VISIONS CINEMA: CINEMA IN CHINA - AN ACCOUNT BY TONY RAYNS

1983

57 min.

en

Original Title

Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns

Overview

History of filmmaking in China from its beginnings in the 1920s to 1982, featuring Shanghai cinema of 1930s; the progressive filmmakers; the organisation of filmmaking under the post-war communist government; the impact of the Cultural Revolution; the work of Xie Jin.

Main cast