本书是一本电影专业英文原文文本教材，共分 10 个单元，每个单元有 A 和 B 两个阅读语篇。阅读 A 是关于影目前的重要时刻、重要导演及其创作理念等内容；阅读 B 是相关的影片分析内容。本书涵盖了电影目前的重要时刻、重要导演及其创作理念、重要电影理论、经典影片分析，既有学术性又有可读性和实用性，在帮助学生拓展专业知识、提升学术能力和观影体验的同时，也能在具体的拍摄实践中发挥启迪性作用。本书可供有一定英语语言基础和电影基础的高校本科生或研究生使用。
目录
Unit One
Text A The Birth of Film/001
I.Reading Comprehension./006
II.Fill in the blanks with the words given below./006
III.Translation./007
Text B The Battleship Potemkin/009
I.Context Clues./011
II.Questions for Consideration./011
Unit Two
Text A MGM and Its Stars/012
I.Reading Comprehension./018
II.Fill in the blanks with the words given below./018
III.Translation./019
Text B Casablanca/022
I.Context Clues./024
II.Questions for Consideration./024
Unit Three
Text A The Story of Westerns/025
I.Reading Comprehension./031
II.Fill in the blanks with the words given below./031
III.Translation./032
Text B The Searchers/034
I.Context Clues./036
II.Questions for Consideration./036
Unit Four
Text A The Modernity of Cinema/037
I.Reading Comprehension./042
II.Fill in the blanks with the words given below./042
III.Translation./043
Text B The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari/045
I.Context Clues./047
II.Questions for Consideration./047
Unit Five
Text A What We Discover in the Close-Up/048
I.Reading Comprehension./053
II.Fill in the blanks with the words given below./053
III.Translation./054
Text B The Bicycle Thief/056
I.Context Clues./058
II.Questions for Consideration./058
Unit Six
Text A The Long Take/059
I.Reading Comprehension./064
II.Fill in the blanks with the words given below./064
III.Translation./065
Text B Citizen Kane/068
I.Context Clues./070
II.Questions for Consideration./070
Unit Seven
Text A Carl Theodor Dreyer/071
I.Reading Comprehension./077
II.Fill in the blanks with the words given below./077
III.Translation./078
Text B The Passion of Joan of Arc/080
I.Context Clues./082
II.Questions for Consideration./082
Unit Eight
Text A Faith Trilogy/083
I.Reading Comprehension./088
II.Fill in the blanks with the words given below./089
III.Translation./089
Text B The Seventh Seal/092
I.Context Clues./094
II.Questions for Consideration./094
Unit Nine
Text A Storyline and Image in Trilogies of Kaurismäki/095
I.Reading Comprehension./102
II.Fill in the blanks with the words given below./103
III.Translation./103
Text B Bonnie and Clyde/106
I.Context Clues./108
II.Questions for Consideration./108
Unit Ten
Text A Lars von Trier/109
I.Reading Comprehension./116
II.Fill in the blanks with the words given below./116
III.Translation./117
Text B Jules and Jim/119
I.Context Clues./120
II.Questions for Consideration./121
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