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Film museum attracts over 30,000 visitors since opening in June
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Since it opened to the public on June 16, Shanghai Film Museum has attracted more than 30,000 visitors from home and abroad, the eldest of whom was a 98-year-old local man who has been a witness to the changing fortunes of Chinese cinema.
The four-story museum located in the Xujiahui area features exhibition halls covering 15,000 square meters, an art cinema, and film workshops that offer visitors simulated experiences of being a film director, an actor or a cameraman.
More than 3,000 items related to the achievements and lives of celebrated Chinese film figures such as director Wu Yigong, singer and film actress Zhou Xuan and actor Zhao Dan are on display. These items include film scripts, posters, photographs and animation sketches. Some film artists have also donated their own books, letters, paintings and cameras to the museum.
Visitors also can see exhibitions of screening and filming equipment, film props, costumes and famous film backdrops.
An American town car made in the 1930s is also on exhibit — the amazing-looking vehicle was used in many well-known movies such as “Shanghai Triad” and “Deng Xiaoping in 1928.”
Valuable storyboards and drawings of the 1961 award-winning animated film “The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven” also are displayed. The classic Chinese work of animation was directed by Wan Laiming and Tang Cheng. The film about the mischievous Monkey King’s chaos in heaven has influenced generations of kids. The new 3D version of the film was acclaimed by movie fans when it was released last year with digital restoration.
Some representative film scenes of classic Chinese movies such as “Crow and Sparrow,” “Spring River Flows East” and “Lust, Caution” are recreated with statue figures and original film properties.
Shi Chuan, the museum’s consultant, said that they hope to give people a chance to know about the development of Chinese cinema and the great contributions the Shanghai, the cradle of Chinese film, has made to the domestic film industry.
“Compared with other kinds of museums, visitors will have interesting, interactive film-related experiences,” Shi added. “They can be involved in film post-production, film dubbing and a make-up workshop to understand the whole process of filmmaking.”
Location: 595 Caoxi Rd N.
Admission: 60 yuan
Tel: 6426 8666
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 9am-5pm
Website: www.shfilmmuseum.com
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