An Interpreter Of Popular Culture:Duyu Dan And His Shanghai Theatre Company

With "Rewriting the film history" constantly brought up,it once again triggered the filmmakers to study in China,which leads to many review and evaluation of important historical stage,creative thoughts,film theory and individual filmmakers in the history of film,some blind spots that has long been misunderstood or neglected are mentioned again,practice and results of Chinese film studies prove that "Rewriting the film history" is very necessary.It includes the discovery of many film companies in the history of Chinese film that have not been noticed,touched by few people,or forbidden because of political reasons.Shanghai Theatre Company is one of them,when many private film companies were rising,though it isn't the first established in China,but by the special status of Duyu Dan this painter,it can be said to be the first film company that treat film as an art to shot and operate in China.Duyu Dan is one of the few film makers who emphasized the beauty of composition in the early history of China,he promoted visual appeal and impact,and created the earliest ethos of Chinese film aesthetics.However,as lacked part of in film history,through excavating historical data again,seeking truth from facts to understand Duyu Dan this early filmmaker,is very necessary.Through putting global vernacular theory as modernity and excellence in the modern world landscape in the early twentieth Century,this article interprets and reflects numerous scenes of Shanghai Theatre Company.Introducing the theory of vernacular modernity into the study of that company,it opens up methodological significance for the study of a particular film culture in the global context.