Yang Ban XI - The 8 Modelworks
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- Synopsis
- For 10 years (1966-76) during the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China, the Yang Ban Xi -- Revolutionary Model Opera -- was the only medium of artistic expression allowed to be performed or broadcast in China....
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- Director(s)
- Yan-Ting Yuen
- Distributor(s)
- Shadow Distribution
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 90 min.
Critic Reviews
A proper labor of love profiling many of the principles involved in the making of the films, peppered with a generous helping of wonderful clips.Read the full review
The director Yan-Ting Yuen revisits the country's recent past to explore the history and legacy of one of the strangest byproducts of totalitarian madness: the revolutionary spectacular.Read the full review
Overall, the film lacks cohesion and a true point of view. Further muddling the film's meaning is a voice-over attributed to Jiang Qing, which we learn at the end is fictionalized.Read the full review
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