The Big Parade (Kaige, 1986): ICA Cinema, 7pm
The film, part of the Celluloid Sunday strand at the cinema, is presented on a 35mm print from the ICA Archives.
ICA introdcution:
The sophomore feature by Chen Kaife (King of Children, Farewell My Concubine, Killing Me Softly),
regarded as one of China’s most important directors and a leading
filmmaker of the Fifth Generation of Chinese cinema, follows a group of
military cadets on a grueling training programme to prepare for a parade
celebrating the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's
Republic. Criticized both by the anti-military youth, in which
they saw the glorification of the martial spirit, and by the Chinese
authorities, which banned it after completion, the film was presented at
the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 1988 from a heavily
cut and censored version, and remains rarely seen on the big screen to
this day.
Here (and above) is an extract.
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