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  1. Chung Kuo, Cina. Michelangelo Antonioni — Italy — 1972 — 220’ In 1971, a year before Nixon’s historic visit to China and seemingly a harbinger of a thawing of international relations during the Cultural Revolution, Michelangelo Antonioni was invited by Mao Zedong’s regime to make a work of propaganda about the superior virtues of the Communist nation.

  2. Commissioned by the Chinese government to make a film about the Communist revolution, Antonioni produced this epic, awe-inspiring three-part travelogue. Banned in China for over 40 years, and criticized by the Italian Communist party, this neglected gem surprisingly maintains a cool objectivity.

  3. Jan 11, 2022 · Chung Kuo - Cina by Michelangelo Antonioni. Publication date 1972 Topics movies Language Italian. Documentario di Michelangelo Antonioni del 1972 Addeddate 2022-01-11 ...

  4. A documentary on China, concentrating mainly on the faces of the people, filmed in the areas they were allowed to visit. The 220 minute version consists of three parts. 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. The middle part visits the Red Flag canal and a collective ...

  5. Mar 20, 2019 · The film, Chung Kuo, Cina, sparked one of the biggest—and least warranted—scandals in cinematic history, one that devastated its director. Conceived by Italian public broadcaster RAI and the Chinese embassy in Rome, the idea behind the film was to have a leftist filmmaker visit China and make a film singing the praises of the communist revolution.

  6. Jul 5, 2013 · After a whirlwind 22 days of shooting in Beijing, Henan Province, Suzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai, following an itinerary closely monitored and carefully chosen by the Party —a situation far from what the director would have preferred— Antonioni’s final cut of the film (which he named simply Chung Kuo, or Cina [China]) racked up to an ...

  7. A documentary on China, concentrating mainly on the faces of the people, filmed in the areas they were allowed to visit. The 220 minute version consists of three parts. 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. The middle part visits the Red Flag canal and a collective ...

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