Red Detachment of Women

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1hr 55min

Genre:

Musical

Release:

1971

Synopsis: One of only six movies made in China during Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), this film is a fascinating document of one of the 20th century's most tumultuous upheavels and an exemplar of Communist kitsch. Remade from a Xie Jin's 1961 movie of the same name, this film retains all but the barest elements from its predecessor, distilling the material into blunt propaganda, relying on stock characterization, obvious iconography and no spoken dialogue. This Red Detachment of Women is a ... Full Synopsis

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	Bruce Eder, AMG Review Responses to this film depend entirely upon one's ability to look past the limitations of the ideology that inspired it. During the mid-1960s, with the advent of the Cultural Revolution in China, the government fostered the creation of eight revolutionary "model works" -- under the direction of Chairman Mao's wife -- that comprised the only theater and film work seen in China for the next decade. "Red ... Read Review