Unit 1 Love and Romance 1
Introduction 1
Film Recommendations 2
Film Focus：Titanic 4
Film Clips 8
Film and Appreciation：What is A Film? 20
Enjoy Yourself：My Heart Will Go On 21
Unit 2 Man and Society 22
Introduction 22
Film Recommendations 23
Film Focus：Forrest Gump 24
Film Clips 27
Film and Appreciation：Film Genres and Its Rating 41
Enjoy Yourself：Blowing in the Wind 43
Unit 3 Campus life 45
Introduction 45
Film Recommendations 47
Film Focus：Mr.Holland's Opus 48
Film Clips 52
Film and Appreciation：International Film Festivals 68
Enjoy Yourself：Imagine 69
Unit 4 Business and American Dream 71
Introduction 71
Film Recommendations 72
Film Focus：The Pursuit of Happyness 74
Film Clips 77
Film and Appreciation：The Academy Awards 88
Unit 5 WW Ⅱ and the Fate of the Jews 92
Introduction 92
Film Recommendations 94
Film Focus：Schindler's List 95
Film Clips 99
Film and Appreciation：Techniques in Film Producing 114
Unit 6 Mythology 116
Introduction 116
Film Recommendations 118
Film Focus：Troy 120
Film Clips 124
Film and Appreciation：Seeing A film and Appreciating A film 137
Unit 7 American Western 139
Introduction 139
Film Recommendations 140
Film Focus：Legends of the Fall 142
Film Clips 145
Film and Appreciation：Film CriticismReview 159
Enjoy Yourself：The Ludlows 160
Unit 8 Biopics 161
Introduction 161
Film Recommendations 162
Film Focus：The Lady 164
Film Clips 167
Film and Appreciation：National Characteristics of Film 181
Enjoy Yourself：Unplayed Piano 182
Unit 9 War and Human Nature 184
Introduction 184
Film Recommendations 185
Film Focus：Gone with the Wind 186
Film Clips 189
Film and Appreciation：Contemporary and Social Characteristics of Film 203
Unit 10 Science Fiction and Fantasy 205
Introduction 205
Film Recommendations 207
Film Focus：Avatar 208
Film Clips 211
Film and Appreciation：Philosophy and Social Values of Contemporary Films 228
Enjoy Yourself：I See You 229
Unit 11 Musical 231
Introduction 231
Film Recommendations 232
Film Focus：The Sound of Music 233
Film Clips 236
Film and Appreciation：Close-to-Life Style of Contemporary Film 253
Unit 12 The World of Animation 255
Introduction 255
Film Recommendations 256
Film Focus 1：The Lion King 257
Film Clips 259
Film Focus 2：Shrek 267
Film Clips 269
Film and Appreciation：Commercialization of Film Industry 277
Enjoy Yourself：Can You Feel The Love Tonight? 278
Key to the Exercises 280