Two award winning films on the Cultural Revolution I've seen and recommend:
1) Farewell My Concubine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_My_Concubine_(film)
2) To Live
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Live_(film)
Other films on the topic (and a database of other Chinese films):
http://www.dianying.com/en/genre/culturalrev
Although I haven't seen it, The Blue Kite is supposed to be excellent. I've seen alot of other Chinese films and would be happy to make more recommendations.
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While not directly related...I would like to suggest a movie called the Red Violin. It is not specifically about China, but features a bit on the Cultural Revolution through the "life" of a violin that passes through many different places and periods of time.
ReplyDeleteIt is just a wonderful movie and provides a little bit of context.
PS- for some reason my screen name came up and not my ID on the blog. This is Lauren.
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