一20世纪的诸多文化问题,都应该从五四运动谈起。五四运动启动了中国走向一个现代国家的脚步,它为现代中国知识分子们的行动提供了厚实的思想资源和精神动力,从而使五四精神成为中国现代知识分子之“魂”。五四精神可以概括为:以自由批判为手段,以个体的价值为本位,以“科学”、“民主”为旗帜,以思想启蒙为旨归,在文艺创作上推崇现实主义的创作方法。现代中国电影在三、四十年代取得了巨大的艺术成就,这与大批深受五四精神影响的现代知识分子投身电影艺术的不懈努力是分不开的。 Many cultural issues of the 20th century should be discussed from the May 4th Movement. The May 4th Movement initiated China’s move toward a modern country. It provided a profound source of ideological resources and a spiritual impetus to the actions of modern Chinese intellectuals, and thus made the May Fourth Spirit a “soul” of modern Chinese intellectuals. The May Fourth Movement can be summed up as following: freedom criticism as a means, individual value as a standard, “science” and “democracy” as the banner, ideological enlightenment as the goal, realistic literary creation Creative method. Modern Chinese films made great artistic achievements in the 1930s and 1940s, which is inseparable from the tireless efforts of a large number of modern intellectuals who were deeply influenced by the May Fourth Movement to join the film arts.