Chinese ‘Main-melody’ Cinema

Braester, Yomi. 2011. “Contemporary Mainstream PRC Cinema.” In The Chinese Cinema Book, edited by Song Hwee Lim and Julian Ward, 176–184. London: British Film Institute.

Chu, Yiu-Wai. 2022. Main Melody Films: Hong Kong Directors in Mainland China. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Hu, Puzhong 胡谱忠. 2002. “Zhuxuanlü dianying yu shangyepian de hudong jianbian guize 主旋律电影与商业片的互动渐变规则 (Gradual Interaction Rules between Main-Melody Films and Commercial Films).” Journal of Guizhou University Art Edition (Guizhou daxue xuebao – Yishu ban 贵州大学学报–艺术版) 16(1): 33–37.

Jia, Leilei 贾磊磊. 2008. “Chonggou Zhongguo zhuliu dianying de jingdian moshi yu jiazhi tixi 重构中国主流电影的经典模式与价值体系 (Reconstructing the Classical Model and Value System of Chinese Mainstream Cinema).” Contemporary Cinema (Dangdai dianying 当代电影) 1: 21–25.

Kraicer, Shelly. 2021. “Features | A Matter of Life and Death: Lu Chuan and Post-Zhuxuanlü Cinema.” Cinema Scope, cinema-scope.com/features/features-a-matter-of-life-and-death-lu-chuan-and-post-zhuxuanlu-cinema-by-shelly-kraicer/. Last accessed on 8 June 2021.

Lepri, Chiara. 2025. Il cinema cinese contemporaneo. Generi, narrazioni, eroi. Roma: Carocci.

Liu, Dequn 刘德群. 2019. Gaige kaifang sishinian: Zhuxuanlü dianying de fazhan yu shanbian 改革开放四十年: 主旋律电影的发展与嬗变 (Forty Years of Reform and Opening: Development and Evolution of Main-Melody Cinema). Zhongguo Caifu Chubanshe 中国财富出版社.

Liu, Sijia 刘思佳. 2018. “Leixinghua · shichanghua · dazhonghua — Lun gaige kaifang sishinian zhuxuanlü dianying chuangzuo linian de zhuanxing 类型化·市场化·大众化—论改革开放四十年主旋律电影创作理念的转型 (Genre-ization, Marketization, Popularization: The Transformation of Creative Concepts in Main-Melody Film over Forty Years of Reform and Opening).” Contemporary Cinema (Dangdai dianying 当代电影) 7: 110–113.

Song, Jialing 宋家玲. 2006. “Zhuxuanlü dianying de weiji yu huolu 主旋律电影的危机与活路 (Crisis and Survival of Main-Melody Films).” Film Art (Dianying yishu 电影艺术) 1: 53–55.

Trausch, Tim. 2019. “Die Popularisierung des Politischen und die Aktualisierung nationaler Mythen im Main-Melody-Film.” In Politiken des Populären: Neue Perspektiven der Medienästhetik, edited by Ivo Ritzer and Harald Steinwender, 141–161. Berlin: Springer VS.

Yang, Li. 2023. “The Changing Face of Mao: From Texing Actor to Star Casting in Chinese Main-Melody Films.” Modern Chinese Literature and Culture 35(1): 162–200.

Yu, Hongmei. 2013. “Visual Spectacular, Revolutionary Epic, and Personal Voice: The Narration of History in Chinese Main-Melody Films.” Modern Chinese Literature and Culture 25(2): 166–218.

Wolte, Isabel. 2017. “Persuasive Communication in Chinese Historical Film: The Founding of a Republic as a Milestone.” In The Politics of Memory in Sinophone Cinemas and Image Culture: Altering Archives, edited by Hsiao-yen Peng and Ella Raidel, 32–45. London — New York: Routledge.

Zheng, Ruxin 郑茹馨. 2020. “2009–2019: Zhuxuanlü dianying de leixing yuansu shanbian yanjiu 2009—2019: 主流主旋律电影的类型元素嬗变研究 (A Study on the Transformation of Genre Elements in Mainstream Main-Melody Films, 2009–2019).” Movie Literature (Dianying wenxue 电影文学) 17: 13–16.