The making of the new village

《新村电影幕前幕后实录》：

1. 《新村电影纪念册》
2. 《新村电影采访手记》

内容简介：

1948年，英殖民政府与抗英军的冲突白热化，马来亚半岛陷入“紧急状态”，许多华人被英军强迫迁入集中营（今日称新村）。文秀，一个住在森林边缘的平民女子，偶然碰见了擅自闯进她家的抗英军阿南。两个年轻男女，一个爱家，一个护国，在动荡的时局里，面对了各种苦难、抉择，却依然怀抱着理想前进。大环境撮合他们的相遇，也预示了他们的别离……为让读者重温并收藏电影《新村》里的情感记忆，《新村电影幕前幕后实录》将从两方面引领读者再次走入四五十年代的时光轨迹。全书分为《新村电影纪念册》和《新村电影采访手记》上下两册。上册为文秀的日记，书内透过文秀的独白和电影剧照，重现荧幕上大时代的成形、人事的变迁，并延伸故事人物在荧幕背后的细密情思。下册为电影幕后手记，通过导演、演员以及幕后工作者的访谈，一一拼合电影从无到有的面貌，揭开每个幕后推手背后的小故事。

In 1948, the conflict between the government of the British Straits Settlement and the anti-British Army intensified and Malaya, at that time, was plunged into a state of "Emergency". Many Chinese were forced to move into concentration camps (now known as new villages). Wen Xiu, an ordinary girl living at the edge of the forest, coincidentally met Ah Nan, an anti-British soldier who gate-crashed into her home one day. These two youths, one home-loving and the other protecting the country, faced all kinds of hardships and choices, took everything in their strides, went ahead with their ambitions to move forward under those circumstances. The surroundings brought them together but also predicted their parting.

In order to let the readers reminisced the memories of the film The New Village, The Making of The New Village would lead the readers from two angles, going through the times of the forties and fifties. The whole book consists of The Memories of The New Village Movie and The Memoirs of The New Village Movie Interviews. The Memories of The New Village Movie is Wen Xiu's diary, in which, through Wen Xiu's revelations and the script of the film, the formation of the big generation and the changing storylines, reappeared on the screen. At the same time the inner feelings of the characters behind the screen was touched upon. The Memoirs of The New Village Movie Interviews is the film's record behind the screen. Through interviews with the director, actors and other staff, the film was shown to be compiled from scratch, exposing small stories of each hand that motivated from behind.