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Propaganda film to break record
"The Founding of a Republic" had made nearly 330 million yuan ($48 million) as of Sunday since it was released on Sept. 16, China Film Group Corp. Assistant President Zhao Haicheng said. The "Transformers" sequel earned 400 million yuan ($59 million) this year, breaking the 11-year record of ...
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Huang Jianxin's THE BLACK CANNON INCIDENT (1985) review
Reviews — ... (Though he's now (indirectly) best known in the West for The Founding of a Republic making the PRC very large sums of money, director Huang Jianxin remains one of Chinese cinema's best-kept secrets. In the hope of pointing out he's done quite a bit more than co-direct one of the highest profile works of propaganda ever conceived, here's some of his work that deserves more attention.) ...

Huang Jianxin's THE BLACK CANNON INCIDENT (1985) review
Twitch — ... (Though he's now (indirectly) best known in the West for The Founding of a Republic making the PRC very large sums of money, director Huang Jianxin remains one of Chinese cinema's best-kept secrets. In the hope of pointing out he's done quite a bit more than co-direct one of the highest profile works of propaganda ever conceived, here's some of his work that deserves more attention.) ...

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