Formation of Chinese Art Cinema

Li Yang is Assistant Professor of Chinese in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and the Program of Asian Studies at Lafayette College, USA.

• 1. Introduction.- Part I. Institution.- 2. The Socialist Film System.- 3. Separation of Production.- 4. Institutions of Consecration.- Part II. Aesthetics.- 5. In the Mix: The Early Sixth Generation Cinema.- 6. The Impulse to Record: The Neorealist Style.- 7. The World of Psychological and Symbolic Complexity: The Expressionist Style.- Conclusion.