
#330 - Zhang Yimou is Just Telling Stories
The Important Cinema Club
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Zhang Yimu's Story of the Cultural Revolution
Zhang Yimu's father was a member of the Changkai-chek Kuomintang army, which in the Chinese Civil War was the losing side. His relatives migrated to Taiwan after Mao's Communist Party took over. He and all these fifth generation filmmakers really experienced the trauma of the Cultural Revolution firsthand. Wouldn't it be fun to do an episode on some of those movies? Like a Chinese propaganda episode movie?
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