Unit 4 Stage and screen电影是一门视觉和听觉的现代艺术，也是一门可以容纳戏剧、摄影、绘画、音乐、舞蹈、文字、雕塑、建筑等多种艺术的现代科技与艺术的综合体。而武侠电影就是这种文化的一种最好的体现。 History of Martial Arts FilmsThe first martial arts film began in Hong Kong, China, in the early 1900s. During this time in China, western culture’s influence caused a decline( 减 少 ) in traditional values and practices. As a result, early martial arts films were artificial( 虚 假 的 ) and held unreal elements( 要 素 ) describing sword sorcerers as characters used magical abilities such as flying through the air. However, they have changed greatly over the years, expressing a better quality of acting with the traditional martial arts, and the addition of sound.Wong Feihung FilmsKnown as a legendary folk hero, Wong Feihung died in 1924. However, this famous martial artist lives on long after his death through films. About 62 films of Wong Feihung were produced from 1949 to 1959. These films preserved(保留 ) the real Chinese martial arts forms. Wong Feihung films used real weapons and proper martial arts forms.Wuxia FilmsWuxia films were the next popular style martial arts films from the 1960 to 1980. These types of martialarts were often set in ancient China that held a lot of violent swordplay. The heroes were the underdogs ， fighting for the lower class. They set out to fight the wrongs that were done by the oppressors.Kung Fu FilmsWhen people mention kung fu films, most naturally think of actor Bruce Lee, and rightly so. In the 1970s, these films brought out a more credible(可信的) form of martial arts. The films pushed the film industry toward unarmed battle rather than the swordplay in earlier martial arts fi...
