Chung kuo china chung kuo cina michelangelo antonioni italy, china, 1972. A documentary on china, concentrating mainly on the faces of the people, filmed in the areas they were allowed to visit. However, this film was banned in 1974 by the chinese government, and. Chung kuo, cina original title is a 1972 italian documentary directed by michelangelo antonioni. In 1972, he overcame numerous obstacles to travel to the mainland through diplomatic channels to shoot this threeandahalf hour documentary in beijing, henan, jiangsu, and shanghai. A scene from michelangelo antonionis chung kuo cina, from 1972. Antonioni was invited to china by its government to film the documentary, but the result was subsequently attacked as slanderous by chinese authorities and the italian communist party. Cina 1972 filmmaker michelangelo antonioni spotlights the people, sites, industries and arts of china. Chungkuo definition of chungkuo by the free dictionary.
His visit occurred during the cultural revolution, and the film triggered a largescale, yearlong criticism campaign initiated by. National museum of china, chinese pinyin zhongguo guojia bowuguan or wadegiles romanization chungkuo kuochia powukuan, museum in beijing, located on the east side of tiananmen square. And the shang practise another lasting chinese tradition. Mao zedong evidently saw blowup and invited antonioni to china to make chung kuo, cina, the italians documentary on daily life in beijing, hunan, suchow, nanking, and other locales. Imported print one of antonionis most important works, largely unseen because undistributed but nevertheless famous for the circumstances of its filming, for the chinese governments virulent attack on antonioni after its release seven years later, he. Son of heaven chung kuo volume 1 and daylight on iron mountain chung kuo volume 2 by david wingrove. Bridge in the second episode are dutiful at besthere, as throughout, he cant. His work has often been described as epic and with some justification. David wingrove novelist and critic david wingrove has been writing seriously since he was a teenager and now has twentysix novels to his credit, along with several volumes of nonfiction. When i found the first two books on amazon, i got excited and started reading them again. Highquality porcelain or other ceramic ware, originally made in china. I can be forgiven, i think, for missing the chung kuo when it was first published. Chung kuo is primarily set 200 years in the future in milehigh, continentspanning. Communist party leaders, resulting in a scathing peoples daily editorial in 1974.
The museum was created in 2003 by the merger of the national museum of chinese history and the museum of the chinese revolution. Request pdf chinas reception of michelangelo antonionis chung kuo in 1972, during. Italy 16 november 1974 venice biennale west germany 31 august 1989. The first part, taken around beijing, includes a cotton factory, older sections of the city, and a clinic where a cesarean operation is performed, using acupuncture. An episode of the pi lin pi kongcriticize lin biao, criticize. Chung kuo cina was condemned by the chinese as antichinese imperialistic slander for not showing off the great achievements of the cultural revolution leading. If you want to start a main chungkuo page, just click the edit button above. While a few tracks use acoustic piano and other organic instruments, the centerpieces chung kuo, the dragon and himalaya use bracing percussion and synthesizer effects to emphasize the subjects each reflected by its title. Expand your home video library from a huge online selection of movies at. The worldspanning chung kuo was built after a global war that ended the old way of life its revealed in one of the redone novels that it was due to the collapse of a heavilydigitized world economy twenty minutes in the future followed by fullscale war, shattering societies around the globe. Michelangelo antonioni during the shooting of chung kuo, china in 1972.
They call anyang and the surrounding region chungkuo, meaning the central country. This is a time capsule of an unknown china in the early 70s released into the west by a great master of film. Michelangelo antonioni chung kuo china 1972 dvd mr. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system.
Antonioni was invited to china by its government to film the. The legendary italian director michelangelo antonioni was fascinated with china. For me the episode is a wonderful example of an unplanned. Il documentario parte da piazza tienanmen, il grande spazio silenzioso che rappresenta il centro del mondo per i cinesi. Although he visits familiar sights such as the great wall and the forbidden city, the films focus is fixed towards the people themselves. The first part, taken around beijing, includes a cotton factory, older sections of the city. He was then fiftynine years old and one of the most famous filmmakers on the planet. Chung kuo china is an indelible time capsule of the aftermath of maos cultural revolution, the defining event of modern china. The collapse left most of the cities crumbling and power system broken, with life in those parts lingering in separated communities. National museum of china museum, beijing, china britannica.
And its also heavily implied that the chinese instigated the whole thing to. I read the chung kuo series a long time ago and thought they were great, but i lost them during a crosscountry move a few years ago. As far as china was concerned, shaw was evidently a man for all seasons. Chungkuo synonyms, chungkuo pronunciation, chungkuo translation, english dictionary definition of chungkuo. The french subs are really excellent and helpful in appreciating the films, and theres nearly an hour of extras, consisting of a piece in italian with french subs from antonioni scholar and friend carlo di carlo who was also present in 2004 at the first public showing of chung kuo cina before a chinese audience, and a contextual piece by. He intended solely to present a large collection of faces,gestures,customs. In the long run, the world portrayed in david wingroves chung kuo novels, in which the chinese dominate the world as thoroughly in the 22nd century as the europeans did in the 19th, isnt at all out of the question.
While well received in the west, the film did not find its intended chinese audience until its 2004 screening at the beijing cinema institute. The course charted by michelangelo antonioni in chung kuo china presents unforgettable glimpses of one of the worlds richest cultures. Retrospective of italian filmmaker michelangelo antonioni. The imaginary geography of the west has been one of the most effective in.
This is a rewritten version of the earlier eightbook chung kuo series. The novels present a future history of an earth dominated by china. The shang use a supremely confident name for their own small territory. Chungkuo definition of chungkuo by medical dictionary. Michelangelo antonioni in chung kuo cina 1972 michelangelo antonioni and. Nick pinkerton on michelangelo antonionis chung kuocina china. In 1970, italian director michelangelo antonioni was asked to return to his roots as a documentarian for this profile of china, fully sanctioned by the government of the peoples republic. Chinas reception of michelangelo antonionis chung kuo request. In 1971, a year before nixons historic visit to china and seemingly a harbinger of a thawing of international relations during the cultural revolution, michelangelo antonioni was invited by mao zedongs regime to make a work of propaganda about the superior.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The middle part visits the red flag canal and a collective. Chung kuo is a series of science fiction novels written by david wingrove. Story is being rewritten and two extra prequel books are. Sung chiaojen sung chiaojen, 188219, chinese revolutionary and political leader. He was a founding member 1905 and a leading activist in the revolutionary alliance see sun yatsen, an organization dedicated to overthrowing the manchu dynasty in favor of a.
It is intended to run to twenty volumes and is not the same series. One of the most riveting documentary film portraits of china was almost never seen. In the french episode a group of high school students kill one of their. Chung kuo china 1972 directed by michelangelo antonioni. Vangelis uses ringing synthesizer textures and stately rhythms to evoke the majesty of china, in a similar fashion to another of his geography works, antarctica. In early 1974, a year after the tv release of chung kuo in italy and the united states, the.
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