A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.

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著名电影、文化学者戴锦华作序，贾樟柯诚挚推荐；贾樟柯20年电影人生全纪录，亲述从汾阳走向世界背后的动人故事；第一手访谈资料、10部重要电影作品、63幅珍贵照片，一代导演的执着与探索，尽录于此。
【内容简介】
贾樟柯善于用镜头记录时代中小人物，叙述在超现实的经济运动中普通 人的悲欢离，是中国第六代导演领军人物。
本书是著名中国电影研究专家白睿文对贾樟柯电影的集中访谈，以年代为序，集中探讨了从《小山回家》《小武》到《江湖儿女》等10部重要的电影，也是贾导电影人生的梳理与总结。书中，贾樟柯亲述从汾阳走向世界背后的动人经历，分享每一部经典作品背后的传奇故事、创作缘起与理念；记录各个创作时期对电影的探索与思考，对于社会、现实的关怀和反思。
通过访谈文字，我们可以也看出贾导对电影美学、创作理念等的见解，对电影形式的探索，更可见一代电影导演的成长之路。
【名家推荐】
这本书由我在UCLA与白睿文先生在公开课上的对谈发展而来，跨越十余年的创作记忆。白睿文先生的专注和洞察力对我很有启发，这是回望，也是检省。
——贾樟柯
贾樟柯的电影，自20世纪末端逶迤铺陈，以一个连续的轨迹，穿行过21世纪最初的20年。自“独立电影”的倔强、青涩与才名到崛起的中国电影业巨无霸中的平行坐标原点。这也是一个在对话中显露出形态和内涵的故事：关于电影、关于艺术、关于创作与选择，关于生命之河的急缓、汇流、蜿蜒与水中和岸上的偶遇。
——戴锦华
在贾樟柯的电影作品里，可以见证本文提到的中国电影史三个阶段：社会主义写实时代、中国电影新浪潮、商业电影的时代。贾樟柯所有的电影里都可以看到对写实时代的关怀。实验性（或称“新浪潮”或“艺术电影”）一直是贾樟柯偏爱的电影模式。
——白睿文
【本书卖点】
1.著名电影、文化学者戴锦华作序，贾樟柯诚挚推荐。
2.第六代导演领军人物贾樟柯20年电影人生全记录。贾樟柯亲述从汾阳走向世界背后不为人知的动人故事，再现一代导演的执着与探索。
3. 集中探讨了贾樟柯最重要的10部电影，以第一手访谈资料，63幅剧照及拍摄花絮，深度回顾贾樟柯的电影世界。
4．深度剖析贾氏电影美学，揭示“故乡三部曲”等剧情长片的创作秘密，其独特的文艺见解，为读者提供一个了解中国电影文化的窗口。
5.中外视野下关于电影与现实的深度思考和碰撞。“贾樟柯所有的电影里都可以看到对写实主义的关怀。”美国学者白睿文基于对中国文化与电影的研究，对贾导深入访谈，以对话的方式阐释两人看待电影与社会的态度。
6.精致内外双封，严选烫黑工艺，精美双色内文印刷，图文混排，版式舒朗雅致，细腻还原精彩访谈内容，打造舒适阅读感受。
【编辑推荐】
贾樟柯电影的关注对象是边缘人群，贾樟柯在电影中创作了小武、崔明亮、韩三明、沈涛等人物，他们的故事也可被视为贾樟柯重新诠释改革开放四十年的故事。
大学拍《小山回家》痛苦而重要的经历
和朋友21天拍完《小武》的故事
拍摄《三峡好人》的临时起意
城墙、火车、摩托车、流行歌曲等贾导电影符号
……
这场关于贾樟柯电影的对话
为你呈现一个多元的电影世界

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1974 film by Sidney Lumet

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1972 Hong Kong film