1895, the world's first film was born, and human artistic creation and cultural ideal entered a brand-new historical era. China film was born in 1905. With the development of world movies and the revival of the Chinese nation, it has made brilliant achievements with its distinctive national personality and aesthetic characteristics, cast a historical monument and made unique artistic contributions to world movies.

Folk film period

This stage is from the late1980s to the early1990s, represented by Chen Kaige's Yellow Land, Zhang Yimou's Red Sorghum, Farewell My Concubine and Living. China's films took the first step towards the world, and began to attract international attention, winning a series of awards such as Golden Bear, Golden Lion, Palme d 'Or and Venice. China's films in this period are set in the feudal family, showing the tragic story of crime and punishment in China's feudal autocracy. Although these themes have caused misunderstanding of China by foreign people to a certain extent, they have made more people interested in China, and made the fifth-generation China filmmakers such as Gong Li, Ge You and Zhang Yimou grow into world filmmakers.

Independent film period

The period from the middle of 1990 to the end of 1990 was the lowest ebb of the film industry in modern China, on the one hand, due to the strict censorship of the film industry by the Chinese government, on the other hand, due to the impact of TV culture. Under this difficult historical background, the sixth-generation filmmakers in China have created a certain number of works from the perspectives of marginal cultural attitude, lower-class life and the integration of Chinese and Western cultures, and have made certain achievements in major film festivals around the world. For example, "take a shower" and "my hair is in a mess"

Transnational film period

Since 200 1 China joined the WTO, China's film industry has entered a new stage of rapid development. The great progress of China movies has brought movies back to people's daily lives. Last year alone, China's overseas box office revenue reached 65.438+0.9 billion, more than two-thirds of the domestic box office revenue (2.8 billion). China's films have won wide acclaim in the international market for their classical themes, chivalrous themes, exotic love stories and martial arts scenes. Hero, world without thieves, Banquet and Golden Flower in the City are outstanding representatives of this period. At the same time, China's culture is more and more known overseas through movies, a huge advertising carrier.