Review of Chung Kuo: China (1972) by William W — 27 Apr 2009
A long documentary by Antonioni. It is a bit tired for watching a 3.5h documentary in a small studio. The importance of this film is the time and place: 1972 in China. It is not easy to make such a film in China at that moment.
The film covered several places, including Beijing, Shanghai, Henan, Suzhou. Although most of the materials are selected by the authority and there are, of course, some bias in point of views by the production team, the film is still great.
It is also shocking (and not easy to have a look) a recording of the whole process of a Cesarean Section process by using traditional Acupuncture for Anaesthesia.
This review of Chung Kuo: China (1972) was written by William W on 27 Apr 2009.
Chung Kuo: China has generally received very positive reviews.
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