At the move of the 19th century, the movie wasintroduced into China. In 1896, a Western moviewas shown in Shanghai, which was the first movieshowing in China. In 1905,a photo studio in Beijingmade the first Chinese movie , which was only acollection of scenes from a Beijing opera based onthe classical novel The Romance of the ThreeKingdoms. In the early thirties, many revolutionarymovies were produced, such as Spring Silkworms,Plunder of Peach and Plum , Three Modem Women , The Great Road,Song of theFishermen,and Crossroads. These movies reflect the realities of society and the wishes of thepeople.
19世紀末期,電影引人中國。中國第一部引進的西方電影于1脫年在上海上映。 1905年,北京一家照相室選取京劇傳統(tǒng)曲目《三國演義》的一些簡單場景制作了中國第一部電影。在中國電影事業(yè)發(fā)展的最初30年中,創(chuàng)作了許多革命電影,例如:《春蠶》、《桃李劫機《三個摩登女性》、《大路》、《溫光曲》、《十字街頭},集中反映了當(dāng)時社會的現(xiàn)狀和人民的愿望。
During the Anti-Japanese War, many progressive movies were made, such as Defend OurLand, The March of Victory, The North is Ours, Sons and Daughters of China,and The SnowyTaihang Mountains. The movies reflected the people's requirement for resistance againstJapan.
抗戰(zhàn)期間,許多進步電影誕生了,例如《保衛(wèi)我們的土地》、《勝利進行曲》、《華北是我們的》、《中華兒女》、《風(fēng)雪太行山》。這些電影都反映了人民要求堅持抗戰(zhàn)的強烈愿望。
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War,a great number of excellent movies were produced ,Such as Remote Love , Along the Songhua River,Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon, andThe Spring River Flows East. All of them areαbout the people's life or struggles during the Warof Resistance against Japan.
抗戰(zhàn)勝利后,中國電影發(fā)行了如《遙遠的愛》、《松花江上》、《八千里路云和月》和《一江春水向東流》等大批反映抗戰(zhàn)時期人民生活和斗爭的杰出電影。
In the liberated areas, the founding of the Ya'ann Movie Group marks the starting point of thepeople's movie industry. This group shot valuable documentaries which included yan'an andthe Eighth Route Army, Dr. Norman Bethune, and Nanniwan. In 1946, the Yan'an Movie Studiowas founded and recorded part of the Liberation War. In October, the Northeast Movie Studiowas established. Its main productions were seventeen newsreels entitled The DemocraticNortheast.
在解放區(qū),延安電影團的成立標(biāo)志著人民電影事業(yè)的開始。先后拍攝了《延安與八路軍》、《白求恩大夫》和《南泥灣》等一些價值很高的紀錄片。1946年,延安電影制片廠成立,出品了一些解放戰(zhàn)爭的影片。10月,東北電影制片廠成立,主要作品為《民主東北》17部系列新聞片。
Many old progressive movies made before the founding of the People's Republic of Chinaadopted the realistic style; therefore they reflect Chinese society and the lives of the peopleand show sympathy for the poor. Early movie-makers owned clear purpose of their work: tomake movies which could entertain the ordinary people so that they managed to make the plotdevelopment, customs and habits , language and acting of their movies conform to the tastesof the audience. Obviously, the pioneers of China's progressive movies made greatcontributions to the development of China's movie industry.
建國前很多進步影片采用了現(xiàn)實主義形式,對中國社會、民生都有很大的影響力,這些影片都表達了對窮苦大眾的同情。為了實現(xiàn)電影的創(chuàng)作目標(biāo)一一一愉悅普通老百姓,早期電影工作者努力使情節(jié)發(fā)展、風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣、語言、表演都能符合觀眾品位。中國進步電影的先驅(qū)們?yōu)橹袊娪笆聵I(yè)的發(fā)展做出了巨大貢獻。