Fragrant Flowers and Poisonous Weeds (The Fate of Red Era Films)

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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, the Jiangsu Provincial Revolutionary Committee of the Proletarian Film Criticism Liaison Office, and the Jiangsu Provincial Film Distribution and Screening Company in January 1968. It narrates the production processes of these films, the historical background that sparked debates, and the stories behind the scenes. The book introduces the impact of literary and artistic criticism during special periods, reveals little-known historical materials, and aims to let readers, while sighing at the black humor of this period of history, also gain insights into the relationship between culture and society.