Chapter One Introduction 1
1．New Chinese Film:The Inadequacy of Labels in Describing the New Film Practices in China 4
2．Mapping Contemporary Chinese Film 21
3．Discursive Parameters 47
Chapter Two Identifying Docu-realism in Terms of History,Philosophy and Aesthetics 76
1．Historically:Inside and Outside China 76
2．Philosophically:The Redemption of Physical Reality 91
3．Aesthetic Principles 111
Chapter Three Zhang Yuan:A Breakthrough in Presenting Reality—Escape from the Encirclement of Melo-realism 141
1．Zhang Yuan and New Approaches to Reality 144
2．Sons·Cinéma-vérité·Cinema-direct 154
3．Seventeen Years and the New Documentary Movement 162
Chapter Four Jia Zhangke:Distinguishing Nostalgia from the Fifth Generation's Exoticism 174
1．Xiaowu:The Common Man's Consciousness and the Popular Perspective 176
2．Platform:Loose Narration and De-dramatization 190
3．Unknown Pleasure:Redemption of Real Life Through Sound 203
Chapter Five Wang Xiaoshuai,Wang Chao,Lu Xuechang,Zhang Ming:Constructing Docu-realist Aesthetics in Film Construction 218
1．Shot·Deep focus·Mise-en-scène 221
2．Colour·Light·Physical Reality 229
3．Editing·Montage·Long-take 240
Conclusion 250
Appendix Main Docu-realist Film Directors and Their Works 254
Bibliography 257
Glossary 284