美国电影
一．电影发展简史
早期代表人物：梅里爱，鲍特，格里菲斯p3-4
1．默片时代（Silent movies）：p3 The
Nickelodeons, p6 Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin’s films
2．有声电影时代（the talkies or the
sound films）：1923年---1940s, p7-9
Don Juan, Lights of New York
3．蓬勃发展时期：1930s-1940s, 制片
厂制度，类型片，p10-11
Gone With the Wind, It Happened One Night, Citizen Kane,Rebecca
Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Norman Shearer, Vivien Leigh
4．二战：p11-12
The Dictator, Casablanca
Ingrid Bergman
5．二战后—70s：P11-14
Gary Cooper: A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Audrey Hepburn: Roman Holiday,
War and Peace, My Fair Lady,
Elizabeth Taylor
Katharine Hepburn
The Godfather
6．70-80年代：欣欣向荣景象，
blockbuster, p14-15
Kramer vs.Kramer, Terms of
Endearment, On golde Pond, Rain
Man,
Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep
Steven Spielberg: Close Encounters of
the Third Kind, Purple , Jurassic Park,
Schindler’s List……
7．90年代至今：box office revenues,
blockbuster mentality, sequels
p15-17
Schindler’s List, Matrix, The Silence of Lamb, Forrest Gump,
The Lion King, Brave Heart, Titanic, Saving Private Ryan…… Lord of R ings, …
The Passion of the Christ…
二．Movies and American historical culture
1．silent movies无声电影（默片时代）：20世纪初，comedies, Charlie Chaplin
19世纪末，美国国力增强，移民梦幻：Far and Away大地雄心
一战：Wings，All Quiet on the Western Front,
Legends of the Fall燃情岁月2．the talkies/ the sound films 有声电影时代：
the Great Depression: The Grapes of Wrath
3．prosperity繁荣时期（1930s---40s）: genres, 制片厂制度，类型片
Gone With the Wind, It Happened One
Night, Citizen Kane,Rebecca
Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Norman
Shearer, Vivien Leigh
4．WWII: Casablanda，Schindler’s List,
The Longest Day, Saving Private Ryan,
Pearl Harbor
5．50s: anti-communism, social/racial problems:
Maron Brando: The Waterfront, James Dean: Rebel Without A Cause,
Katharine Hepburn: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
6．60s: science (moon landing) and dreams to conquer :
Apollo 13, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
ethics: Kramer vs. Kramer, Terms of Endearment, On Golden Pond, Rain Man, 7．70s: Vietnam War: The Deer Hunter, Born on the Fourth of July,
Good Morning, Vietnam, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon，Apocalypse Now现代启示录，
Nixon: All the President’s Men总统班底/水门事件
8．80s-90s:
AIDS: Philadelphia,
financial crisis: Michael Douglas: Wall Street,
Internet: Matrix，Tom Hanks:you’ve got my e-mail,
Nuclear weapons: Courage Under Fire 生死豪情
Political(White House) scandal: Primary Colors原色，Absolute Power, 9.90s—
High-tech: James Cameron:Titanic, The Hulk, Peter Jackson:Lord of Rings
Cruelty: Mel Gibson: The Passion of the Christ
三．Movies and American character
1.英雄崇拜：Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Wayne(cowboy), James Dean,
2.西部神话：John Ford(John Wayne):
Stagecoach 关山飞渡, The
Searchers, The Man Who Shot
Liberty Valance双虎屠龙
Dances with Wolves，Unforgiven,
3.妇女解放：Thelma and Louise末路狂花，Kramer vs.Kramer,
4.自由、个人主义：Shawshank Redemption
5.社会伦理：American Beauty …
6.Sex and Violence:…
四．美国电影业特色：
1．制片厂制度The Studio System：
p10-12 : 8 studios
2．明星制The Star System：p5-7
3．分级制Movie Ratings：p22-23 4．奥斯卡The Oscars：p23-24
5．类型片The Genres：p18-21
6．精英制（独立制片人independent Filmmakers）
7．三高：搞成本、高风险、高收益
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