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

Author: Zhang Li
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: Tells the story of the renowned film director Huang Jianzhong and his film and television art. He is a returned overseas Chinese, born in the tropical island nation of Indonesia, yet his films are imbued with a strong Chinese flavor. He is a gentle-natured person; in his youth, he would even blush when speaking, yet his film and television 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), My 1919, to Smiling, Proud Wanderer (Xiao Yao Jiang Hu), and 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-style director. He is Huang Jianzhong—"Huang, the 'Huang' of the Yellow River; Jian, the 'Jian' of vigorous; Zhong, the 'Zhong' of 'abide by what is right'."