Modernization of Chinese Film: Nationality, Periodicity, and Current Issues

Abstract

Abstract The nationality of modernization of Chinese film focuses on the concept of yingxi (影戏, the name for film in Chinese early years), family ethic, classical intellectual traditions, legendary stories, and “lingering favor” (yuwei 余味). The periodicity of modernization of Chinese film can be divided into three periods: the modernization of Chinese film phase I, the modernization of Chinese film phase II, and the modernization of Chinese film phase III, respectively representing how the Chinese nation has stood up, grown prosperous, and become strong. The current issues for modernization of Chinese film lies in expressing the five dimensions of the Chinese path to modernization, and the ongoing advancement of the modernization of Chinese film III. Chinese film studies should also seize this new opportunity to reexamine itself.