“中年”是个外延很大的概念,电影界称谓的中年导演是指郑洞天、张暖听、谢飞、王君正、黄健中、王好为、吴贻弓、杨延晋、宋崇、吴天明、滕文骥、颜学恕、韦廉、胡炳榴,陈家林、丁荫楠、陆小雅……这样一批人,他们的导演序号是“第四代”,他们的年龄都在45岁左右,他们都是60年代的老大学生。在人们的印象里,探索性影片(后来正规为实验电影)是和第五代导演联在一起的。其实这个印象并不正确。如若单说第五代导演的探索性影片,那倒可以划出一个独立的系列:张军钊的《一个和八个》是开端,陈凯歌的《黄土地》最高成就,田壮壮的《盗马贼》是极端之例等等。不过,如若总论探索性电影,它们的第一个应是吴贻弓的《城南旧事》,就是说, “Middle-aged” is a very large extension of the concept of film director known middle-aged director Zheng Dongtian, Zhang warm listen, Xie Fei, Wang Junzheng, Huang Jianzhong, Wang Hao, Wu Yi bow, Yang Yanjin, Song Chong, Wu Tianming, Teng Wenji, Yan Xueshu, Wei Lian, Hu Bingying, Chen Jialin, Ding Yinan, Lu Xiaoya ...... Such a group of people, their director serial number is “the fourth generation”, their age is about 45 years old, they are 60 years old college students. In the minds of people, exploratory films (later formally experimental films) are associated with the fifth generation of directors. In fact, this impression is not correct. If we only say that the fifth generation of directors of exploratory films, it can draw an independent series: Zhang Junzhao’s “one and eight” is the beginning, Chen Kaige’s “Yellow Earth” the highest achievement, Tian Zhuangzhuang “thieves thieves” is extreme Examples and so on. However, if the general exploration of the film, their first should be Wu Yi bow “old city”, that is,