The Village, probably the first observational film to have been completed, is a “transitional” film made in 1968 at UCLA. This was during a period of creative ferment there when the departments of Theater Arts and of Anthropology came together to explore the possibility of working out a new film language that would enable the production of films that might be more useful to anthropology. This article examines what this film offers that was new at the time, and considers to what extent it was also rooted in old forms.

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村庄，过渡电影

《村庄》可能是第一部完成的观察性电影，是 1968 年在加州大学洛杉矶分校制作的“过渡性”电影。当时正值戏剧艺术系和人类学系齐聚一堂，探讨制定一种新的电影语言的可能性，这将使制作对人类学更有用的电影成为可能。本文考察了这部电影在当时提供的新内容，并考虑它在多大程度上也植根于旧形式。