Yun Shen Bu Zhi Chu: The Art and Life of Huang Jianzhong

Author: Zhang Li
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Features: Tells the story of the renowned film director Huang Jianzhong and his cinematic art. He is a returned overseas Chinese, born on a tropical island nation, Indonesia, yet his films are imbued with a strong Chinese essence. He is a gentle-natured person, even blushing when speaking in his youth, but his directorial works, from Xiao Hua (Little Flowers), Ruyi (As You Like It), Liangjia Nüfu (Good Family Women), A Dead Man's Visit to the Living (Yige Sishi Dui Shengzhi de Fangshi), Guo Nian (Celebrating the New Year), Wo de 1919 (My 1919), to Smiling, Proud Wanderer (Xiao Ao Jiang Hu), Da Hong Mi Dian (The Great Rice Mill), often spark controversy and attract attention due to their forward-thinking ideas and artistic innovation. He never attended university but is widely recognized as an academic director. He is Huang Jianzhong—"Huang, the 'Huang' of the Yellow River; Jian, the 'Jian' of agility; Zhong, the 'Zhong' of 'hold fast to what is right'."