第一章绪论电影是十九世纪最伟大的发明之一,它比之瓦特的蒸汽机、诺贝尔的炸药、富兰克林的电、居里夫人的镭毫不逊色,完全是划时代的杰作。自电影问世以来,人类的科学技术的进步与精神文明的发展更加紧密。眼下,全世界几乎每一个国家、每一个角落,都有电影的踪迹,电影象音乐、象美术、象造型艺术一样,成了世界性的艺术,它拥抱着全世界。随着电影与电视艺术的蓬勃发展,可以毫不夸张地说,未来的艺术世界,恐怕多半是影视的世界。所以无产阶级的革命导师列宁曾远见卓识地说:“在所有 Chapter One Introduction Cinema is one of the greatest inventions of the nineteenth century. It is a masterpiece epoch-making masterpiece comparable to Watt’s steam engine, Nobel explosives, Franklin’s electricity, and Mrs Curie’s radiance. Since the advent of the movie, the progress of human science and technology and the development of spiritual civilization have become more and more closely linked. Now, in almost every country and every corner of the world, there is a trail of films. Movies like music, like art, like the art of molding, have become a worldwide art embracing the whole world. With the vigorous development of the art of film and television, it is no exaggeration to say that the future of the art world may be mostly the world of film and television. Therefore, Lenin, a revolutionary mentor of the proletariat, said with farsightedness: "In all