Poisonous Flowers and Fragrant Plants: The Fate of Films in the Red Era

Author: Qi Xiaoping
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book selects 11 representative films from the pamphlet titled "Four Hundred Toxic Weeds and Films with Serious Errors," published by the Revolutionary Committee of the Red Guards, Beijing Film Academy, Jinggangshan Art Troop, Jiangsu Province Proletarian Revolutionary Faction Film Criticism Liaison Office, and Jiangsu Film Distribution and Projection Company in January 1968. It tells the process of these films' creation, the historical background that sparked debates, and the stories behind and in front of the camera. It introduces the impact of literary and artistic criticism during special periods, reveals historical materials unknown to the public, and aims to make readers, while sighing at the dark humor of this period of history, also gain insights into the relationship between culture and society.