From formalized propaganda
shots and portraits of Party leaders to the
candid recordings of daily
life in cities and rural regions, China offers readers incredible insight into the country's physical, emotional and spiritual infrastructures, an intimate perspective ably enhanced by cogent, well - researched captions and quotes from Chinese intellectuals and artists, as well as international historians, diplomats and academicians.
Includes
candid personality
shots (playing tennis at home, dressed as a pirate in manacles, etc.) and film portraits and scenes from Montana Moon, Rain, Today We
Live, Ice Follies of 1939, Johnny Guitar, Autumn Leaves and more.