Chung Kuo: China
Chung Kuo: China

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A documentary on China, concentrating mainly on the faces of the people, filmed in the areas they were allowed to visit. The 220-minute version consists of three parts. The first part, taken around Beijing, includes a cotton factory, older sections of the city, and a clinic where a Caesarean operation is performed using acupuncture. The middle part visits the Red Flag canal and a collective farm in Henan, as well as the old city of Suzhou. The final part shows the port and in... (Full plot summary below)

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A documentary on China, concentrating mainly on the faces of the people, filmed in the areas they were allowed to visit. The 220-minute version consists of three parts. The first part, taken around Beijing, includes a cotton factory, older sections of the city, and a clinic where a Caesarean operation is performed using acupuncture. The middle part visits the Red Flag canal and a collective farm in Henan, as well as the old city of Suzhou. The final part shows the port and industries of Shanghai and ends with a stage presentation by Chinese acrobats.

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User Review - 10/10 by Smarty SIt can be difficult to sit through without intermission, but well worth it. They are hours spent viewing some rare footage, a historical glimpse into China: social, architectural, rural, urban... A woman has a cesarean with the aid of only acupuncture. That was pretty awesome.
User Review - 10/10 by Chelsea Tobjective views and images of china during culture revolution, and somehow cause ppl to think about it
User Review - 10/10 by Kevin LIn terms of film, not necessarily the greatest work. But in terms of actual cultural significance, extremely high. It was the western world's first view of China in 72 and it was depicted as a struggle and oppression for the people. Funny enough, it was the Chinese government that commissioned Antonioni thinking he was a socialist. Luckily as a reflection of changing times, this film was shown in China in 2004. Hopefully this film will now represent hope and change in the mainland.
User Review - 10/10 by Jim Aif you are lucky enough to have seen this film, especially projected on big screen you know why I give it 5 stars. Visually amazing.
User Review - 10/10 by Iana DItalian master filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni was invited by the Chinese government in 1972 to make a documentary on the country, hoping to have him produce a good piece of propaganda in the midst of the Cultural Revolution. He went, was guided around, not left free to roam. And yet he produced a subtly subversive document. Antonioni looked, observed, watched, and: he saw. He filmed people as they were, life as it presented itself to him. We see a baby being born by caesarian cut under acupuncture-induced anaesthesia, children getting educated/indoctrinated, families and friends sitting together, an illegal market, miserable villages in Henan, people working in the fields and factories, people walking, riding bikes, practicing tai chi, people reacting to the camera in Beijing, Nanking, Suzhou, people drinking tea in Shanghai.The picture of China this conveyed was simply human. The documentary was all but flattering - this is not the imagined Communist paradise one gets to see! So the film was banned for 30 years. If you are interested in China and can lay hands on this DVD, do grab it and watch it! This is an amazing historical document. China has changed so much since then! You'll probably also find this is a beautiful piece of art. Antonioni's 6th sense, grasping beauty, the unsaid and the absurd at the same time makes this document his signature: the film ends with a long silent epilogue showing an acrobats' show in Shanghai.
User Review - 8/10 by David GFascinating look at everyday people in China in 1972. Tours Beijing, a village in Henan Province, Suzhou, Shanghai. Mao didn't appreciate film's rather objective look at the Chinese people-you might. (Someone ought to translate the Mandarin into English subtitles-only the Italian narration is translated.)
User Review - 8/10 by Mary LNot available on DVD, it would appear. And the copy I saw has a running time of about 3 hrs 30 min. Impressive film, although China in 1972 is not quite as radically other as I'd imagined.
User Review - 8/10 by Joshua CA mediocre film by Antonioni's standard, Chung Kuo Cina, a documentary on Mao's China in the middle of cultural revolution, is still something that is worthy for two hours of your life.
User Review - 8/10 by Private Uthis is what documentary film could be...superb
User Review - 8/10 by Diana XI like the Cino movie, despite I couldn't understand everything in Italian (the good thing is they don't say much in the movie)!! still waiting for a friend coming from Roma to translate it for me!!!... The movie is very unique on its own, it is long, runs more than 3 hours. I first read it from an ethnologist's site... Antonioni came to China in the very special period of culture revolution with Mao's permission... It's a particular interesting period: not just politically and socially; but also my parents' generation lived through the time. They spent their youth in the countyside working in the paddyfield away from their cities and their fimilies; they were not just growing crops, but also thoughts and believes in their mind! They are the ones shaped and built the modern China today!! As this period is hardly captured in any chinese documentatories, this Italian version is a find! The movie itself is very touching and real despite Antonioni was only allowed to film in certain areas... it's also interesting to see it from an outsider's point of view through Antonioni's lens. Admire his initiative of travelling so far with his crews and making the movie in the 70's.

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