Regarding film in PostWar era, different artists adopted different expression ways based on different artistic concepts.The article tries to analyze the different artistic expression methods in Myriads of Lights directed by Shen Fuand the “Sorrows and Joys of the Middle Age” Trilogy directed by Sang Hu, in order to obtain the relevance of the presentation about “economic life” on the screen to the artistic conceptions of directors.The relationship provides some important inspirations for contemporary filmmakers to give a good own narrative of the times, to shape the images of people living in a better life in the new era, and to express the “affinity to the people” characteristics in Chinese film narrative art better.

“Economic Life”; history of film; the concept of art; film reviews