The entertainment industry, which was suspended due to the sudden outbreak of the new coronavirus epidemic, has finally recovered. After movie theaters in some areas resumed operations, the Shanghai International Film Festival, China's first major international film and television cultural event since the outbreak, has officially announced that it will be held on July 25.

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In 2020, which has created huge rifts, it seems that we have never needed movies more than now.

Recently, various publishing houses have also launched many new film books.

"General History of Film" "General History of Film" is prefaced by the times and takes a movie as the topic of discussion. It outlines important periods, major genres and classic works in the world of cinema. The book covers everything from camera locations, lighting, animation, and performance.

The masterpieces of each period are analyzed in detail from the perspective of style and social and cultural influence, revealing the shining points of stars and the secrets of film success, as well as the reasons why the most promising scripts failed at the box office.

Going back to the original starting point of film, film shooting technology appeared in 1895. The first works were only a few seconds in length, and the content was about daily life or magic tricks.

In the 20th century, mature film narrative techniques emerged, and filmmakers at the forefront of the times included Georges Méliès, Charles EMI and Ferdinand Chika.

Ferdinand Chica's one-minute short film "Conquest of the Skies" features the protagonist flying over the Paris Belle Metropolis in a strange flying machine.

After attending the Lumière Brothers' first showing in 1895, theater manager and stage magician Georges Méliès quickly realized the potential of film to create illusions and illusions.

A fascination with magic became a hallmark of Méliès's films, which also incorporated elements of magic and death.

In the fantasy silent film "Eraserhead," he played a scientist who cut off his head and blew it with a bellows. He ordered his assistant to blow the air until his head exploded.

Similarly, the scene in "A Trip to the Moon" in which a rocket pierces the eye of a man on the moon is a typical Méliès-style weird and painful scene.

After "Journey to the Moon", the French Art Film Association, which focuses on historical themes, filmed "The Assassination of the Duke of Guise"; Indian film pioneer D.G. Balji learned the basic film skills from a film about Jesus and shot "Harry"

"King Shchandra", this costume film originating from Hindu mythology marks the origin of Indian cinema; Italian film pioneers were keen on mythological stories and spectacular scenes, and shot "Dante's Inferno"; while in the United States, Egypt

Devin S. Bout's "The Great Train Robbery" is considered the first American feature film.

Bout's revolutionary camerawork and editing, live-action shooting and Western style delighted audiences at the time.

Advances in technology made it possible to shoot longer films, and literary works entered the cinematic horizons.

Despite the innovations in shooting techniques and narrative means, the essence of film art—the re-creation and interpretation of reality—has been determined since its birth.

"Great Movies 2" "Great Movies 2" is the second part of film critic Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" series. It is a collection of film reviews. The book contains 100 reviews of classic movies.

These 100 movies are described by the author as "if you don't watch them, you will die". Among them are some of the most familiar directors such as Robert Bresson, Hitchcock, Woody Allen, Godard, and Stewart.

Pierce; and other directors, people usually do not associate them with "greatness", and even reject them.

These reviews include films that people wouldn't typically call "great" - some dismissed simply because they were too popular (Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark), others not

They are purported to be entertainment (such as "True Love in Trouble" and "The Strife of Men"), and some are too obscure to understand (such as "The Fall of the Tower of Usher" and "The Wanderings of Struth").

Roger Ebert believed that there are different reasons to go to see different movies, and that cinema's greatness comes in many different forms.

British film critic Derek Malcolm defined a great film as: "A film that is unbearable at the thought of not being able to see it again." And for Roger Ebert, the most enjoyable thing

There is no better way to avoid the assembly line of the film industry than to watch deeply and lovingly films that uphold the values ??of art.

"At the university where I direct every year, I do shot-by-shot analysis of sixteen films each time. The screening in Colorado was an integral part of the World Affairs Conference, and we sat in Mackey Auditorium, shrouded in darkness. Sometimes the crowd

Thousands, we spent ten to twelve hours over five days pulling films with a motion-pause analyzer. With so many pairs of eyes looking at it, you can see extraordinary things.

"Because of love, those times immersed in the darkness are also full of fun.

"Film Noir" "Film Noir" is an interpretation of film noir by James Naremore, an American film critic and professor at Indiana University.