西方电影创作、实践与评论几乎是同时开始的。电影文化研究除以电影作品为对象外,还与社会思潮和人文学术思想相关联。电影是19世纪末最伟大的科学与艺术成就,是世界文化史上最重要的文化现象,电影事业发展的过程也是电影艺术身份、功能和特点逐渐被认识和明确的过程。 Western filmmaking, practice and commentary begin almost simultaneously. In addition to the movie works as the object of the study of film culture, but also with the social trend of thought and humanities academic thought. Film is the greatest achievement of science and art at the end of 19th century. It is the most important cultural phenomenon in the history of world culture. The development of film industry is also the process of gradually recognizing and clarifying the identity, function and characteristic of film art.