A Study Of Xu Gong-mei's Film View

Xu Gong-mei,the important film and drama theorist and film education advocate during the Republic of China who devoted his life to the field of film and drama.He is also an administrative officer in the film inspection and education department,making an outstanding contributions to the early Chinese film industry.There are two important parts in Xu Gong-mei's film aesthetics.One is his interpretation of the essence of film and the value of film art,and the other is his theory of"the function of film."Taking time as the line,his film aesthetic theory presents a bottom-up path of change.It is unique and important in the context of the universally intuitive and sensible film theory that"the realization of film","the essence of film",the unity of opposites between the artistic and technical aspects of film,and the proposal of "Entertainment Supplementary Education" that he analyzed and implemented in conjunction with the situation of the film industry at the time.The two cores of Xu Gong-mei's film policy concept are the domestic film protection policy through both internal and external aspects and the film inspection system of"centralization and independence" which have obvious political overtones and effectiveness of national salvation in the context of chaotic domestic movies.In the aspect of film education,Xu Gong-mei regarded film as "soft defense" in response to the turbulent 1930s.On this basis,he proposed a series of film education ideas including the construction of a sound central administrative organization,the formulation of the "three-year plan" to achieve national defense,and professional training.At the same time,he advocated different film education programs for children and peasantry,which is a performance of paying attention to the rights of different groups.In addition,his theory of "movie field",as well as meticulous ideas in the construction,management,teaching,training and other aspects of the film field,have created an independent professional education stage for the people.Xu Gong-mei's concept of film is complex and unified that is the organic combination of the policy regulations,the concept of teaching in a delight way,and the aesthetic theory that touches the essence,which promotes the reform and development of China's early film industry.