史东山是左翼电影主将之一,为中国“二战”电影的创作与发展做出了重要贡献。史东山的抗战影片创造了华语电影史上的诸多第一,并且产生了很大的影响。史东山电影的独特之处在于,注意揭示中国内部深层的社会问题,批判意识与斗争精神非常强烈。在艺术路线方面,史东山抗战电影的最大特点是追求通俗性和大众性。当然,由于历史的局限,他对于纯艺术电影的批判也失之简单和偏颇,有时甚至也相当粗暴。由此可以发现,即使是最优秀的电影人,也无法摆脱左翼共同体的艺术工具论与功利主义诉求的时代局限。 Shi Dongshan is one of the major filmmakers on the left, making an important contribution to the creation and development of the “World War II” movie in China. Shi Dongshan’s anti-war films have created many firsts in Chinese movie history and have had a great impact. The unique feature of the history of Dongshan film is that it pays attention to revealing deep-seated social problems in China, with a strong sense of criticism and struggle. In terms of artistic route, the most prominent feature of Shi Dongshan’s war film is the pursuit of popularity and popularity. Of course, due to historical limitations, his critique of pure art films is also lost simply and biased, and sometimes quite rude. From this we can see that even the best filmmakers can not get out of the limitations of the era of art tools and utilitarian demands of the leftist community.