The Alchemy of Light and Shadow: a Multidimensional Exploration of the Nature of Film

This book is the final script of the working version of the movie "No Problem". It is adapted from Lao She's novel of the same name published in 1943. It tells the story of Ding Wuyuan, the director of Chongqing's "Shuhua" Farm during the Anti-Japanese War, who was good at dealing with things despite poor management. The script basically follows the narrative structure of the novel, retains the conciseness and humor of Lao She's language, and uses more details to restore the sophistication of the people and the style of the Republic of China in the 1940s. In addition to exclusively presenting the complete script, the book also includes the original novel, creative explanations from the film's creative members, a blockbuster interview with the director, as well as selected behind-the-scenes artwork, shot lists, etc. Readers can combine the above content to figure out how to adapt literary classics, understand the aesthetic choices and creative ideas of the film, feel the inheritance of literary tradition and care for reality in "new literati films", and witness the birth of this film in an all-round way.

What happens when familiar stories are retold from a female perspective? For 30 nights, Teacher Zhang Li and the girls started an adventure of reading and watching. The first part of the book introduces what "female literature" is, uses the form of a monument to writers to mark the development of modern and contemporary women's literature, and talks about women's writing today, laying the foundation for understanding women's literature. The second part reinterprets 20 familiar literature and movies from a female perspective. They are some classic, popular, traditional, and popular stories, and not all of them are from female creators or feminist works. However, through the female perspective, the stories have opened up a deeper space, and the fate of the neglected women and vulnerable people has been seen and paid attention to.

A hippopotamus weaving a jumper out of barbed wire, a patient suffering from woodworm that infects the doctor's furniture, poetry that doesn't exist... Welcome to the world of improvisation! Here, you can liberate your nature and take risks as you like. The only thing that limits your play is your imagination. This famous book profoundly criticizes the "curse" of modern society and confronts the essence of creativity. It is not only related to performance, drama, art, and education, but also to human emotions and psychology. It can inspire creative workers in all fields, as well as those of us who hope to communicate and dialogue with each other with a more open mind.