From Auteur to Amateur：

Chinese Movies in 1985-2009

Part I: Introduction

Beijing and Shanghai, as two centers of modern culture in China, represent two extremely different kinds of cultures. Beijing means elegant, noble, country-oriented far from secular interests, and is seen as the consciousness of modern China and some kind of elegy of traditional China. On the other hand, Shanghai represents the modernist life style, the most latest art and literature fashion. It gives China new way to look and feel the modern city life which often imitates the west, especially the USA. These two cities fostered double schools of movies which could be described as Auteur movies and Amateur movies.

Auteur movie, generated from France movie history of 1960s, nouvelle vague, signifies those whose directors have supreme power and right to create the movie like write a novel or compose a symphony. Thus, the director c

织布防身

——别无选择的珀涅罗珀

此时，奥德修斯正在海上流浪，醉心于神女卡吕普索的温柔。此时，求婚酒徒们正在伊

少年之爱

——安德洛玛刻如何得救

疯子卡桑德拉在深宫中哭泣：希腊人就要来了，王子就要死了，特洛伊城就要毁了。特洛伊王子赫克托尔将要与最英勇的希腊将军阿喀琉斯决一死战。卡桑德拉的哭喊隐隐传来。

阿芙洛狄特诅咒

       ——海伦并不懦弱

海伦是谁？斯巴达的公主，还是

以死亡偿还

                      ——卡桑德拉在预言

阿波罗爱上了特洛伊的公主卡桑德拉，他将预言的神力赐给了公主

                         ——克吕泰涅斯特拉的复仇

三十年寂寞

                                          ——伊菲革涅亚的等待

伊菲革涅亚坐在礁石上，遥望大海深处那看不见的迈锡尼岛。伊菲革涅亚在陶

以父之名

    阿伽门农家的女人，似乎是天生的女权分子，将男人玩弄于股掌之间，不动声色地操纵着生生死死。丈夫