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Watching movies is a popular form of amusement among the people of Xian. Come weekends and the Cinemas in Xian are marked by long queues of families in varying numbers. There are little over thirty Cinemas in Xian.
Watching a Cinema in Xian is quite an inexpensive affair, with the ticket costing not more than 20 to 30 Yuan. It is disheartening a fact that not too many English movies are shown in the halls and even those few that do get shown come with Chinese dubbings.
Some of the names of the popular Cinemas in Xian are:
Oscar Ginwa Cinema
Address : No.33 Keji Road, Xian, Shaanxi Province.
Telephone : 029-62961066
Bell Tower Cinema
Address : XinAn Market of the East Street, Xian, Shaanxi Province.
Telephone : 029-87210190, 029-87281677
Peaceful Cinema
Address : No.169 of the North Street, Xian, Shaanxi Province.
Telephone : 029-7272205
Northwest Film City
Address : No.325 of the East Street, Xian, Shaanxi Province.
Telephone : 029-7213002
Afang Palace Cinema
Address : No.55 of Zhubashi Street, Xian, Shaanxi Province.
Telephone : 029-7212540
Hongguang Cinema
Address : No.70 Dongguan Street, Xian, Shaanxi Province.
Telephone : 029-87271047
Children's Cinema
Address : No.79 Heping Road, Xian, Shaanxi Province.
Telephone : 029-87215846
Wanda International Cinemas
Address : No.63 of Jiefang Road, Xian, Shaanxi Province.
Telephone : 029-85769666
Chinese Cinemas are extremely popular in Xian. In the wake of the success received by the movie Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon, Chinese Cinema has caught the notice of international audience. The reason for the recent resurgence of Chinese Cinema is attributed to the collapsing of inherent boundaries between Mainland Chinese Cinema and more international Chinese-language cinema. During the initial years, Chinese Movies achieved quite a phenomenal success until the Japan invaded China. The invasion caused many of the directors to relocate towards Hong Kong. After the war Chinese movies then came under the heavy handedness of the Communist rule and grew under great scrutiny. The present era in Chinese movies belongs to the sixth generation of movies and a deep division exists between these movies and the movies of the era that preceded them. Most of the earlier movies were known to be melodramatic, romantic and having a suburban setting. One of main handicaps faced by Chinese movies is that the movies are extremely localized.