美国电影史

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