论海外民国电影史的研究现状和方法

The Present Situation and Methods of Research outside China on the “History of Cinematography of the Nationalist China”

民国电影作为一个电影研究的"次领域",相较于电影研究既有的概念,它可能同时牵涉到"国家电影"、象是"中国电影"与特定时期电影、象是"中国20世纪30年代左翼电影";从当下中国、香港与台湾的电影发展而言,这个领域或也可与近十几年来普遍使用的"华语电影"的概念相辅相成。民国电影研究领域的可能发展,或可借镜中国之外、近二十年来有关中国电影史、华语电影等相关议题的研究成果,以及它们在议题设定、理论依据、方法策略上的思考;当然,另一方面,民国电影的研究,如何与当下数字化时代、全球化情境里中国电影的发展,激发积极的对话,也是它眼前最重要的挑战。

As a 'sub-area' in studies on cinematography, the films in the Nationalist China are associated with such terminologies as 'national films,' 'Chinese films,' and the 'leftist films from the 1930's.' As far as the development of cinematography in the Mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan concerned, this 'sub-area' is quite complementary with the widely used 'Chinese language films' in recent years. The possible way of future development of research on films of the Nationalist China could be to take advantage of the globalization in a digital age in which overseas research efforts on these subjects during the past 20 years have produced a considerable amount of valuable results.