JapanX Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 All three parts with english subs could be found here Part I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drclaw Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 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 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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