Communist Chung Kuo - Cina by Michelangelo Antonioni

[JapanX]

Re-watched recently this old documentary from 1972.

Still pretty mesmerizing...

Hard to tell what terrified me more - images on the screen or grotesque comments by director...

Edited January 20, 2014 by JapanX

[JapanX]

All three parts with english subs could be found here

Part I

[JapanX]

Critique

http://sensesofcinema.com/2013/feature-articles/when-ordinary-seeing-fails-reclaiming-the-art-of-documentary-in-michelangelo-antonionis-1972-china-film-chung-kuo/

http://greg.org/archive/2007/07/21/comrades_join_me_in_a_relentless_exposure_of_michelangelo_antonionis_despicable_tricks.html

http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/chung-kuo-china-film-review-by-neil-mitchell

http://blogs.whatsontv.co.uk/movietalk/2012/03/01/petes-peek-michelangelo-antonioni-goes-behind-the-bamboo-curtain-in-the-absorbing-1970s-documentary-chung-kuo-china/

[drclaw]

Fascinating stuff!

The hysterical commentary by the Chinese - who were in the midst of the Cultural Revolution - is something you don't see much of today, except from North Korea.

40 years ago, everyone in Beijing wore Mao suits ...