Dr. Ying Huang pointed out an increasing new appreciation of Michelangelo Antonioni in China. Many a private shot he managed to sneak into his Chung Kuo/Cina/China in 1972 has irretrievably recorded many valuable historical moments vanished or vanishing from today's China. Although the filmmaker was severely denounced then by the Chinese authorities as "anti-Chinese" and "anti-communist," the film had its second chance in Beijing in November 25th, 2004, when Beijing Film Festival hosted a film festival to honor the works of Michelangelo Antonioni.
The whole process of appreciation only takes 36 years.
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