A Study On Social Interaction In Modern Chinese Film Industry (1921-1937)

In the process of China’s modernization,there is a close relationship between film and the changes of social life and times.From the 1920 s to the 1930 s,the great changes of China’s social environment had an important impact on the development of film industry.To a certain extent,the film content records the modernization of social life,while the social activities in the film industry reflect the process of social development.In 1896,after the film was introduced into China from France,it was once a subsidiary product of traditional leisure and entertainment activities,showing in tea gardens,opera gardens interlaced with opera and variety activities.Therefore,early moviegoers mostly watched movies passively while they were at the theater or having fun.With Chinese people’s participation in film industry,investment in film business,operation of film companies,film theaters,film schools and other activities,film gradually completed the localization transformation in China,And Chinese film industry soon learned to use film language to reflect real life and express social emotions.With the emergence of exclusive screening venues and the screening of typed films in line with the orientation of Chinese people,the film audience gradually becomes stable and interacts with the film industry in social life.Moviegoers have a positive influence on the film industry by writing reviews and campaigning against films.In the pursuit and imitation of movie stars,movie audiences gradually open their minds to love and marriage.With the gradual emergence of the role of film in publicity,the national government gradually strengthened its management and control over the film industry,and the administrative departments also changed from public security management to internal affairs and education departments.The film industry was dissatisfied with the timeconsuming and laborious film censorship,but with the awakening of nationalist consciousness,the film industry and the National government in Nanjing finally went hand in hand to resist the foreign enemy in the process of fighting and compromising the film censorship system.The film industry not only shot a large number of films with the theme of the war of aggression to encourage and guide the people to actively resist aggression;At the same time,the film industry is actively involved in fundraising and other related activities to save the nation.Together with the media and other sectors,the film industry created an atmosphere of unity and resistance after the 918 Incident.The interaction between Chinese film industry,film audience and national government in 1920 s and 1930 s,it can not only enrich the related research on group activities of film industry,but also provide a new perspective for the study of the social and cultural development and times reform in China during this period.