880-01 Zhantai [videorecording] = Platform / T-Mark, Inc., Artcam International jointly presented by Hu Tong Communication (Hong Kong), T-Mark, Inc. (Japan) in association with Artcam International (France), a film by Jia Zhang Ke ; producers, Li Kit Ming, Shozo Ichiyama ; director/scriptwriter, Jia Zhang Ke.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. Letterbox (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital. Special features include interview with the director, behind the scenes, foreign trailer, photo gallery. 880-02 Wang Hongwei, Zhao Tao, Liang Jingdong, Yang Tianyi.
Summary:
Spans the turbulent 1980s by following four performers in the state-run Peasant Culture Group. Based in Fenyang, these "art workers" praise the late Chairman Mao with approved revolutionary classics. When an "open door" cultural policy is instituted, China begins to move toward Western-influenced consumer capitalism.
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