Revolutionary Cycles in Chinese Cinema, 1951–1979

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction: Understanding Revolutionary Culture and Cinema....Pages 1-23
From The Life of Wu Xun to the Career of Song Jingshi: Adapting Private Studio Filmmaking Legacy for a Nationalized Cinema, 1951–1957....Pages 25-43
From Revolutionary Canon to Bourgeois White Flag: Blooming Flowers and the Full Moon (1958) in the Maoist Campaigns....Pages 45-66
From “a Hundred Flowers” to “a Poisonous Weed”: Dangerous Opportunities for Satirical Comedies, 1955–1958....Pages 67-92
From Revolutionary Romanticism to Petty Bourgeois Fanaticism: The Great Leap Forward and Filmmakers’ Stylistic Return to the Past, 1958–1960....Pages 93-123
From Disaster to Laughter: Making Comedies in a Changing Political Landscape, 1959–1963....Pages 125-147
From Conflicting Authorities to Diverse Masses: Early Spring in February (1964) as “Sugarcoated Poison”....Pages 149-170
Conclusion: From the Ebb of the Revolution to the End of Revolutionary Cinema, 1967–1979....Pages 171-182
Back Matter....Pages 183-274