseFilmmakers'AmericanExperienceandChinaDream
———Areviewofthecrossculturalfilm productionsofHongShen,
SunYuandZhangJunxiang

  

  • Online:2013-11-15 Published:2013-11-15

Abstract: The"returnee"filmmakers,agroupofwesterneducatedmodernintellectuals,representthe
strongestforceofmodernityintheearlyChinesefilmindustry.Amongthem,HongShen,SunYuandZhang
JunxianghaveplayedamostactiveroleinthetransitionalstagesofChina'sfilmhistory.Theyeachadopted
westernmodernaestheticidealsandchosetheaterandcinemaastheirmediaforimaginingandconstructing"
ChinaDream",thoughwithdifferentemphases.ThispaperreviewshowthefilmproductionsofHongShen,
SunYu,ZhangJunxiang,reachedbeyondtheir"AmericanExperience"toexplore"ChinaDream"anditalso
seekstoexaminehowtheircrossculturalpracticehascontributedtotheemergenceofmodernityinChinesecin
ema,thepurposeofwhichistoprovideahistoricalperspectivefortoday'scrossculturalChinesefilmproduc
tion.
  

Key words: HongShen, SunYu, ZhangJunxiang, earlycinema, Chinadream

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