《劳工之爱情》:传统戏剧戏曲的电子影像版——现在公众能看到的最早最完整的早期中国电影

Love of Laborers:Electronic Version of Traditional Play:The Earliest and the Most Complete Chinese Movie to Date

《劳工之爱情》是狭义上的早期中国电影或曰旧市民电影闹剧、打斗特征的一个典型代表。其艺术特点一般是不惜牺牲生活真实和原封不动地照搬戏剧表演模式,在主题思想和艺术形式上属于旧文艺的范畴。出品于1922年的《劳工之爱情》表明,在中国新文学思想上和艺术上取得双重丰收之时,同时期的中国电影却未能同步发展。

In a narrow sense, Love of Laborers is the earliest Chinese movie, or it is a typical representative of old civic movie farce. Its artistic feature lies in complete copy of dramatic expression at the cost of life reality, and it falls into the category of old literature and art. Produced in 1922, Love of Laborers makes it clear that at that time Chinese movies were made a great progress both in thought and in art. lagged far behind while Chinese new literature