The Impact of Digital Technology on Chinese Martial Arts Film
LU Mi-zhi · Journal of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications · 2005
With the development and popularization of digital technologies, a great change has taken place in the cinema industry since the 1990s. In terms of the development of Chinese martial arts film in the last two decades, digital technologies have had a great effect on the technological process,mode of operation,of traditional Chinese martial arts film, meanwhile,have made demands for reconsideration of its artistic conception,acsthetic perspective and intrinsic qualities.In this paper,a comparison of Shaolin Monastery (1982) and Crouching Tigers and Hidden Dragons (2000) is applied to discuss the change, confusion and future of Chinese martial arts film in the context of digital technology.